Bates Motel (2013)

A psychologist suggests that the main character has sexual feelings for his mother.

Season 1 has a dark theme regarding an illegal sex trade.

References to incest throughout.

Some characters in the third season are sex workers.

Sexual violence occurs in Season 1 and Season 4. These scenes are referenced throughout the series.

Norman starts to masturbate as he secretly watches a couple having sex, but is interrupted. Brief and no nudity.

A woman is shown in the shower and her top breast can be seen. Partial Nudity.

Norma goes to a club and peeks through a window to see an orgy taking place, very brief and non graphic.

Violence throughout entire series. Characters are often murdered by stab wounds.

A woman is strangled to death.

We see a very burnt and bloody body for about 5 seconds. We later see a burning human body dangling from a pole. We can see its skin being burnt off in detail and from a distance.

We see a bloody severed hand in a bucket. There is a small puddle of blood. We can see the cracked bone and flesh hanging from the hand.

We see the blood stained window on the back of a car where a man got shot from the previous episode. Later we see a man set the car on fire and it explodes. There is also a large gun fight in this episode with many disturbing and bloody injuries.

"Bitch, "dick, and "shit."

2 F-Words, one partially said in season 3, episode 1, one fully said in season 5, episode 10

People smoke cigarettes casually throughout. Teens smoke marijuana. Marijauna plants are shown frequently and marijuana trade is a big part of the earlier season

The earlier seasons of the show have a lot to do with marijuana trade. Large pot fields are shown and people are shown cutting up and processing the marijauna. Large buckets, bags and boxes of marijuana are seen and teens and adults are shown rolling up and smoking joints. A man even smokes a bong

Dylan smokes cigarettes

Charecters talk about marijauna trade like taking about distributors and cutters etc

A party shows underage drinking and a drug deal (marijuana) is shown briefly. Smokes clouds from marijuana are shown but all smoking is either in the backround or out of shot

At a party we seen teens drinking and dancing. We see a close up of the teens rolling marijuana and smoking it. People sold into sex trafficking are drugged multiple times.

Marijuana is discussed and shown throughout.

Some smoking. A teen takes a sip of alcohol and coughs as he can't handle it.

A character is seen smoking from a distance although it is not said or shown if it is a cigarette or marijuana. We also see some characters standing at a marijuana farm although nothing suggestive or mentioned. In later scenes, marijuana is discussed.

Four characters smoke marijuana in one scene and Norma argues about how they can't smoke it at the motel. We also see these people plus a couple of others in marijuana shed with all the plants being cut down and taken. The following scene shows another character smoking weed. He mentions that he has a marijuana cupcake. In yet another scene we see a fair few people smoking marijuana and drinking. Emma eats a cupcake given to her by the hippies. It has marijuana through it and she is later seen high. She talks a lot and says she isn't feeling fun yet although then the scene stops.

The overall tone of the series is rather disturbing and very violent, some scenes can be very emotional as well