Lupin (2021) s04e01 Episode Script

1
- [door buzzer sounds]
- [whimsical music playing]
[indistinct chattering]
[door buzzer sounds]
- [Assane gasps]
- [metallic clanking]
- [door buzzer sounds]
- [man] Two.
Three.
[door closes]
[groans]
[whimsical music continues]
What is it?
- One week, and you're free.
- [music fades]
So just tell us.
What did you do with Pellegrini?
[scoffs]
How many times I gotta tell you?
I didn't do anything.
[airplane engine roars]
4 YEARS EARLIER
Hurry up.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Hubert panting]
[vehicle beeping]
[Hubert sighs]
Let's go. Quickly.
[beeping continues]
Hurry up!
Argentina. As promised.
Perfect.
No extradition agreement with France.
Thirteen hours, and you're there.
Oh. I'm gonna miss you, my dear Assane.
[beeping grows louder]
[music subsides]
Oh shit. I can't believe I'm free.
Okay, let's pretend that I did escape
with Pellegrini four years ago.
Then how come I came back?
Well, you're planning something.
Pretending to be a model inmate,
but really, you're plotting.
[intriguing music playing]
Yep. You watch too many movies.
[music swells]
[metallic clanking]
[door buzzer sounds]
[Assane chuckles]
- Hey.
- [door closes]
How's it going, buddy?
- Fine. You?
- Good.
So what's up?
I mean, life is boring.
Being a cop without your shit
is a vacation.
[chuckles]
Just wait. I'll be out.
- Meaning?
- Next Monday.
They cut back my time for good behavior.
- That's amazing.
- [chuckles]
How come you never told me?
Wanted to see the look on your face.
Well, it's a nice surprise. That's great.
And then what?
[wistful music playing]
Take care of my boy.
Connect with him.
And finally try to be a real father.
Sounds like the right idea.
So this means that Lupin is really over?
Lupin is over. Case closed.
[music fades]
["Zipo" by Jules Thorel Guillan
and LYMS playing]
[knocking at door]
[Raoul] No.
[Claire] Raoul?
No, Mom, I told you.
You can't just walk in like that.
I told you not to come in.
What are you doing here?
You'll be late for work.
[sighs]
Oh shit.
[music stops]
No, I won't.
Why not?
[sighs] I meant to tell you. I quit.
- What happened?
- I couldn't deal with my boss anymore.
- He was pissing me off.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey! Watch your language.
Sorry.
[sighs] I would've had to anyway.
Papa and I are taking
a trip to Dakar next week.
They wouldn't have let me take time off.
Guess we'll have to throw
your dad a party?
So you can tell him the news?
[pensive music playing]
Yeah, I'm gonna have to.
Whatever.
Can I have some privacy
so I can finish my workout?
["Zipo" resumes]
[music stops]
[footsteps approaching]
[Claire] How's the catalog?
- Uh, yeah. Almost done.
- [typing]
[intriguing music playing]
[J'accuse barking]
- [growls]
- [Ben] You think he's jealous?
- Oh, he'll come around eventually.
- Sure.
- [barks, whines]
- [music stops]
[SNCF jingle playing]
[Guédira] Excuse me. Thank you.
- Behind you, sorry.
- [announcement over PA]
[Belkacem] Relax, it's been delayed.
- [Guédira] Really?
- Yeah.
[Guédira] This training
is gonna be awesome!
- I brought sandwiches.
- Thanks.
[Guédira inhales sharply]
- Your ticket.
- [SNCF jingle plays]
[static crackling]
[notifications chiming]
[Belkacem] What the hell?
[phone buzzes]
[phones chiming]
[chiming, buzzing continue]
[Belkacem] Shit, it's a hacking attack.
[static crackling continues]
- Hello. This is Lupin. Did you miss me?
- [mysterious music playing]
It's been four long years without me,
hasn't it?
You thought I abandoned you?
[tuts] Wrong.
I am back with a big surprise.
- The hell is this?
- I know you're dying to know what it is.
So here we go.
Today, I will escape from prison
and rob two separate museums
in two different cities.
You think it's impossible?
There's no such word for Lupin.
Here's how it's going to go down.
At the Musée du Petit Palais in Avignon,
I will steal the painting known as
The Furniture Repository Theft.
At the exact same time,
at the Natural History Museum in Paris,
I will steal the Louis XIV Grand Sapphire.
