Claire tells Assane he looks like a wreck
Assane meets his ex Claire to hand over late alimony and asks to see their son Raoul; she doubts his new job and his promise to change.
Assane Diop's Best Moments
Every Lupin moment featuring Assane Diop, in story order. Played by Omar Sy.
285 moments · 7h 29m · by Favseen
Moments 1–30 of 285
- 01
- 02
Dangled off a roof, Assane pitches the Louvre heist
Vincent's crew hangs a broke Assane over a ledge for their money; he buys his life by offering them Marie-Antoinette's necklace at the Louvre.
- 03
The seven-minute plan, and Assane will buy the necklace
Walking the crew through the Louvre, Assane lays out uniforms, chloroform, dead cameras and a seven-minute window, then reveals his own role: the buyer.
- 04
Locker-room brawl while Assane enters the bidding
The crew fights guards and fakes an all-clear over the radio as Assane, posing as a tech mogul, calmly joins the auction at 33 million.
- 05
Assane ends the auction with a 60-million bid
With the cameras down and the clock running, Assane skips the bidding war and drops 60 million euros on the Queen's necklace. Sold.
- 06
'The necklace is my baby now': Sernine gets a peek
The auction house, surprised by so young a buyer, lets Mr. Sernine handle the necklace before his money even clears.
- 07
The getaway in the least discreet car in Paris
The crew bolts through the staff exit with the necklace, only to find Rudy's idea of a quiet getaway car waiting outside.
- 08
Guédira smells Arsène Lupin; Sernine invites a search
Police question the 'victim' Sernine, Guédira tells his captain the robbery reads like a Lupin story, and Assane walks out with a souvenir.
- 09
Two weeks earlier: how Assane built the con
The rewind: a borrowed name at the Louvre, a loan shark's cash, a crew of thugs and a perfect replica from Benjamin, all narrated by the Lupin book.
- 10
The trash-bin exit and the fake necklace
The real plan revealed: the thugs were the decoy, the necklace left in a garbage bin, and the lab tells Guédira the recovered piece is a fake.
- 11
Assane shows up early for Raoul
For once Assane is on time. Claire is sceptical about his low-key night, and Raoul gets smothered by a dad who is finally there.
- 12
'I am Lupin': Assane passes the book to Raoul
Assane gives his son the Arsène Lupin book his own father gave him and names it as his heritage, his method and his path.
- 13
Benjamin proves the necklace was never taken apart
Assane learns the stolen necklace is intact, so the scattered-gems story was a lie and his father may have been framed 25 years ago.
- 14
Assane confronts Juliette in the Luxembourg Gardens
Disguised as a delivery rider and surrounded by police, Assane demands the truth; Juliette admits the scattered-gems story was invented for the auction.
- 15
The delivery-rider chase: which one is he?
Police swarm the park after Assane, only to stop a crowd of identical orange delivery riders while the real one vanishes.
- 16
Two spelling mistakes hide a message from Babakar
Rereading his father's farewell letter, Assane spots deliberate misspellings pointing to a fellow inmate named Comit and decides to get into prison himself.
- 17
Assane swaps places with his new cousin Djibril
Posing as a visitor, Assane talks an inmate into walking out in his place, teaches him the handcuff trick, and stays behind in his cell.
- 18
Assane tells the prison doctor he might be pregnant
Trying to talk his way into a night in the infirmary, Assane offers a diagnosis the doctor finds unlikely and sends him away to try harder.
- 19
Assane finds Étienne Comit in the infirmary
A dying inmate remembers Babakar Diop and a book he was asked to hand to whoever came on his behalf, with all the answers inside.
- 20
The scribbled Lupin book spells out Babakar's message
Assane recovers his father's copy of Arsène Lupin while Raoul reads his own; marked letters reveal Babakar's claim that he was innocent and trapped.
- 21
Claire visits the infirmary: make my wife smile
Claire comes to see Assane in prison; he tells her he has what he needs to clear his father's name, while a dying man asks a last favour.
- 22
The staged hanging: Assane's illusion escape
A hired killer reports the job done, but the body found in the showers is a trick; Lupin's words on illusion play over Assane's walk to freedom.
- 23
Assane makes Pellegrini confess what he did to Babakar
Cornered in church, Hubert Pellegrini admits he had Babakar sign a confession, reveals he was the generous donor, and names the inspector who lied.
- 24
Assane the IT guy lures Dumont out of City Hall
Posing as a tech named Max, Assane rattles Commissioner Dumont with planted files, then walks him into a quiet corridor and a pressure point.
- 25
Your name is everywhere: Assane confronts Dumont with the file
Deposition, report, autopsy, all signed Dumont. Assane tears apart the 1995 investigation and demands to know why Babakar was framed.
- 26
How much does a commissioner make?
Assane lays out Dumont's secret income from a coke dealer and a trafficker, and threatens to tell not Internal Affairs but his wife.
- 27
Dumont breaks: the money was for my kids
With his wife on the line, Dumont admits taking bribes for his children and says Babakar, broke and raising a son, did the same.
- 28
Claire calls about Raoul's birthday
Claire catches Assane forgetting their son's birthday again, sees through his paperwork excuse and asks him to stay safe. Exes, still friends.
- 29
The deepfake and the question: why did you frame my dad?
Assane shows Dumont a fake video of himself and threatens worse. Pushed too far, he blurts out who he is, and Dumont finally recognises him.
- 30
Dumont asks Assane for forgiveness
Dumont remembers the boy he spoke harshly to, apologises, claims innocence and begs to be untied so he can see his family.