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
Every Lupin moment featuring Assane Diop, in story order. Played by Omar Sy.
285 moments · 7h 29m
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.
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.
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.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Circé replays the call to Pellegrini
Home safe, Dumont phones Pellegrini about Babakar Diop and a new party. Then his smart speaker starts repeating the call back at him, word by word.
Assane squeezes Dumont for a name
Assane turns up unmasked, hints he can reach Dumont's wife, and trades a promise to stop for the name of a journalist who once nearly took Pellegrini down.
Meeting Fabienne Bériot and the dog who barks at Pellegrini
Assane breaks into a reclusive journalist's flat posing as a fan. She insists Fabienne no longer exists, while her dog J'accuse growls at the name Pellegrini.
Assane tells Fabienne why he wants Pellegrini
Assane lays out his father's framing and death, says he wants to finish what her book started, and is told to go home because Pellegrini is untouchable.
Fabienne joins the fight and Assane gives his real name
Fabienne tracks Assane down with nothing left to lose and demands his name. After two fakes he says Assane Diop, and they map how Pellegrini profited in 1995.
The coward trick: Assane talks his way into The Objector archives
Fabienne sends Assane after a green VHS tape in her old paper's archives. A fake phone call turns the front desk into his escort, until the ruse unravels.
The Kuala Lumpur tape: Pellegrini's arms deal exposed
A chess tournament label hides footage of Pellegrini doubling the price on a 1996 arms sale that Fabienne ties to a deadly embassy attack. They go public.
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.
Pellegrini's press conference and the question from the crowd
Pellegrini answers the rumor on live TV by daring Salvator to show his face. Then a reporter asks if the Kuala Lumpur victims' blood is on his hands.
Assane decides Salvator will be him
Fabienne is buzzing after her public question, but Assane books a TV debut and insists on taking the next risk himself, for his father.
Makeup lesson and a gift: the woman who came back
Assane builds his Salvator face while Fabienne hands him the wrong brushes. His gift should make her write again; she says he is the one who brought her back.
Salvator's TV debut and the doctored tape
Disguised as an old man, Assane goes on The Other Edition to play the Kuala Lumpur footage. The tape that rolls has been cut clean, leaving Salvator speechless.
Fabienne refuses to give up Assane
Pellegrini's man corners Fabienne at home and demands Assane's address. She answers with her old line about a journalist's sources. Assane arrives too late.
Fabienne's letter: we're going to fight, together
Assane opens Fabienne's book and reads her letter: they may have lost tonight, but he will never quit. A closing song plays as he looks up at J'accuse.
Assane blames himself for Fabienne; Ben tells him not to let Pellegrini win
After the journalist's death, Assane wonders whether to quit the fight. Benjamin reminds him it is Raoul's birthday and that giving up means Pellegrini wins.
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.
The fake-cop con: Assane talks a widow out of her jewels and a Fabergé egg
Posing as a policeman after a burglary, a younger Assane convinces a wealthy woman that her valuables are safer with him, down to the Fabergé egg.
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.
Juliette and Assane: torn between her and Claire
Juliette corners Assane and refuses to be the one who waits; he admits he loves them both and tries to end it.
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.
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.
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.
Claire tells Assane she is pregnant and he shouts it to the restaurant
The fancy dinner Claire did not want turns into a celebration when Assane learns he is going to be a dad and cannot stop announcing it.
Beige raincoat: Assane frames the hitman as Sernine at Le Havre
Held at gunpoint on the train, Assane walks his captor straight into the police he summoned, with a necklace stone planted in the man's pocket.
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.
Claire demands the truth about the man on the train
Claire will not accept another promise of no more secrets; Assane says it is about his father and asks for one more chance, until they notice Raoul is gone.
Raoul is missing: Assane searches the beach at Étretat
Assane runs the shore calling for his son, asking strangers about a boy in a top hat, as the Lupin celebration carries on around him.
Raoul is snatched at Étretat station
Tickets are checked, then a scream: Assane and Claire tear through the station and parking lot for their son dressed as Lupin, and a witness names a gray BMW.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Assane in cuffs demands to know where Raoul is
Cold open: the police have their man in the back of a car, but Assane only wants one answer and keeps asking it.
