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.
Captain Romain Laugier
Every Lupin moment featuring Captain Romain Laugier, in story order. Played by Vincent Londez.
17 moments · 24 min
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.
Juliette puts Captain Laugier in his place
Questioned about knowing the thief, Juliette threatens the captain's job and tells him the only thing she said was that he brought her a plastic necklace.
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.
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.
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.
Paul Sernine texts Laugier an invitation to coffee at Le Havre
A message from an unknown number thanks the captain for the pen at the Louvre and names a beige raincoat; Laugier scrambles to alert Le Havre.
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 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.
Claire tells the police she wants Assane away from Raoul
Questioned about Assane's whereabouts and the fake cops outside her building, Claire gives nothing away, then says she does not want him near their son.
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.
The raid finds an empty hideout while young Assane explains The Blonde Lady
A flashback of young Assane telling Claire how Lupin always gets away is cut against police storming the Châtelet hideout and finding it still warm.
Laugier and Belkacem follow Assane into the Catacombs
The police drop through the floor into the tunnels, a tourist confirms Assane Diop is inside, and the Catacombs are shut to the public.
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.