• Network: A&E
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 18, 2013
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 72 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 72
  2. Negative: 7 out of 72
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  1. Mar 8, 2019
    3
    This season was a mistake. If it ended on season 4, the whole series would have been better off imo.
    Season 5 was predictable, tedious, and full of really annoying plot holes. Such a disappointment.
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Feb 24, 2017
    80
    The most merrily macabre yet. [27 Feb - 5 Mar 2017, p.17]
  2. Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Feb 21, 2017
    80
    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.
  3. Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Feb 21, 2017
    70
    The Norma-Norman plots made up the best parts of the series and then there was everything else. In this final season, the show seems better focused because now all the plots feature Norman at the center.