What was in the trunk? A soda can
Assane presses the officers about the car they found; Belkacem snaps and produces the only thing that was in the trunk.
The rest-stop escape: a toilet break, a receipt and a flat tire
Assane promises not to run before Paris, asks for the bathroom, and walks out past the officers with a ruse they only notice too late.
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.
Assane spotted at the gala and chased into the basement
Security clocks a man who should not be there; the hunt runs through the kitchens and down to the basement, where he is not.
The spliced recording: how Pellegrini's own words moved Raoul
Replay of the trick: the TV interview cut into fake orders for Dumont, the same sentence looping until the plan clicks.
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.
Twenty-four hours earlier: Assane asks Ben for help
Rewind to the night Raoul was taken: Assane tells Ben he suspects Pellegrini and needs him, while Claire is told he always finds a way.
Assane offers Pellegrini the necklace for his son
Assane walks into Pellegrini's office with a trade: the rest of the necklace once Raoul is safe. Pellegrini says what he really wants.
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.
Assane vows to pay Pellegrini back through his own blood
Frozen out by Claire, Assane rants to Benjamin, who refuses to just agree with him; Assane decides Pellegrini will suffer the way he did, through family.
Assane confronts Juliette: we are not our fathers
Assane walks into Juliette's restaurant convinced it's a trap; she insists there's no catch, their fathers' war shouldn't poison them, and asks him to stay.
Dine and dash in the name of Horace Velmont
Over wine Assane and Juliette admit they've become too reasonable, then relive their youth by walking out on the bill under a no-show donor's name.
Stolen scooter ride through Paris
Assane grabs a delivery scooter and whisks Juliette along the Seine and over Pont Neuf while a soul ballad plays.
Juliette dares Assane to steal Claire's bracelet
Juliette scolds Assane for the painting but admits they both want this; to prove it's real she demands the bracelet Claire's new man just gave her.
Assane asks Juliette to choose and sends her to her mother
With the bracelet delivered, Assane promises a clean slate but tells Juliette her father framed his; her mother knows, and a cop called Ganimard can be trusted.
A week earlier: the Velmont dinner was staged
Rewind to the plan: Assane targets Pellegrini's daughter, Benjamin books the table as Horace Velmont, and every spontaneous beat of the date was arranged.
The Pissarro was never stolen
Assane explains the trick: a doctored news clip, friends playing cops and a fake painting make Juliette believe in a theft, so she will trap her own father.
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.
Assane goes back for Juliette anyway
With Pellegrini in custody, Benjamin tells Assane the job is done and over, but Assane insists on seeing Juliette one more time.
Assane talks Juliette out of cancelling the concert
Shaken by her father's release, Juliette wants to call off the foundation concert; Assane insists the kids need it and that quitting means her father wins.
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.
J'accuse barks at the name Pellegrini as Ben scolds Assane
Assane is reunited with his dog while Ben accuses him of guilt-tripping Juliette; a parting dig at Pellegrini sets J'accuse off again.
Assane talks Ben through shaking the killer at a bus stop
By phone, Assane keeps a panicking Ben calm, sits him next to the man following him, and uses the closing bus doors to lose the tail.
Assane refuses to flee Paris: running means guilty
Ben wants to leave the city; Assane, wanted for murder, says he was framed like his father and the Châtelet plan will clear him.
Assane and Ben escape through the hidden tunnels from their childhood map
With the police closing in, Assane and Ben find the secret passage they mapped as kids, and the flashback shows why they kept the map.
Assane and Ben promise one last show at the Châtelet
Safe again, Assane recalls the first Lupin stage play at the Châtelet and declares that tomorrow's performance will be their last and finish Pellegrini.
Three weeks out: Assane breaks in and finds Lucas Lacroix
Assane raids an office by night and comes out with a name; Ben explains the wealth manager whose briefcase holds Pellegrini's secrets.
Recruiting an accomplice at the Lupin bookshop
Assane tells Ben they need help and waits where Lupin fans gather; a stranger calls them out on their upside-down reading.
Inventing Philippe Courbet
The crew designs a financial-expert identity to dangle in front of Pellegrini and picks a name with a hidden Lupin link.
The phone-call chain that sells Courbet to Pellegrini
A fake call from Brussels warns Lacroix about a dangerous broker, and Lacroix dutifully passes the name straight to Pellegrini.
