Netflix’s 4-Part Crime Thriller Officially Becomes a Global Streaming Sensation

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Money Heist‘s charm was putting together a group of criminals, who were then led by a charismatic, geeky professor into the most well-planned, meticulous, adrenaline-loaded heists. Berlin tried to keep up that same pace, too, using the wits of just one character, but it didn’t quite work out as well as its predecessor did. But another show, starring Omar Sy in the lead role, recently had its Season 4 rollout on October 23, 2026, and it managed to do what Berlin couldn’t. It managed to fill the same gap Money Heist left when it ended in 2021.

The show follows Assane Diop (Sy), a fictional French gentleman thief and master of disguise. Instead of the character directly being Arsène Lupin, a fictional character created in 1905 by writer Maurice Leblanc, Assane is actually inspired by the famous fictional character in the show and follows his mannerisms. The Netflix Original series is currently trending in the Top 10 (and that too, primarily within the Top 5) in dozens of regions across the world.

The show’s title is Lupin, and Lupin Season 4 picks up a bit after a time gap while Assane is still in jail and a woman is constantly framing him for thefts. Later on, he works with the police to figure out who the actual thief is. The bigger plot of Lupin Season 4, however, follows Assane and his daughter Adele Kapoor, played by Laïka Blanc-Francard, working together to get their hands on a bigger treasure.

Four criminal masterminds. One of them was always going to be yours.
Here is who comes for you, why they picked you out of everyone available, and what they want from
the encounter.

Your nemesis does not want to beat you. He wants to know you
completely, and he is patient enough to wait for it. The frightening part is how good the
conversation is.

• Lecter is the most dangerous kind of opponent: the one who finds you interesting. He
  never raises his voice, because he has never needed to.
• You keep a great deal to yourself and you are careful about what you show. That reserve
  is exactly the door he would knock on.
• The films understood something other thrillers missed. The horror is not the violence.
  It is being perfectly understood by the wrong person.
• He would be unfailingly polite about all of it. That is the worst part.

Your nemesis is not after money, territory or revenge. He is
after a demonstration, and you are the person he has chosen to prove his point on.

• The Joker only picks opponents who believe in something. Your decency is not a defence
  against him. It is the entire reason he showed up.
• He has no plan you can predict and nothing you can take away, which removes every tool
  you would normally reach for.
• His whole argument is that you are one bad day away from being him, and you would spend
  the rest of your life proving him wrong.
• He would call it a magic trick. You would call it the worst night of your life.

Your nemesis respects you, which sounds flattering until you work
out what it means. He chose you because nobody else was worth his time.

• Moriarty is the original criminal mastermind, the template every later one borrows from:
  a mind the equal of the hero’s, pointed the wrong way.
• You enjoy being the cleverest person in the room. He is counting on exactly that, and he
  has already built the room.
• This is the rare nemesis who would be genuinely disappointed if you lost badly. He needs
  the game to be worth playing.
• It ends the way these things always end. Two people, one problem, and only one way down.

Your nemesis has no personal interest in you whatsoever, and that
is precisely what makes him unsurvivable. You are not a rival. You are a stop on the way.

• Chigurh does not negotiate, gloat or explain. He arrives, he asks one question, and the
  answer was decided long before you opened your mouth.
• You trust yourself to handle things. He is the one problem in the world that has no
  interest in how capable you are.
• No Country for Old Men rewrote the screen villain by removing the thing audiences
  quietly rely on: the sense that talking might work.
• Call it. He will wait.

Is There Going To Be a ‘Lupin’ Season 5?

Netflix has not yet renewed Lupin for a fifth installment. If renewed, the new season, as per previous patterns, will likely not arrive until 2028. For reference, Lupin Part 4 arrived on October 23, 2026, which was three years and 18 days after Part 3 premiered on October 5, 2023.

Lupin‘s fourth installment, however, ends with a major cliffhanger which leaves room for a solid Part 5 story. Assane’s son, Raoul (Etan Simon), turns against his father out of long-standing resentment over his father’s absences and jealousy toward Assane’s newly revealed daughter, Adèle. The season ends with Assane’s future left in question as his son coldly left him behind after getting his hands on the treasure.

Lupin Season 4 is currently streaming on Netflix and trending in dozens of regions. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.