Bates Motel

TV Show • 2013 • Crime  

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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.
This tv show contains 44 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Jemz_00
Throughout the show I think around 3+ dogs die

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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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an adult sleeps with a minor
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Jemz_00
The main character takes up taxidermy as a hobby
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Are animals abused?
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NathanK
Not in the traditional sense. Two dogs fight, one of them gets shot.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there bugs?
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There are bugs when the main character gets held in this box in the forest
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Assault
Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone restrained?
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There is a fairly graphic rape scene in the first episode of the show. Throughout the show there are many mentions and depictions of rape/sexual assault/sex trafficking.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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First few episodes season 1
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Is someone buried alive?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Jellykapop
A man is hung upside down and burned, we don't see him actually being hung but w do see him burning from a short distance
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Early in the season a character is shot in the eye (not pictured) and the wound/gore is visible in a couple of scenes.
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Is someone stabbed?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Does a parent die?
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Season 1 Ep 1, 39:00-39:32, Norman sees blood on his shoe while eating lunch, gags once, and runs to the trash can. Full audio and visual. A girl comes up and gives him a mint afterward, and the episode is safe from there.

Season 1 Ep 5, 38:55-39:00, someone says "She has vomit in her hair." Nothing is really shown. Around 40:45 and beyond you can kind of see it in her hair, but it is very hard to make out.

Season 1 Ep 8, 2:18-2:40, a girl runs into the bathroom coughing from an asthma attack, leans over the toilet, and spits. No actual vomit.

Season 1 Ep 10, 8:50-9:10, a character groans and complains of her stomach hurting. She runs out of the room. No vomit.

Season 2 Ep 3, 33:00-33:15, a girl gets drunk and runs off to vomit. only audio.

Season 2 Ep 4, 1:30-3:05, a character is shown passed out in a truck with vomit on his clothes and on the truck. The shirt covered in vomit is shown 9:22-10:00.

Season 3 Ep 3, 2:56-3:03, a character gets out of the car saying she threw up on herself from a bad smell. nothing is shown.

Season 3 Ep 6, 25:33-26:27, a character with cystic fibrosis violently coughs up mucus on the bathroom floor. audio and visual.

Season 4 Ep 2, 6:48-7:30, a character violently coughs up mucus again.

Season 4 Ep 4, 2:11-2:18, a character makes himself vomit up pills. he is briefly shown hovering over a toilet and coughing, but no vomit is shown and it quickly cuts away.

Season 4 Ep 8, 25:34-25:58, a character vomits after hearing unpleasant news. audio only and you can see the character bending over.

Season 5 Ep 5, 1:22-1:32, a character runs to the toilet and vomits, some visual but mostly audio and coughing.

Season 5 Ep 7, 4:39-4:48, a character vomits due to seeing something disturbing. only audio.

Season 5 Ep 8, 7:54-8:24, a character gags another character making him vomit into a toilet. audio only, but some spit is visible around his mouth when he gets back up. the character is seen sitting by the toilet from 8:25-10:00.

Season 5 Ep 10, 34:37-35:15, a character sees something disturbing and vomits on the floor. audio and visual.
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Does someone spit?
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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NathanK
Not cancer, but another typically terminal illness
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Mental Health
Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Sex
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Strip clubs
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Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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Is there gun violence?
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