USS Callister: Into Infinity

USS Callister: Into Infinity
Episode information
Season	7
Episode	6
Air date	April 10, 2025
Length	1:30:26
Writer	Charlie Brooker, Bisha K. Ali, William Bridges, & Bekka Bowling
Director	Toby Haynes
Episode guide
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Next	TBA

USS Callister: Into Infinity is the sixth and final episode of season seven of Black Mirror. It was written by Charlie Brooker, Bisha K. Ali, William Bridges, & Bekka Bowling and originally aired on April 10, 2025.

Short Summary

Nanette Cole and the crew of the USS Callister are stranded in an infinite virtual universe, fighting for survival against 30 million players.

Full Summary

TBA

Cast

• Cristin Milioti as Nanette Cole
• Jimmi Simpson as James Walton
• Billy Magnussen as Karl Plowman
• Osy Ikhile as Nate Packer
• Milanka Brooks as Elena Tulaska
• Paul G. Raymond as Kabir Dudani
• Jesse Plemons as Robert Daly
• Gwion Glyn as Mohawk
• Helder Fernandes as Space Cowboy
• Ebenezer Gyau as Ninja
• Bilal Hasna as Kris El Masry
• Iolanthe as Pixie Bunkin
• Rita Estevanovich as Doctor Garcia

Notes and Trivia

• It is the only Black Mirror episode that serves as a direct sequel to a previous episode, that being USS Callister.
• Shania Lowry does not return in this episode; it is mentioned she died offscreen.
• The gamertag of a player who logs a complaint is DeadSet666, a reference to the 2008 satirical horror miniseries also created by Charlie Brooker. Another is FullMetalFuckit, a reference to war film Full Metal Jacket which partially inspired the episode Men Against Fire.
• The options given to Cole are coloured red and blue, a reference to the motif first popularized in the 1999 sci-fi film The Matrix.
• British gaming YouTubers DanTDM and TommyInnit briefly appear uncredited as players in the final fight scene.
• Anjana Vasan and Paapa Essiedu, who played Nida Huq and Gaap in Demon 79, also make uncredited appearances as players in the final fight scene.

References to other Black Mirror episodes

• Logos on the armor worn by all players in Infinity resemble the logo of the military agency in Men Against Fire.
• Player Mohawk*Wrex also wears other pins resembling the Arkangel logo, the Smithereen logo and Waldo's face.
• The gamertag of a player who logs a complaint is >>>Wraith<<<, a reference to Wraith Babes first seen in Fifteen Million Merits. Another is GodEmpSmart, possibly a reference to the ending of Bête Noire.
• Desktop monitors used by staff at Callister Inc are manufactured by TCKR.
• Real world Elena continues to use the dating app from Hang the DJ whilst working at the reception desk.
• Both in the present day and flashbacks, Walton and Daly are seen drinking cans of diet cola manufactured by Ditta.
• When Nanette Cole hacks into the office CCTV, apps for both Streamberry and Sonicle (from Joan Is Awful) are seen on her tablet.
• Pixie Bunkin, a player targeted by Cole and Packer, is heard listening to Ashley-O music through headphones and later streaming it on her computer.
• An alien resembling Waldo appears on the cover of a Space Fleet comic book that Walton looks at, along with the White Bear/Bandersnatch symbol, symbols used by SaitoGemu to calibrate their Mushroom, and the Dog from Metalhead with a TCKR Systems logo on the side. A Cookie holder from White Christmas is also seen floating in the background.
• A SaitoGemu box and Bandersnatch book are seen in the garage office of young Robert Daly in a flashback. He is also seen drinking cartons of Raiman's chocolate milk. There is also a poster for a Space Fleet videogame manufactured by Tuckersoft which was previously seen in Plaything.
• One of the galaxies rendered is PIAWAI, a reference to Pia Koresh from Loch Henry.
• Nanette Cole is taken to St. Juniper Hospital after being hit by a car, where she is hooked up to a variant of a Temporal Interceptor (first seen in Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too) to monitor her cognitive function whilst she is in a coma.
• Another Sonicle app is seen on the screen of user Mohawk*Wrex when he is invited to attack the crew by Walton. There is also the logo for an UberEats style company named AutoEats, which was part of the concept art for the branding on the autonomous delivery van in Crocodile before it was eventually changed to Fences Pizza.
• When Walton is arrested at the end of the episode, it is broadcasted on USN. The ticker also references a talisman being found in plane wreckage, the remake of Hotel Reverie boosting viewership on Streamberry, the game Thronglets 2 launching to critical acclaim, the CEO of Rivermind stepping down and former UK Prime Minister Michael Callow entering a celebrity vet school TV show.