Lupin writer on devastating Ben twist: “He’s got to make tough calls”

“Benjamin knows he wouldn’t have done that for a very, very good reason.”

By Abby Robinson

Published: Tuesday, 10 October 2023 at 14:51 PM

In Netflix’s Lupin, countless people have been bamboozled by Assane Diop across the show’s three seasons, but not once did we think his closest confidante Benjamin Ferel, who has been instrumental in so many of his schemes, would also be relegated to that category.

In episode 4 of the latest chapter, Assane was ordered to steal The Red Sea, a sapphire-encrusted bracelet that belongs to the wife of a real estate mogul. Fail to do that and his mother Mariama would be killed by her captors.

In order to get his hands on it, he enlisted the help of Ben, who not only created a replica of the bracelet so that Assane could master undoing its particularly tricky clasp, but who also attended the gala with his partner-in-crime, where they posed as cloakroom clerks, enabling them to slip in unnoticed and hopefully pull off the heist.

But little did Ben know that while Assane would get his bracelet, he himself would be leaving in handcuffs.

After Assane removed the bracelet from Tara Xang’s wrist, he purposefully dropped it on the ground, which Ben thought was a careless mistake when, in fact, it was all part of the plan. He then snatched it and ran outside, following Assane’s instructions to the letter.

The bracelet was attached to a drone, which then made its way to Manon, with Ben then attempting to flee the property via the maze.

But as we know now, Assane had blocked the exit, leaving his mate to take the fall for the theft while he was free to continue focusing on his mother’s rescue.