Calm and methodical: the last briefing before the show
As the news speculates whether Diop will appear, Ben walks through the donation setup and steadies Assane before they split up.
Assane makes Pellegrini confess
From the seat behind him, Assane forces Pellegrini to admit who killed whom, why Babakar was framed, and what happened after.
The safety-catch trick
Cornered at gunpoint in the theater, Assane surrenders, then politely points out that the guard's safety is still on.
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.
Assane exposes Pellegrini to the whole theater
Assane takes the stage to tell Juliette and the audience what her father did, as the police close in.
Rooftop escape and the getaway boat
Police flood the roof and corridors while Assane slips down to the river and makes off by boat.
The gentleman burglar song
Assane's river getaway plays out under a song about the gentleman thief who robs without a weapon and leaves flowers.
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.
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.
Claire to Assane: you're not a hero, you're scared
Under an orange umbrella Assane begs Claire to flee France with him and Raoul. She tells him the only fix is to turn himself in.
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.
'Michel Beaumont' delivers a letter in plain sight
A barely disguised Assane walks into the Place Vendôme jeweler, jokes about being mistaken for Diop and asks the clerk what colour his eyes are.
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.
Three days earlier: Assane recruits Bruno and briefs Ben
Assane repays an old debt with a job offer, then dresses Benjamin as a transferred SWAT commander with one rule: the bigger the lie, the more they buy it.
Assane feeds Ben his lines through the earpiece
The security tour replayed from the pillar: Assane prompts every question, winces at Ben's fear of heights and hands him the honour of France.
The heist in three acts: invitations, escape, final bow
Assane narrates the whole con: a leaked letter to fill the square, the crowd to slip into SWAT, a changed code to escape, and a staged arrest as the exit.
Getaway, rooftops and a fall
The crew celebrates in the van and parts ways. Then police spot Assane on the rooftops near Place Vendôme, and the episode ends on a scream.
Dr. Vernes meets Dr. Martinez in the morgue
Two fake doctors bluff each other over a covered body, each trying to out-credential the other before dropping the act.
Guédira refuses to believe Diop is dead and checks the corpse himself
Guédira argues Lupin always fakes his death, then insists on examining the body in the morgue with his own ears.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
One week earlier: the thief they want caught is Benjamin
Assane's mother relays the real order: the police must catch a thief, and it will not be him. A voice names the betrayal of a friend.
Assane escapes the maze while Benjamin takes the fall
Assane runs the labyrinth route alone as police arrest Benjamin; the test was how far Assane would go. Young Assane wins the ring fight.
The coach calls Claire: I lied, I have no idea how to be a dad
Shaken, the coach admits he pretended to know what is best for Raoul; Claire talks about motherhood and confesses she is reading Lupin.
Assane climbs out of his grave and asks Ganimard to team up
Guédira finds Assane alive at the cemetery. Assane invokes The Red Silk Scarf, the one time Lupin and Ganimard worked together, and asks for help.
Guédira hides Assane by claiming his girlfriend is over
Sofia knocks and Guédira stalls her with the worst excuse available. Assane then lays out what a partnership would get the police.
Assane records his confession on Guédira's phone
To earn Guédira's help saving his mother, Assane records a dated video admitting he faked his death and promising to turn himself in.
Guédira admits he likes Sofia while being filmed
Introduced to a 'colleague' who looks a lot like Assane Diop, Guédira gets talked into gushing about Sofia, on camera.
Assane breaks a 'fifth-century' vase and exposes Lassaire's fakes
Posing as police with Guédira, Assane shatters a 25,000-euro vase and points out industrial oven bubbles on an antique that predates ovens.
Good cop, worse cop: Lassaire agrees to set up the Manet sale
Assane and Guédira stack up imaginary years of prison until the parolee gallery owner admits he was asked to broker the stolen Manet.
Assane shows Guédira the hollow needle and pitches Justin Avisto
Inside his hideout, Assane tells Guédira he will play a rich collector at the sale, or he can call Belkacem and arrest him right now.
Guédira plays Avisto and haggles for the stolen Manet
At the Hotel Derwatt, Guédira repeats Assane's lines in his ear, bluffs about his reputation, and gets the sellers down to 20 million.
