{"id":7384,"date":"2015-08-11T23:40:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T22:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legendarytrips.com\/?p=7384"},"modified":"2019-10-26T14:34:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T13:34:22","slug":"true-detective-season-2-finale-filming-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legendarytrips.com\/true-detective-season-2-finale-filming-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"Read and weep: True Detective season 2 finale filming locations"},"content":{"rendered":"
[No spoiler guarantee]<\/p>\n
Before revealing the most iconic filming locations of True Detective season 2\u2019s finale, let\u2019s weep together.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s weep for True Detective\u2019 second season that could have been great but took off way too late, in a hurry.<\/p>\n
Anyone watching avidly the show felt it. Perfection was there. It was everywhere. In Ray Velcoro\u2019s last stand for his legacy with his son, in Ani Bezzerides healing her wounds through rage, in Frank Semyon\u2019s impossible choice between love and power or in Paul Woodrugh abiding righteousness. Perfection was right here but the show never seized it.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s weep for the 21st century\u2019s Chinatown<\/em> that was never born; for the Raymond Chandler\u2019s dream screen counterpart that got away.<\/p>\n Nonetheless. Let\u2019s praise True Detective\u2019s season 2 for its flashes of genius, like the raw shooting scene that shook us to the core half-season or the sick orgy scene that ended in a pool of blood under Bezzerides’ lightning blade.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s praise a beautiful draft that could learn from its mistakes and lead to the ultimate masterpiece with season 3 in 2016. And weep.<\/p>\n Now to the most iconic filming locations of True Detective season 2’s finale.<\/p>\n Shooting scene at the railway station \u2192 Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (‘ARTIC’)<\/b><\/p>\n Omega Station where one of the major shooting scenes happens in the finale of True Detective season 2 is the recently built Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (‘ARTIC’) southeast of Los Angeles. Opened in December 2014, the center is a hub for Greyhound buses and hosts a couple of train lines.<\/p>\n The beautiful structure features a 120-foot-tall (37 m) glass entrance and a massive transparent shell roof that allows a diffused sunlight to illuminate the interior. Read more on Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/a> Heist in the woods \u2192 Thousands Oaks, California<\/b><\/p>\n The fictitious Crystal Ranch where a major heist takes place in the finale is actually a cabin in Ranch Studios located in Thousand Oaks, south of Lake Sherwood (see photo). The spot is in fact very near to Point Mugu<\/a> that we highlighted at the beginning of the second season.<\/p>\n Source: Ventura County Star<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a> Shooting scene in the forest with Ray Velcoro \u2192 Balch Park, Sequoia National Forest, Springville, California<\/b><\/p>\n The shooting scene in the forest with Ray Velcoro was filmed in the majestic Sequoia National Forest’s Balch Park<\/a> that features Giant Sequoia trees.<\/p>\n <\/a> Desert scene with Frank Semyon \u2192 Soggy Dry Lake, Lucerne Valley, California<\/b><\/p>\n Soggy Dry Lake is where was filmed the major scene in the desert with Frank Semyon in True Detective season 2’s finale. Soggy Dry Lake is prized by ATV and motorcycle riders for the smoothness of its surface and already appeared on screen in Fast & Furious<\/em> (2009).<\/p>\n
\nPhoto: Ron Reiring<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPhoto: Alex Beattie<\/a><\/p>\n
\nPhoto: Erik Bartley<\/a><\/p>\n