Downtown Spokane, Region Z

Special effects make-up artist Corinne Foster applies fake blood to a sprocket wound on Sean Dunn, a zombie extra on “Z Nation.” Thirteen episodes of the Syfy Network television series about a zombie apocalypse will be produced in Spokane. Colin Mulvaney photo.

The grille of the Ford F-350 sitting on First Avenue tells a bloody story.

“You can see the care taken with the viscera,” writer and producer Dan Merchant said. “Tendons, I think, are hanging there. I’m not sure what all we’ve got.”

It’s a sunny day in downtown Spokane, but for the moment, this is Philadelphia after the zombie apocalypse, and the human beings are struggling to survive. The cast and crew of the Syfy Network series “Z Nation” are shooting downtown for the next several days, and will be filming the 13-episode first season all over the region this summer.

Wednesday’s scenes involve bloody trucks and car crashes and zombies plunging through windshields and the Liberty Bell – being represented for digital editing by a bright green garbage can strapped to a truck’s flatbed. Shawn Vestal, SR

Navigating downtown yesterday was a bit interesting. Pretty cool to have the show filmed in Spokane. Are you a Sci-Fi or zombie fan?