Police raid: Assane slips out and Sofia unmasks Avisto
Mid-toast the police storm in. Assane thanks Ganimard and leaves him the painting and the bracelet, just as Sofia pulls off the disguise.
Sofia reveals the anonymous tip came from Assane
Sofia recaps the mess she found Youssef in, then plays back the call that sent her to the hotel, with a sign-off only one man would use.
The enemy's real purpose: not the pearl, but hurting Assane
Young Assane is told to channel his rage at Keller's gym; in the present, his captor admits the painting and pearl were never the point.
Assane sneaks a steak into Ben's cell and learns Claire knows
Assane visits Ben in prison with a rare steak. Ben warns that Claire knows he is alive; Assane names the kidnapper from his past and promises to handle it.
Claire asks Alex if they could leave the friend zone
Claire tells the coach he is nothing like Assane except that he never worries, then asks if they could have been more than friends. He deflects.
Assane returns to his childhood home and finds his mother's old note
Assane talks his way into the flat he grew up in and uncovers the message his mother left for Sanni, while she searches the same streets for her son.
Alex guides Claire through the Galeries Lafayette by phone
Claire says Assane being alive will not stop her seeing someone else and asks the coach if she has a chance. He steers her to the gold elevator.
Assane plants a wallet on Claire's follower and gets him arrested
Still on the phone, Assane sends Claire back downstairs, slips stolen goods into her pursuer's pocket, and lets security grab the man.
Mariama tells Assane why she never came to France
Assane asks his mother the one question that matters; she explains the stolen wages, the arrest and the shame that kept her away for 25 years.
Assane talks a valet out of a stranger's car keys
Posing as a cop who has spotted fake plates, Assane bullies and flatters a parking attendant into handing over the keys, then has him sign a release.
Claire and Mariama overrule Assane: you're dead, you don't decide
Assane wants to blackmail the minister; Claire and his mother have already decided the family runs. He promises his mom no more robberies or disguises.
Colonel Ali Abdelkerim charms a bigoted old colonel
Assane in disguise claims to be the boy guide from Chad in 1969 and flatters his way into an invitation to the Legion of Honor ceremony at Beauvau.
Thousands of faces like mine: Assane faces the Minister
Introduced to the Minister of the Interior, Assane's colonel delivers a quiet speech about those who bled for a flag that was not theirs.
How mother and son robbed the minister's safe
Assane walks Mariama through the plan: a diversion, an open safe, a letter as the hint, and why nobody searches a Black woman of a certain age.
Escape through the tunnels under the Elysee
Spotted at Beauvau, Assane and his mother flee through the presidential evacuation tunnels and a boat he planned ahead, leaving the minister fuming.
Assane blackmails the Minister with his own phone
The minister's contact list of traffickers and arms dealers buys Assane a favor: he wants nothing but someone released from prison.
Assane asks Manon to betray Keller
In her cell, Assane asks Keller's partner to snitch; she throws loyalty at him, he reminds her he was 17 and asks what family makes kids fight and kill.
Manon turns: she calls Keller to set the trap
Assane names Keller for what he is and asks Manon if she wants to stay his scapegoat; she calls Keller and sets a meeting at the Arc de Triomphe.
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.
Better than Ganimard: Assane lets Guedira arrest him
Assane surrenders to Guedira, telling him he is as good as Lupin, and says he himself is not Lupin anymore. In the van he denies knowing where the pearl is.
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.
Assane's letter to Claire: it's time for the world to forget me
Claire reads Assane's farewell as he confesses to Guedira with three conditions, the first being Benjamin Férel's release. He turns himself in to set them free.
The third condition: a book and a message from the neighbor
Assane asks for something to read; in his cell a copy of Cagliostro's Revenge arrives from a neighbor, and a message is delivered. The trap may be on him.
Assane denies knowing where Pellegrini went
Interrogated a week before release, Assane shrugs off the Pellegrini question while a flashback shows a private jet bound for Argentina.
Lupin is over: Assane tells Guédira he gets out Monday
A cheerful prison visit: Assane springs his early release on Guédira and swears his only plan now is to be a real father.
The prison director shows Assane his new glass cage
The director walks Assane through a tempered-glass, soundproof cell watched by eighty inmates and ten guards, and Assane politely applauds.
