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Bates Motel: 1x3

What's Wrong with Norman

After finding his father dead, teenager Norman Bates and his mother, Norma, purchase a motel and move to White Pine Bay in search of a new life, but they soon discover this idyllic seaside town hides some deadly secrets.

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Synopsis

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.

Title Bates Motel
First Air Date Mar 18, 2013
Last Air Date Apr 24, 2017
Episodes 50
Seasons 5
Companies Kerry Ehrin Productions, Cuse Productions, Universal Television, American Genre
Keywords parent child relationship, small town, motel, prequel, dysfunctional family, serial killer, single mother, based on movie