Bold, flashy, and creative.
That's me.
Ah, I almost forgot.
All this will happen
at eight o'clock on the dot,
which is in exactly 60 minutes.
[ticking]
[mysterious music continues]
[music fades]
Yeah, okay, thanks.
- Well?
- All of Paris was hacked.
Every phone in the whole city,
not just here.
Dammit.
Paris has been hacked
by the world-famous Lupin,
a notorious thief
who has pulled off a crime
never before seen in France.
The Ministry of the Interior
has set up a crisis unit,
referring to the event
as a security breach
of an unprecedented scale.
[Claire] Raoul? You're here? Are you okay?
[reporter] reporting live from the scene.
You okay?
[reporter 2] situation here
is particularly tense.
Law enforcement
evacuated the museum immediately
and are sending reinforcements
[Claire] Where are you going?
[Raoul] Did you know?
What?
That he was planning this. Did you know?
Absolutely not.
He's out in a few days. It makes no sense.
- [scoffs]
- [Ben] Raoul!
[reporter 2 continues indistinctly]
[uneasy music playing]
[reporter 3] A devastating threat,
or a publicity stunt?
No matter which,
police are putting every effort
towards catching the perpetrator.
Officers have been deployed
to both targeted sites.
I will be reporting from the scene
as the situation develops.
Stay tuned.
My apologies, everyone.
Exit the building
in an orderly fashion, please.
- Ladies and gentlemen!
- Let's pick it up. Everybody out.
Follow my colleague towards the exit.
[Belkacem] Commissioner, RIB has been sent
to the Natural History Museum.
[tense music playing]
- How much time left?
- [Belkacem] Forty-five minutes.
RIB
COUNTERTERRORISM
- That way.
- [officer] This way. Let's go, right now.
LOUIS XIV'S GRAND SAPPHIRE
We've received no updates
from the high-security prison
that is housing Assane Diop.
But we can assume
that all precautions are being taken
to prevent the famous criminal
from escaping.
GO
Open the cell.
[door buzzer sounds]
- [guard 1] Diop.
- Hey, guys.
- Hands behind you.
- Relax.
- Hands behind you.
- I've got nothing to do with this. Listen.
Just think about it logically!
I'm being released in four days!
Why would I do this?
So, another one of your stunts, Diop?
Trying to make us look like idiots?
Quite the opposite.
I'm telling you,
I have nothing to do with this.
Whoever's behind it is determined
to have you think it's me.
Just keep me locked up in my cell,
and see what happens.
Don't worry about it.
We've thought of everything.
- [director] All right, get him ready!
- [music swells]
[suspenseful music playing]
PRISON ADMINISTRATION
[reporter] Less than one week away
from his release
and after four years
of exemplary behavior,
the so-called "gentleman thief"
I mean, it's totally crazy.
You really think it's him?
I don't know. It looks like him, yeah,
but the method, well
The question that is no doubt
on everyone's mind
It's a first.
what is Assane Diop planning?
[reporter 2] Here's a list of the objects
Lupin is targeting tonight.
Louis XIV's Grand Sapphire.
Assane never chose his targets
by accident.
The sapphire, the painting
All royal artifacts.
Sound familiar?
[mysterious music playing]
[young Assane]
The Furniture Repository Theft.
September 1792.
The biggest robbery in French history.
Rumor has it it was a fake robbery.
The nobility kept the treasure hidden,
passed it down over generations.
Technically, it still exists,
but only a few gems were ever found.
Come on, my man.
The crown jewels of France!
Just picture it.
[Claire muffled] Ben?
Are you listening? Ben?
- Ben! Can you hear me?
- Huh? Yeah? Yes, I'm sorry. What is it?
Did Assane ever tell you
about this painting?
No. Never did.
[mysterious music stinger]
[suspenseful music playing]
You know,
I've been prison director for years,
but the psychology of criminals like you
remains a mystery.
I know you don't believe me,
but I had nothing to do with this.
So make sure that escape is impossible,
and I'll prove it.
Because this is pathetic. [chuckles]
[director] Rest assured, Mr. Diop.
Department heads
just approved a new security system,
designed specifically
for inmates like you.
I promise it won't disappoint you.
- [inmate 1] Hey, Lupin!
- [inmate 2 screams] Lupin!