Eight o'clock: the inmates count down and Assane vanishes
The whole block counts down to eight, the lights cut, and when they come back the cage is empty and the painting is gone in Avignon.
Still in the box: the inmates chant Lupin's name
The LED walls switch off to reveal Assane never left his cage, and the cell block erupts in a Lupin chant while he protests it was not him.
Assane explains the LED-wall vanishing trick to Guédira
Guédira accuses Assane of nearly killing Sofia; Assane walks him through the one-way LED cage, the hacked power grid and the unlocked cell doors.
A copycat: the hydrosoluble canvas trick
Assane deduces the Avignon painting was a water-soluble fake dissolved by the fire alarms, his own Manhattan signature, and names a copycat.
Assane names Pellegrini and the Malaysia exile is revealed
A mask is found in Assane's cell; he names Pellegrini as the one who hates him enough, and a flashback shows how he stranded Hubert in Malaysia.
Assane promises Raoul a trip to Senegal
In the visiting room, Assane tells Raoul he chose to serve his sentence, wants to be done with Lupin, and promises they will fly to his grandfather's homeland.
Diop took your car keys: the transfer escape
Two guards chat about the freezing supermax and a stuck car door before realising the prisoner they are moving has lifted the keys.
Juliette thanks Assane for exiling her father
Assane turns up in disguise to confront Juliette, hears Hubert begging over the phone, and learns she thinks his exile was the best gift ever.
Lupin against Lupin: the deepfake issues a challenge
A device speaks with Assane's own face and voice, invites him to play a game, and he vows to unmask whoever picked the wrong target.
Ben swears off heists, then Assane walks in asking for help
Claire teases Ben about being an Assane groupie; the moment she leaves, the escaped Assane appears and asks Ben if he can count on him.
Assane and Ben trace the copycat's earlier heists
Flattered by an imitator, Assane sifts headlines with Ben: a Queen Victoria necklace, a Harrods pearl, a getaway on delivery bikes.
Raoul refuses to believe his father, and the deepfake calls
Assane begs Raoul to trust that he was framed; Raoul calls him an addict. A ringing phone brings a threat in Assane's own voice, and he pushes his son away.
The copycat has a name: Adèle Kapoor, officially dead
Ben identifies the hacker who leaves Lupin books at crime scenes, then reveals the catch: she is supposedly dead. Assane decides to wake her.
Assane meets Adèle face to face
Assane traces the deepfake's earpiece and ambushes Adèle, who admits the framing and names her goal: the lost crown jewels of France.
Adèle's wager: steal the ruby and earn your innocence
Adèle lays out the legend of the four jewels and offers Assane the deepfake code if he can take the ruby before her. Thieves have honor, she says.
Guédira corners Assane on Avenue Montaigne
Adèle trips the alarm and vanishes; chased down by Guédira, Assane pleads that a dead woman framed him, then slips the cuffs with an apology.
Paul Sernine the influencer gets bounced at the door
Assane plays a livestreaming influencer to breeze past the doorman, but Adèle rewrites the guest list in real time and he is turned away.
Assane climbs the Eiffel Tower while Ben fights vertigo
Ben talks Assane through his own fear of heights from the lift while Assane scales the ironwork; the Angel's Heart reveal is announced for ten.
Adèle traps Claire and Ben in a runaway elevator
Assane claims victory, Adèle needles him about his ex and his best friend, then sends their elevator racing up the tower.
Assane rides the elevator cables to save Claire and Ben
Assane fights the plunging elevator by hand while Ben holds Claire, lands to cries of 'Lupin', and gets an earful from Claire.
Rooftop standoff: who was playing whom
Cornered with sirens closing in, Assane tells Adèle he never needed her proof; he had been running his own game all along.
Assane hands Guédira a photo of the dead girl
Guédira stops his men from shooting and Assane produces a flash photo of Adèle, with a flashback showing how he and Ben rigged the camera.
Assane interrogates a suspect on a spinning Ferris wheel
Cold open: a terrified man is strapped into a fairground ride and taunted from below, then greeted by the police when it finally stops.
The police ask Assane to help catch the new Lupin
Assane explains the deepfake framing him, is cleared, and laughs off an offer to work for the police until they refuse to let him leave.
