TV Series

Bates Motel (2013–2017)

• TV-MA
• First aired March 18, 2013
• Seasons: 5 · Episodes: 50
• 45m per episode

• Drama
• Crime
• Mystery

“Together until the end.”

Overview

A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.

Created by

Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin, Anthony Cipriano

Starring

Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot