History Recap / LupinPart3Chapter5

* YouJustToldMe: How Claire outwits Benjamin into spilling the truth about Assane's "death": having more or less pieced together the intricacies of Assane's initial plan, she claims that he's contacted her and confessed to faking his death, setting up a sham autopsy and tipping off the journalists at ''The Objector'', and arranging his own funeral. Benjamin responds by apologetically claiming that he was against the ruse the entire time, inadvertently revealing that everything Claire just said was correct.

* YouJustToldMe: How Claire tricks Benjamin into spilling the truth about Assane's "death": she claims that Assane had contacted her and confessed to faking his death, setting up a sham autopsy and tipping off the journalists at ''The Objector'', and arranging his own funeral. Benjamin responds by apologetically claiming that he was against the plan the entire time, inadvertently revealing that everything Claire told him was correct.

Benjamin gets taken to prison, where Guédira attempts to extract a confession out of him: namely, that he was in cahoots with Assane. Unfortunately for Guédira, despite having been betrayed, Benjamin maintains the ruse that Assane is dead. However, when a frustrated Guédira returns to his office, he's stunned to find Assane inside waiting for him. Assane asks Guédira for help, telling him that if he does so, he'll get the bracelet (which Benjamin had previously sent off to the kidnappers by drone) and the Manet painting as compensation--''and'', if that wasn't enough, he (Assane) will willingly turn himself in. Guédira is initially reluctant, but accepts after Assane tells him about the situation with his mother.

While all of this has been going on, Claire has continued her personal investigation into Assane's "death." She sets up a meeting with journalist Arnold de Garmeaux and asks him exactly how he obtained the photograph of Assane's body at the morgue that accompanied his obituary in ''The Objector.'' Arnold replies that the paper was contacted by one of the doctors, but that he doesn't know the man's name; when Claire asks him to describe the doctor to a sketch artist, the drawing turns out to be a portrait of Benjamin. Armed with this knowledge, Claire visits Benjamin in prison and tricks him into revealing that Assane's death was an elaborate hoax. The CatharsisFactor of receiving corroboration that Assane is still out there somewhere causes Claire to break down in TearsOfJoy.

* MoodDissonance: The InternalReveal of Benjamin accidentally informing Claire that Assane is not dead has this in spades. On the one hand, there's Claire, having finally confirmed that her and Raoul's suspicions are true, breaking down in TearsOfJoy and breathlessly thanking Benjamin. On the other hand, Benjamin was already struggling to cope with the experience of prison, and now he has to deal with the humiliation of having been conned into revealing Assane's secret as well as the disappointment of realizing that Assane has no apparent plan to spring him free.

* MoodDissonance: Benjamin's accidental InternalReveal to Claire that Assane is not dead has this in spades. On the one hand, there's Claire, having finally confirmed that her and Raoul's suspicions are true, breaking down in TearsOfJoy and breathlessly thanking Benjamin. On the other hand, Benjamin was already struggling to cope with the experience of prison, and now he's dealing with both the humiliation of having been conned into revealing Assane's secret as well as the disappointment of realizing that Assane has no apparent plan to spring him free.
* PhantomThief: Aside from Assane, there's also Frédéric Lassaire, the debonair gallery owner who turns out to be a notorious art fraudster attempting--or at least, giving the appearance of attempting--to "go straight." Assane and Guédira rope him into assisting with the sale of the Manet painting after they catch him trying to sell ancient sculptures which turn out to be recently-made knockoffs.

* PhantomThief: Aside from Assane, there's also Frédéric Lassaire, the debonair gallery owner who turns out to be a notorious art fraudster attempting--or at least, giving the appearance of attempting--to leave it all behind. Assane and Guédira rope him into assisting with the sale of the Manet painting after they catch him attempting to sell ancient sculptures which turn out to be recently-made knockoffs.

* MoodDissonance: Benjamin's accidental InternalReveal to Claire that Assane is not dead has this in spades. On the one hand, there's Claire, having finally confirmed her and Raoul's suspicions, breaking down in TearsOfJoy. On the other hand there's Benjamin, already struggling to cope with being in prison, now dealing with both the humiliation of having been conned into revealing Assane's secret as well as the disappointment of realizing that Assane has no apparent plan to spring him free.

* TheUnReveal: While interrogating him, Guédira attempts to pressure Benjamin into revealing Assane's location. Benjamin begins to give an address...only to reveal that it's the location of Assane's plot at Père-Lachaise cemetery.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A brief sequence shows Raoul discovering the underground passage that Assane had escaped through following his funeral. However, what he actually finds in there is not shown, nor is there a scene in which Claire tells him about having confirmed that his father is alive.

* YouJustToldMe: How Claire tricks Benjamin into spilling the truth about Assane's "death": she claims that Assane had contacted her and confessed to faking his death, setting up a sham autopsy and tipping off the journalists at ''The Objector'', and arranging his own funeral. Benjamin responds by apologetically claiming that he was against the plan the entire time, inadvertently revealing that everything she told him was correct.

* YouJustToldMe: How Claire tricks Benjamin into confirming that Assane is alive: she claims that Assane had contacted her and confessed to faking his death, setting up a sham autopsy and tipping off the journalists at ''The Objector'', and arranging his own funeral. Benjamin responds by apologetically claiming that he was against the plan the entire time, inadvertently revealing that everything she told him was correct.

* YouJustToldMe: How Claire tricks Benjamin into confirming that Assane is alive: she claims that Assane had contacted her and confessed to faking his death, setting up a sham autopsy and tipping off the journalists at ''The Objector'', and arranging his own funeral. Benjamin responds by apologetically telling her that he was against the plan the entire time, inadvertently revealing that everything she told him was correct.

* MoodDissonance:
* PassiveAggressiveKombat:

* SuperIdentikit: The portrait made by the sketch artist at ''The Objector'' based on Arnold de Garmeaux's description is an absolute dead-ringer for Benjamin, with Claire knowing exactly who it is the second she sees it right-side-up.

* SuperIdentiKit: The portrait made by the sketch artist at ''The Objector'' based on Arnold de Garmeaux's description is an absolute dead-ringer for Benjamin, with Claire knowing exactly who it is the second she sees it right-side-up.

* GenreSavvy: Guédira's explanation for why Assane ''must'' have had something to do with the theft of the bracelet at the gala:

* FaceYourFears: Claire is initially scared by the prospect of even setting foot in prison and begs "Coach Alex"--or rather, Assane--to accompany her; however, when Assane turns her down, she ultimately works up the courage to go alone.

* AccidentalDeclarationOfLove: When Belkacem finds Guédira at the hotel, she demands to know what he's doing there. Guédira tells her that there's a video on his cell phone that explains everything; however, instead of finding the clip of Assane apologizing for his crimes and agreeing to turn himself in, she winds up seeing footage, secretly recorded by Assane, in which Guédira confesses to his crush on her. When he realizes what she's watching, Guédira is horrified.

* FaceYourFears: Claire is initially frightened by the prospect of even setting foot in prison and begs "Coach Alex"--or rather, Assane--to accompany her; however, when Assane turns her down, she ultimately decides to go alone.

--> '''Guédira:''' No way. Férel isn't the brains, he's the accomplice.

--> '''Belkacem:''' Guédira, you're going to stop with all this Diop nonsense. Férel is the one who stole the bracelet, okay? He might even be the one who has the pearl.

->'''Director:''' Daniel Grou