Q.
What is it supposed to be on the show?
A. A park.
Q.
Where is it supposed to be on the show?
A. In New York City.

Q. When did we see it on the show?
A. We see this location in Episode 4 of Season 1 of Resurrection.
Having met Mia LaPierre (a serial killer nicknamed . Lady Vengeance)
at Leon Prater's mansion, Dexter meets her in the park for a date of
sorts, in which she tells him, while they are jogging, that she will
answer his questions as long as he can keep up with her.
Dexter first questions her about Leon Prater, and she tells him that she
doesn't think he has actually killed anyone himself, but is rather a
sick voyeur who wants to hear all the details of the serial killers
sadistic adventures.
They a break while Dexter buys two bottles of
water, then Dexter sits on a bench while fitness buff Mia continues her
stretching exercises.
As the conversation continues, they share their
histories, with Dexter revealing only a few details about his family
background, but Mia telling her full origin story, an uprooted
childhood spent with an irresponsible mother, and how she eventually
killed her mother's creepy boyfriend after he sexually abused her young
sister.
By the time they're finished, she has invited Dexter back to her place.
Q. What is it actually in real life?
A. A park.
Q.
Where can I find it in real life?
A. This is New York's famous Central Park, the same park where they filmed the earlier scene of Charley picking up Dexter in the park, but not in the same place in the park.
Central Park is so huge that you'll need more specific info to find this particular spot.
They filmed these early jogging scenes on the southern portion of of The Mall,
a broad, straight pathway which runs about 1,400 feet from the Bethesda
fountain on the north to the circular flower garden at its south end
(which is flanked by statues of Shakespeare and Columbus) .
And they filmed the latter scenes of the duo sitting on a bench on the benches just west of the stone Naumburg Bandshell, at the far south end of the Mall.
The GPS coordinates of the bandshell are 40°46'21.5"N 73°58'17.1"W.
They shot those bench scenes less than 100 feet west/southwest of the bandshell, at around 40°46'21.5"N 73°58'17.1"W .
Here is a StreetView showing the approximate location of those benches, and the bandshell in the background
It's about 550 feet south of the Bethesda Terrace (with the angel fountain), which we saw at the start of that scene where Dexter meets Charley in the park.
Here is a matching StreetView of the benches where they filmed the scene:
Here is an aerial
photo of the location. And here is a map
link.
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Q. How the heck did you figure out where it was?
A. Way back in March, there had been lots of paparazzi photos
on the Internet back showing Michael C. Hall and Krysten Ritter filming
this scene in Central Park. And naturally I took note.
So my challenge
wasn't to identify the famous park, but rather to pinpoint the exact
spot in the huge park where the actors were being filmed.
When I took a close look at the scene, I noticed a white bandshell in the background behind Dexter. and
when I ran that image through Google, it easily identified the
structure as the Naumburg Bandshell. (Considering that the bandshell is
over 100 years old, that's not surprising.)
That,
in turn, allowed me to use the StreetViews available from inside the
park to match the approximate spot where our duo was resting as they
shared their life stories.
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