Infinity Train

“There has to be a way off this train that won’t kill me…“

An anthology series created by Owen Dennis, Infinity Train revolves around a mysterious titular train, containing in its seemingly infinite cabins a series of parallel universes and realities. Passengers are given numbers, the rationale behind which confuses almost all new travelers, but which can go up or down depending on their actions onboard the train.

What this results in is, to my eyes, one of the most ingenious television series of recent years.

Book One – “The Perennial Child”: Tulip Olsen, a bookish teenager and aspiring game designer from Minnesota, legs it from her mother’s house after a rather nasty spat involving the latter’s recent divorce. In the middle of winter. As you can gather, she winds up on the train, ultimately traveling with a mysterious two-sided robot and a corgi king. With no knowledge of what the train entails, she desires to meet the conductor, hoping that it will be her path off the train.

1. The Grid Car
2. The Beach Car
3. The Corgi Car
4. The Crystal Car
5. The Cat’s Car
6. The Unfinished Car
7. The Chrome Car
8. The Ballpit Car
9. The Past Car
10. The Engine

Book Two – “Cracked Reflection”:  Jesse Cosay, a teenager from Arizona, finds himself on the train in somewhat mysterious circumstances. His collaborative and non-confrontational personality contrasts with his primary traveling companion, a short-fused tomboyish chromatic being who rebelled against her “prime” in the reflection car, and the two find themselves legging it from the reflection cops.

1. The Black Market Car
2. The Family Tree Car
3. The Map Car
4. The Toad Car
5. The Parasite Car
6. The Lucky Cat Car
7. The Mall Car
8. The Wasteland
9. The Tape Car
10. The Number Car

Book Three – “Cult of the Conductor”: Grace Monroe and Simon Laurent, two leaders of a splinter group on the train labeled the Apex, get separated from said gang of misplaced youths and are forced to track their way back. Their encounters with a mysterious young girl and her protective gorilla guardian bring into question their biases against permanent residents of the train, and their notions about the locomotive’s history and politics are further rebutted when they encounter established figures. But will they adapt their philosophies when facing new information?

1. The Musical Car
2. The Jungle Car
3. The Debutante Ball Car
4. Le Chat Chalet Car
5. The Color Clock Car
6. The Campfire Car
7. The Canyon of the Golden Winged Snakes Car
8. The Hey Ho Whoa Car
9. The Origami Car
10. The New Apex

Book 4 – “Duet”

1. The Twin Tapes
2. The Iceberg Car
3. The Old West Car
4. The Pig Baby Car
5. The Astro Queue Car
6. The Party Car
7. The Art Gallery Car
8. The Mega Maze Car
9. The Castle Car
10. The Train to Nowhere