Netflix’s new show Kaleidoscope is everyone’s new favourite show. And it is because it has an element that we have never seen before: you can watch the episodes in any order! So, which order should you watch the episodes of Kaleidoscope? In truth, you have three main options.
What Is Kaleidoscope?
Kaleidoscope follows Leo Pap, a masterful thief and ex-convict who is plotting to rob a vault of $7 billion in shares. We see him gather up his crew of eight people and embark on his plans. However, with a mixture of people’s past, betrayals and individual greed, will they pull off this most impossible heist?
The impressive thing about this eight-part series is that you can watch the episodes in any order you wish. This is intriguing as it gives each viewer the option to have their own unique viewing experience.
According to Netflix, “the order in which [viewers] watch the episodes will affect their viewpoint on the story, the characters, and the questions and answers at the heart of the heist.”
Which Order Should You Watch The Kaleidoscope Episodes?
There are several different ways you can watch this show and, ultimately, the choice is up to you. Most people have been arguing that there is only one episode you should really watch last: the heist.
This is because all the other episodes lead up to, or show the effects of the heist. So you can watch the heist at the start, however you may ruin the watching experience as all the questions have already been answered.
Here are just a few of the orders you could choose that are more ordered than simply closing your eyes and choosing an episode.
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Chronologically
Watching the show chronologically may be the most sane way to watch the show, as it mirrors that of a regular series. This will allow you to view everything in a linear order.
- Violet: 24 years before the Heist
- Green: 7 years before the Heist
- Yellow: 6 weeks before the Heist
- Orange: 3 weeks before the Heist
- Blue: 5 days before the Heist
- White: The Heist
- Red: The morning after the Heist
- Pink: 6 months after the Heist
Detective-Mode
If you love a good detective thriller, then why not turn this series into one where you are the detective. This could make the show more interesting to you as you are constantly guessing who is double-crossing who, why this character has done such a thing, etc.
The order of this would be:
- Orange: 3 weeks before the Heist
- Green: 7 years before the Heist
- Violet: 24 years before the Heist
- Red: The morning after the Heist
- Yellow: 6 weeks before the Heist
- Blue: 5 days before the Heist
- White: The Heist
- Pink: 6 months after the Heist
As Netflix Presents It
This is likely how most people will watch the show as it can become annoying to sift through the episodes after one has finished.
If you watch it as Netflix has presented it to you, you can enjoy the show as we like to watch Netflix; binging it. No need to find the remote and change the episodes, they can simply automatically move over to the next episode.
Don’t worry though. Netflix has said that they have mixed up the episodes for everyone anyway. So, your Netflix profile may have the episodes laid out differently to other users.
This means you are still getting the mixed-up experience, without having to do the legwork.
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