During the pandemic, I have failed to succumb to the pull of Netflix’s most-talked-about new shows. No Emily In Paris for me (which was probably a good idea), or The Queen’s Gambit (I’ll get to it, I promise), and Bridgerton only held my attention for about 15 minutes before I hit pause (I’ll return to it one day!). But when a friend told me about an addictive French thriller starring a modern-day “gentleman” thief named Assane Diop (played by a mesmerizing Omar Sy donning an enviable collection of Air Jordans), I subsequently lost two weeknights of sleep hitting “next episode.” And I’m not alone — the show has already dethroned both Gambit and Bridgerton as the streamer’s most-watched new series, with 70 million people tuning in during its first 28 days. (It’s also got a 96% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.)
The show’s name comes from novelist Maurice Leblanc’s early 20th-century series about Arsène Lupin, a gentleman thief who Assane is obsessed with and whose techniques he’s spent most of his life studying. The goal? Take on one of the most powerful families in Paris to avenge his father’s death 25 years before. There’s a heist and a red Ferrari crashing through the ceiling of the Louvre in the first episode, but I guarantee you won’t see what’s coming around the corner. What follows is a bingeable quest for justice, with all the twists and turns you’d want from a thriller without a pitch-black tone or extreme violence. Yes, it’s an emotional roller coaster, but Lupin, and Sy as Assane, is impossibly charming.
So far Netflix has only released the first five episodes, leaving hungry viewers (me) with a cliffhanger that made me scream at the TV. It wasn’t the first, trust me. The second half drops this summer and I can’t wait. —Karolina Waclawiak
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