Raoul refuses to believe his father and gets arrested
Assane comes home cleared, but Raoul will not trust his promises, storms out, and is tackled by armed officers in the street.
Assane visits Raoul in custody and promises to stay for good
Raoul apologizes for his mistake; Assane admits he was absent when it mattered and vows that this time he is here to stay.
Adèle's deepfake hijacks the police network to taunt Assane
Assane realizes the decryption key was left on purpose; the deepfake locks the police out and dares him to level up and join the final heist.
Assane meets Adèle's mother by the river
Posing as Adèle to lure her mother to Paris, Assane learns the girl was adopted, became obsessed with Lupin a year ago, and faked her death.
The copycat theory: Adèle must be using Assane's suppliers
Over a Lupin pastiche he read in prison, Assane argues that a copycat needs his tools, which points to the elusive gear maker Wagner.
Assane plants evidence to make Wagner's man talk
Guédira charges in and loses the suspect; Assane cuffs him, drops stolen evidence in his lap, and reminds everyone he is not a cop.
Claire breaks down: Assane creates chaos
Claire blames Assane for Raoul's arrest and for never checking on her; he swears he is back for good, but she can no longer believe him.
Assane storms the interrogation as Wagner's outraged lawyer
A bombastic lawyer barges in citing a chipped glass and a stifling room as violations, bullying Guédira out of the room to get Wagner alone.
The staged jailbreak that makes Wagner spill Adèle's plan
Assane gasses the station and drives Wagner to safety; in the panic Wagner names the vault and the transfer, then the whole escape is revealed as a con.
The jeweler admits he holds Francois the First's diamond
Assane presses Imbert into revealing a legendary diamond tied to the kings' treasure, then insists the gala unveiling go ahead as bait.
The Place Vendôme chase and the biker's true identity
Adèle blows through every checkpoint on a motorbike while Guédira cannot raise Assane; the police then learn who is really carrying the diamond.
Assane corners Adèle and asks about her necklace
Trapped, Adèle demands the diamond; Assane asks where her necklace comes from, and a memory of a gift given years ago tells him who her mother is.
Raoul walks free, then Juliette tells Assane whose daughter Adèle is
Raoul is released into his parents' arms; a phone call about the arrest turns into the episode's final blow about who Adèle really belongs to.
Juliette reveals the baby she was told had died
Juliette recalls her father finding the pregnancy test, the stillbirth lie, the English orphanage, and how Adèle traced them both through Interpol DNA.
Assane tells Ben: the copycat is my daughter
Assane breaks the news to Ben, defends Juliette against the Pellegrini name, and decides to break Adèle out before England kills her, Raoul or not.
Expired passport: Raoul walks out on the Dakar trip
At the gate Assane's French passport is refused and the Senegalese one is missing; Raoul, who waited years for this trip, walks away in disgust.
Adèle explains the Guardians of the Treasure
On a deepfaked prison call Adèle names the four noble families guarding the kings' treasure, reveals Pellegrini is one of them, and promises to let it go.
Ben's army of old ladies and Raoul's surprise ballet
Ben frets over his crowd of booked grannies while Assane picks up Raoul for a surprise that turns out to be ballet, not the UFC tickets he hoped for.
Assane reroutes the convoy from a ballet bathroom
Ben's trek is hopelessly behind schedule, so Assane slips out of the ballet, hacks the dispatch chatter and sets a new rendezvous at Saint-Augustin.
How it was done: lab serum, bait diamond, fake death
The plan unpacked: Assane and Ben steal an experimental neurotoxin, Adèle lures Guédira to the opera, the grannies stall the van, and Adèle ages out of custody.
Father and daughter: the real diamond and the fourth jewel
Assane plans to make Adèle disappear and awkwardly claims the dad role; she hands over the stolen diamond, the fourth jewel. He repeats their deal.
The Guardians threaten Adèle; Assane agrees to fight back his way
A private call warns Adèle will be next. She refuses to back down, and Assane finally agrees to go after the Guardians on his own terms.
Ta-da: the crown legend and a jab at Adèle's generation
Assane explains the crown, the four gems and the Chapelle expiatoire, then teases Adèle for giving up when the records are not on a computer.
Assane's cracked-statue tantrum at the Drouot auction house
Posing as an outraged buyer, Assane rants about a broken statue and stolen art until Adèle, as an activist student, demands the archives.
