Where is Severance filmed? Guide to ALL the Filming Locations in Kier
Posted by Ra Moon
Now back for the second season, Severance was filmed primarily between the Hudson Valley, NY, and New Jersey.
The series is set in Kier, the fictional creepy town subsidized by the mysterious Lumon Industries company.

The series is set in Kier, the fictional creepy town subsidized by the mysterious Lumon Industries company.

The story revolves around a special program that uses a surgical procedure, called severance, to separate employees' work memories from their personal lives.
Welcome to the best and most complete guide to all the filming locations of Severance. In this spoiler-free report, you'll find the locations in order of appearance, with the new season two locations below.
Welcome to the best and most complete guide to all the filming locations of Severance. In this spoiler-free report, you'll find the locations in order of appearance, with the new season two locations below.
The Severance building

The impressive Lumon Industries company building is the iconic Bell Works in Holmdel, New Jersey.
Designed in 1958 by Finnish-American modernist architect Eero Saarinen, the complex was home to over 6,000 engineers and researchers working in this advanced lab and development facility.

Looking like a mirror box with a central open-atrium scheme, which spans a quarter-mile, the Bell Labs is a massive two-million-square-foot building.
The Holmdel Complex was owned successively by Bell Telephone, American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), and Alcatel-Lucent.
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The building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has been renovated since 2013 to convert it into a multi-purpose living and working space for high-tech startup companies.
The water tower out front, featured in some establishing shots, is nicknamed "The transistor". It was actually designed to look like a transistor as an homage to Bell Lab's role in the invention of the device.
The Severance Locations in Kier

When Mark returns home to his Fortress of Solitude, he passes over the monumental Kingston–Port Ewen Suspension Bridge, also known as the Wurts Street Bridge in Ulster County, NY.
As in the series, this steel structure completed in 1921, was in poor condition due to severe corrosion. The bridge was closed to traffic in September 2020.
In October 2021, the local government announced a major plan to invest in the rehabilitation of this historical bridge, and it was reopened in 2024.
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The quiet, gloomy-blue neighborhood, which according to Mark, never really filled up, is called Baird Creek Manor in the series.
The local news outlet Lohud reported that Mark and Mrs. Selvig's houses are actually located at the Village Gate Townhouses in Nyack, situated 27 miles away from New York City.
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Located high on a hill with views of the Hudson River, the Village Gate Townhouses were built around 1986 and 1993.
An average two to four bedroom house with two bathrooms, at over 1,600 square feet, has an approximate market price of half a million dollars.

Ricken and Devon's beautiful mid-century modern home, the Bier House, is located in the Usonia Historic District in Thornwood near Pleasantville, NY.
According to this article by Douglas Klostermann, the house was designed in 1949 by Kaneji Domoto in the Organic style developed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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In the first episode, "Good News About Hell", Mark is invited to the VIP section of Pip's Bar and Grille diner, where he meets Petey.
The Hudson Valley Post revealed that the restaurant was filmed at Phoenicia Diner, a retro 1962 eatery in Ulster County.
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The restaurant of the scenes of Mark and Alexa's dates is the Hudson House, a rustic-chic eatery in Nyack.
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Following the clues of the local press, Atlas of Wonders tracked down the location of the fictional Kier town where Severance is set.
The scene in the second episode, "Half Loop", where Mark has a date, was filmed in Downtown Beacon (Dutchess County). Many shop storefronts were renamed for the shoot.
The Hall of Records where Mark argues with some anti-Severance activists is the Beacon Building on Main Street.
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After calling sick in episode two, to get to the greenhouse Mark drives under the Wilbur Bridge or Kingston Trestle, a CSX railroad bridge over Rondout Creek built in 1903.
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Mark meets Petey at the old Sprainbrook Nursery, a garden center now permanently closed at 448 Underhill Road in Scarsdale.
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We immediately recognized the gas station with this particular shape in the third episode, "In Perpetuity", as it was also a featured filming location in John Wick Chapter One.
This is the Gulf Gas Station at the corner of Route 9W and Christian Herald Road in Nyack.
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According to production designer Jeremy Hindle, the Perpetuity Wing in the underground with the replica of Eagan's house was too big to build from scratch at the studios.
Luckily, they found a museum in the Bronx with "a brutalist building attached to it, and then a pristine house".
However, thanks to one of our readers, we have discovered that this location is the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, hosting art galleries, a planetarium, and the 1877 Gilded Age Glenview House.
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The church in episode four, "The You You Are", is the Trinity Lutheran Church at 430 North Street in White Plains.
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The Damona birthing retreat entrance from episode five, "The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design", was filmed at the Mohonk Preserve Testimonial Gateway in New Paltz.
Built in 1908, this historical gatehouse was the formal entrance to the Mohonk Mountain House resort, the same hotel used in the Upload series.
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In the first scene of episode eight, "What's for Dinner?", Irving sits on a bench in front of a church.
This is Cornell Park, located opposite the Celebration Wedding Chapel at 29 Wurts Street in Kingston.
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The exterior of Irving's apartment in Leonora Lake is at Waterfront at the Strand in Kingston.
Irving Bailiff is played by John Turturro, who also starred in the 2022 dark superhero movie The Batman.
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In the season finale, "The We We Are", Ms. Cobel drives through Beacon, crossing Main Street and East Main Street, where a historic traffic signal known as the 'dummy light' is located.
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The new Season 2 locations

