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room set has been dressed for the late '70s, up to and through the '80s. This is where Ruby, and sometimes Pops, really shine. Ruby's unorthodox parenting style provides more than a few clues into how Dre became the man he is today. Peachy walls, brown, sculpted pile carpeting and an overstuffed, watercolor print sofa set the scene. A set of matching curved, lacquer tables firmly declare their '80s pedigree. The end of season one brought the show to 1927 Harlem. Pops spins a yarn for the twins about their great-great grandpa Drexler and his romance with a dancer at the Savoy Club. The deco elegance of Cicada Restaurant in downtown Los Angeles stood in for the Savoy. A checkered dance floor, manufactured period screens and a full bandstand was added. A wooden, deco backdrop spanned the bandstand and a large crescent moon chair sat on the edge of the stage. The moon chair was a recreation of a photographer's prop, popular in that time period. It consisted of a cut-out cloud base, with a crescent moon and trailing stars, seemingly floating above it. The end of season two called for a fantasy set that was a little more "meta." This time, the TV family, the Johnsons, transported back in time to the '70s and became the TV family, the A. HOSPITAL SCRUB ROOM. B. HOSPITAL ER BAY. C. THERAPIST'S OFFICE. Bow works as an anesthesiologist at the fictional Pacific General Hospital. The series started off small with the hospital set, just a scrub room and a few ER bays. By season three, there was a script that called for an OR, a post-op room, nurses' station, hallways, a patient room, elevators and a waiting area. Most of the parts existed…sort of. Trying to reassemble and rearrange the walls was a heroic task taken on by Art Director Liba Daniels Bagley, Set Designer Tony Bro and construction coordinator Robbie Dean and his crew. Too many set walls and too little stage space compounded the issue. As a series gets into multiple seasons, it becomes a crazy jigsaw puzzle with set pieces that have been used, reused and revamped a few times. Black-ish loves to go back in time. Whether it's a remembrance or an embellished character fantasy, various decades have been explored. A favorite and often-used flashback set is that of Dre's childhood home in Compton. This living B A C