Creator Eric Garcia intended his recent Netflix show Kaleidoscope to be something his audience can take part in—and that is exactly what we got. The resulting heist drama starring Giancarlo Esposito is an elaborate choose-your-own-adventure story that invites viewers to place the pieces together as they watch the show. Each episode is titled with a color, moderately than a number, which influences the tone and visuals of every a part of the story.
The episodes are said to be arranged randomly for every viewer, apart from the finale, which appears last. Netflix says that “the order through which [viewers] watch the episodes will affect their viewpoint on the story, the characters, and the questions and answers at the center of the heist.”
So, there are a whole lot of potential ways to look at every little thing unfold, but before you see the series, how would ? Try reading the suggestions below and deciding what sounds fun for you.
Watch in chronological order.
The episode titled “White” is designed to operate as a the finale, revealing the answers to a whole lot of questions throughout the show. It will not be intended to be in any order except last, because it can spoil some things in other episodes. But it surely will not be the actual ending of the story within the chronological sense. To see things along a linear timeline, the order is as follows:
“Violet,” “Green,” “Yellow,” “Orange,” “Blue,” “White,” “Red,” “Pink.”
The general story spans over 20 years, so if you happen to were to get the precise dates of every episode, they’re:
Violet: 24 years before
Green: 7 years before
Yellow: 6 weeks before
Orange: 3 weeks before
Blue: 5 days before
White: present (the heist)
Red: 1 day after
Pink: 6 months after
Again, this will not be how Eric Garcia wants people to look at the show. It would, though, be a satisfying option to review the show if you happen to’ve already undergone it one other way. There are a whole lot of moving pieces, so one final review in chronological order will probably clear up some things that you simply didn’t catch on the primary viewing.
Be random as hell.
Some Redditors have said that logging into Netflix on different devices has presented the order of the episodes to them in another way. It still generally suggests “White” last, the episode that shows the heist itself and every little thing that goes fallacious. Go together with regardless of the algorithm offers and see what happens.
An alternative choice is to simply hit random episodes for yourself and experiment. The possible downside of that is that you simply might find yourself watching an episode and not likely know (or care about) who anyone is. A part of watching a show is getting conversant in character dynamics, their background and motives, and why what they’re doing matters, so jumping in at the best stakes moment could feel anti-climatic. Nevertheless, these characters are all played by very engaging actors and the set pieces will suck you in to wonder what happens next.
Go heist first.
Starting with “White” and watching the heist first is strictly the sort of problem described above. Viewers will suddenly be dumped into the culmination of all of the plotting and planning and never know who’s who and what’s what. It would make you inclined to analyze.
Similarly, “Red” shows the immediate aftermath of the heist and will offer most of the same mysteries to unravel without spoiling what happens at heist time.
Try rainbow order.
Watching the episodes within the ROYGBIV order looks like it might unlock some secret option to benefit from the series, except there is not any “Indigo” episode. Sub in “White” there and see what happens. Or sub in “Pink” and never watch the heist episode in any respect.
Starting with “Red” means starting with the moment of utmost crisis, then “Orange” downshifts into heist planning stages. This order will certainly jump across the highs and lows.
Watch it in reverse.
That will mean: “Pink,” “Red,” “White,” “Blue,” “Orange,” “Yellow,” “Green,” “Violet.”
Starting with “Pink” means seeing where everyone finally ends up after which going back through to how they got there. If you need to honor Garcia’s vision, you may still save “White” for last, or put it back where it belongs chronologically after “Red.”
This lets characters age in reverse, come back to life, and arrive in the meanwhile that sets them off within the fallacious (or right) direction.
Start with the heist coming together.
The story centers around a person who’s attempting to get revenge on his former crime partner, and that set-up is roofed in “Violet.” All that background adds a whole lot of context for why the heist is occurring, nevertheless it is likely to be more fun to begin with just the group being assembled, like in classic heist film Ocean’s 11. In that case, start with “Yellow,” where Leo (Esposito) brings together forged Paz Vega, Rosaline Elbay, Peter Mark Kendall, and Jordan Mendoza. That way you may watch the remainder of the show with some idea of who everyone seems to be and their relationship to at least one one other.
Then going back to “Violet” and “Green” will give more context or will be sprinkled in while you feel able to know more about Leo and why he’s so determined to interrupt into these particular vaults.
If you happen to’re searching for more potential lineups, Netflix even tweeted just a few order suggestions to try.
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Aimée Lutkin is the weekend editor at ELLE.com. Her writing has appeared in Jezebel, Glamour, Marie Claire and more. Her first book, The Lonely Hunter, can be released by Dial Press in February 2022.
