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A huge feat of engineering, the crew built the subway station and stairwell on a stage, maxing out the ceiling clearance with the "sidewalk entrance twentyfie feet in the air. The interior of the station was designed with multiple levels in order to contain the pressure of the water. The water also had to be heated so that actor Ben Schnetzer could safely submerge himself in the scene. The whole stage felt like a sweat lodge and it was tank top day in the middle of a Toronto winter. Marrisville: "Good Honest Living" The world opens up as the main trio crosses the country, and the story introduces a new community in Appalachian Ohio. Marrisville, the prison town in the graphic novel, which features heavily in the later part of the season. The series found our Marrisville in Schomberg, Ontario, almost two hours from Toronto.Schomberg offered us a wonderful main street whose storefronts we could redress and a road that we could fully control. A small creek separated a fairground from the main street, which had the perfect hill on which to place the prison, looming over the town. The creek and fairground provided the connective tissue needed to pair the town with a wonderful house we found an hour away that reminded me of an ppalachian holler. arrisille is different from the other places in the show in several ways: The characters have been able to access the power grid, and it's a much more cohesive society than is seen elsewhere in the Y world, which was reected in the design. The people of Marrisville are convicted felons who, in the aftermath of the eent,were able to escape from the high security prison that overlooks the town. They live comfortably in the homes of their former jailers, the spaces feel A. FLOODED SUBWAY. DIGITAL MODEL BY ANDY LO. DRAWN IN SKETCHUP WITH ENSCAPE. B. SUBWAY ENTRANCE IN PROGRESS ON LOCATION IN LESLIEVILLE, TORONTO.. C. FLOODED SUBWAY. BUILT ON A SOUND STAGE IN MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO. SET PHOTO. D. FLOODED SUBWAY. PRODUCTION STILL. A B C D