Stalling in the archives with football commentary and a Christie's pivot
Assane keeps the manager busy with a rambling Abdou Diallo replay while Adèle photographs the records, then blames the British. The crown went to the Invalides.
Why be discreet when we can do it with panache?
Facing a crown locked in glass inside a military fortress, Assane shrugs off impossible and promises a heist with flair.
Napoleons everywhere: the lookalike diversion at the Invalides
Korvin's team spots Assane in a general's costume, then a second, then fifteen. The control room loses track as the lookalikes flood the courtyard.
Recruiting the Friends of General Dumas for a surprise performance
Assane and Adèle charm a professor with a plan for a social-media happening celebrating the general, really a cover for their army of lookalikes.
How they did it: Adèle hacks the cameras and fires the cannons
The heist replayed from the inside. Adèle guides Assane past the cops, triggers the cannons, loops the feed and clears the crown gallery for the grab.
Guédira corners Assane: the copycat is your daughter
In the crown gallery Guédira demands the truth. Assane admits Adèle is his daughter, names the Guardians, and asks his friend to let them go.
A modest crown, and a promise to Juliette
Holding the stolen crown, Assane tells Adèle Juliette would be proud of her. Alone, he dedicates the hunt to Juliette.
Raoul turns the tables: a family full of liars
Caught with his stash, Raoul refuses to be lectured by the parents who told him his father was off on adventures, and asks Assane about his passport.
We'd be Lupin together: Assane refuses and acts like a father
Raoul begs to join his father's life; Assane insists Lupin is over and will not pass on his mistakes. Claire says she has never seen him parent like this.
Ambush at Juliette's: Assane sends Adèle away and fights alone
The Guardians' men already have three of the gems when Adèle walks in. Assane fights them off, orders his daughter out, and stays to face the rest.
Charmerace gloats over a captive Assane
Assane wakes bound in the Guardian's hands; a schoolyard memory shows Charmerace's grudge, and a truth serum is promised.
Assane announces his plan, then carries it out
Tied to a chair, Assane calmly tells his guard he will free himself and knock him out, and does exactly that.
Truth serum: Juliette asks if Assane cares about her
Both dosed with truth serum, Assane explains how he knew Juliette was alive and she pushes him on why he really came.
Assane and Juliette search the office and talk about Adèle
Hunting for the hidden stones, the two parents compare notes on their daughter and the Chapelle expiatoire lead.
Assane mocks Charmerace under the serum
Forced to tell the truth, Assane tells Charmerace he looks like a fish when angry, then gives up the two names he knows.
Bridge handoff: no dad, no crown
Adèle and Charmerace trade the crown for Assane on the Julien bridge, with Assane conceding defeat as Adèle holds her nerve.
Charmerace keeps his promise with real bullets
With the crown in hand, Charmerace shoots Assane, who crashes through the guardrail into the river as Adèle runs.
The vest: how Assane and Adèle faked their deaths
Father and daughter surface alive, and a jump back a day reveals the plan: a bulletproof vest, a weakened guardrail, a staged fall.
Ben cracks the display case: forty-nine or ninety-four
Hidden behind the one-way mirror, Ben empties Charmerace's case with a half-known code and swaps in a hologram projector.
Ben confesses he is in love with Claire
Pressed by Assane, Ben admits he and Claire love each other; Assane calls it a betrayal of what the three of them had.
The crown becomes a map at the Chapelle expiatoire
Assane, Juliette and Adèle set the jewelled crown by Louis XVI's tomb and wait for the light; nothing happens, then everything does.
Assane and Adèle scout the Guardians' fortress
Cold open: father and daughter size up the most guarded safe in France while the police still dredge the river for their bodies.
Juliette admits she lied about the catacombs
Juliette visits the hideout, hears the fortress is sealed from every side, and confesses the tunnel entrance she once denied exists.
The notebook was fake: Juliette's lie, then and now
Young Juliette tells Assane the treasure was a myth she invented; years later she admits the real reason was protecting him from her father.
The leaking cadaver delivery con
Assane and Adèle bluff past the police station desk with a melting ice box, bogus forms and a dare to guess what's inside.
Vanishing from the thermal cameras
Adèle's movie-inspired trick blinds the cameras while Korvin is sent chasing a box marked Karadine across her own office.
