Two weeks earlier: Assane pitches Ben the finale, his own death
Assane walks Ben through the plan step by step until the punchline lands: the witnesses are there to see Assane Diop die.
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 121–150 of 285
- 121
- 122
How to die on cue: blood, airbag, rigged stethoscope and a headline
The mechanics of the fake death unfold alongside the night itself, until Ben asks how you get out of a nailed-shut coffin.
- 123
J'accuse joins the plan: a game of fetch through the tunnel
Assane brings out the dog, Ben despairs, and a treat run proves the cemetery tunnel works both ways.
- 124
Assane picks out his own oak coffin
Shopping for a casket for a dear friend of exactly his height and weight, Assane tests the wood and praises the craftsmanship.
- 125
Keller claims young Assane as family while the coffin goes into the ground
Keller pushes the grieving boy through a punishing round and tells him he has a family now, intercut with the burial.
- 126
Assane climbs out of his grave and J'accuse finds him in the tunnel
Out of the coffin and into the dark, Assane is greeted by the dog who sniffed his way through the tunnel.
- 127
A voice calling him Sanni says it knows Assane is alive
A classified ad, calls to prisons in Senegal, and a prerecorded message summoning Assane to a church with the pearl.
- 128
Plan's off: Assane tells Ben his mother has resurfaced
With the sale and the house all set, Assane pulls the plug: someone using his childhood name knows he is alive.
- 129
In the church, his mother begs Assane to leave the pearl or they kill her
A phone voice orders the pearl into the donation box and tells Assane he now works for her captors, cut against the boy's last call.
- 130
Cold open: Cisco's deadly card game and a stolen car
A poker night in Nanterre turns into Cisco's ace-or-die ritual; in the chaos a stranger drives off with the kingpin's own car.
- 131
Delangle returns Cisco's car and asks for work
Assane, posing as ex-con Delangle, hands Cisco back his car, talks fate, and accepts the ace-or-die test to get into the crew.
- 132
Assane tells Ben his mother is alive and kidnapped
Two days earlier: Assane explains to Ben why he is sure the caller is Mariama, and the ransom demand is a Manet stolen in Boston, held by Cisco.
- 133
Assane meets Cisco's lonely mother
Wandering Cisco's house, Assane is drawn into the old woman's room; she praises her son and asks whether he looks after his own mother.
- 134
Accused of being a snitch, Assane turns it on Kad
Cisco interrogates Delangle; Assane flips the accusation, a planted number on Kad's phone connects to a police lieutenant, and the ace is drawn.
- 135
Ben's wall of everyone Assane ever robbed
Ben shows a board of wealthy enemies: a fake Rodin, a tax fraud, the Pellegrinis. One of them, Assane bets, has his mother. Two days left.
- 136
Assane becomes Alex, Raoul's new basketball coach
After rehearsing his new name, a disguised Assane meets Claire as the coach; she confides that Raoul just lost his father and he addresses the team.
- 137
Delangle rewrites Cisco's armored-car plan
Cisco lays out a ten-million-euro truck heist; Assane points out the GPS, nearby police stations and traffic, then claims a niece to explain a school holiday.
- 138
Armored-car heist and the car-wash getaway
Cisco's crew hits the truck, police close in, and Assane drives the shabby getaway car into a car wash so it emerges unrecognizable in orange.
- 139
Cisco calls the niece lie; Assane finds the Manet
Cisco catches Delangle's story, forces another ace draw, but Assane has Ben tip off the police and recalls where the stolen Manet is hidden.
- 140
Claire sends the journalist away
Fleur Bélanger corners Claire again at Raoul's game; Claire tells her to leave her son alone and tells the coach this is the life Assane left her.
- 141
Assane demands proof his mother is alive
At the handover, Assane refuses to give up the painting until he hears Mariama's voice; she begs him to do nothing more for her captors.
- 142
Follow the painting: Assane goes in alone
A tracker in the Manet leads to Place d'Italie; Assane is already there and heads in for his mother while Ben pleads with him to wait.
- 143
Assane at gunpoint: his mother tells him to obey
Assane demands to see his mother; her voice on the line warns him that resisting her captors only makes things worse.
- 144
The Red Sea bracelet: Benjamin says no, then yes
Assane lays out the next forced job, a sapphire bracelet with a legendary clasp; Benjamin balks until Assane reminds him whose life is at stake.
- 145
Claire asks the coach to spy on Raoul, lands in the friend zone
Claire meets Raoul's coach to ask what her son confides; he refuses to snitch, then awkwardly insists he is not hitting on her.
- 146
Assane bluffs the Thoiry gardeners about rotting roots
Posing as a landscaper's man, Assane lectures two gardeners on dense soil, missed Zoom calls and job security until they follow him.
- 147
The way in is a cloakroom attendant
Assane explains why trusted staff are the perfect cover, settles on the cloakroom, and Benjamin fails his first try at the Robin clasp.
- 148
Claire calls the journalist and snaps at the coach
A reporter wants Claire's story on Assane's death; when the coach suggests she cannot move on, Claire reminds him Raoul is her son alone.
- 149
Benjamin recites the labyrinth route from memory
The replica is finished; Assane drills Benjamin on the plan and he rattles off every turn of the garden maze without hesitation.
- 150
Cornélius and Alain take over the gala cloakroom
Two very passionate coatroom men explain Gérard's resignation, denounce plastic hangers and a scent of mold, and threaten the union.