Dylan's house in the second episode of season two, "Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig", is located on Oxford Lane in the Kings Landing Condominium in Middletown, NJ.
A Reddit post showed that the production rearranged the trees to film this shot.
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The Great Doors factory was filmed at the Red Owl Collective in Kingston's Midtown Arts District.
This 10,000-square-foot antique, vintage, and design emporium features over 70 vendors.
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The phone booth Irving calls from was a set prop built in front of a closed car repair shop in Kingston called Dynamic Automotive, near the Wurts Street Bridge.
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The shed in the third episode, "Who Is Alive?" is below the Rondout Train Trestle on the banks of Rondout Creek, but the garage door was removed via CGI.
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Mammalian's Nurturable room was filmed at the Marine Park Golf Course in Brooklyn.
The showrunners built an enclosed tent on the course, and Industrial Light & Magic rendered the walls and ceiling in CGI.
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Woe's Hollow

The Dieter Eagan National Forest area in the fourth episode was filmed at Minnewaska State Park Preserve located in New York’s Shawangunk Mountains.
Lake Minnewaska was digitally altered to appear rounder, and the visitor center buildings were removed.
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Woe's Hollow was filmed at Awosting Falls, located about 1.5 miles from Lake Minnewaska.
The tallest waterfall on the planet is an impressive 60-foot drop that pours into a crystal-clear pool below.
You can reach it after a short, scenic hike from the parking lot, which offers stunning views of the falls.
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The interior of Burt and Fields' home in the sixth episode, "Attila", was filmed at the Gerald Luss House in Ossining, NY.
This mid-century modern home known for its sleek glass walls, open floor plan, and integration with nature, was designed by architect Gerald Luss in 1955 as his personal residence. However, the exterior was shot elsewhere.
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The Zufu Chinese restaurant is the Eng's restaurant in Kingston.
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The scenes at the Ganz College in the seventh episode, "Chikhai Bardo", were filmed at Nassau Community College in Garden City, Long Island.
Many of the original buildings, constructed in the 1960s and 1970s, are a mix of Brutalist and Mid-Century architecture.
Salt's Neck

The remote fictional town of Salt's Neck in the eighth episode, "Sweet Vitriol", was filmed between Bonavista, Keels, and Port Union, in Newfoundland, Canada.
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On the way to her hometown, Cobel passes by the John Quinton Limited Buildings in the Red Cliffe community of Bonavista Bay.
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The Drippy Pot Cafe was filmed at Neil's Yard Cafe in Bonavista, a small coffee and artisan shop that is now permanently closed.
With its picturesque and rugged coastline, Bonavista is believed to be the place where John Cabot landed in 1497, marking one of the earliest European explorations of North America.
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Harmony's old friend, Hampton, drives through the quaint houses on Port Union's Main Street.
Established in 1916, this union-built town was designed to provide fishermen with economic independence from traditional merchant systems.
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The Lumon-owned factory, Ether Mill, is an old fish plant located on the shores of Trinity Bay, also in Port Union.
As you can see in the image, the chimneys and other elements, including the hills in the background, were added to the scene using CGI.
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This shot was taken near Lance Cove, part of the Dungeon Provincial Park UNESCO geosite located on the Bonavista Peninsula.
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Jame Eagan's home interior in the ninth episode, "The After Hours", Taghkanic Glass House near Hudson, NY.
Completed in 1999, this architectural masterpiece designed by Thomas Phifer features a glass and steel pavilion for public living spaces, offering panoramic views, while private areas are tucked into the hillside.
This private residence is available for rent on Airbnb for approximately $5,000 per night.
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The cliff meeting was filmed near the State Line Lookout, a scenic spot located within the Palisades Interstate Park in New Jersey.
The driving scenes were filmed on the old Route 9W, following the Hudson River.
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The railroad station is the majestic Utica Union Station. This historic transportation hub, built in 1914, features grand Beaux-Arts architecture.
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The elegant locomotive is a classic Alco C424, a diesel model built between 1963 and 1966, still in service on the scenic Adirondack Mountains Railroad in New York.

