Bates Motel

Name: Bates Motel
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Released: 2013-03-18
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nestor Carbonell

2013 | 5 seasons | 45 min | Drama, Crime, Mystery

Saturday Special

Why it’s a Saturday Special

It earned strong reviews (84% on Rotten Tomatoes), audiences rate it highly (8.0 out of 10) and it's still drawing plenty of interest. A strong pick for the weekend.

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Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Weeds, start here.
The mood: Tense, dark and gritty.
The pace: 5 seasons: a few months of evenings, episodes of about 45 minutes, about 38 hours in all.
What might put you off: Rated TV-MA: meant for adults.

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.