<P> On July 2, 2012, A&E gave Bates Motel a straight - to - series order . Vera Farmiga was the first to be cast, as protagonist Norma Louise Bates, on August 27, 2012 . Shortly after, Freddie Highmore was cast as Norman Bates on September 14, 2012 . Also on that day, Max Thieriot was cast as Norman's half brother, Dylan Massett . Later, on September 19, 2012, Nicola Peltz was cast as Bradley Martin . Finally, on September 20, 2012, Olivia Cooke was the final main cast member to join the series, portraying Emma Decody . </P> <P> A replica of the original Bates Motel set from the film Psycho was built on location in Aldergrove, British Columbia on 272nd Street, where the series is filmed . Production also took place in Greater Vancouver, and Richmond, British Columbia . Principal photography for the first season began on October 1, 2012 . Though filming for the first season was expected to wrap on January 24, 2013, production continued into early February 2013 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "First You Dream, Then You Die" </Td> <Td> Tucker Gates </Td> <Td> Story by: Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin & Anthony Cipriano Teleplay by: Kerry Ehrin & Anthony Cipriano </Td> <Td> March 18, 2013 (2013 - 03 - 18) </Td> <Td> 3.04 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Widow Norma Louise Bates and her 17 - year - old son, Norman, move from Arizona to the town of White Pine Bay, Oregon, where they buy a rundown motel six months after the sudden death of Norman's father Sam . Norma intends to reopen the motel in an attempt to build a new life . On his first day at his new high school, Norman befriends popular local girl, Bradley Martin, who takes him out for a night on the town with her friends . Norman also meets Miss Watson, his advanced English teacher . While Norman is out with Bradley for the evening, the motel's former owner, Keith Summers, breaks into the house and rapes Norma . Norman arrives back and knocks Keith out, before Norma murders him . The duo dump the body in the local harbor . That same night, Norma and Norman meet Sheriff Romero and Deputy Shelby, who show up to have a look around the motel for reasons unknown . In Room 4, Norman finds a sketchbook full of lurid drawings that show women being tortured . Similarly, a woman is seen drugged and chained somewhere, indicating that a sinister presence resides in the town . Norma renames the motel the Bates Motel . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Nice Town You Picked, Norma ..." </Td> <Td> Tucker Gates </Td> <Td> Kerry Ehrin </Td> <Td> March 25, 2013 (2013 - 03 - 25) </Td> <Td> 2.84 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Tension arises when Dylan Massett, Norma's troubled and violent son from a previous relationship, arrives in White Pine Bay to stay . Norman and Bradley witness her father get badly burned in a car accident . Meanwhile, Norman and his cystic fibrosis - stricken classmate, Emma Decody, look into the mystery of the sketchbook . Shelby suggests to Norma that the town's wealth is earned through illegal means, and that the whole town council and police force is in on a massive conspiracy . Norma sees a body hanging upside - down and on fire in the middle of town, witnessed by townspeople, showing "justice" is often resolved extrajudicially . Emma and Norman stumble upon a huge marijuana field hidden in the nearby forest and are chased away by two armed men, barely escaping . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "What's Wrong with Norman" </Td> <Td> Paul A. Edwards </Td> <Td> Jeff Wadlow </Td> <Td> April 1, 2013 (2013 - 04 - 01) </Td> <Td> 2.82 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Norman passes out at school and is taken to the hospital . Norma is asked if he has experienced an episode like this before, to which she says no . Dylan states he has a new job, not mentioning it is guarding the marijuana field with his new partner, Ethan . Norma discharges Norman from the hospital, who tells her that he kept Keith's utility belt, which is now missing after the police carry out a property search . Dylan tells Norman to get out more and not let Norma smother him . Meanwhile, Shelby reveals to Norma that he took Keith's belt without Romero's knowledge, because he wants to protect her from being investigated for the disappearance; the two then kiss . Norman envisions his mother telling him to get the belt back; he then breaks into Shelby's house to retrieve it, but instead discovers that one of the women from the sketchbook is being held captive in Shelby's basement . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Trust Me" </Td> <Td> Johan Renck </Td> <Td> Kerry Ehrin </Td> <Td> April 8, 2013 (2013 - 04 - 08) </Td> <Td> 2.30 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Shelby arrives home while Norman is still inside . Dylan, who had followed Norman to the house, distracts Shelby to give Norman enough time to escape . Norma tells Norman he imagines things that don't really happen . With Emma unreachable, Norman draws more closely to Bradley, who is mourning the death of her father . Meanwhile, Romero finds a decomposing hand in the bay that has Keith's wristwatch attached to it . That same evening, Norman meets with Bradley at her house, and the two of them end up sleeping together for the first time; when Norma finds out, she becomes upset . Dylan confronts Norma, stating he knows what she has done, which gives him the right to take Norman to stay with him . Just then, the police show up and arrest Norma for Keith's murder . