Chelsea Frei’s Ned and Mare retreat in Weekend Ned was filmed at Oak Canyon Ranch, tying The Paper to the same location used for Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat. The overlap matters because the series is set in Toledo, Ohio, but films in Los Angeles, so the retreat setting came from a shared production site rather than a separate build.
Alex Bonifer said on On Instagram stories, “I was in an episode of The Paper but my scenes were cut have the best Thursday ever!!!” He also wrote, “And a very fun fact. My episode was shot at Oak Canyon Ranch where we filmed Company Retreat. And my characters room was… Dougie’s room where I lived while we filmed Company Retreat.”
Oak Canyon Ranch in Weekend Ned
Weekend Ned is part of the latest season of The Paper, and its retreat scenes put Chelsea Frei opposite Domhnall Gleeson as Mare and Ned try to pull off a romantic getaway. The location detail gives the episode a production link that viewers would not catch from the set dressing alone: the same ranch also served as the primary filming spot for Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat.
That overlap makes the episode more than a simple backdrop reuse. It places two comedy productions in the same physical space, which is why Bonifer could identify the room as one he already knew from his earlier work as Dougie in Company Retreat.
Alex Bonifer’s cut scenes
Bonifer’s post adds the complication. He said he was in an episode of The Paper, yet the scenes were cut, so the viewer-facing version of Weekend Ned does not appear to include the part he filmed. He portrayed Dougie in Company Retreat, where the character was the son of the company’s owner, and he also said his room in The Paper matched Dougie’s room from that earlier production.
That leaves the crossover as both a location story and an editing story. The shared ranch explains where the retreat was shot; Bonifer’s note explains why a performer tied to Company Retreat recognized the space immediately. The specific episode he appeared in and why the scenes were removed were not explained.
