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# 169 <7.14> Hornet's Nest
  The real outdoor scenes on Dimitrov's property in Dubrovnik in the former country of Yugoslavia as well as all of the indoor scenes in his house (except Vickie's bedroom) are filmed at the Retreat House of the Los Angeles Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Los Feliz in Los Angeles.The estate is different from MARY PICKFORD's previous home, which is used in some of the establishing clips (compare # 168). Before the location manager chose the estate in Los Feliz, JAMES FRITZHAND, this episode's writer, suggested an Italianate villa overlooking the ocean in Malibu as the filming site.
Allusion to the movie industry: Richard compares Eric's efforts in Yugoslavia with the missions in the "James Bond" movies. Early script drafts envisioned Richard and Eric, disguised as laborers in Dimitrov's garden, to get some information from the gardener. Richard was supposed to play a more physical part in Vickie's rescue. These ideas were omitted. Dan mentions the Holiday Inn hotel chain.   In the room in Dimitrov's villa where Vickie is held (an interior set), the picture on the wall next to one of the locked doors is "A Dutch Courtyard", a Dutch Golden Age painting (oil on canvas) created between 1658 and 1660 by PIETER de HOOCH (1629 – 1684).As with all artwork in the series, it remains unanswered if they are originals or if they are meant to be reproductions. The original of the aforementioned artwork is located at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Product placement: Dan mentions Ferrari cars. Carly says Dan survived seven years in prison. She made a mistake because Dan was imprisoned for six years (1980 – 86) only.
  In Emma's New Globe office hangs an art print entitled "Athena (Legends)" by French-Russian artist ERTÉ (ROMAIN DE TIRTOFF; 1892 — 1990). It is based on his 1920's gouache original in art-déco style.Melissa says Carly drove Angela's tractor down Main Street. This means Johnie's Broiler and the Tuscany Bus Depot are located somewhere on Main Street.
 Cafe Dubrovnik where Richard and Madame Malec meet was the rear of the Commissary at CBS-MTM STUDIOS (now RADFORD STUDIO CENTER) facing St. Elsewhere Street on the backlot; that part of the studio complex was completely revamped around 2002. Check out # 187 for a later use of that building.LORIMAR's original blueprints of this set and many others are available for DFCF members in the Show – Production Office – Filming Locations – Movie Studios – Exterior Sets section.  The curly haired blonde played by uncredited extra BETTY JEANNE GLENNIE is a patron at the café in Dubrovnik in this episode. Considering the lady lives in the Tuscany Valley, it is either an incredible conicidence that she is on vacation in Yugoslavia at the same time as Richard or just negligent extras casting. Compare below for another appearance in this episode.Compare # 175 for biographical details about this minor rôle and a complete list of appearances throughout the series. For details about the extra, compare # 015. Inaccuracy: In his conversation with Madame Malec, Richard calls Vickie his "daughter in-law". But she is rather his stepdaughter.
Early script drafts contained an early act 2 scene in Richard's hotel room in Dubrovnik in which he, Garth and Eric discuss about how to proceed concerning Vickie. Richard makes it very clear that he has the final say. This scene was omitted in rewrites. Carly opens a wine bottle from Melissa's cellar — according to Melissa, her father's 1928 Reserve. It is later referred to as port wine. It must be a bottle Carlo acquired from Portugal and stored in the Agretti cellar. The scene with Lance and Shannon in the Falcon Crest Victorian Mansion living room was originally staged at the lake (similar to the scene in # 168) in early script drafts. The scene originally contained a longer dialog in which Lance tries to let go of Dina, and ended on Lance and Shannon having sex. This scene was modified in rewrites.   Different footage: The sneak preview for this episode features the moment when Eric is approached by Dimitrov's security guard in a close-up filmed from behind Eric (screen capture 1). In contrast, the scene itself presents a long shot of that very moment from a different angle (screen grab 2).
Behind Ms. Hodgkins' desk, art prints of lithographs created by American artist PETER KITCHELL (born 1950) are hanging on the wall (screen grab 2 in the preceding paragraph). They are from the series entitled "Peter Kitchell Editions Limited".
Deleted scene: In the director's cut, the act 3 opener was a scene on the Del Oro parking lot. Lance and Shannon arrive, carrying racquetball equipment. Shannon forgot her gym bag in the car and has to go back, while Lance continues to head towards the court. On her way to the car, Shannon happens to see Tony, who wants to rent a room. Shannon is visibly shaken, unbeknownst to Tony, who does not even see her. This scene was actually filmed, but removed in post-production. The double for the Del Oro parking lot is the car parks in front office building 5 at CBS-MTM (RADFORD STUDIO CENTER). Compare # 091, 094, 160, 174, 176 and 177. In # 179, this location will actually serve as the Del Oro parking lot.   Mistake: In the wide angle, Madame Malec's left hand is not on the cognac glass; but it is there one moment later in the subsequent close-up. Again, this is the result of the particular close-up filming technique; check # 001 (Chase and Maggie at the Gioberti Family Cemetery) for details.The garden of Madame Malec's Dubrovnik property was actually a lawn area behind stage 4 on the backlot of CBS-MTM STUDIOS (now RADFORD STUDIO CENTER), which was specifically dressed by the prop department. That part of the backlot no longer exists because most of the grounds were changed by the late 1990's to build more sound stages and office bungalows. When Richard says hello to Madame Malec, he ironically adds: "Have you lost that loving feeling?" This is an allusion to the 1964 song "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" by the RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS. Madame Malec has a MONET painting and a RODIN sculpture. Angela is friends with Senator Larry Goodstein — a character who will never make an on-screen appearance. Early script drafts contained an act 3 scene at an outdoor market in Dubrovnik where Eric slips into the car, which will deliver fresh produce to Dimitrov's villa. This scene was omitted in rewrites.  The small park area near office building 5 on the backlot of CBS-MTM (now RADFORD STUDIO CENTER) — known from # 135 (compare there) and other episodes — is used again as a San Francisco park (Emma and Curtis meet).LORIMAR's original blueprints of this set and many others are available for DFCF members in the Show – Production Office – Filming Locations – Movie Studios – Exterior Sets section.  After her first appearance in this episode (see above), the curly haired blonde played by uncredited extra BETTY JEANNE GLENNIE is a patron at the café in Dubrovnik again now. Also compare above for this questionable appearance.Compare # 175 for biographical details about this minor rôle and a complete list of appearances throughout the series. For details about the extra, compare # 026.
 Mistake in the interior set of the Habermans' apartment: Although it is a night scene as both the establishing shot and the lighting inside the apartment (lamps are on, in particular) suggest, a part of the segment shows a balcony with a poor painted backdrop. This set is a total faux-pas: First, the backing, which is in faint color and looks unreal, is in daylight although this is a night scene; secondly, it shows the Royal Towers in San Francisco (the apartment complex where Phillip lived in seasons 2 and 3, Richard in season 2 and Pamela in season 3) photographed in northwestern direction while the Haberman's apartment is located northwest of this complex, making this an impossible perspective from that direction; thirdly, the room does not match the architecture of the house on Lombard Street at all, which is especially noticeable from the design of the balcony, which has vertical balusters in real life as seen in the establishing clip, but has a parapet made of concrete in the interior set.
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