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> "Ocean View" </Td> <Td> David Straiton </Td> <Td> Jeff Wadlow </Td> <Td> April 15, 2013 (2013 - 04 - 15) </Td> <Td> 2.66 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Norman posts bail for his mother and she is released the next day . Dylan proposes that Norman should live with him instead . Shelby gets rid of the evidence incriminating Norma, claiming to be in love with her . Meanwhile, Dylan borrows $5,000 from Ethan, his work partner, so he can buy his own house . Afterward, a drug addict appears and shoots Ethan, and Dylan rushes him to the hospital . Dylan later runs the drug addict over with his car . At dinner, Norman reveals to Emma that the girl from the sketchbook is real, and the two later find her in Keith's abandoned boat . They take the girl, named Jiao, back to the motel and show her to Norma . She then identifies Shelby as the man who had been assaulting her, shocking and horrifying Norma . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> "The Truth" </Td> <Td> Tucker Gates </Td> <Td> Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin </Td> <Td> April 22, 2013 (2013 - 04 - 22) </Td> <Td> 2.93 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Norman and Dylan find Keith's utility belt and throw it in the harbor in order to protect their mother . Dylan's boss, Gil, informs him that Ethan has died of his wounds . Dylan says that he took out his partner's killer as payback, which pleases Gil . He is then introduced to his new partner, Remo . Shelby finds out that Jiao is staying at the motel and she subsequently flees . He then holds the Bates family at gunpoint and assaults Norma, causing Norman to angrily attack him . After a shootout commences, Dylan kills Shelby to save his family . Meanwhile, Norma reveals the truth about Sam Bates's death to Dylan: Norman killed him in a fit of rage after seeing his father beating Norma and has absolutely no recollection of it, believing his father's death was an accident . She tells Dylan that Norman needs to be protected . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> "The Man in Number 9" </Td> <Td> S.J. Clarkson </Td> <Td> Kerry Ehrin </Td> <Td> April 29, 2013 (2013 - 04 - 29) </Td> <Td> 2.99 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Romero arrives at the scene but makes up a story that he caught and killed Shelby in a gun fight . Meanwhile, Dylan meets Jake Abernathy, who checks into the motel, as he had Room 9 reserved for a week every two months before Keith sold the motel . Norma hires Emma to work at the motel as a cleaner . Norman grows close to a stray dog, whom he names Juno . Norman heads to Bradley's house to declare his love for her, only for Bradley to tell him they are not meant for each other . Norman witnesses Juno being hit and killed by a car, and is devastated . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> "A Boy and His Dog" </Td> <Td> Ed Bianchi </Td> <Td> Bill Balas </Td> <Td> May 6, 2013 (2013 - 05 - 06) </Td> <Td> 2.71 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Emma's father, Will, teaches Norman taxidermy after Norman takes his dead dog to him . Upon the school principal's request, Norma has Norman meet with a psychologist, who suggests Norma may have control issues over her son . Meanwhile, Jake reveals to Norma that he knows the full story about Shelby and Keith's sex - slave business . Norma kicks Jake out in retaliation . Dylan brings "trimmers" to stay at the motel . Norma decides to take Dylan out to dinner to thank him for bringing new customers, but is horrified to see the autopsied corpse of Shelby on her bed . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> "Underwater" </Td> <Td> Tucker Gates </Td> <Td> Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin </Td> <Td> May 13, 2013 (2013 - 05 - 13) </Td> <Td> 2.48 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Norma receives a threatening note and decides to put the motel up for sale . She enlists Romero to help track down Jake, but he informs her he cannot find anything on the man . To calm her, Romero has the house patrolled on the half - hour . Dylan helps Bradley get access to her father's office, where she finds love letters exchanged between her dad and someone known as "B". Meanwhile, Emma gets to know a "trimmer" named Gunner and experiences her first high . Norma's realtor tells her that her property won't go up for sale, angering her to the point of beating him with her bag . Afterward, Norma finds Jake in her car with a pistol; he reveals that Shelby owed him $150,000 from the sex - slave business and, thinking she has the cash, threatens to kill her and her sons unless she delivers the money to him the following night . Terrified, Norma agrees . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 10 </Th> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> "Midnight" </Td> <Td> Tucker Gates </Td> <Td> Carlton Cuse & Kerry Ehrin </Td> <Td> May 20, 2013 (2013 - 05 - 20) </Td> <Td> 2.70 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Romero tells Norma that he'll help her with the Jake situation . Norma reveals to Norman a secret: her brother began raping her when she was 13 . Norman and Emma decide to go to the school winter dance as friends . At the dance, Norman repeatedly eyes Bradley, causing a heartbroken Emma to storm out and Bradley's jealous boyfriend to punch Norman . Miss Watson offers to tend to Norman's injured eye and takes him back to her place . Meanwhile, Norma witnesses Romero shoot and kill Jake . At Miss Watson's home, Norman observes his teacher stripping off to change . A hallucination of Norma convinces Norman that Miss Watson is seducing him . Norman rushes home and tells Norma that Miss Watson was going to drive him, but the next thing he remembers is running home . Miss Watson's corpse is shown with her throat slashed, wearing a "B" necklace, hinting that she may be the secret lover of Bradley's father . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr>

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