- [inmates clamoring]
- [metallic clanking]
Okay, then.
[clamoring, clanking continues]
[director] Tempered glass.
Three centimeters thick.
Six-point locking system
made of high-carbon steel.
Impenetrable lock.
[clamoring continues]
Completely soundproof.
You'll be under the constant supervision
of 80 other inmates
and ten of our best guards
ready to jump if you so much as blink.
[dramatic orchestral music playing]
And now, if you'd be so kind.
Honestly? Well done.
I'm not used to this. It's great.
You're never getting out of there.
[clamoring continues]
We got nine minutes.
[ticking]
[door lock clicks]
[clamoring continues]
- [clamoring drowns out]
- [ticking]
[dramatic music playing]
[ticking continues]
LOUIS XIV'S GRAND SAPPHIRE
RIB
COUNTERTERRORISM
[Guédira exhales]
Fifteen seconds.
[dramatic music continues]
[inmates] Ten.
Come on, Assane. Don't do this.
[inmates] Nine.
Eight.
Seven.
Six.
Five.
Four.
- Three.
- [J'accuse growls]
MONUMENTAL CYBERATTACK
[inmates] One!
- [clamoring drowns out]
- [ticking]
- [switch clicks]
- [silence]
[alarm blaring]
[switch clicks]
[soft breath]
[switch clicks]
LOUIS XIV'S GRAND SAPPHIRE
[resonating rumble]
[guard 1] Whoa, he's gone!
[guard 2] What happened?
He was just there!
It's not possible!
Where is he? Where is he?
- [officer] The painting's gone.
- Over there! Move, move, go!
LOUIS XIV'S GRAND SAPPHIRE
[door opens]
[Belkacem] There!
[tense dramatic music playing]
Find him, now! Can't have gotten far!
Now, now, now!
What are you standing around for?
Find him! Move your asses, let's go!
[alarm blaring]
[inmates clamoring]
What is it now?
[door opens]
Breakout! Breakout!
We need backup right now!
[guard 4] Copy. We're on our way!
[panting]
Diop, stop or I'll shoot! I see him!
[Guédira] Sofia! Sofia, wait!
Back up! Back up now! I'm warning you!
Back in your cells, immediately!
- [tense music playing]
- [Guédira breathing heavily]
[Guédira] Sofia?
[alarm continues blaring]
[inmates clamoring]
- How did this happen?
- Get back! Go back to your cells!
[indistinct shouting]
[hissing]
[music intensifies]
[music subsides]
[breathing heavily]
[uneasy music playing]
[Sofia] On your knees, Assane,
or I'll shoot!
[screaming]
[loud clattering]
[Guédira] Sofia! No! Help! Help!
- [tense music playing]
- [panting]
No, no!
No!
Over here! Hey, Sofia!
Sofia, can you hear me? Sofia, answer me.
[tense music swells]
Get back! Get back!
[inmates clamoring]
[alarm continues blaring]
[indistinct shouting]
[switch clicks]
Chief, look at this!
He Somehow
They see me.
[inmate chuckles]
Lupin!
[inmates clamoring]
[epic music playing]
[inmates cheering]
[inmates chanting] Lupin, Lupin, Lupin!
[inaudible dialogue]
It wasn't me!
[epic music continues]
[music intensifies]
[music fades]
[keys jingle]
- [door buzzer sounds]
- [door lock clicks]
What did you do?
Huh?
How could you do that to Sofia?
- It wasn't me.
- [Guédira exhales sharply]
Stop lying. We saw you at the museum.
I'm not lying, I swear.
[Guédira] She might not make it.
Everyone knows Lupin's a liar.
But he's not a murderer.
That's my point.
It's not like Lupin.
So it can't be me.
Can I explain it to you?
Go ahead, then.
[suspenseful music playing]
Transparent LED walls.
To create the illusion that I've vanished.
[suspenseful music playing]
It's not possible!
[Assane] Once the LEDs in the walls
are activated,
the inside of the cage
can no longer be seen from the outside.
[indistinct chattering]
A little like a one-way mirror.
To them, it seems like magic.
[inmates clamoring]
But I'm still in the box.
A glass cage
can be technically complicated.
But here's how it works.
The metal structure of the cage
is fitted with 360-degree mini cameras.
To operate the system,
whoever is behind all this
must have hacked into the prison's network
and power grid.
