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The actual
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Episode 1 -
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Episode 3 -
Episode 4
At 03:07, we see Frank's new home "in Glendale". Having fallen on hard times, he's had to relocate from his original hilltop mansion to this more modest (but still quite nice) home in an L.A. suburb.
This is supposed to be in Glendale, a city located east of Griffith Park. In fact, this house is located on the west side of Hollywood, at [Warning: This is a private home. Do not trespass on their property, Here is a matching Google StreetView of the house.
Inside, Ani speaks with the Hispanic woman that she earlier served with a foreclosure notice. That woman has relocated to this motel.
She shows Ani the contents of a post office box from her missing sister, Among the contents are an invitation to a party, photos, and Later, Ania spots a Senator in one of these sex party photos.
This is the Travel Inn at 401 S. Westlake Ave., near L.A.'s MacArthur Park. ( A bit of L.A. trivia: Before MacArthur Park was re-named after And here's a StreetView of that motel.
25:35: Ray follows one of Frank's men as he picks up a group of call-girls at
(at the corner of E. 20th & Staunton, just north of Vernon, CA). Ray is parked at the northeast corner of that intersection, facing south. That red & white building is 1951 Staunton Ave. It has recently housed a wholesale clothing company. Here is a matching Google StreetView. The "club" that Ray is watching (through binoculars), where they drop off the hookers, is also on E. 20th Street, but it is a block to the west of Ray's parking spot, around 1874 E. 20th St (just west of McGarry Street.) In real life, that building is (or was) a Forever 21 warehouse, which now houses Central City Stages. The large building's official address is 2001 Alameda Street, but we are looking at its north-facing side, on E. 20th Street. Here is a matching Google StreetView.
The camera is looking west/northwest from the east side of L.A. The bridge in the foreground is the 6th Street bridge, spanning the L.A. River. The large white building near the camera is at 2233 Jesse Street. Here is a matching Google Earth view.
She uses Ray's need to keep his son as leverage to recruit him.
We are back at the scene of that bloody firefight that ended Episode 4. In the screencap below, they are standing in front of that three-story Here's a StreetView of that brick building.
This was shot in Vernon, CA. The camera is looking south down the train tracks that The curving trestle you see passes over the river just south And here's a matching Google Earth View of the tracks.
The camera then pans to the right to reveal another, much taller and more modern building,
Inside, we see Frank talking to Jacob McCandless, a Catalyst representative. Frank tries to talk him into him giving back the land he was swindled out of after Ben Caspere died. McCandless feigns complete ignorance of any of the shady dealings going down,
That shot of Union station is indeed the real Union Station, Here's a Google StreetView of both buildings. And an individual StreetView of that MWD building.
Since her sister was in the porn business, Ani tries to get her put Ani in contact with hookers The huge rocks you see behind them are part of Sequit Point, on the beach (Or, if you prefer GPS coordinates. those rocks are at That's about 57 miles northwest of Santa Monica. Ani and her sister are walking west from Sequit Point, onto North Beach, Here's a Google StreetView of the those rocks & the beach.
The shop above, with the green awning, is Dave Tipp Pawn Shop, After talking to that clerk, Paul goes across the street (east) to another shop: (Both shops are at the corners of Broadway & 5th Street.) Here's a StreetView of that first pawn shop.
They are standing on a hill in Elysian Park, just above (northeast of) They are looking south/southwest, towards the skyscrapers of downtown L.A. The GPS coordinates are 34.082698, -118.236999 The only access to this overlook is through this "Elysian Fields" section
Here is a matching Google Earth view.
53:36: Ani and Paul go to investigate a cabin in the woods, which wasthe last place They then follow circling birds to a bloody, dilapidated shack, This large, stone cabin is Harwood Lodge, located on Mount Baldy.
Harwood Lodge was built in 1930, and was named in honor of the first woman president (My guess is that the dilapidated shack, where Ani discovers Here is a Google Earth view.
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