Expect “Blindspotting” to expand its geographical boundaries as the characters take iconic field trips outside of the 510. “I guess we’ll spark the new debate on our show of whether or not Santa Cruz is the Bay,” teases Casal. “Which it is not.”after 18 years due to skyrocketing rent, is commemorated. It serves as the backdrop to Ashley’s questionable decisions, just as it did to joyful moments for the characters and, not so long ago, the creators themselves.
“We tried in this season to do episodes that could only exist on this show,” says Keith Calder, an executive producer alongside Jess Wu Calder. One example is in Episode 3, which was Wu Calder’s directorial debut, where Ashley and Miles teach Sean about the history of anti-Black racism in America. The lesson is translated onscreen viaMore ambitious flights of fancy are to come in the weeks ahead as the series tries to push the bounds of the format.