The crown is the key to the catacomb wall
Back where he and Juliette once stopped, Assane spots notches in the stone and fits the crown into the wall as Juliette's warning crackles in.
Adèle hacks the vault: I'm your daughter, right?
Inside the fortress Assane scatters his pebbles while Adèle breaks the alarm system and the final door unlocks.
The kings' treasure and the Hollow Needle
Father and daughter walk into centuries of French gold and read the passage from Leblanc that foretold who would find it.
Escape under gunfire to Blur's Song 2
Korvin's men storm the vault; Assane and Adèle slip out through smoke and bullets to the roar of Song 2.
Assane brings his wounded daughter to Claire
A ricochet has hit Adèle; with hospitals off limits, Assane turns up at Claire's door and introduces the girl as his daughter.
Claire learns why Adèle was taken away
Claire says she always knew about Juliette; Assane explains Pellegrini told Juliette her baby was stillborn to keep his bloodline pure.
Claire confesses she led Pellegrini to Assane
Claire tells Juliette it was her teenage note that tipped off Pellegrini; the flashback shows him smiling over young love before Assane absolves her.
It's called family, and Raoul is gone
The honey bunny joke lands, Assane says this is family not friendship, then learns Raoul left for Dakar without a word.
Raoul confesses he pushed Belkacem
Raoul never flew to Dakar; he tells his father the fall was his doing and Assane promises he is not alone.
Raoul confesses to Assane: he pushed Korvin at the museum
Raoul admits he panicked, shoved the commissioner and nearly fled to Dakar; Assane tells him they will fix it together.
Assane asks Guédira to drop Raoul's case at the flower market
Assane tells Guédira the treasure is real and Korvin is corrupt, begs him to leave Raoul alone, then fights his way out when backup arrives.
Claire walks out as Assane decides to steal the treasure
Assane says the only way to save Raoul is to take the Guardians' treasure; Claire refuses to hear it, Juliette signs on.
The plan: raise the Seine to force the Varennes protocol
Assane explains Varennes, the vault's weak ventilation and how opening one dam and closing another will flood Paris underground and force a relocation.
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Ben's customs officer con locks the dam crew in the server room
Posing as a pompous customs controller hunting a stowaway, Ben traps the dam staff, then he and Assane open the dams on a count of three.
Assane's getaway motorcycle gets towed from under the bridge
Ben parked the bike somewhere discreet; Assane finds it being hauled away and has to sweet-talk the tow crew mid-heist.
Assane on horseback charges the convoy to Johnny Hallyday
Assane rides a horse straight at the armored convoy and leads every police bike on a chase through Paris until he is cornered on Soufflot.
The real Korvin walks in: how the treasure vanished
Charmerace learns the Korvin beside him was an impostor, and the replay shows Juliette's sandman trick, Assane's diversion and Adèle's drone hiding the van.
Mission Varennes accomplished: the crew regroups with a truck and a horse
Claire teases Ben in biker leathers, Juliette rolls up driving the armored truck, and Assane trots in on the horse nobody can explain.
Pellegrini calls: bring the treasure or lose the kids
Hubert Pellegrini has Adèle and Raoul and names a Lupin riddle as the meeting spot; Assane drives off alone with everyone's keys in his pocket.
Saint-Cloud standoff: Pellegrini trades the treasure for Adèle
Assane demands his kids before handing over the truck; Hubert lets Adèle go, then calls her back at gunpoint and refuses to say where Raoul is.
"Hey, Papa": Raoul reveals he stole the kings' treasure
Raoul steps out of Pellegrini's car and tells his father the heist was his, and that he went to Hubert himself.
Raoul tells Assane why Pellegrini's honesty beat his father's lies
Raoul says the man he hated never lied to him, Hubert gloats that the new generation is taking over, and Raoul announces he is leaving the nest.
Raoul's red button: choose your son or your daughter
Raoul starts a timer on Adèle and tells Assane to pick her or the chopper; Assane refuses to choose and begs him to stop, and Raoul says goodbye.
Guédira's warning, a gunshot, and the helicopter lifts off
The police arrive as Raoul walks to Pellegrini's chopper; Guédira shouts at him to stop, a shot rings out, and Claire screams for Assane.