‘Kaleidoscope’ on Netflix: That twisty ending explained

In Kaleidoscope, the end of the series is a relative concept. Viewers can watch all eight episodes of the show in any order — randomized by Netflix, chronologically or as suggested by people who have already watched it.

Regardless of the order, the characters’ chronological timelines eventually run out. Whether you need a refresher or some clarification on what happens to the members of the heist team and those who pursue them, here’s a messed-up look at their fate on Kaleidoscope — including what happens to those coveted Bonds. of $7 billion. Remember, these twists unfold in different episodes, and in different orders.

Bob Goodwin

During the robbery (the White episode), it seems that Judy (Bob’s wife), played by Rosaline Elbay, murdered him by choking him with a piece of metal. Ava (Paz Vega) sees him lying on the street and tells the crew he’s dead. Bob (Jai Courtney), however, isn’t dead, and thanks to a brutal scene involving a pen (and more will to live than most people probably have), he gets himself a tracheostomy and survives to survive. get revenge. He makes an agreement with Roger Salas (Rufus Sewell), whose security company kept the obligations, and goes to hunt down Ray (Giancarlo Esposito) and Ava with a few henchmen. More on that later.

Ray sets up a fake meeting with Stan and Judy, because Bob wants to know where his wife is. In reality, Ray called FBI agent Nazan Abassi (Niousha Noor), who had been following the case from the start. Bob thinks he’s going to see Stan (Peter Mark Kendall) and Judy but ends up in a shootout with the FBI and dies on the beach.

Ray Vernon/Leo Pap and Ava Mercer

In episode Pink (episodes are named after colors), six months have passed since the heist. The couple live in a small house in Ohio, and Ray’s Parkinson’s disease has become severe enough to require the use of a cane and physical therapy. As mentioned, Bob finds them and holds them at gunpoint, wanting the money and to know where his wife is. One of Bob’s henchmen ends up killing Ava along with her childhood nanny, Teresa (Irene DeBari).

After all this carnage, the last time we see Ray is in New York. He video calls his daughter Hannah (Tati Gabrielle) and meets his granddaughter Lily. Hannah has made peace with him and tells him to come see them when he can. Ray is walking under a bridge in a park with a wheeled suitcase, as a guy in a hat comes up behind him and pulls out a gun. We don’t see it, but we hear it. It should be noted that the shooter’s shirt has the same pattern as a shirt Roger Salas’ son wore in another episode.

RJ Acosta

Poor RJ Depending on the order you watch the episodes, you might first learn that RJ (Jordan Mendoza) doesn’t pull off the heist. Bob wanted to leave with Judy and the Bonds and leave everyone. They see RJ in the parking lot. RJ tries to stop Bob. Bob knocks him down, and after RJ shoots Bob, Judy shoots him before he can shoot Bob again. They leave his body in a dumpster.

Stan Loomis and Judy Goodwin

Stan and Judy staged petty scams, like passing off cheap bottles of wine as high quality, in order to make money while they wait for Ray to sort out what happened to the bonds and get them fake IDs. . The morning Bob thinks he’s going to ambush them, they’re nearby in a food truck. Judy sees Bob’s car, however, and has a few realizations. On the one hand, he is alive. There’s also a money bag inside, which he stole from Ray and Ava. She watches Stan in the distance eating and then the open road. We don’t directly see what decision she makes, but it looks like she could take the money and leave Stan behind.

Nazan Abassi

The FBI agent was vindicated to some extent for his pursuit of the heist team. But even so, his superiors are ready to move on. One day, in the street, an older man stops him and asks him the way. He grabs her hand to shake it and moments later she collapses in the street. We learn that she died. Another Agent attributes this to the way some cases consume Agents. More likely, it looks like she was killed. One possible reason could be that she was growing suspicious of the so-called triplets, the three owners of the untraceable bonds at the heart of the heist (and with good reason, as technically they were involved in some element of the heist). It also brings to mind a conversation Salas and Hannah had earlier. He tells her that triplets aren’t the kind of people you want to mess with. He says, “One day you’re walking down the street, someone brushes your arm, and three blocks later you drop dead of a heart attack.”

Roger Salas

Ray’s big motivation behind the heist was to get revenge on Roger, who was his partner in heists at the time. When a burglary at a posh country club goes awry, ending in the death of Ray’s wife and his arrest, Roger manages to get away with it. He started what has become the largest security company on the East Coast – and stores those bonds. Even though the business heist didn’t go as planned, Ray managed to put together incriminating evidence that linked Roger to the hotel heist, putting him in jail.

Hannah Kim

In the series’ big twist, we find out that Hannah and her adoptive sister Liz managed to intercept the cart with the bonds during the heist and swap them with construction paper. Ray had thought that Hannah (his daughter) was basically their inside man, but she made a side deal with the triplets to make sure they wouldn’t go after her dad. She gives them back their obligations and they can claim the insurance money for the missing asset. Finally, we see Hannah and her baby living in a nice big house, presumably safe and out of the fray.