The big-money heist hit is fun and gripping – but it blows up the main rule of storytelling. Will being able to watch eight episodes in 40,320 random ways ever work?
f you are a certain type of viewer, the arrival of Netflix’s new drama Kaleidoscope will have filled you with excitement. That is because Kaleidoscope represents nothing less than a bold new vision of storytelling. There are eight episodes in total. Some are set before a heist, some after the heist and one episode concerns the heist itself. But here’s the thing: you can watch the episodes in any order you like.
We are promised that there are 40,320 ways in which we can experience Kaleidoscope. Some will start with the episode entitled Green, which takes the form of a flashback. Then they might jump to Violet , or Red , or Blue , or any of the other variously coloured episodes. The show wants you to end on White, which is the heist episode itself, but there’s nothing stopping you from watching it however you like.
In fact, it’s worse than that. For most of its existence, the joy of television was knowing we were all watching the same programmes at the same time. Good or bad, these shows united us. For all its brilliant convenience, Netflix destroyed this to the extent that people couldn’t discuss TV with friends without a careful little dance to ensure they wouldn’t spoil anything. And Kaleidoscope feels like another moment of destruction.
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