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“Bates Motel,” serves as a contemporary prequel to the genre-defining film, “Psycho,” and promises to give viewers an intimate portrayal of how Norman Bates’ psyche unravels through his teenage years.
After the death of her husband, Norma Bates buys a motel in the picturesque coastal town of White Pine Bay, giving herself and teenage son Norman a chance to begin anew. Shy Norman is reluctant at first, but with the help of his mother -- with whom he shares an intensely close relationship -- the boy begins to open up to others and make new friends. Some locals, however, aren't as friendly and welcoming to the Bates, who discover that because White Pine Bay isn't as peaceful as it appears, they are forced to do whatever it takes to survive.
Promo Season 1
[YouTube: http://youtu.be/bF3mgglV0_A]Characters
 | Norman Bates A smart, quietly funny, handsome and sometimes shy seventeen-year-old boy with an intensely close bond to his mother. Norman is resistant to starting over in a new town, but begins to change his mind as he spread his wings a little. |  | Norma Bates The resilient, intelligent, beautiful, complicated and mercurial mother of seventeen-year-old Norman Bates. A contemporary single mother, she is emotionally complex and utterly devoted to her son, constantly juggling her own needs and some hardcore baggage while trying to create a new home in a new town for herself and Norman. |
 | Dylan Massett Norma’s son by her first marriage and half-brother to Norman, Dylan is an edgy outsider in the Norma/Norman tea party. He’s a lost soul and a drifter who finds himself, by necessity, drifting back into the troubled lives of his mother and brother. |  | Bradley Martin A beautiful, popular, affluent, seventeen-year-old girl who befriends Norman out of kindness, but is ultimately surprised to find herself drawn to him in other, deeper ways. |
 | Emma Decody A quirky, pretty, intelligent seventeen-year-old girl who has cystic fibrosis and an “old soul”. She gets an almost immediate crush on Norman and is always showing up on his doorstep. |  | Sheriff Alex Romero The Sheriff of White Pine Bay, Romero is the “moral” center of the town, although morality is often a shifting line here. Imposing and discerning, he gets involved in Norma Bates’ life after an unfortunate incident at the motel. "I am the last person who you want on your bad side, Mrs. Bates…” And he’s not kidding. |
 | Deputy Zack Shelby The young, handsome, clear-eyed deputy of White Pine Bay. He has an immediate attraction to Norma and finds himself drawn into her life and wanting to take care of her. |  | Miss Watson The young, compassionate and beautiful Language Arts teacher at Norman’s high school. She is taken with Norman as a student but senses he may have some deep emotional issues that are going unchecked. |
Episodes
Season 1
| Episode # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "First You Dream, Then You Die" | March 18, 2013 |
| 2 | "Nice Town You Picked, Norma..." | March 25, 2013 |
| 3 | "What's Wrong With Norman" | April 1, 2013 |
| 4 | "Trust Me" | April 8, 2013 |
| 5 | "Ocean View" | April 15, 2013 |
| 6 | "The Truth" | April 22, 2013 |
| 7 | "The Man in Number 9" | April 29, 2013 |
| 8 | "A Boy and His Dog" | May 6, 2013 |
| 9 | "Underwater" | May 13, 2013 |
| 10 | "Midnight" | May 20, 2013 |
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