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Bates Motel

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Generally favorable reviews based on 61 Critic Reviews

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Universal acclaim based on 15 Ratings

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Series Details & Credits

A&E | Release Date: March 18, 2013

Starring: Nestor Carbonell, Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke

Summary: The relationship between 17-year-old Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) is explored in this contemporary prequel to the movie "Psycho."

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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69

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100

Yahoo TV

Ken Tucker

Feb 21, 2017

Season 5 Review: Rare is the movie adaptation that is not just excellent, but which becomes its own radiant achievement. It doesn’t seem too early to bestow that praise upon Bates Motel. Read full review

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TV Guide Magazine

Matt Roush

Mar 3, 2014

Season 2 Review: Even if you're not as crazy about Psycho as I am, Bates Motel has a delirious allure, and its name is Vera Farmiga. Read full review

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UPROXX Alan Sepinwall

Feb 21, 2017

Season 5 Review: This final incarnation of Bates Motel still has all the strengths of the earlier years, but now with a real sense of shape and purpose. Read full review

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The Oregonian

Kristi Turnquist

Mar 6, 2015

Season 3 Review: Season 3 gets off to a busy, skin-crawling start. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly

Marc Snetiker

Mar 6, 2015

Season 3 Review: The season arc isn't clear, but the love between mother and son is--undeniably, disturbingly so. [13 Mar 2015, p.64]

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New York Post

Linda Stasi

Mar 18, 2013

Season 1 Review: It ain’t Hitchcock, but it ain’t bad. Too bad it ain’t new. Read full review

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Miami Herald

Glenn Garvin

Mar 18, 2013

Season 1 Review: Having started with a bad premise, producers Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin then made it infinitely worse by rejecting the loneliness and isolation that were the nucleus of Hitchcock’s film. Read full review

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amheretojudge

Jul 14, 2019

Farmiga and Highmore are alone on stage, humming to jazz music played in the piano, the chemistry is magnetically charged.

Bates Motel Anthony Cipriano, Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin, it took these names to recreate the Hitchcockian legacy, balancing the fame and art, it is TV horror-Farmiga and Highmore are alone on stage, humming to jazz music played in the piano, the chemistry is magnetically charged.

Bates Motel

Anthony Cipriano, Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin, it took these names to recreate the Hitchcockian legacy, balancing the fame and art, it is TV horror- something that hasn't quite cultivated as it has in cinematic life- among the best. First of all, it is one of those rare spin-off that works, it bucks the trend, but that's not saying a lot considering that we haven't had major success in such derivations. And it is to not be easily forgotten that even a huge funded show as such, the series took some time before it started running on the field smoothly. Some might give it a few episodes, personally I think it was from the third season where they finally agreed, in sync, to what or how they have to showcase this troublesome family. And it is a family event.

Unlike the films, this one deals majorly with the reasoning and history of why these members were pushed like such. And as far as that part is concerned, I find that they are hitting all the notes on the right scale. Do notice that whenever a family drama is involved, the chapters soar above all the other genre it claims to be. Some of the best elements are them, these family members, trying to resist and accept each other in the middle of this blood bath and crime sites that they take along with them, wherever they go.

Another expected outcome, is the performance of the cast. The creators have invested smartly on Vera Farmiga and she serves the appetite you were expecting from her. What's surprising is, Freddie Highmore- especially in third season where he transforms from something innocent to less innocent- pouring his soul out, he crafts this infamous character with precision and watery communicative eyes. Just watching these two reside in Bates Motel, makes the day for me.… Expand

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Traves8853

Aug 5, 2019

There are many fans who would never be happy with any deviation from Hitchcock's take on Psycho, and while I do not consider myself one of them, I am torn between the things in this that I perceive as genuinely good, the production values and Vera Farmiga's stunning performance, and theThere are many fans who would never be happy with any deviation from Hitchcock's take on Psycho, and while I do not consider myself one of them, I am torn between the things in this that I perceive as genuinely good, the production values and Vera Farmiga's stunning performance, and the truly terrible such as the way the show handles the constant theme of sexual abuse. Coupled with the show's inconsistent tone, often unbelievable characters, and insistence on removing the best bits of the Psycho mythology while fetishising other superficial and non-essential details, there was so much more for me to dislike than like about this.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

69

Series Overview
Season 5

81
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: February 20, 2017
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  S5:E10. The Cord
  Air Date: April 24, 2017
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  S5:E9. Visiting Hours
  Air Date: April 17, 2017
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  S5:E8. The Body
  Air Date: April 10, 2017
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  S5:E7. Inseparable
  Air Date: April 3, 2017
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  S5:E6. Marion
  Air Date: March 27, 2017
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  S5:E5. Dreams Die First
  Air Date: March 20, 2017
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  S5:E4. Hidden
  Air Date: March 13, 2017
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  S5:E3. Bad Blood
  Air Date: March 6, 2017
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  S5:E2. The Convergence of the Twain
  Air Date: February 27, 2017
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  S5:E1. Dark Paradise
  Air Date: February 20, 2017
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: March 7, 2016
Season 3

72
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: March 9, 2015
Season 2

67
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: March 3, 2014
Season 1

66
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 18, 2013