Lupin Season 2 Episode 3 Recap – Chapter 8

[00:00:30] Assane left, but he didn’t leave the building. He went up into the rafters and crept through the piping. Hubert and his men left the apartment looking for him. Raoul asked Claire who those men were, but she didn’t answer his question. Claire told Raoul never to see his father again. She didn’t want Assane to endanger Raoul ever again. Assane heard their conversation from above. He knew that Claire was telling the truth. Assane had almost gotten Raoul killed.

[00:02:00] One week later, Claire still hadn’t spoken to Assane. He was frustrated that she wouldn’t talk to him or let him see Raoul. Ben sided with Claire. He explained that she was desperate because her son had been kidnapped. Assane didn’t see eye to eye with Ben. He thought what Claire was doing was a bit unfair. She had gone too far by ratting him out to Pellegrini. Ben told Assane to just focus on his next plan. Assane knew that he needed to up his game. He told Ben that it was time for revenge. Assane called Guedira, calling him Ganimard, the name of the police officer who chased Arsene Lupin in the novel. He arranged a meeting with Guedira.

[00:04:30] Assane was walking through the street when Juliette saw him. She invited him inside a restaurant, so he sat down next to her. Assane didn’t trust Juliette. She told Assane that her dinner date had stood her up. Meanwhile, Hubert met with Philippe Courbet. Hubert was planning to keep 85% of all the donations to Juliette’s foundation. Philippe asked Hubert if Juliette knew what he was doing. Hubert responded that Juliette didn’t know anything, and she didn’t need to know. Assane and Juliette had dinner together. They reminisced about the good old days, and eventually, they decided to relive those days a little. They ran out the back door and stole a motorcycle that was parked outside. Assane and Juliette didn’t pay for their dinner. The men outside the restaurant tried to chase them as they took the motorcycle, but they couldn’t catch up to them. Assane drove around Paris, taking Juliette to the old places they used to go when they were teenagers.

[00:13:00] The next day, Claire went to Ben’s shop with her friend, Marc. She introduced Marc to Ben. After admiring a bracelet in the shop, Claire decided to leave. Marc went back to tell Ben that he planned to buy the bracelet for Claire. He told Ben to reserve the bracelet for him. Ben agreed, but he had something planned. Claire was working at the museum for her foundation when Assane arrived. He tried to invite her for a bit of fun, but she refused. Claire walked away from Assane before he could convince her otherwise. Claire was working when Marc entered the room. He gave the bracelet to Claire. Marc told Claire that Ben had recommended the bracelet. She loved the bracelet and immediately put it on. Claire and Marc took a selfie to commemorate his gift.

[00:17:00] Hubert introduced Philippe to Juliette. After their talk, the secretary told Juliet about her package. She went to her office and saw something wrapped in cheesecloth. Just before Juliette opened the package, she received news that a painting had been stolen from the Orsay. Juliette opened the package and saw that it was the missing painting. She met with Assane and told him that he couldn’t just send her a stolen painting. Juliette knew something was up, so he asked Assane what he was doing. He told Juliette that he was doing it for her. Juliette didn’t believe Assane. She knew that he loved Claire because that’s what he had told her a few years ago. Assane responded that he had made the wrong choice. He added that Claire was only the mother of Raoul, nothing more.

[00:21:00] Juliette told Assane to prove his love for her. She wanted him to steal the bracelet that Marc had given Claire. Juliette stalked Claire on social media. She had seen the bracelet and knew Claire loved it; however, Juliette also wanted the bracelet for herself. Assane went to Ben in order to get the bracelet appraised. Assane wants to know if he could get the same bracelet elsewhere. Ben told Assane that it was a rare bracelet, so he was going to have to steal the bracelet from Claire. Assane remembered the first time he was supposed to go on a date with Juliette. Hubert forbade Juliette from seeing Assane. He told her that they weren’t like those people. Assane waited for her the whole day, but she didn’t show up.

[00:24:00] Assane went to Claire’s apartment. He left Raoul another Arsene Lupin book before he went into Claire’s room. She was sleeping with Marc, but Assane crept in. silently. He managed to take the bracelet off Claire’s arm without waking her up. Assane gave the bracelet to Juliette the next day. Assane wanted to start things up again with Juliette. This time he wanted to do things right. He told Juliette to go see her mother to find out the truth. Assane told Juliette that Hubert had set up his father 25 years ago. He also gave her Guedira’s contact information so that Mrs. Pellegrini could tell him the truth as well. Assane left, hoping that Juliette would do the right thing.

[00:28:00] Assane kept his end of the deal. He returned the artwork that he had stolen from the Orsay museum. He also returned the bracelet to Claire. Juliette received news that the stolen artwork had been returned to the museum. Seeing that Assane really wanted to start things over, she went to her mother to find out the truth. However, everything had just been a ploy. A week earlier, Assane and Ben had set the plan in motion. Ben called the restaurant and made the reservation as Horace Velmont. The entire plan depended on Juliette’s feelings for Assane. Horace didn’t show up for dinner, so Assane took his place. Everyone they stole would be compensated. The waiter in the restaurant was paid in advance, and Assane left money on the motorcycle for the owner to find. Juliette fell for the trap; she believed Assane would do anything for her, so she returned the favor.

[00:32:30] Even the painting was part of the plan. Juliette believed that she had received the real painting that was stolen from the Orsay museum. In reality, the news feed was faked and a forged painting. The police officers that had gone over to Juliette’s house were the prisoners that Assane met in prison. Juliette didn’t waste any time and visited her mother. She told her mother that Assane had sent her. Julliette listened as her mother told her the truth. She gave the envelope to her mother and told her to see the person written on the envelope. Meanwhile, Guedira waited for Assane, and he was surprised when it was Mrs. Pellegrini who arrived. She addressed Guedira as Ganimard. Mrs. Pellegrini told him that she had come because of Juliette and wanted to tell the truth about Hubert. She introduced herself to Guedira, and the rest was history.

[00:35:00] Juliette went to the same place where she had stood up Assane 25 years ago. She waited for Assane, but he didn’t show. Meanwhile, Laughier and Guedira went over to arrest Hubert Pellegrini. He was signing the documents with Philippe in order to gain the money from Juliette’s foundation. Ben was waiting for Assane at a bar. He received a call from him. Assane told Ben that he needed to tell Juliette the truth. Ben told him not to go see Juliette, but he went to see her anyways.

[00:39:00] Assane arrived, but he didn’t tell Juliette what had happened. They kissed as if they were lovers.