Bates Motel season 4

The fourth season of Bates Motel aired from March 7-May 16, 2016. The season consisted of 10 episodes and aired on Mondays at 9 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. The series takes place in the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon.

The season received critical acclaim from television critics, and was nominated for two Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. It also won three People's Choice Awards for Cable TV Drama, Cable TV Actress (Farmiga), and Cable TV Actor (Highmore). Bates Motel fourth season maintained consistent ratings throughout its airing, with the season premiere drawing in 1.55 million viewers and the finale totalling 1.50 million. The season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 18, 2016.

Main

 * Vera Farmiga as Norma Louise Bates
 * Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates
 * Max Thieriot as Dylan Massett
 * Olivia Cooke as Emma Decody
 * Nestor Carbonell as Sheriff Alex Romero

Recurring

 * Damon Gupton as Dr. Gregg Edwards
 * Jaime Ray Newman as Rebecca Hamilton
 * Andrew Howard as Will Decody
 * Terence Kelly as Dickie Bolton
 * Ryan Hurst as Chick Hogan
 * Marshall Allman as Julian Howe
 * Kelly-Ruth Mercier as Nurse Penny
 * Aliyah O'Brien as Regina
 * Karina Logue as Audrey Ellis
 * Fiona Vroom as Vicki Monroe
 * Craig Erickson as Howard Collins
 * Anika Noni Rose as Liz Babbitt
 * Louis Ferreira as Doctor Guynan
 * David Cubitt as Sam Bates
 * Luke Roessler as Young Norman

Guest

 * Kevin Rahm as Bob Paris
 * Keenan Tracey as Gunner
 * Alexia Fast as Athena
 * Alessandro Juliani as Interviewer
 * Lindsey Ginter as Mac Dixon
 * Kenny Johnson as Caleb Calhoun
 * Gina Chiarelli as O'Sullivan
 * Carmen Moore as Grace Wei
 * Jay Brazeau as Justin Willcock
 * Molly Price as Detective Chambers

Casting
Ryan Hurst returned to the series as Chick Hogan, a recurring character throughout the third season. Damon Gupton was cast in the recurring role of Gregg Edwards, a doctor at Pineview Mental Institution. Jaime Ray Newman played a major recurring role throughout the season as Rebecca Hamilton, a former girlfriend of Romero.

Filming
The series was filmed on location in Aldergrove, British Columbia. At the beginning of the first season, a replica of the original Bates Motel set from the film Psycho was built on 272nd Street. Nestor Carbonell directed one episode of the fourth season. Principal photography for season 4 began on November 30, 2015 in Vancouver and surrounding areas, and concluded on April 6, 2016. Highmore wrote the eighth episode of the season.

Critical response
The fourth season of Bates Motel has been met with critical acclaim. The season holds a 100% positive rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 17 responses from television critics.

Ratings
Overall, the fourth season of Bates Motel averaged 1.45 million viewers, with a 0.6 rating in the 18–49 demographic.
 * A Cable Live +3 data is used here as Live +7 was not made available.

Awards and nominations
In its fourth season, Bates Motel was nominated for 17 awards, winning three.