The small screen has been hit with a plethora of promising new shows in recent weeks. HBO dropped the crime drama “Mare of Easttown,” Freeform unleashed the psychological thriller “Cruel Summer,” Disney+ launched the high school basketball story “Big Shot” and ABC debuted “Rebel.” The latter, a legal procedural based upon the life of activist Erin Brockovich, who also serves as an executive producer, was created by Krista Vernoff of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Station 19” fame. Airing Thursday nights at 10 (and streaming each Friday on Hulu), the series centers around Annie Flynn-Reid-Bello (Katey Sagal), a quick-witted, fast-talking legal advocate who works at a law firm run by Julian Cruz (Andy Garcia). The show’s moniker is a reference to Annie’s preferred sobriquet. As she explains in the pilot, she’s “had too many husbands, picked up too many names, so most folks these days just call me ‘Rebel.’”
2020 left the world primed for a feel-good show and “Rebel” certainly delivers as the plucky titular character fights to right all sorts of wrongs, namely by aiming to take down Stonemore Medical, a corporation responsible for a heart valve that is making leagues of patients ill. She also helps out various other underdogs along the way. Throughout it all, Rebel, a mother to three grown children, manages to maintain a uniquely friendly relationship with her two ex-husbands, high-class lawyer Benji Ray (James Lesure) and police officer Tommy Flynn (Matthew Glave).
Rounding out the all-star cast is John Corbett as Grady Bello, Rebel’s current, but soon-to-be ex-husband, Mary McDonnell as one of her ailing clients and Adam Arkin (another of the series’ executive producers) as the corporate CEO she is obsessed with derailing.
Filmed throughout Los Angeles and its environs, the show’s locations are also quite noteworthy. The Edward Durell Stone-designed Wilshire Colonnade complex in Koreatown serves as the building housing the law offices of Julian Cruz & Associates. In the pilot, Rebel crashes Stonemore Medical’s annual shareholder meeting/polo match at Hummingbird Nest Ranch, an oft-filmed special events venue in Simi Valley. And Julian calls a gorgeous Mediterranean at 1821 Braeburn Rd. in Altadena home. But the series’ real crown jewel is the stunning contemporary residence where Rebel lives with Grady and their daughter, Ziggy (Ariela Barer).
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Image Credit: Redfin Situated far back from the road up a long, winding tree-lined driveway, Rebel’s house can be found at 2651 Tanoble Dr. in Altadena. The Google Street View cameras even caught the show filming on the premises in December 2020!
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Image Credit: Redfin The architectural stunner, which last sold in November 2012 for $950,000, consists of four bedrooms and three baths in 2,307 square feet. Originally built in 1955, the home is a wood-beamed perfection!
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Image Credit: Redfin Open and spacious, the interior features clean lines, peaked ceilings with exposed framing, two fireplaces and a glorious sunroom overlooking the spacious yard.
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Image Credit: Redfin As evidenced in these photos, portions of the property have been remodeled since the 2012 sale, namely the eat-in kitchen, which was heavily updated and now features hardwood flooring, marble countertops, window seating, soft cream cabinetry and all stainless appliances.
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Image Credit: Redfin Outside on the grassy 0.45-acre lot is a rock pond with a waterfall, decomposed granite pathways and, as noted in the 2012 listing, a “graceful oak tree canopy.”
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Image Credit: Disney-ABC Domestic Television With its strong features and exposed elements, the house certainly reflects Rebel’s forceful, straightforward personality.
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Image Credit: Redfin The pad’s bucolic front yard, with its vine-covered pergola and stone patio, gets the most screen time on the series. It is there that Rebel and her family are most often seen hanging out – and where her ill-fated surprise tenth-anniversary party for Grady, which (spoiler!) ends in a divorce announcement, was held.
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Image Credit: Disney-ABC Domestic Television Unlike what is depicted on “Rebel,” there is no guest house on the premises. What is shown as the guest quarters is actually the home’s spacious four-car garage.
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Image Credit: Disney-ABC Domestic Television In an unusual twist, the real interior of the residence is being used on the series, including the kitchen which was seen in episode two, titled “Patient X.” As the show continues to film, a set modeled after that interior will likely be built for future shoots, as is the norm when it comes to episodic television.
Disclaimer: Please remember this is a private home. Do not trespass or bother the residents or the property in any way.