Additional reported filming locations include the Two Villains Brewing microbrewery in Nyack and the Pietro Drive neighborhood in Yonkers, Westchester County.
Described as a workplace thriller, the series is produced and directed by Ben Stiller and stars Adam Scott as Mark Scout and Britt Lower as Helly R.
Rounding out the cast are Patricia Arquette as Harmony Cobel, John Turturro as Irving Bailiff, Zach Cherry as Dylan George, and Christopher Walken as Burt Goodman.
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30 comments:
1- Memerson - Apr 3, 2022, 6:39 PM
That's the gatehouse at the Mohonk Preserve in New Paltz, formerly part of the Mohonk Mountain House. I'm wondering if the birthing cottages aren't part of Mohonk, too -maybe the new lodge?
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2- Anonymous - Jan 28, 2025, 10:41 AM
This is exactly how I ended up in this discussion. I want to know if the birthing cabins are the cabins within the Mohonk Preserve.
3- Anonymous - Apr 12, 2022, 10:33 AM
I love the article. It's fun seeing places I know in a show. Adding to the group source: Holmdel, NJ is in Monmouth Co, NJ, which is not "northern" NJ. Central Jersey, maybe; The Northern Jersey Shore, maybe; but it's south of the Raritan River, so certainly not Northern NJ.
4- God - Apr 16, 2022, 6:08 AM
Thank you so much! You are doing God's — that is, Kier's — work here!
5- Anonymous - Apr 20, 2022, 12:37 PM
The rundown nursery in episode 2, where Mark meets Petey after calling in sick, I'm pretty sure is the old nursery on the corner of Sprain Road and Underhill Road in Scarsdale, NY, 10583.
6- Greengumbo - Apr 21, 2022, 6:39 PM
Irving's apartment is at Waterfront at the Strand in Kingston, NY.
7- Anonymous - Apr 27, 2022, 3:42 PM
I’m almost 100% sure the church featured is Regina Coeli in Hyde Park, NY.
8- Anonymous - Apr 27, 2022, 7:35 PM
I grew up across the street from the Mohonk Gatehouse in New Paltz and used to deliver the "Kingston Freeman" newspaper there - Now must watch this show!
9- Mike - May 3, 2022, 1:22 PM
I think it would be fair to include Zach Cherry as Dylan G. in that list with Adam Scott.
1- Memerson - Apr 3, 2022, 6:39 PM
That's the gatehouse at the Mohonk Preserve in New Paltz, formerly part of the Mohonk Mountain House. I'm wondering if the birthing cottages aren't part of Mohonk, too -maybe the new lodge?
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2- Anonymous - Jan 28, 2025, 10:41 AM
This is exactly how I ended up in this discussion. I want to know if the birthing cabins are the cabins within the Mohonk Preserve.
3- Anonymous - Apr 12, 2022, 10:33 AM
I love the article. It's fun seeing places I know in a show. Adding to the group source: Holmdel, NJ is in Monmouth Co, NJ, which is not "northern" NJ. Central Jersey, maybe; The Northern Jersey Shore, maybe; but it's south of the Raritan River, so certainly not Northern NJ.
4- God - Apr 16, 2022, 6:08 AM
Thank you so much! You are doing God's — that is, Kier's — work here!
5- Anonymous - Apr 20, 2022, 12:37 PM
The rundown nursery in episode 2, where Mark meets Petey after calling in sick, I'm pretty sure is the old nursery on the corner of Sprain Road and Underhill Road in Scarsdale, NY, 10583.
6- Greengumbo - Apr 21, 2022, 6:39 PM
Irving's apartment is at Waterfront at the Strand in Kingston, NY.
7- Anonymous - Apr 27, 2022, 3:42 PM
I’m almost 100% sure the church featured is Regina Coeli in Hyde Park, NY.
8- Anonymous - Apr 27, 2022, 7:35 PM
I grew up across the street from the Mohonk Gatehouse in New Paltz and used to deliver the "Kingston Freeman" newspaper there - Now must watch this show!
9- Mike - May 3, 2022, 1:22 PM
I think it would be fair to include Zach Cherry as Dylan G. in that list with Adam Scott.
10- Anonymous - May 19, 2022, 7:24 PM
Mark drives under the Rosendale Trestle in episode two to get to the greenhouse.
