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Bates Motel (2013) is streaming on Amazon Prime. Also available to free on The CW.
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Bates Motel
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You can watch Bates Motel (2013) for free on The CW.
A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.
Norman Bates struggles to navigate an intense, suffocating bond with his mother as they attempt to rebuild their lives at a roadside motel. This psychological slow-burn reimagines a cinematic legend through a modern, fractured lens.
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Bates Motel
Together until the end.
5 Seasons • 50 Episodes
You can watch Bates Motel (2013) for free on The CW.
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