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.
S3E7 · Chapter 7
17 moments · 25 min of essential viewing in a 46-minute episode.
Moments, in order
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.
1998: Keller forces Bruno to shoot a cop
Flashback to the botched emerald job: Keller hands Bruno a gun and screams at him to shoot while young Assane begs him not to.
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.
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.
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.
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