该剧被称作希区柯克电影《惊魂记》（Psycho）的前传。
故事讲述了仍是少年的Norman （弗莱迪·海默 Freddie Highmore 饰）和哥哥（马克斯·希尔莱耶 Max Thieriot 饰）以及母亲（维拉·法米加 Vera Farmiga 饰）搬来小镇后进入当地高中就读。遇到了讨厌他的高中的大人物Richard（理查德·哈蒙 Richard Harmon 饰）和行为古怪但是充满激情的女孩Emma（奥莉薇·库克 Olivia Cooke 饰）。老师兼心理顾问Watson小姐（凯加·康勒·翠西 Keegan Connor Tracy 饰）曾给予他不少帮助。而Norman和母亲之前似乎存在着不一样的奇怪关系。Norman是怎样从一个善良懦弱的青年一步步堕落成臭名昭著的连环杀手的？

When he starts dating drop-dead gorgeous Molly, insecure airport security agent Kirk can't believe it. As his friends and family share their doubts about the relationship lasting, Kirk does everything he can to avoid losing Molly forever.

艾瑞克（迈克·沃格尔 Mike Vogel 饰）是一名热爱滑板运动的高中生，和其他的同龄学生不同，在他的内心里，有着对于未来的不一样的打算。贾斯汀（亚当·布罗迪 Adam Brody 饰）和马特（文斯·维鲁夫 Vince Vieluf 饰）是艾瑞克的死党兼同好，三人一拍即合，决心依靠他们独特炫目的技巧进军职业滑板界。
滑板明星杰米（杰森·伦敦 Jason London 饰）来到艾瑞克所在的城市巡演，艾瑞克一行人想要依靠吸引杰米的注意来得到入行的敲门砖，然而，现实却并不如想象般的美好，但是三个年轻人没有放弃，而是追随着杰米的脚步，一路从芝加哥来到了加利福尼亚。在此过程中，他们不仅收获了友谊，更遇见了美好的爱情。

2003 film directed by Marcus Nispel

Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and makes whoever wears them feel fabulous. When faced with the prospect of spending their first summer apart, the pals decide they'll swap the pants so that each girl in turn can enjoy the magic.

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.