Topic - Bates Motel

Bates Motel is a 1987 television movie about Alex West, a mentally disturbed youth who was committed to an asylum after killing his abusive stepfather. There he befriends Norman Bates and ends up inheriting the infamous Bates Motel. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - This March 18, 2013 file photo shows actress Vera Farmiga from the A&amp;E series, &quot;Bates Motel,&quot; in New York. The second season premieres March 3 at 9 p.m. EST. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, File)

Farmiga says ‘Bates Motel’ drama is only on screen

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