Lupin returns as Assane Diop must prove his innocence

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 23 Oct, 20:44 · Archive

The French crime series Lupin returns for its fourth season, with protagonist Assane Diop in prison and accused of copycat heists he claims he did not commit.

Netflix has released the fourth season of Lupin, the French crime thriller centring on master thief Assane Diop. Diop has spent four years in maximum security prison and is about to be released. He plans to leave his life of crime behind and rejoin his son in Senegal, as he had promised before his imprisonment.

Days before his release, a cyberattack signed with Diop's 'Lupin' persona announces that two Paris museums will be robbed simultaneously. Prison authorities place Diop in a straightjacket and glass cell under constant surveillance. Despite the precautions, the robberies occur and Diop vanishes from his cell. A police captain is severely injured during the thefts, prompting her partner, detective Youssef Guédira, to pursue Diop.

Diop insists he did not carry out the heists and tells Guédira how the copycat thief executed the robberies in ways designed to frame him. The season explores what happens when a criminal mastermind becomes the victim of their own intelligence, with higher budgets and more cinematic set pieces than previous seasons. The show's return coincides with renewed attention following a real-life Louvre heist in 2025 that paralleled the series' original plotline.

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• Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Lupin’ Season 4 On Netflix, Where The Master Thief Finds Out Who Pulled Off A Copycat Heist While He Was In PrisonThis time, Assane Diop will use his copious skills to prove that he didn't commit a complex heist.New York Post · 23 Oct, 20:30
• Lupin review – the French super-thief is magnetic in his blockbuster returnHoudini-style thrills, Marvel-style set pieces and relentless twists? The stakes are higher than ever in the hit crime series – but beneath the action, it asks some big questions Something strange has happened with Lupin. Two years after the French jewel heist thriller’s third season aired, its series one plotline played out in real life, in the form of a global news story turned viral sensation. The Louvre heist of 2025 happened by day – while Lupin’s main character Assane Diop (Omar Sy) stole jewels from the Louvre at night. The real-life robbers posed as construction workers – Diop posed…The Guardian · 23 Oct, 08:00

In this story: Assane Diop · Omar Sy · Youssef Guédira · Paris · Senegal · Louvre · Netflix

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