🤐 SPOILER ALERT 🤐

Kaleidoscope’s $7 billion heist took a crew of bandits over two decades of meticulous planning to pull off. For creator Eric Garcia, creating an anthology series with unique viewing experiences meant he could construct an operation of his own. Throughout the eight-episode series, Garcia and his writers have hidden various Easter eggs — some are visible to the naked eye, while others require careful viewing. Each user watches the first seven episodes in a different order, which means viewers will pick up on different clues and references at various moments in time. Below, we give you a list of Easter eggs you might’ve missed to help you connect the dots of the full story.

Audemars Piguet watch

When Roger (Rufus Sewell) and Leo (Giancarlo Esposito) are still friends and partners-in-crime in the Violet episode, Leo gifts his pal an Audemars Piguet watch that he stole from a businessman’s safe. Twenty-four years later in the Blue episode, Leo is snooping through Roger’s home when he stumbles upon the same exact watch. Surprised and infuriated that he still has it among his prized possessions, Leo runs off in a haste. The watch’s face was also used as the basis for the vault’s shape design. This accessory was the first thing Roger ever owned that had real monetary value, and it clearly left a lasting impression on him. 

Barbara the prison guard

During the prison break in the Green episode, Stan (Peter Mark Kendall) stays behind so that Leo can escape. Not only does he give himself up to protect his friend, but he also loses Judy  (Rosaline Elbay). Stan ends up in the arms of Barbara (Stacey Oristano) the prison guard, literally, and gets his hands cuffed. Seven years later in the Yellow episode, he’s out of prison and now married to Barbara, who quit her job at the prison to work with Stan at his butcher shop. Stan’s mother is also named Barbara, as referenced in the Red episode. Fingers crossed there’s no battle of the Barbaras. 

Bob and Judy’s earpiece

Bob (Jai Courtney) and Judy could be the modern-day Bonnie and Clyde, and the influence the turbulent couple has on each other is apparent throughout the series. During the Diamond Way heist in the Yellow episode, Bob doesn’t want his crew members yelling at him, so he pulls out his earpiece to cut off communication. Judy picks up this same trick during the heist in the White finale when she’s working to flood the pipes.

FedEx boxes

As the White finale reveals, Hannah (Tati Gabrielle) and Liz (Soojeong Son) use FedEx boxes to transport the bonds out of the SLS. But, there are many hints to this in previous episodes. After Hannah gets Liz a job in the mailroom in the Yellow episode, Liz says, “So I’m moving paper. I’m, like, a paper mover” — which is exactly what she ends up doing during the heist. Another example can be seen in the Blue episode when Hannah and Liz are in their fake apartment set up with FedEx boxes at the bottom of the frame. 

Jimmy Najimy’s honey

Jimmy Najimy (Santos Morales) works as Stan’s kitchen helper in the Green episode. When they run out of honey while trying to spike the oatmeal with shrooms, Stan instructs Jimmy to go make some more. Years later in the Blue episode, Stan comes back with a box of bees that are stamped with the words “Najimy’s Apiary.” 

Judith and the Head of Holofernes painting

There’s a scene in the Pink episode when Judy and Stan are at a motel. She sits beneath a painting hung on the wall, which is a reproduction of “Judith and the Head of Holofernes” by Gustav Klimt. This portrait depicts the aftermath of a story in the Bible when Judith beheads Holofernes, a man who was deeply infatuated with her but violent — much like Bob is to Judy. This is also an indirect clue to the White episode, when Judy strangles Bob. 

Judy’s scratch

Judy has a noticeable scar on her in the Red episode, which is traced back to the White finale when she’s strangling Bob and he claws her across the face. This is also why she’s defensive when asked about the mark. 

Orchids

These flowers often symbolize love and thoughtfulness, which makes them the perfect gift, but they’re far from that in Kaleidoscope. In the Blue episode, Liz delivers potted orchids to the offices at 505 Wall Street and places one on the SLS desk. This isn’t an endearing gesture; we later find out in the White episode that the same orchid contains a hidden device that issues knockout gas. 

Palindrome names

Every major character’s name is either a palindrome or not, which eventually reveals their fate. Both Leo Pap and Roger Salas’ last names can be spelled the same backwards. It’s unknown whether Leo dies or gets stuck in the cycle of crime, whereas Roger ends up in prison. Ava (Paz Vega), Bob, Nazan (Niousha Noor) and RJ Acosta Jr. (Jordan Mendoza) all end up dead by the end of the series. Hannah’s name is also a palindrome, but after breaking out of a life of crime, she starts spelling her name as “Hanna.” In the Pink episode, we see the new spelling of her name on a letter to Leo, suggesting that she’s now living her own life because her name can’t be looped back anymore. She’s no longer trapped in a life of revenge.

ROYGBIV rainbow

Each episode features scenes composed of the hue they’re named after, but they also contain at least one shot where every color of every episode is visible. In Green, the Christmas lights in the window behind Leo are all ROYGBIV — the acronym used for the rainbow. In Yellow, all the markers that Leo uses to sketch out the vault are also ROYGBIV. 

Stan’s earring

Throughout the series, we watch the love triangle between Stan, Judy and Bob unravel. If you can’t get the girl, then you might as well start looking like her man. Stan starts off with no piercings in the Green episode, but when Bob comes and takes Judy away, he notices that his competition is sporting a diamond stud in his left ear. In Yellow, Stan learns that Judy will be joining their heist crew. To make an impression on her, he goes and gets his ear pierced so that she’ll notice. Unfortunately, spoiler alert, Stan gets his earring and ear shot off in the Red episode, which explains why part of his ear is missing in the pink storyline. 

Stan’s eyeglasses

Poor Stan can’t seem to keep accessories together. After getting punched in the face by Bob in the Orange episode, Stan fixes his broken glasses with a safety pin. When he gives Roger an eye exam in Blue, Stan (or Dr. Lowe) is very clearly wearing the safety pin in his glasses. During the heist, he ends up losing them during the flood — they’re discovered in the Red episode when divers find the glasses at the bottom of the vault. After just  one look, Roger is able to tie them back to Stan because of the safety pin.

The Statue of Liberty

Lady Liberty is, of course, a universal symbol of freedom, and this motif comes up in several episodes centered around Hannah. When Hannah is a child in the Violet episode, her mother, Lily (Robinne Lee), leaves her at home to go out to the club. Hannah is reading a book called When the Ocean Meets the Sky by S.E. Rennert, which features an illustration of the Statue of Liberty. This is the same book she reads to her daughter in the Pink episode. The symbol returns in Yellow when Hannah and Leo are on the dock looking out at the Statue of Liberty. At this moment, Hannah has a chance to escape and she starts formulating her plan to do so. In the next scene, there’s a Statue of Liberty painting behind Hannah’s desk.

Victorian crime fiction novels

Four episodes feature a notable Victorian crime novel hidden in a shot, which represents the theme of that episode. “Crime fiction as a genre began and flourished during the Victorian period. It’s an homage to the very start of it all,” Garcia explains. In Violet, Lily has a copy of Jane Eyre next to her bed. A destructive fire takes place in the Charlotte Brontë novel, just as it does in the episode. Green also features Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo, which is about a man who escapes prison, much like Leo does in that episode. 

Young Hannah playing Mastermind

In Violet, a young Hannah (Austin Elle Fisher) is playing a game of Mastermind with Lily at home. The board game title is clearly shown, which hints at Hannah’s eventual role in the heist. Not only is she playing the game, but she also wins with the code white-white-white-white. This, of course, is the episode where Hannah proves she’s the mastermind and breaks free.

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