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The
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![]() A. A residential
neighborhood.
Q. Where is it supposed to be on the show? A. Somewhere
in Miami, Florida.
Q. When did we see it on the show? A. In Episode 8 of Season of Season 1 - "Shrink Wrap":
He needs to know if the shrink has an alibi for one killing, so he goes out jogging past the house of a fellow patient of that therapist, a young man named Alex. He finds him unloading groceries from his car, and stops, pretending to help with the groceries. He strikes up a conversation, and Alex (who turns out to be gay) is more than glad to talk to Dexter.
Once Dex tells Alex that he has a girlfriend, the guy loses interest and goes inside. Dex resumes
his jogging.
Q. What is it actually in real life? A. A residential
neighborhood, but far from Miami.
Q. Where can I find it in real life? A. This is actually the west side of the 4000 block of Pine Avenue, in Long Beach, CA. Pine Avenue is a north/south street which runs most of the length of the city. Downtown, for instance, Pine is a major commercial street. But this section is the 4000 block of Pine, which is in the city's northwest corner, is residential. It's between Roosevelt Road on the south, and San Antonio Drive on the north, just south of the Country Club neighborhood where "American Pie" was filmed. Dexter begins jogging around 4001 Pine, and runs north up the west side of Pine, where he stops to talk to Alex at 4031 Pine Ave. When he begins jogging again, they basically start over, back at 4001 Pine. The nearby streets
of the same neighborhood were used extensively in later seasons, for locations
such as Miguel Prado's house, Maria LaGuerta's
house, and the home of the Trinity Killer. I shot the photos below in 2010. The
top photo looks south down the west side of Pine Avenue, where Dexter jogged. [
Warning: These are private homes. Do not
knock on their doors, trespass on their property, Here is an aerial photo of the street. And here is a map link.
Q. How the heck did you figure out where it was? A. In retrospect,
this seems obvious. After all, Dexter filmed in this neighborhood
many times over the years. But back during the first season, when I was
searching for this street, they had never filmed there. All of their
Long Beach filming at the time was done in the old "Dexter
Neighborhood" down south in Los Altos, or near the Naples/beach
area, or on the east side at El Dorado
Park. So, I searched the areas they frequented, and when I didn't find it there, I moved on to other spots (including Hancock Park), but didn't try this Bixby area. Fortunately,
in 2010, a fan, Geoff, watched the
first season, and tracked down a number of missing locations. This was
one of them. (Thanks, Geoff!)
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