The Little Fires Everywhere finale left me flabbergasted! Maybe I paid too much attention to the series’ locations and not enough to its character development because I was rather shocked when (spoiler alert!) Elena Richardson (Reese Witherspoon) was painted as the story’s villain. Were we supposed to hate her from the outset? I liked her! Sure she’s high-strung, misguided, and a touch overbearing, but until the end of episode 7, when she revealed Mia Warren’s (Kerry Washington) secret, I never thought of her as bad, per se. In fact, I thought the series was about two very different mothers trying to do their best with the hands they were dealt. Never did I think that audiences were supposed to view Elena as evil and Mia, who stole a baby away from its father (which, to me, is unforgivable), as the show’s heroine. To be fair, I never read the book so I am probably missing some backstory, but wow, that ending was a real disappointment! Even the locations left me wanting, especially the house where the Richardson youngsters set up a lemonade stand at the episode’s opening. I was tipped off to the locale shortly after filming took place thanks to a reader who lives in the area. All I was told about the shoot was that it involved a lemonade stand. I stalked the pad shortly thereafter, was taken by its beauty, and have been eagerly awaiting its appearance ever since. So I was thrilled when the finale opened on a close-up of a lemonade pitcher. That thrill quickly became disappointment – and shock – when I saw that, thanks to extremely tight camerawork, the house in the background wasn’t visible at all! What the what? Despite that, because the residence is so picturesque, I deemed it worthy of a post.
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Built in 1925, the stately 2-story abode boasts a whopping 5,999 square feet of living space, 6 bedrooms, 6 baths, a fireplace, a pool, and a 0.43-acre lot.
But none of it appears in the Little Fires Everywhere finale, titled “Find a Way.”
The episode opens with a flashback scene of the Richardson children in their younger days setting up a “fat-free” lemonade stand. Only a portion of the curved front exterior staircase, a large hedge, and the sidewalk are shown in the segment.
Had the camera panned up a bit, audiences would have been given a pretty great view. Along with the house not being visible, one thing that seems a bit strange is the fact that the Richardson kids set up a lemonade stand in front of a home that is not their own. When I was a kid, my lemonade stands were always in front of my residence or on a street corner, neither of which is the case here. You might be thinking ‘Maybe the segment was supposed to take place in front of the Richardson pad, but for whatever reason, they had to shoot elsewhere, which explains the background not being shown.’ But at one point Lexie Richardson (Jade Pettyjohn) tells her sister, “Run back to the house,” so that’s not it. I don’t really know what the story is with this one.
Considering its beauty, I thought for sure the pad would have been featured in other productions, but I was unable to dig up any additional cameos.
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Stalk It: The lemonade stand, from the “Find a Way” episode of Little Fires Everywhere, was set up in front of 533 South Muirfield Road in Hancock Park. The Richardson mansion from the series is just two houses away at 511 South Muirfield.