Bates Motel (series)
- User score: 8.1
- Production country: United States of America
- Creator: Carlton Cuse , Anthony Cipriano , Kerry Ehrin
- Production companies: Kerry Ehrin Productions, Cuse Productions, Universal Television, American Genre
- Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery
- Release date: 3/18/2013
- Release date of last episode: 4/24/2017
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 5 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 50
Series description
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.
