Cold open: the Black Pearl courier is talked off his route
A priceless pearl is in transit when a 'Central Precinct' call warns the courier his driver is dirty. He takes the metro, and the pearl vanishes.
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11 moments.
Assane pitches Ben the big job: a 12 out of 10
Ben lays out what the year of headlines has done to Claire. Assane answers with a plan so risky it breaks the scale, and it starts with the Black Pearl.
Flashback: Assane's one failure at Place Vendôme
A chase, a fake cop and a real badge: the 2017 pearl job that went wrong. Assane vows that if he disappears, it will be with a bang.
The letter: Assane announces the theft of the Black Pearl
Police read Diop's courteous warning naming the exact night and hour of the robbery, then watch him on the jeweler's own cameras.
The SWAT commander tours the jeweler's defences
Forty-three cameras, six exits, one door code and a laser web around the pearl. The commander promises nobody will lay a finger on it.
The pearl is gone: masks off, codes changed, Diop arrested
Police flood the gallery to find an empty case. A uniformed man climbs the building, the changed code locks them out, and Diop is cuffed in the courtyard.
Guedira decodes the Grimaudan clue for Sofia
A photo of the Arc de Triomphe signed Grimaudan tells Guedira where Assane will be; he argues Sofia into going despite the tip pointing at Keller.
The pearl or freedom: Assane corners Keller at the Arc
Keller learns Manon betrayed him, the cops close in, old wounds from 1998 are reopened, and Assane offers one choice: hand over the pearl or go free.
The rose passes from a stranger to the right hands
A stood-up Assane gives a rose to a passerby; minutes later a woman asks for it back, claiming she was the late date. The pearl travels with it.
Sofia grills Manon about the bracelet, the Manet and the pearl
Sofia lays out photos of a dead man and the fake buyer, pressing Manon on where every stolen piece came from. Manon refuses to say a word to police.
Ben haggles Alberto from sixteen to twenty million for the pearl
Alberto offers condolences and a price; Ben uses one of Assane's rules about round numbers to push the fence up.