By Lindsay Blake

“The pursuit to recapture your past is a waste of time. The past lives in the past and is therefore non-existent in the present. Time travel has not been invented.” So claims the title card that opens “The Resort,” Peacock’s new mystery/comedy series which debuted on July 28. Despite the warning, the concept of time is certainly at the heart of the sci-fi-leaning show thanks to a dynamic storyline that bends through the past, present and future as its lead characters, the not-so-happily married Emma (Cristin Milioti) and Noah Reed (William Jackson Harper), head to Mexico to celebrate their 10th anniversary and find themselves knee-deep in a 15-year-old mystery.

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Purported to take place on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula just outside of Cancun, “The Resort’s” cast and crew instead headed to Puerto Rico for the shoot, where The Ritz-Carlton, San Juan, located at 6961 Ave. Gobernadores, was pegged to portray the star-crossed Oceana Vista. In a fascinating case of art imitating life, the property was ravaged by Hurricane María in 2017 and has sat shuttered and abandoned ever since, making it quite a unique spot to film.

The 416-room, 10-story Ritz-Carlton, San Juan originally opened its doors in December 1997, thereby setting “a new standard of quality” for the region’s tourism industry, according to a case study done in 1999. Offering the ultimate in opulence and class, the five-star hotel was designed by Miami-based Nichols Brosch Sandoval & Associates (now Nichols Architects), with interiors fashioned by Hirsch-Bedner Associates and exteriors completed by the EDSA urban design firm.

 

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