Book Three - Cult of the Conductor

**Overview**
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**Book Three - Cult of the Conductor** is the third season of the Cartoon Network series *Infinity Train*. It premiered on August 13, 2020, on HBO Max.

During one of Apex’s routine scavenging missions Grace and Simon find themselves separated from their group. Deadset as they are on clinging to Apex’s way of life, when they end up meeting Hazel, an optimistic young girl traversing the train with her gorilla friend Tuba, it isn’t long before Grace and Simon begin to realize that there might just be another way to survive and thrive on the Infinity Train that doesn’t revolve around getting over on others.

The season's full title and trailer was revealed on the Infinity Train panel during Comic-Con@Home July 24th, 2020.

## Cast and Crew

### Voice Cast

Main

* Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Grace Monroe
* Kyle McCarley as Simon Laurent
* Isabella Abiera as Hazel
* Diane Delano as Tuba

Recurring

* Lena Headey as Amelia Hughes
* Kate Mulgrew as The Cat
* Rhys Darby as Randall
* Alfred Molina as Chandelier
* Justin Michael as Roy
* Jenna Davis as Lucy
* Dee Bradley Baker as Ghoms

### Production Crew

Writers

* Jeff Trammell (Series Consultant)

* Justin Michael (eps: 1, 5, 8, and 10)
* Alex Horab (eps: 2, 4, and 9)
* Lindsay Katai (eps: 3, 6, and 7)

Storyboard Artists

* Jessie Wong (Storyboard Supervisor)
* Tracy Liang (Storyboard Revisionist)

* Kellye Perdue (eps: 1, 3, 6, 9)
* Ryann Shannon (eps: 1, 3, 6, 9)
* Angela Kim (eps: 2, 5, 8)
* Jessie Wong (eps: 2, 5, 6)
* Diana Huh (eps: 4, 7, 10)
* Jacob Winkler (eps: 4, 7, 10)
* Marie Lum (ep: 8)

Character, Prop, & Effects Designers

* Erik Caines (Design Supervisor)

* Megan Phonesavanh
* Allison Kim

Background Designers & Painters

* Shelly Liu
* Esther Shin
* Jules Itzkoff (ep: 4)

* Anush Shaginian (eps: 1, 2, 3, 4)
* Bridget Ore (eps: 1, 2, 3, 4)
* Emily Tetri (eps: 1, 2, 3, 4)
* Esther Kim (ep: 1)
* Victoria Orolfo (ep: 1, 2)
* Kelsey Eng (eps: 2, 3, 4)
* Vaneda Vireak (ep: 2)
* Samantha Soong (ep: 2)

Color Design

* Melissa King (Color Supervisor)

* Carolyn Ramirez (ep: 1)
* Rachael Cohen (eps: 1, 2)
* Tiffany Diep (eps: 1, 2)

Music

* Chrome Canyon

## Gallery

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## Videos

Book 3 Official Trailer Infinity Train HBO MaxEverything We Know About the Apex Infinity Train HBO Max FamilyInfinity Train Book 3 Now Streaming HBO MaxGrace and Simon Visit the Unfinished Car Infinity TrainSnowball Fight Book 3 Teaser Infinity TrainTuba's Lullaby -Full Song- - Infinity Train - HBO MaxGrace Monroe Becomes The Hero Infinity Train Needs - HBO MaxInfinity Train - All The Cars in Book 3 - HBO MaxInfinity Train Book 1-3 - HBO Max
## Trivia

* Following the children's literature trend of the previous two seasons, Book Three takes its story inspiration from J.M Barrie's *Peter and Wendy,* a play and the more popularized version of the Peter Pan story.
	+ There are a few Peter Pan-related references as well. Two characters are dressed like a lost boy from the 1991 film *Hook*, one of them being Rufio who is seen in "The Musical Car" and the other being Thud Butt who appears in "The New Apex".
* Book 3 is widely considered a turning point in *Infinity Train* for a number of reasons, mainly due to its darker themes: its emotional stakes are significantly higher than in previous seasons, it focuses on characters originally introduced as antagonists, and features multiple onscreen deaths. Critical reviews at the time of its release hailed it as revolutionary in the realm of television animation, firmly demonstrating that Western animation did not always have to be aimed at children.
	+ Though the show's dark shift this season was somewhat controversial to fans, this was not reflected in the reaction by the executives at WarnerMedia. According to the writing team, the executives were more concerned with the show's emotional elements than to its "darker" aspects. If anything, they were very willing to include "brutal" scenes as long as it satisfied the story's emotional core. This also meant that the most difficult part of pitching the show was explaining the emotional and mental progress of the protagonists. The most common notes for the series scripts were about number progress. Book Three had the least amount of notes regarding number simply because the characters were never concerned with getting their numbers down to zero.
* Owen Dennis revealed in an interview with Cartoon Base that recordings of the Book Three DVD commentaries exists and are being "locked in a vault" as unreleased content. In the same interview Dennis hinted he has said more stuff about potential season concepts in the commentary.

## References

1. ↑ Gizmodo: "Exclusive: Infinity Train's Third Season is Bringing Anarchy."
2. ↑ HBO Max and Cartoon Network Studios Infinity Train Comic-Con@Home 2020
3. ↑ Web Archive: "First Look at the Infinity Train Book 3 trailer".
4. ↑ @isabellaabiera on Instagram.
5. ↑ Gallery Nucleus Panel: "what was the most difficult part of pitching the show and was it too dark?" (Timestamp: 1:05:36 - 1:10:32)
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/TheCartoonBase/status/1707172945020297328?s=20

Infinity Train (pilot)

**Book One**
The Grid Car • The Beach Car • The Corgi Car • The Crystal Car • The Cat's Car • The Unfinished Car • The Chrome Car • The Ball Pit Car • The Past Car • The Engine

**Minisodes**
The Green Car • The Tiny Wizard Car • The Kaiju Car • The Tech Support Car • The Snow Car • The Hill Car • The Movie Theater Car • The Cross-Eyed Ducks Car • The Minecart Car • The Wedding Cake Car

**Book Two**
The Black Market Car • The Family Tree Car • The Map Car • The Toad Car • The Parasite Car • The Lucky Cat Car • The Mall Car • The Wasteland • The Tape Car • The Number Car

****Book Three****
The Musical Car • The Jungle Car • The Debutante Ball Car • Le Chat Chalet Car • The Color Clock Car • The Campfire Car • The Canyon of the Golden Winged Snakes Car • The Hey Ho Whoa Car • The Origami Car • The New Apex

**Book Four**
The Twin Tapes • The Iceberg Car • The Old West Car • The Pig Baby Car • The Astro Queue Car • The Party Car • The Art Gallery Car • The Mega Maze Car • The Castle Car • The Train to Nowhere