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.
Youssef Guédira's Best Moments
Every Lupin moment featuring Youssef Guédira, in story order. Played by Soufiane Guerrab.
86 moments · 1h 57m · by Favseen
Moments 1–30 of 86
- 01
- 02
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.
- 03
Guédira's Arsène Lupin anagram theory gets laughed off
Youssef shows Sofia that the thief's aliases are anagrams of Arsène Lupin; she mocks him while Laugier rages that the investigation is going nowhere.
- 04
The van was a decoy: Guédira says it is Lupin
The raid at Pantin finds a hired driver and a phone. Guédira guesses the kidnapper never left City Hall, because that is what Arsène Lupin does.
- 05
Guédira links the kidnapper to Paul Sernine
Belkacem doubts Dumont's story; Guédira tells the captain the orange-hat man, Paul Sernine and the 1995 necklace case are all connected.
- 06
Guédira pitches the Arsène Lupin theory to the commissioner
Guédira argues the Louvre thief and the kidnapper share one inspiration, Arsène Lupin, down to anagram aliases. The commissioner recalls a top hat and monocle.
- 07
Four sketches, four faces: Dumont pulls Guédira off the case
The composite sketches all look different, and the commissioner explodes when Guédira links them to the Louvre. One week left, and Guédira is told to drop it.
- 08
Guédira hunts for the link between the Lupin aliases
Pulled from the case, Guédira sits with his Leblanc books, muttering through Sernine, Perenna, 813 and the Needle, sure there is a pattern he is missing.
- 09
Claire turns on Assane: no more trust
Claire blames Assane for the kidnapping and threatens to call the police; he begs her not to and swears he will get Raoul back. Guédira insists on coming along.
- 10
Guédira plays the anxious husband in Assane's car
No reception, so Assane finds the kidnapper's route on a paper map while Guédira invents a worried wife as an excuse to stop in Bourneville.
- 11
Guédira's coded call: he is standing next to Sernine
While Assane questions silent villagers, Guédira phones the station and, with his target in earshot, tells his partner he has found their man and needs backup.
- 12
Assane makes the bar talk
Assane announces his kidnapped son to a silent room, loses patience with the barman, and gets the lead he needs. Guédira refuses to be left behind.
- 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
Assane refuses the police: incompetent, corrupt, or both
Guédira suggests calling the police; Assane answers that the man who took his son owns them, then shuts down the Lupin game talk.
- 16
Assane unmasks Guédira as his Ganimard
Assane calmly asks how long before the police arrive, tells Guédira he has known his name for weeks, and leaves him tied up: he does not work with cops.
- 17
Guédira arrests Assane at the worst moment
Gun drawn, Guédira cuffs Assane while he pleads that his son is inside; Guédira admits he had believed they could be Lupin and will not fall for it again.
- 18
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.
- 19
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.
- 20
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.
- 21
All this for a coffee: Anne Pellegrini walks in
Benjamin marvels that the whole scheme was built around one cafe meeting, then Juliette's mother sits down with the cop to tell the truth about her husband.
- 22
Pellegrini in custody names Assane Diop, then the Minister frees him
Charged with fraud and perjury, Pellegrini smirks through questioning, identifies Diop and stonewalls on Léonard until a call from his minister friend ends it.
- 23
An anonymous caller hands the police Assane's address
Over the tail of the Four Tops track, a tip reports a fight at Diop's flat, a text reads that it is done, and the squad room erupts with the address.
- 24
Guédira doubts his own theory because Lupin does not kill
Now that everyone agrees Diop is a real-life Lupin, Guédira is the one unconvinced: a gentleman burglar does not murder. Belkacem reminds him Diop is no book.
- 25
Guédira cracks the Ganimard message: The Jewish Lamp
Benched at his desk, Guédira gets a new message from Ganimard and works out that the clue points to the Jewish Lamp story.
- 26
Guédira connects Koné, Pellegrini and Dumont
Guédira lays out the prison file, the registered weapon and the blocked interrogation, and the team decides to arrest tonight, boss or no boss.
- 27
Guédira arrests Dumont instead of Diop
With Diop in his sights, Dumont is ordered to drop his gun by his own colleagues and arrested for corruption.
- 28
Guédira decodes the letter: Lupin always warns his victims
Sofia brings Guédira the letter. He matches its wording to Arsène Lupin and recognises the alias Michel Beaumont from The Crystal Stopper.
- 29
Should Sofia read the Lupin books?
Sofia finally asks Guédira for a Lupin lesson. He suggests the pearl may already be gone, and Imbert recalls the 2017 attempt that failed.
- 30
Cold open: the crowd chants as Assane falls from the Place Vendôme roof
Police lose their prisoner on the rooftops, a body hits the pavement, and the news asks whether Diop escaped or died.