While season 5 of Sweet Magnolias features a potential move to New York, JoAnna García Swisher teased how the story will remain grounded in Serenity.

“[Filming in New York] made the season bigger,” Swisher, 45, exclusively told Us Weekly while attending the Netflix House Philadelphia VIP Housewarming Party on Monday, November 10. “It just got us out of our comfort zone a little bit.”

Swisher, who plays Magnolia Maddie Townsend, noted that the next season goes through changes.

“We got out of the city a couple times,” she added. “New York was the only place that we went to. But honestly what I thought was really special is that there were a few pinch me moments when we were shooting in New York.”

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The actress continued: “It was so fun. We brought

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