Bates Motel
“Together until the end.”
2013•TV-MA•5 Seasons•50 Episodes•8.1•Ended
DramaCrimeMystery
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.
Creator
Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin, Anthony Cipriano
Network
A&E
Origin
US
Cast
Vera Farmiga
Norma Bates
Freddie Highmore
Norman Bates
Max Thieriot
Dylan Massett
Olivia Cooke
Emma Decody
Nestor Carbonell
Alex Romero
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