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.
Raoul Diop's Best Moments
Every Lupin moment featuring Raoul Diop, in story order. Played by Théo Christine.
60 moments · 1h 20m · by Favseen
Moments 1–30 of 60
- 01
- 02
'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.
- 03
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.
- 04
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.
- 05
Raoul lets slip that Claire is dating a doctor
Girls' night turns out to be a date. Raoul teases his father about the handsome doctor with the nice car, then tells him to stop pretending he does not care.
- 06
Raoul's birthday top hat and a surprise train ticket for Claire
Assane gives his 14-year-old a top hat, then springs a train trip on Claire, who finds she has no choice as usual.
- 07
Raoul recites the Hollow Needle riddle on the train to Étretat
Assane reveals the trip is to the Arsène Lupin celebration, and Raoul rattles off the treasure riddle from memory while Claire watches her two fans.
- 08
Teasing Claire about the doctor, then the family selfie
Father and son grill Claire about Marc, then Assane takes a group photo and admires himself in it.
- 09
Happy birthday Raoul, sung to the whole train car
Assane leads the birthday song far too loudly, produces a marble cake and a Lupin figure, then goes off to find drinks.
- 10
The ticket inspector is a hitman: Assane's train fight and his cover story
A fake inspector works down the carriage toward the family and Assane takes him on; afterwards he explains his bruises as a quarrel over the best Lupin story.
- 11
On the cliffs: a due date on Leblanc's birthday and the name Raoul
At Étretat the pregnant Claire shoots down Maurice, Assane Junior and Arsène before Assane lands on Raoul and promises no more fuck-ups.
- 12
Léonard reports to Pellegrini: the wrong son
Léonard threatens Raoul into silence, then phones his employer from a village bar to confess a setback; the voice on the line wants the father, not the boy.
- 13
The Cagliostro slip exposes the fake text from Raoul
A text from the captor's phone invites Assane to a rendezvous; one wrong Lupin detail tells Assane and Guédira it is a trap, and they decide to walk into it.
- 14
Léonard dangles Raoul in front of Assane
At the old house Léonard lets Raoul see his father and scream for him; Assane promises to kill anyone who touches his son and is dared to come and get him.
- 15
Father and son shout for each other through the house
Assane tears through the old house calling for Raoul, who answers from somewhere inside; the kidnapper has left a mocking note behind.
- 16
Guédira pulls Raoul out of the locked car
Raoul screams for help from inside a car; a stranger smashes his way in, gets him out and says he is a cop and a friend of his father's.
- 17
Ganimard or Lupin? Raoul explains why he picks Lupin
On the drive, Guédira and Raoul compare favourite Arsène Lupin characters, and Raoul's answer is really about his father.
- 18
Dumont takes Raoul away from Guédira at the Hyatt
Guédira gets a bravo and then an order he does not understand: hand the boy over because the case now goes all the way to the top.
- 19
Pellegrini tells Raoul his father is a thief
Raoul's call to his father is cut short; Hubert Pellegrini introduces himself and tells the boy what Assane really does for a living.
- 20
Are you really a thief? Assane answers Raoul
Reunited, Raoul asks his father the question straight; Assane tells him about Pellegrini and his grandfather, and makes a promise.
- 21
Raoul comes home to Claire over 'I Can See Clearly Now'
Closing montage: Assane brings Raoul back to his mother while Johnny Nash's song plays, and the episode ends on a single word.
- 22
Claire tells Raoul his father is dangerous
Minutes after the rescue, Claire refuses to let Raoul praise his dad: she calls Assane a danger who can't keep promises and forbids him from seeing him.
- 23
Raoul tells Assane it feels like it will never end
Father and son trade favourite Lupin stories before Raoul admits he is tired of promises that it is almost over, and that he sounds like his mother.
- 24
Raoul's bridge
Claire finds a message naming the bridge where she and Assane chose Raoul's name; Raoul insists on going, and Pellegrini is read his charges.
- 25
Goodbye on the bridge
Assane meets Claire and Raoul at ten o'clock, tells them it is over, and leaves them with a promise to be watching.
- 26
Guédira halts the funeral and orders the casket opened
Mid-eulogy at Père Lachaise, Guédira barges in demanding proof of death; the mourners erupt and the lid comes up.
- 27
Raoul refuses to believe his father is dead
At the grave, Raoul insists Assane escaped the coffin like Lupin would; Claire begs him to separate books from real life.
- 28
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.
- 29
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.
- 30
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.