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
Every Lupin moment featuring Raoul Diop, in story order. Played by Théo Christine.
60 moments · 1h 20m
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Raoul is sure: Dad is Lupin, and the clue is Edith Swanneck
Cleaning Raoul's room, Claire finds his wall of clippings; he insists the death was faked and a Lupin title becomes her lead.
The ketchup line gives Claire a flash of recognition
Hunting for Raoul's water bottle, Claire remembers the exact words from 1998 and the coach's introduction. Raoul asks whether Papa will come to the game.
Raoul rallies the team to play the big game without their coach
With the coach a no-show and forfeit on the table, the boys panic until Raoul insists they were taught everything they need and calls the team huddle.
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.
Claire catches Raoul mid-workout and learns he quit
Claire barges into Raoul's room, he admits he quit his job, and she lets slip a Dakar trip with his father is planned for next week.
Raoul asks Claire if she knew
The news breaks that Paris was hacked by Lupin; Raoul storms out after asking his mother whether she knew his father was planning it.
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.
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.
Ben's very old client and a note for Claire
Ben fumbles an excuse about an elderly client, Raoul bolts, and Claire is left with the dog until a note invites her to the Eiffel Tower.
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.
Raoul fakes a cellmate's collapse to spring him to the infirmary
Raoul's emergency act gets an injured inmate out of the cell; the grateful stranger offers him work and a name to look up.
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.
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.
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.
Raoul joins Esteban's crew and hot-wires a car
Snubbed by his father, Raoul tracks down Esteban's gang, accepts their offer and proves himself by breaking into and starting a car on the spot.
Raoul picks a lock with his father's Christmas gift
On a rooftop job with Esteban, Raoul keeps his nerve and cracks the lock with the picks his dad gave him as a kid.
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.
Adèle meets Raoul without knowing he is her brother
Adèle walks into Ben's shop looking for help and gets served by Raoul, both awkwardly dancing around absent fathers.
Raoul's old crew refuses to let him quit
Raoul's lockpicking buddies show up at the shop with a job; when he says he wants a real job, it turns into a fight.
Raoul leaves for Dakar without his father
At the airport Claire tries to hold on; Raoul says Assane only cares about himself and tells her to stay away from him.
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.
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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"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 visits Pellegrini in prison and learns he has a sister
Flashback: Raoul comes to Hubert for answers about his father, and Hubert tells him about the second family before naming his price.
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.