Netflix’s Lupin season 3 – worth the wait? Things to look forward to, from robberies to a pretty-as-a-picture Paris

French mystery thriller Lupin has returned to Netflix, two years after season two – so where do we find our gentleman burglar Assane Diop, played by Omar Sy?

We take a look at the new, seven-episode-long season, which is (as expected) packed with grandiose stunts, glorious disguises and sophisticated thefts

Reading Time:2 minutes

Oman Sy as Assane Diop in season three of Lupin on Netflix. Photo: Emmanuel Guimier

Published: 7:15pm, 12 Oct 2023

This article contains spoilers.

The second season of Lupin ended in the middle of 2021, during the height of the pandemic. Now, two years later, part three of the French mystery thriller has landed on Netflix.

After the events of season two, in which his gentleman burglar identity was exposed, Assane Diop (Omar Sy) plans to leave his life in France behind him – but the thief, who styles himself after French fictional thief Arsène Lupin, has one last robbery to make before that can happen.

Season three begins with Diop’s ex-partner Claire and their son Raoul being relentlessly hounded by the paparazzi and are constantly watched by the police. Diop, who has been lying low in Marseille, decides to return to Paris to take them out of France so that they can start a new life elsewhere.

Sy in season three of Lupin on Netflix. Photo: Emmanuel Guimier

To do that, he plans one final coup: he wants to steal a priceless pearl from a jewellery shop at the famous Place Vendôme in Paris – right in front of the eyes of the police.

Little goes as planned. While the robbery is successful, he suffers in his getaway and it is not long after that his long-estranged mother gets in touch to say she has been kidnapped. The adventures roll on from there.