# List of Bates Motel episodes

Bates Motel is an American psychological horror drama television series developed by Carlton Cuse, James Sellers, and Lacey Nash for A&E.
Using characters and elements from the novel Psycho by Robert Bloch, the series serves as a "prequel" to the 1960 film of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock, albeit within a contemporary setting. Following the death of her abusive husband, Norma Louise Bates (Vera Farmiga) relocates to the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon with her son Norman (Freddie Highmore). There, she purchases a small motel and attempts to start a new life with her son. They are soon intercepted by Norma's estranged son, Dylan Massett (Max Thieriot), who carries his own secrets. The three are quick to discover that the idyllic town is not at all what it seems and that dangerous secrets lurk around every corner.
The series premiered on March 18, 2013, and received generally positive reviews. During the course of the series, 50 episodes of Bates Motel aired, concluding on April 24, 2017.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | March 18, 2013 (2013-03-18) | May 20, 2013 (2013-05-20) |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | March 3, 2014 (2014-03-03) | May 5, 2014 (2014-05-05) |
| 3 | 10 | 10 | March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09) | May 11, 2015 (2015-05-11) |
| 4 | 10 | 10 | March 7, 2016 (2016-03-07) | May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16) |
| 5 | 10 | 10 | February 20, 2017 (2017-02-20) | April 24, 2017 (2017-04-24) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2013)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "First You Dream, Then You Die" | Tucker Gates | Story by : Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin & Anthony Cipriano Teleplay by : Kerry Ehrin & Anthony Cipriano | March 18, 2013 (2013-03-18) | 3.04 |
| 2 | 2 | "Nice Town You Picked, Norma..." | Tucker Gates | Kerry Ehrin | March 25, 2013 (2013-03-25) | 2.84 |
| 3 | 3 | "What's Wrong with Norman" | Paul A. Edwards | Jeff Wadlow | April 1, 2013 (2013-04-01) | 2.82 |
| 4 | 4 | "Trust Me" | Johan Renck | Kerry Ehrin | April 8, 2013 (2013-04-08) | 2.30 |
| 5 | 5 | "Ocean View" | David Straiton | Jeff Wadlow | April 15, 2013 (2013-04-15) | 2.66 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Truth" | Tucker Gates | Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin | April 22, 2013 (2013-04-22) | 2.93 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Man in Number 9" | S. J. Clarkson | Kerry Ehrin | April 29, 2013 (2013-04-29) | 2.99 |
| 8 | 8 | "A Boy and His Dog" | Ed Bianchi | Bill Balas | May 6, 2013 (2013-05-06) | 2.71 |
| 9 | 9 | "Underwater" | Tucker Gates | Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin | May 13, 2013 (2013-05-13) | 2.48 |
| 10 | 10 | "Midnight" | Tucker Gates | Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin | May 20, 2013 (2013-05-20) | 2.70 |

### Season 2 (2014)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 11 | 1 | "Gone But Not Forgotten" | Tucker Gates | Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin | March 3, 2014 (2014-03-03) | 3.07 |
| 12 | 2 | "Shadow of a Doubt" | Tucker Gates | Kerry Ehrin | March 10, 2014 (2014-03-10) | 2.22 |
| 13 | 3 | "Caleb" | Lodge Kerrigan | Alexandra Cunningham | March 17, 2014 (2014-03-17) | 1.85 |
| 14 | 4 | "Check-Out" | John David Coles | Liz Tigelaar | March 24, 2014 (2014-03-24) | 2.23 |
| 15 | 5 | "The Escape Artist" | Christopher Nelson | Nikki Toscano | March 31, 2014 (2014-03-31) | 2.27 |
| 16 | 6 | "Plunge" | Ed Bianchi | Kerry Ehrin | April 7, 2014 (2014-04-07) | 2.24 |
| 17 | 7 | "Presumed Innocent" | Roxann Dawson | Alexandra Cunningham | April 14, 2014 (2014-04-14) | 2.44 |
| 18 | 8 | "Meltdown" | Ed Bianchi | Liz Tigelaar & Nikki Toscano | April 21, 2014 (2014-04-21) | 2.10 |
| 19 | 9 | "The Box" | Tucker Gates | Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin | April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28) | 2.25 |
| 20 | 10 | "The Immutable Truth" | Tucker Gates | Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin | May 5, 2014 (2014-05-05) | 2.30 |