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11- Anonymous - May 22, 2022, 8:57 PM
This is not the Rosedale Trestle but the Kingston Trestle over the Roundout Creek, which is still actively used by CSX Freight.
12- Pete - Aug 9, 2022, 3:21 PM
Pretty sure the church in episode four is Trinity Lutheran Church in White Plains, NY!
13- Anonymous - Dec 30, 2022, 7:14 PM
The Hudson House restaurant in Nyack appears in both episodes of Mark and Alexa's dates.
14- Anonymous - Jan 17, 2023, 1:32 PM
The only location I came here for was the AWESOME Bell Labs building in NJ. It's the only spot in the dystopian series that isn't thoroughly depressing.
15- Anonymous - Mar 18, 2023, 10:31 AM
The water tower at the former Bell Labs building isn’t just nicknamed “The Transistor” as a creative take on its shape. The tower was intentionally designed to look like a transistor as an homage to Bell Lab's role in the invention of the device.
I worked for Bell Labs in this building as an intern during the summers of ‘87 and ‘88, and the visceral experience of being inside the huge space is insane.
16- Anonymous - Apr 9, 2023, 8:12 PM
Is this the same gas stationed that’s being used in the upcoming Fallout show?
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17- Ra Moon - Apr 20, 2023, 11:23 AM
Yes, it's the same location.
18- Anonymous - Dec 28, 2024, 7:59 AM
I was wondering if the Optics and Design department was actually filmed at a local library or archive.
19- Fabio Tiago Mendes - Jan 5, 2025, 3:09 PM
I loved it, I'm passionate about knowing where the locations would be in movies or series. Thanks for sharing.
20- Anonymous - Feb 5, 2025, 2:24 AM
In S2 E3, Mark drives his car next to a blue shed/garage/workshop-type building with the Rondout Trestle in the background. This shed actually exists right below the trestle on the banks of Rondout Creek, but it appears the showrunners CGI'd the garage door of the building out for some reason.
In the same episode, the Marine Park Golf Course in Brooklyn, NY was used for the Mammalian's Nurturable room. They built an enclosed tent on the course and then ILM rendered the walls and ceiling in CGI.
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21- Ra Moon - Feb 5, 2025, 7:14 PM
Awesome, updated!
Mark drives under the Rosendale Trestle in episode two to get to the greenhouse.
Reply
11- Anonymous - May 22, 2022, 8:57 PM
This is not the Rosedale Trestle but the Kingston Trestle over the Roundout Creek, which is still actively used by CSX Freight.
12- Pete - Aug 9, 2022, 3:21 PM
Pretty sure the church in episode four is Trinity Lutheran Church in White Plains, NY!
13- Anonymous - Dec 30, 2022, 7:14 PM
The Hudson House restaurant in Nyack appears in both episodes of Mark and Alexa's dates.
14- Anonymous - Jan 17, 2023, 1:32 PM
The only location I came here for was the AWESOME Bell Labs building in NJ. It's the only spot in the dystopian series that isn't thoroughly depressing.
15- Anonymous - Mar 18, 2023, 10:31 AM
The water tower at the former Bell Labs building isn’t just nicknamed “The Transistor” as a creative take on its shape. The tower was intentionally designed to look like a transistor as an homage to Bell Lab's role in the invention of the device.
I worked for Bell Labs in this building as an intern during the summers of ‘87 and ‘88, and the visceral experience of being inside the huge space is insane.
16- Anonymous - Apr 9, 2023, 8:12 PM
Is this the same gas stationed that’s being used in the upcoming Fallout show?
Reply
17- Ra Moon - Apr 20, 2023, 11:23 AM
Yes, it's the same location.
18- Anonymous - Dec 28, 2024, 7:59 AM
I was wondering if the Optics and Design department was actually filmed at a local library or archive.
19- Fabio Tiago Mendes - Jan 5, 2025, 3:09 PM
I loved it, I'm passionate about knowing where the locations would be in movies or series. Thanks for sharing.
20- Anonymous - Feb 5, 2025, 2:24 AM
