Almost like an animated Breaking Bad, Edgerunners follows an enterprising teenager named David Martinez, whose promising life in the futuristic, corporate-controlled Night City collapses after his mother dies in a random act of violence. While the core Cyberpunk 2077 game from developer CD Projekt Red divided audiences when it launched in 2020, this adaptation instead strikes gold on its first try. The unusual format is admittedly part of the charm-as a linear crime drama, it might not have the same appeal-but Kaleidoscope truly feels like something new on the platform, and with a possible 40,320 viewing orders, it’s worth at least one. Netflix has dabbled with interactivity in the past, with game-like special episodes or spinoffs of popular shows, but Kaleidoscope takes that idea to a new level, with an almost Choose Your Own Adventure approach that offers a unique experience for every viewer. It’s not just the audacity of the crime that impresses, or how the show weaves in and out of its cast’s lives over the quarter century leading up to, and shortly after, the heist itself, but the fact that you can watch the eight-episode season in any order. However, that doesn’t quite do Kaleidoscope justice.

“A heist 25 years in the making” is how Netflix hypes this ambitious crime drama, following master thief Leo Pap (the ever-watchable Giancarlo Esposito) and his crew’s effort to steal a staggering $7 billion haul. is a great addition to Netflix’s wider canon of supernatural teen dramas-and one that boasts a killer post-punk soundtrack to boot. Satisfyingly spooky, with some top-tier action and a talented young cast that relishes Cornish’s trademark sharp dialogue, Lockwood & Co.

Dodging the adult-run organizations that typically send kids out to tackle the “Visitors,” the trio aims to make a name for themselves-and maybe prove that the authorities don’t have undead matters under control at all. When Lucy Carlisle (Ruby Stokes) relocates to London after a mission in her hometown goes horribly wrong, she joins the eponymous ghost-hunting agency, run by teen savant Anthony Lockwood (Cameron Chapman) and his ally George (Ali Hadji-Heshmati). Don’t expect a transatlantic take on the recent Ghostbusters reboot though-this is a world where children are the only people able to combat the malign spirits plaguing the living. follows a group of teen ghost hunters in an alternate present-day Britain.

Based on the books by Jonathan Stroud and developed by Attack the Block director Joe Cornish, Lockwood & Co.

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