MOVIE: Lupin Season 3 Episode 5

Increasingly suspicious, Claire launches an investigation of her own. Guédira gets the surprise- and opportunity of a literature lover’s lifetime.

In the case of Lupin, we now enter the third season of Netflix’s global French hit which propelled its star, Omar Sy, to international stardom. For fans needing a reminder of where we left off: Sy’s Assane Diop was inspired by the classic French story of master of disguise and world-renowned cat burglar Arsène Lupin. Diop’s father was framed by his employer, the mogul Hubert Pellegrini, for the theft of a priceless necklace and met an untimely end which essentially orphaned young Assane (his mother is estranged). As an adult, he sought revenge and ended season two having largely succeeded. Pellegrini (Hervé Pierre) is dragged away by police from a fundraising concert he intended to embezzle money from, and his late father’s name is cleared. Still, all was not entirely resolved as he had to bid farewell to his wife Claire (Ludivine Sagnier) and son Raoul (Etan Simon). With the police unwilling to forgive his suave subterfuge, vengeance came at a cost.

Screenwriter George Kay may have left himself with a limited number of loose ends, and Lupin’s second season could have worked as a solid conclusion. But its third proves just as thrilling, with the sort of breathtaking twists that lend themselves to a binge-watch that lasts until dawn. Even though he remains dozens of steps ahead of the authorities, Diop will not rest upon his laurels. One year on, France’s most wanted returns to Paris willing to risk it all to pull off one last job and spirit his family away to a luxurious life out of reach of the justice system. This being Lupin, things don’t go as planned, leading to a series of twists and heists it would be criminal to unveil.

It’s a taut affair, with just seven episodes to cover an intense emotional arc that sees a Black man break apart the intergenerational trauma that could engulf his own son’s life. But the Netflix budgets have also extended enough to provide born action star Sy with sequences that make you question if the next James Bond could be Black and French. His suave air lends itself to the show’s kinetic cinematography, but more importantly, you genuinely believe he has the gall to outwit all who stand in his way.

VIDEO INFORMATION

Lupin
Season Number: 3
Episode Number: 5
Air Date: Oct 5, 2023
Language: French
Subtitle Language: English
Source: Lupin.S03.720p.WEB.h264-EDITH

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