Lupin Part 4 Release Time: When All 8 Episodes Drop on Netflix, by Time Zone

Three years after Assane Diop turned himself in, the gentleman thief is back. Lupin Part 4 premieres on Netflix on Friday, October 23, 2026, with all eight episodes dropping at once. If you are planning your binge — or just trying to avoid spoilers on social media — the only question that matters is exactly when those episodes unlock in your time zone. Here is the full release-time breakdown, plus everything confirmed about the new part.

Lupin Part 4 Release Time by Time Zone

Netflix has not announced a special release time for Lupin Part 4, and it does not need to: Netflix originals unlock globally at the same moment, 12:00 AM Pacific Time. Convert that single moment and you get the local release time everywhere. On Friday, October 23, 2026, that works out to:

The practical takeaway: US West Coast viewers get a midnight drop, East Coast viewers face a 3:00 AM decision, and Europe wakes up to the full season on Friday morning. Paris, fittingly, gets it at a civilized 9:00 AM — no alarm clock required to watch the world’s most famous French thief in his home city.

A spoiler warning that comes with every global drop: because Europe and Asia get the season during their Friday daytime, plot details, clips, and ending explainers will hit social media hours before most of the US wakes up. If you care about the twists — and Lupin twists are the entire point — mute the obvious keywords on Friday morning and stay off video apps until you have watched. The safest approach is the simplest one: episodes first, feeds later.

How Many Episodes Are in Part 4?

Part 4 has eight episodes, each running roughly 45 minutes. That makes it the biggest installment of the series so far — Parts 1 and 2 had five episodes each, and Part 3 had seven. Eight episodes at 45 minutes is about six hours of television, which means a determined viewer can finish the entire part in a single day, and everyone else should plan on the full weekend. All eight episodes release together; this is not a split or weekly rollout.

Need a Refresher on Parts 1 and 2?

If your memory of the early parts is fuzzy, here is the short version. Assane Diop grew up the son of Babakar, an immigrant chauffeur who was framed for stealing a diamond necklace by his employer, the wealthy Hubert Pellegrini, and died in prison. Years later, armed with a copy of the Arsène Lupin novels his father left him, Assane reinvented himself as a gentleman thief in Lupin’s image and set out to clear his father’s name. Part 1 opens with him stealing that same necklace at a Louvre auction. Along the way he reconnected with Claire, the mother of his son Raoul, leaned on his loyal friend Benjamin, and stayed one step ahead of detective Youssef Guédira — the one policeman who recognized the Lupin pattern in the crimes. Part 2 ended with Assane exposing Pellegrini on live television, then disappearing into the night, leaving Claire and Raoul behind for their own safety. That disappearance is what set up the hiding, the faked death, and the surrender of Part 3.

Why the Three-Year Wait?

Part 3 arrived in October 2023, and the gap since then has been production, not hesitation. Part 4 was in production from May 2025, with filming across Paris completed in late 2025 — the longest shoot of the series, for its longest season. The wait has not hurt the show’s standing: Lupin remains one of the most-watched non-English series in Netflix history, Part 1 alone has drawn 99.5 million views, and it was the first French-language series ever to reach number one in the United States. Netflix releasing all eight episodes in a single drop, rather than splitting the part the way it has with other flagship shows, suggests the streamer expects a very big opening weekend.

Where Part 3 Left Off

Part 3, released in October 2023, put Assane through his most personal run of heists yet. Living in hiding, he stole the Black Pearl, won over the French public, faked his own death, and pulled off a string of thefts to protect Claire, their son Raoul, his mother, and his best friend Benjamin. In the end, he decided the only way to truly keep the people he loves safe was to give up his freedom — and he turned himself in to the police. The final image of the part is Assane behind bars, with one very unwelcome neighbor: his nemesis Hubert Pellegrini ended up as a fellow inmate.

What Part 4 Is About (Spoiler-Free)

Part 4 picks up four years later. Assane is still serving his sentence, and his plan is simple: finish his time quietly, then travel with Raoul to Senegal to reconnect with family. That plan collapses when a copycat thief starts pulling off simultaneous museum heists across Paris under the “Lupin” name — and the manipulated evidence points straight at Assane, including footage connected to an attack that leaves Captain Belkacem badly injured. Framed for crimes he could not have committed from a prison cell, Assane has to do the one thing he swore he was done with: break out, put the persona back on, and clear his name himself.

The Cast: Who Is Back

• Omar Sy as Assane Diop — Sy also serves as co-showrunner this part, alongside Louis Leterrier.
• Ludivine Sagnier as Claire, Assane’s ex-partner and Raoul’s mother.
• Antoine Gouy as Benjamin Ferel, Assane’s childhood best friend and accomplice.
• Soufiane Guerrab as detective Youssef Guédira, still the cop who understands Assane best.
• Shirine Boutella as Captain Sofia Belkacem.
• Théo Christine and Laïka Blanc-Francard join as new cast members; their roles have not been disclosed.

The official trailer, released in September, confirms the copycat setup and shows Assane out of his cell and back in disguise — so the prison-break question hanging over the premiere is less “if” than “how,” which is exactly where this show likes to live. The series was created by George Kay with François Uzan, drawing on Maurice Leblanc’s classic Arsène Lupin novels, and is produced by Gaumont. One notable absence: Etan Simon, who played Raoul in Parts 1–3, is not listed among the returning cast for Part 4.

Is Part 4 the Final Part?

Netflix has not announced whether Part 4 is the end of the road for Assane, and neither has Omar Sy. There is no confirmed Part 5, and no cancellation either — the honest answer is that nobody outside Netflix and Gaumont knows yet, and the decision will likely come down to how this drop performs. What is safe to say: the books give the show plenty of runway. Maurice Leblanc wrote Arsène Lupin stories for decades, and the series has barely scratched the source material. Watch this space; we will update this page if a Part 5 is announced.

How to Watch (and What Else Drops That Week)

Lupin Parts 1–3 are streaming on Netflix now, so you can rewatch the Part 3 finale right up until the drop. If six hours of Lupin still leaves you hungry, Netflix is stacking that same week: Nobody Wants This Season 3 also drops its full season that week, so the late-October binge calendar is genuinely full. Set your reminder for 12:00 AM PT on Friday, October 23 — and if you are on the East Coast, we will not judge the 3:00 AM alarm. Assane would approve of the commitment.

Vincent Cruz

Founder & Editor at Durofy