<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Season 4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Bates Motel episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The fifth and final season of Bates Motel premiered on February 20, 2017, and concluded on April 24, 2017 . The season consisted of 10 episodes and aired on Mondays at 10 p.m. ET / PT on A&E . The series itself is described as a "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, following the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in the Hitchcock film . However, the final season of the series loosely adapts the plot of Psycho . The series takes place in the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon . </P> <Ul> <Li> Vera Farmiga as Norma Louise Bates </Li> <Li> Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates </Li> <Li> Max Thieriot as Dylan Massett </Li> <Li> Olivia Cooke as Emma Decody </Li> <Li> Nestor Carbonell as Alex Romero </Li> </Ul>

When did season 5 of bates motel start