### Season 3 (2015)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 21 | 1 | "A Death in the Family" | Tucker Gates | Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin | March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09) | 2.14 |
| 22 | 2 | "The Arcanum Club" | Tucker Gates | Kerry Ehrin | March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16) | 1.91 |
| 23 | 3 | "Persuasion" | Tim Southam | Steve Kornacki & Alyson Evans | March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23) | 1.92 |
| 24 | 4 | "Unbreak-Able" | Christopher Nelson | Erica Lipez | March 30, 2015 (2015-03-30) | 1.71 |
| 25 | 5 | "The Deal" | Néstor Carbonell | Scott Kosar | April 6, 2015 (2015-04-06) | 1.76 |
| 26 | 6 | "Norma Louise" | Phil Abraham | Kerry Ehrin | April 13, 2015 (2015-04-13) | 1.69 |
| 27 | 7 | "The Last Supper" | Ed Bianchi | Philip Buiser | April 20, 2015 (2015-04-20) | 1.69 |
| 28 | 8 | "The Pit" | Roxann Dawson | Bill Balas | April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27) | 1.76 |
| 29 | 9 | "Crazy" | Tucker Gates | Steve Kornacki & Alyson Evans & Torrey Speer | May 4, 2015 (2015-05-04) | 1.73 |
| 30 | 10 | "Unconscious" | Tucker Gates | Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin | May 11, 2015 (2015-05-11) | 1.67 |

### Season 4 (2016)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 31 | 1 | "A Danger to Himself and Others" | Tucker Gates | Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin | March 7, 2016 (2016-03-07) | 1.55 |
| 32 | 2 | "Goodnight, Mother" | Tim Southam | Kerry Ehrin & Torrey Speer | March 14, 2016 (2016-03-14) | 1.45 |
| 33 | 3 | "'Til Death Do You Part" | Phil Abraham | Steve Kornacki & Alyson Evans | March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21) | 1.46 |
| 34 | 4 | "Lights of Winter" | T.J. Scott | Tom Szentgyorgyi | March 28, 2016 (2016-03-28) | 1.52 |
| 35 | 5 | "Refraction" | Sarah Boyd | Erica Lipez | April 11, 2016 (2016-04-11) | 1.42 |
| 36 | 6 | "The Vault" | Olatunde Osunsanmi | Scott Kosar | April 18, 2016 (2016-04-18) | 1.33 |
| 37 | 7 | "There's No Place Like Home" | Néstor Carbonell | Philip Buiser | April 25, 2016 (2016-04-25) | 1.35 |
| 38 | 8 | "Unfaithful" | Stephen Surjik | Freddie Highmore | May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02) | 1.52 |
| 39 | 9 | "Forever" | Tim Southam | Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin | May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09) | 1.41 |
| 40 | 10 | "Norman" | Tucker Gates | Kerry Ehrin | May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16) | 1.50 |

### Season 5 (2017)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
| 41 | 1 | "Dark Paradise" | Tucker Gates | Kerry Ehrin | February 20, 2017 (2017-02-20) | 1.34 |
| 42 | 2 | "The Convergence of the Twain" | Sarah Boyd | Alyson Evans & Steve Kornacki | February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27) | 1.28 |
| 43 | 3 | "Bad Blood" | Sarah Boyd | Tom Szentgyorgyi | March 6, 2017 (2017-03-06) | 1.28 |
| 44 | 4 | "Hidden" | Max Thieriot | Torrey Speer | March 13, 2017 (2017-03-13) | 1.25 |
| 45 | 5 | "Dreams Die First" | Néstor Carbonell | Erica Lipez & Kerry Ehrin | March 20, 2017 (2017-03-20) | 1.36 |
| 46 | 6 | "Marion" | Phil Abraham | Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin | March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27) | 1.30 |
| 47 | 7 | "Inseparable" | Steph Green | Story by : Freddie Highmore & Erica Lipez Teleplay by : Freddie Highmore | April 3, 2017 (2017-04-03) | 1.26 |
| 48 | 8 | "The Body" | Freddie Highmore | Erica Lipez | April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10) | 1.23 |
| 49 | 9 | "Visiting Hours" | Olatunde Osunsanmi | Scott Kosar | April 17, 2017 (2017-04-17) | 1.22 |
| 50 | 10 | "The Cord" | Tucker Gates | Kerry Ehrin & Carlton Cuse | April 24, 2017 (2017-04-24) | 1.41 |

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Average |
| | 1 | 3.04 | 2.84 | 2.82 | 2.30 | 2.66 | 2.93 | 2.99 | 2.71 | 2.48 | 2.70 | 2.75 |
| | 2 | 3.07 | 2.22 | 1.85 | 2.23 | 2.27 | 2.24 | 2.44 | 2.10 | 2.25 | 2.30 | 2.30 |
| | 3 | 2.14 | 1.91 | 1.92 | 1.71 | 1.76 | 1.69 | 1.69 | 1.76 | 1.73 | 1.67 | 1.80 |
| | 4 | 1.55 | 1.45 | 1.46 | 1.52 | 1.42 | 1.33 | 1.35 | 1.52 | 1.41 | 1.50 | 1.44 |
| | 5 | 1.34 | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.25 | 1.36 | 1.30 | 1.26 | 1.23 | 1.22 | 1.41 | 1.29 |