![]() Kaleidoscope is a linear story about Esposito’s thieving character, Leo. It's not even a follow-your-favorite-character story. This isn’t a choose-your-own-adventure story like Bandersnatch. If you started at “Orange,” would you possibly root for the FBI character because she feels like your chosen lead? Would learning the central betrayal in Esposito's backstory be more exciting early or later on? But jumbling up all of the plot threads feels more like I’m playing a video game called Storyboarding Simulator than experiencing different points of view. I can see what Netflix was going for here. “Yellow” begins the heist planning Violet goes 25 years into the past to explain why Giancarlo Esposito’s character wants to even take on this particular heist “Orange” introduces the FBI character trying to stop them “Blue” takes us right up to before the heist “Red” is the morning after the heist “Pink” jumps six months later and “White” finally shows viewers the damn heist. It introduces us to most of the characters and their specific skill sets, which felt vital moving forward. Starting seven years ago, “Green” is the perfect beginning. Still, I genuinely believe Netflix gave me the one true order for the best viewing experience: Green, Yellow, Violet, Orange, Blue, Red, Pink, and White. ![]() before backtracking for another seven episodes just to see how they all got there. ![]() Much like the bland idea of a kaleidoscope that only shows you one color at a time, however, the series could get a bit boring if you’re someone who saw every character’s fate. No matter what order you watch the series in-which Netflix randomly assigns-everyone will end on “White,” the actual heist itself. The “Green” episode takes place seven years before the heist, “Blue” happens five days before, “Pink” goes down six months after, and so on. The episode titles, which are all named after colors, take the viewer throughout various stages of a billion-dollar heist. The Best Netflix Series of 2023 (So Far).
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