That would allow him
to control the video feed
on the LED screens.
Having taken control
of the prison's power,
he can shut it down at
exactly eight o'clock for a few seconds.
Just the time needed
to activate the screens.
But it's only possible
if the box is never opened.
Of course, he knew how
to prevent the guards from doing that
because he had every single angle planned.
He unlocked all the cell doors.
[clamoring]
[alarm blaring]
How'd they get out?
Breakout! We need backup right now! Hurry!
I untied myself
to let them know I was still there.
Yo. Guys, I'm right here!
And since the cage was soundproof,
there was no way for me to communicate.
What's going on? Yo!
Hey, what's going on? [echoes]
His plan was perfect.
I don't believe you, Assane.
Don't lie to me.
- [door buzzer sounds]
- [door lock clicks]
I looked it over.
We weren't the ones who approved the cage.
The signatures are forged.
[Guédira sighs]
[mysterious music playing]
[director sighs]
[door closes]
Fine, LED walls,
but I'm not convinced about the rest.
- So go on, continue.
- [Assane] Whoever it is is clever.
But it doesn't make him able
to be in two places at once.
And from what I gather,
he was only seen at the Paris Museum.
So the Avignon painting
was stolen in advance.
The only problem, Assane,
is that there were ten officers
guarding the painting.
The fire alarms all went off
just before it vanished, right?
[alarm blaring]
Yes.
[intriguing music playing]
I know how he pulled it off.
The painting they saw was a fake,
printed on a hydrosoluble canvas.
Hydro what?
It dissolves when in contact with water.
Check the museum's drainage system.
You'll find traces of it.
I did it at the Manhattan Museum.
It's my technique, my signature.
We're dealing with a copycat, Guédira.
Someone who is clearly determined
to pin this on me.
[melancholy music playing]
We'll look into all of this.
[sighs]
- [Guédira] Search the bookshelf.
- Here.
[books clattering]
[uneasy music playing]
[officer] I think we found something.
[tense music playing]
[Guédira] What is this?
Okay, why would I hide it here
if it were me?
Who would hate you that much?
Pellegrini.
He's the only one rich enough
and crazy enough.
Hold on. How could it be Pellegrini?
So so
So you helped him escape four years ago?
Yeah.
[scoffs]
Well, am I allowed to know where he is?
Far.
Oh shit. I can't believe I'm free.
Everything packed up?
Yeah. All good.
Thanks.
No problem.
[phone ringing]
[Assane] You cozy in there, Hubert?
Remember that time you brilliantly managed
to expunge any proof
of your connection to Kuala Lumpur?
That was well played.
Couldn't get charged in France.
But Malaysia is different.
What do you want, Diop?
I wanna keep my family safe.
And that means far away from you.
Afterwards, I'll go back to prison
and finish my sentence.
Try to get comfortable, Hubert,
'cause Malaysia also doesn't do
extradition to France.
Have a nice retirement.
This isn't over, Assane.
I swear this isn't over.
Yeah, yeah. Hey, I'll really miss you too.
- [epic music playing]
- [vehicle beeping]
- [music fades]
- Not far enough.
[phone chimes]
[Guédira sighs]
[tense music playing]
You were this close.
This close to convincing me.
What is this?
That's you.
Listen to me, Assane.
I hope you had fun 'cause this is
ten years minimum, you hear me?
[footsteps retreating]
New information has just come in
regarding the Lupin affair.
It is now safe to say that the perpetrator
of these remarkable heists
was indeed Assane Diop.
All evidence points to him
as being responsible
for the attempted murder
of a police officer
who was on the scene that night.
[J'accuse whines, groans]
This unprecedented hacking stunt
that disabled
the prison's security systems
has utterly stumped cybersecurity experts.
[door opens]
It has also prompted debate
about the effectiveness of prison security
over their inmates.
At merely one week away from his release,
and after four years
of exemplary behavior,
the "gentleman burglar"
has turned the tables,
destroying all his efforts
to resume a normal life upon his release.
The question
that is on everyone's minds is,
"What was going through the mind
of Assane Diop?"
[typing]
- [melancholy music playing]
- [respirator whirring]
[door opens]
I'm so sorry.
Assane would never do this.
[melancholy music continues]
[music intensifies]
- [music fades]
- [distant sirens wailing]
[wistful music playing]
[Assane] Thanks for coming, son.
