The Paramount+ series follows CIA operative Joe (Zoe Saldaña) as she balances her “personal and professional lives as the tip of the spear in the agency’s war on terror.” The show also stars Nicole Kidman, Michael Kelly and Morgan Freeman.
Lioness spent several months in North Texas filming scenes from October 2025 to March 2026.
Here’s a look at all the North Texas locations featured in Season 3, Episode 4, “Murder Hornets,” which aired Sunday, Aug. 23, on Paramount+. (Spoilers for Lioness below.)
The episode opens with Joe being tortured inside an airplane hangar.
This was filmed at Fort Worth’s Meacham International Airport.
At 38:32, Byron (Michael Kelly) and Kaitlyn (Nicole Kidman) meet with a Russian diplomat.
The exterior of the restaurant was filmed at Fort Worth’s Ashton Hotel, which also appeared in Episode 2, while the interior was filmed at The French Room inside Dallas’ Adolphus hotel.
Lioness airs Sundays on Paramount+.
Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram