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Michael Scofield and Fernando Sucre (Amaury Nolasco) face a lockdown in order for the guards to search cells for contraband, where they're about to throw away a knife, but were stopped by Bellick (Wade Williams), who sends Sucre to SHU. Warden Pope (Stacy Keach) calls off the search for Michael's cell, but Bellick feels determined to, and sneaks into his cell when the prisoners are away, and finds the name "Allen Schweitzer". Bellick runs the name on the database, only to find no one matching it.

Meanwhile, Sucre urges Stolte to let him call Maricruz (Camille Guaty), but is refused. Veronica (Robin Tunney) investigates who is framing Lincoln Burrows. She finds a tape, where she sees Lincoln shoot Terrence Steadman dead. Lincoln claims that he is being framed, stating the man was already dead and Lincoln never pulled the trigger. She attempts to talk to Crab Simmonds (Tab Baker), who didn't testify in his case, only to find out that he was killed of an apparent drug overdose. She is contacted by Leticia Barris (Adina Porter), Crab's girlfriend, but as they meet, she is spooked as Kellerman (Paul Adelstein) and Hale (Danny McCarthy) are watching.

Back in Fox River, Michael attempts to get to a bolt from a bleacher belonging to T-Bag (Robert Knepper), but is stopped. He doesn't want Scofield on the bleacher unless he will join in the racist battle between the whites and blacks, but he declines. On his second attempt, T-Bag's gang take the bolt off him, so eventually, he decides to join in to get at the bolt. However, C-Note (Rockmond Dunbar) sees this, and when he confronts Scofield regarding the PUGNAc, he refuses to give the pills. Soon, everyone comes out of their cell for count, when the riot starts. Michael decides to get the bolt back from T-Bag's cellmate (Brian Hamman), and does so after a struggle. C-Note sees this and stabs the cellmate several times; the wounded man dies in Michael's arms. T-Bag believes Michael killed the cellmate, and plans to get ba

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Lupin Season 3 premieres October 23 on Netflix: Assane Diop’s riskiest escape plan begins

Season 3 of Lupin premieres on Netflix on October 23, 2026 — just 14 days from now — and that is excellent news for anyone who has missed the show’s particular blend of gentleman-thief elegance, emotional stakes and breathless Parisian cat-and-mouse action. The French crime drama returns with Omar Sy as Assane Diop, the master of disguise inspired by Arsène Lupin, and this new chapter looks set to push him into exactly the kind of impossible corner that made the series a global phenomenon. If your BetaSeries calendar has a gap for late October, this is the moment to fill it.

For viewers who have not revisited Lupin in a while, the essential setup is simple: Assane Diop has spent the series using the mythology, tricks and theatrical intelligence of Arsène Lupin to avenge his father Babakar, who was destroyed by the powerful Pellegrini family. Assane is not just a thief; he is a strategist, a performer and a son still haunted by an injustice that shaped his entire life. Previous seasons tied together revenge, corruption, police pursuit and Assane’s complicated family life with Claire and their son Raoul. That is all you really need going into Season 3: Assane may be brilliant at disappearing, but the people he loves are the one thing he cannot leave behind.

That emotional conflict appears to be the engine of the new season from the very first episode. Season 3 opens with Assane devising a plan to make things right with Claire and Raoul by getting them out of France. It is a classic Lupin premise: the solution sounds simple, but the execution requires nerve, deception and perfect timing. The official summary makes one thing clear — the stakes are higher, the margin for error is gone and Assane’s genius may not be enough if his enemies are already anticipating his next move. This is exactly the kind of immediate pressure the show does best, turning a family decision into a full-scale criminal operation.

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