I only came so you could explain it to me.
Explain what?
I don't know. I mean
You said you needed to go to prison
so I'd be out of harm's way,
but here you are.
So I don't know.
You change your mind again?
[Assane] No, I haven't changed my mind.
I made the decision to go to prison.
I can get out if I wanted to,
but I decided to serve my sentence.
I have to.
I wanna be done with Lupin
once and for all.
And after, if you're down,
I really wanna be your father.
We could go to Senegal.
You've always wanted to see
where you came from.
So why not?
I promise you.
I get out,
and we'll fly
to your grandfather's homeland.
I know I've made a lot of promises
I didn't keep,
but I'll keep this one, Raoul.
What do you say? We do this?
[Guédira] Listen to me, Assane.
I hope you had fun 'cause this is
ten years minimum, you hear me?
[unsettling music stinger]
Did you hear Diop's being transferred?
Did you hear?
Supermax. Maximum security unit.
He's in for a rough time.
It's cold there in winter.
Summer too.
And I know what I'm talking about.
My wife is from there.
We go every year to see her mother.
It's freezing. You have no idea.
We go during the winter months
because my wife skis.
I don't like skiing.
I stay home with my mother-in-law.
You almost done over there?
I can't open it.
Left my car keys inside, but it's stuck.
[guard sighs] Let me do it.
You gotta really get in there.
[exhales sharply]
[mysterious music playing]
[guard exhales]
I think Diop took your car keys.
[mysterious music intensifies]
[upbeat rhythmic music playing]
[music subsides]
[melancholy music playing]
[distant sirens wailing]
[indistinct chattering in distance]
[music fades]
[Hubert] For God's sake, I'm your father!
[Juliette] Calm down.
Don't get yourself all worked up.
Everything I did, I did for this family.
[Juliette] For the Pellegrini line,
I know.
I know we haven't always seen eye to eye
about Diop, but please, call the lawyer.
- I just need 10,000 euros.
- [Juliette] I'd like to but don't want to.
- Juliette, please be reasonable!
- [Juliette laughs]
You can't leave me like this.
- Juliette?
- Assane?
Juliette!
Oh, it is you.
Juliette.
- Well?
- Is that Assane?
- On the run again?
- Let me talk to him.
[mysterious music playing]
- Nice disguise.
- Where is he?
Where's who?
Your father.
Wherever you sent him.
[chuckles] Look around.
Okay. It's fine. You win. Your father too.
Let's move on, okay?
Tell me what you both want
in exchange for proof of my innocence.
So what is it? Should I find out myself?
What's the plan?
[chuckles wryly]
Prison has made you paranoid.
If I wanted to hurt you,
you'd have felt it, trust me.
Oh my.
Dad? Assane would like to say hello.
Assane. Assane.
Tell Juliette to get me out of here.
Look, there's a lawyer here
who can get me out.
He just needs money. Juliette refuses.
Come on. Please help me.
[groans]
I swear, you'll never hear from me again.
Assane, I'm begging.
Please help me. Help me!
So annoying.
[laughs]
I don't understand.
Why not bring him back home?
My father is a scumbag.
He's perfectly fine where he is.
Sending him there
was the best gift you've ever given me.
So thank you.
From what I've put together,
you didn't do the robberies, did you?
No.
You have more enemies than just my dad.
[music fades]
If you ever need anything,
just call me. [chuckles]
[intriguing music playing]
[vehicle engine revs]
[vehicle beeping]
[distant clatter]
[upbeat rhythmic music playing]
[music fades]
[Assane] Who are you?
[device beeps]
[deepfake Assane] Now, if I were you,
I wouldn't hang around here much longer.
The police are on their way.
[siren wailing]
We'll pick it back up
after you've lost 'em.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Assane panting]
[grunts]
- All right, who are you?
- [device beeps]
[deepfake Assane]
Still just as impatient as always, I see.
[Assane] What do you want?
I'd like to play a game with you.
I'm not your toy.
Who said you had a choice?
I might not know you, but what I do know
is that you picked the wrong person.
Whoever you are, I'll find you.
With the mask off,
there'll be nowhere left for you to hide.
Lupin against Lupin.
It would be my pleasure.
Oh, no. The pleasure will be mine.
[music swells]
[music fades]
[suspenseful rhythmic music playing]
[music fades]