Kaleidoscope (American TV series)
American heist drama television series created by Eric Garcia
Kaleidoscope is an American heist drama television miniseries created by Eric Garcia. The eight-part series is an episodic anthology with standalone episodes. It centers on master thief Leo Pap (Giancarlo Esposito) and his crew attempting an epic heist worth $7 billion, but betrayal, greed and other threats undermine their plans. Kaleidoscope was released on January 1, 2023, by Netflix.
Cast and characters
Main
Giancarlo Esposito as Leo Pap / Ray Vernon, a career criminal and the leader of his heist crew, who aims to rob the SLS vault
Rufus Sewell as Roger Salas / Graham Davies, Leo's former partner-in-crime and the CEO of "SLS", a corporate security firm
Paz Vega as Ava Mercer, a lawyer, Leo's closest friend and the weapons specialist of Leo's crew
Rosaline Elbay as Judy Goodwin (née Strauss), Stan's ex-girlfriend and the explosives specialist of Leo's crew
Peter Mark Kendall as Stan Loomis, Leo's former cellmate and the smuggler for Leo's crew
Jai Courtney as Bob Goodwin, Judy's husband and the safe cracker of Leo's crew
Tati Gabrielle as Hannah Kim (née Vernon), Leo's pregnant daughter who works as the head of digital security at SLS
Austin Elle Fisher portrays a young Hannah Vernon
Recurring
Jordan Mendoza as RJ Acosta Jr., the driver for Leo's Crew
Hemky Madera as Carlos Sujo, Roger's right-hand man and fixer
Soojeong Son as Liz Kim, Hannah's adoptive sister
John Hans Tester as Stefan Thiele, one of "The Triplets", a trio of billionaires who entrust $7 billion worth of bearer bonds to SLS
Niousha Noor as Nazan Abbasi, an FBI agent focused on investigating Leo's Crew
Bubba Weiler as Samuel Toby, Abbasi's FBI partner
Guest
Patch Darragh as Andrew Covington, the former head of digital security at SLS
Richard Masur as Dr. Wagner, Leo's doctor during his incarceration
Tina Benko as Jennifer Helman, Abbasi and Toby's superior in the FBI
Whit Washing as Ted Gough, FBI agent assigned to the jewelry heist
Robinne Lee as Lily Vernon, Leo's wife and Hannah's mother
Max Casella as Taco, a criminal-for-hire
Craig Walker as Samson, Taco's partner and a fellow criminal
Episodes
The eight episodes can be watched in any order. An introduction ("Black") explains the show's concept. The episodes are listed here in the order listed on Netflix's Tudum page.
Production
Development
On September 16, 2021, it was revealed that Netflix had given an eight-episode order for the series, then titled Jigsaw. Eric Garcia serves as creator, writer, and executive producer, along with EPs Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Jordan Sheehan, Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Justin Levy, and Russell Fine.
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