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8.1 5 Seasons • 50 Episodes

Bates Motel

"Together until the end."

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.

Seasons

Top Cast

  • Vera Farmiga

    Vera Farmiga

    Norma Bates

  • Freddie Highmore

    Freddie Highmore

    Norman Bates

  • Max Thieriot

    Max Thieriot

    Dylan Massett

  • Olivia Cooke

    Olivia Cooke

    Emma Decody

  • Nestor Carbonell

    Nestor Carbonell

    Alex Romero

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.

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