What Order Should I Watch Kaleidoscope In?

Netflix’s “Kaleidoscope” would possibly look like the typical thriller collection, but it surely has one factor that units it aside from different heist films and exhibits: the collection, launched Jan. 1, is eight episodes lengthy, but it surely’s designed to be watched in any order. Every episode is titled with a distinct coloration — a nod to the titular kaleidoscope — and begins with a title card about how far-off the episode is from the heist. Some episodes happen simply days earlier than, whereas others go a few years into the previous to fill in on the backstory. Played by Giancarlo Esposito, the collection star is a grasp thief who places collectively a group to rob a vault, however ultimately all of them get greater than they bargained for.

Creator and showrunner Eric Garcia defined why he designed the collection to be watched in any order in a Dec. 25 interview with the New York Post. “I said, ‘I think with all this batch delivery [of episodes on streaming] there’s no reason you have to watch a show in order. Why can’t we watch it out of order?'” He added, “And heist stories, which have always been my favorite genre, are always about loyalty and who is really on whose side, and shifting identities. For a show that’s meant to come into different characters at different times, and see them at different facets, it felt like a smart way to merge the two things: heist and nonlinear [storytelling].”

You may, after all, watch the Netflix miniseries within the order episodes are posted in — which mixes up the timeline — or you can randomly choose which episode you watch subsequent by yourself. Ahead, we’re breaking down the timeline of the episodes and a few attainable orders you can watch them in, together with our personal suggestion.

Netflix’s “Kaleidoscope” Order

1. “Yellow” – six weeks earlier than the heist
2. “Green” – seven years earlier than the heist
3. “Blue” – 5 days earlier than the heist
4. “Orange” – three weeks earlier than the heist
5. “Violet” – 24 years earlier than the heist
6. “Red” – the morning after the heist
7. “Pink” – six months after the heist
8. “White” – the heist

“Kaleidoscope” Chronological-Episode Order

1. “Violet” – 24 years earlier than the heist
2. “Green” – seven years earlier than the heist
3. “Yellow” – six weeks earlier than the heist
4. “Orange” – three weeks earlier than the heist
5. “Blue” – 5 days earlier than the heist
6. “White” – the heist
7. “Red” – the morning after the heist
8. “Pink” – six months after the heist

“Kaleidoscope” Reverse-Chronological-Episode Order

1. “Pink” – six months after the heist
2. “Red” – the morning after the heist
3. “White” – the heist
4. “Blue” – 5 days earlier than the heist
5. “Orange” – three weeks earlier than the heist
6. “Yellow” – six weeks earlier than the heist
7. “Green” – seven years earlier than the heist
8. “Violet” – 24 years earlier than the heist

Heist-First “Kaleidoscope” Order

This order begins with the heist after which jumps all through the timeline.

1. “White” – the heist
2. “Violet” – 24 years earlier than the heist
3. “Yellow” – six weeks earlier than the heist
4. “Green” – seven years earlier than the heist
5. “Red” – the morning after the heist
6. “Blue” – 5 days earlier than the heist
7. “Orange” – three weeks earlier than the heist
8. “Pink” – six months after the heist

POPSUGAR’s Suggested “Kaleidoscope” Order

We suppose this order performs with the nonlinear side whereas additionally providing you with info on the most-interesting occasions.

1. “Yellow” – six weeks earlier than the heist
2. “Green” – seven years earlier than the heist
3. “Violet” – 24 years earlier than the heist
4. “Orange” – three weeks earlier than the heist
5. “Blue” – 5 days earlier than the heist
6. “White” – the heist
7. “Red” – the morning after the heist
8. “Pink” – six months after the heist