According to Sneaky Pete executive producers, it was fun to put away the antagonism of Season 1 and allow Otto and Sam be best friends and partners in crime again.
The town of Rosedale is inspired by the real-world spiritualist conclave, Lily Dale, located in upstate New York. Rosedale scenes, however, were filmed in the town of Nyack, New York, which is only about 20 miles from New York City.
Writers Adam and Max Reid had been familiar with Lily Dale, a town peopled almost entirely by mediums, and they brought the idea forward to the rest of the Sneaky Pete writing team who ended up loving the idea. Nobody wanted to make fun of spiritualism, but everyone wanted to use the concept in a creative way in the series.
Clairvoyant mediums claim to perceive or channel visions from the spirit world that others cannot see, clairaudient mediums are said to hear extrasensory sounds and clairsentient mediums are said to have the ability to feel sensations and emotions stemming from the spirit world.All mediums claim to engage in channeling communications from the dead.
Marius is correct when he says that Cassadaga, New Orleans and Sedona are linked. Cassadaga is a community in Central Florida, known widely as "the psychic capital of the world,"while New Orleans is known for its Voodoo history and is reputedly one of the most haunted cities in America. The town of Sedona is considered by spiritualists to be an energy vortex and a site for metaphysical healing.