In S2 E3, Mark drives his car next to a blue shed/garage/workshop-type building with the Rondout Trestle in the background. This shed actually exists right below the trestle on the banks of Rondout Creek, but it appears the showrunners CGI'd the garage door of the building out for some reason.
In the same episode, the Marine Park Golf Course in Brooklyn, NY was used for the Mammalian's Nurturable room. They built an enclosed tent on the course and then ILM rendered the walls and ceiling in CGI.
Reply
21- Ra Moon - Feb 5, 2025, 7:14 PM
Awesome, updated!
22- Anonymous - Feb 13, 2025, 9:34 PM
The phone booth that Irving makes calls from in S2 seems to be in front of a closed auto repair business in Kingston called Dynamic Automotive, near the Wurts Street Bridge. It appears the phone booth was a set prop as there is none there in real life, but you can see the old-school fluorescent light fixture in the parking lot that he walks past just before the phone booth, as well as the bridge and the ornate old houses in the background.
23- Anonymous - Mar 1, 2025, 5:51 AM
Bonavista, NL, for episode 8 "Sweet Vitriol".
24- Jhhl - Mar 1, 2025, 2:56 PM
Ms. Cobel's frantic drive in S1E9 goes right by the famous "dummy light" in Beacon.
25- Nathan - Mar 10, 2025, 9:18 AM
At least some scenes of Ganz College were filmed at Nassau Community College on Long Island. You can see the plaza used in S1E6-7 and S2E7 on Google Maps.
26- Anonymous - Mar 14, 2025, 5:10 PM
Jame Eagan's Home is the Taghkanic Glass House at 223 Old Route 82 in Hudson, NY.
27- Anonymous - Mar 14, 2025, 11:13 PM
In Season 2, Episode 9, Devon and Mark meet Harmony Cobel near a cliff by a river. I was thrilled to see a location dear to me from my childhood, the old Rt 9W near State Line Lookout.
28- Nathan - Mar 15, 2025, 2:16 PM
Dylan's house in S2E2 is one of the town homes on Oxford Lane in the King's Landing housing development in Middletown, NJ.
29- Nathan - Mar 16, 2025, 1:02 PM
The interior scenes of Burt and Fields house in S2E6 were filmed at the Gerald Luss House in Ossining, NY - it looks like another house was used for the front exterior shots in that episode and S1E9, though.
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30- Ra Moon - Mar 16, 2025, 5:54 PM
Thank you all, updated!
The phone booth that Irving makes calls from in S2 seems to be in front of a closed auto repair business in Kingston called Dynamic Automotive, near the Wurts Street Bridge. It appears the phone booth was a set prop as there is none there in real life, but you can see the old-school fluorescent light fixture in the parking lot that he walks past just before the phone booth, as well as the bridge and the ornate old houses in the background.
23- Anonymous - Mar 1, 2025, 5:51 AM
Bonavista, NL, for episode 8 "Sweet Vitriol".
24- Jhhl - Mar 1, 2025, 2:56 PM
Ms. Cobel's frantic drive in S1E9 goes right by the famous "dummy light" in Beacon.
25- Nathan - Mar 10, 2025, 9:18 AM
At least some scenes of Ganz College were filmed at Nassau Community College on Long Island. You can see the plaza used in S1E6-7 and S2E7 on Google Maps.
26- Anonymous - Mar 14, 2025, 5:10 PM
Jame Eagan's Home is the Taghkanic Glass House at 223 Old Route 82 in Hudson, NY.
27- Anonymous - Mar 14, 2025, 11:13 PM
In Season 2, Episode 9, Devon and Mark meet Harmony Cobel near a cliff by a river. I was thrilled to see a location dear to me from my childhood, the old Rt 9W near State Line Lookout.
28- Nathan - Mar 15, 2025, 2:16 PM
Dylan's house in S2E2 is one of the town homes on Oxford Lane in the King's Landing housing development in Middletown, NJ.
29- Nathan - Mar 16, 2025, 1:02 PM
The interior scenes of Burt and Fields house in S2E6 were filmed at the Gerald Luss House in Ossining, NY - it looks like another house was used for the front exterior shots in that episode and S1E9, though.
Reply
30- Ra Moon - Mar 16, 2025, 5:54 PM
Thank you all, updated!
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