Bates Motel
TV ShowTitle | Bates Motel |
User score | 8.1 |
Release date | Mar 18, 2013 |
Release date of last episode | Apr 24, 2017 |
Genre | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
Director | Carlton Cuse , Anthony Cipriano , Kerry Ehrin |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Kerry Ehrin Productions, Cuse Productions, Universal Television, American Genre |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 5 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 50 |
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.