Emily in Paris

Emily in Paris
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Genre	Romantic comedy
Created by	Darren Star
Starring	Lily Collins Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu Ashley Park Lucas Bravo Samuel Arnold Bruno Gouery Camille Razat William Abadie Lucien Laviscount
Theme music composer	James Newton Howard
Composer(s)	Chris Alan Lee
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English French
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	30
Production
Executive producer(s)	Andrew Fleming Tony Hernandez Lilly Burns Darren Star Robin Schiff Alison Brown
Producer(s)	Stephen Joel Brown Shihan Fey Jake Fuller Lily Collins Raphaël Benoliel Joe Murphy Ryan McCormick
Production location(s)	Île-de-France, France
Cinematography	Steven Fierberg Alexander Gruszynski Stéphane Bourgoin Seamus Tierney
Editor(s)	Alex Minnick Laura Weinberg Jesse Gordon John Rafanelli Brian Ray Veronica Rutledge Jon Higgins Rachel Ambelang
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	24–38 minutes
Production company(s)	Darren Star Productions Jax Media MTV Entertainment Studios
Distributor	Netflix
Release
Original network	Netflix
Picture format	4K UHDTV
Audio format	5.1 surround
Original release	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02) – present (present)
External links
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Emily in Paris is an American romantic comedy drama television series created by Darren Star for Netflix. Set in Paris, the series stars Lily Collins as aspiring marketing executive Emily Cooper, an American who moves to France to provide an American point of view to a French marketing firm. There, she struggles to succeed in the workplace while searching for love and experiencing a culture clash with her conventional Midwestern U.S. upbringing. It also stars Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Ashley Park, Lucas Bravo, Samuel Arnold, Bruno Gouery, Camille Razat, William Abadie, and Lucien Laviscount.

Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and originally developed for Paramount Network, where it was given a straight-to-series order in September 2018, the series moved to Netflix in July 2020. Filming takes place in Île-de-France, mainly in Paris and its suburbs, and began in August 2019.

Emily in Paris premiered on October 2, 2020, to positive reviews in the United States but was criticized in France, with many French critics condemning the show for negatively stereotyping Parisians and the French. In November 2020, the series was renewed for a second season by Netflix, which premiered on December 22, 2021. In January 2022, the series was renewed for a third and fourth season by Netflix. The third season premiered on December 21, 2022.

Premise

Emily in Paris follows Emily Cooper, an American college graduate in her late twenties with a Master's degree in communication who is from Chicago; she moves to Paris for an unexpected job opportunity. She is tasked with bringing an American point of view and social media presence to a venerable French marketing firm. Cultures clash as she adjusts to the challenges of life in Paris while juggling her career, new friendships, and active love life.

Cast and characters

Main

• Lily Collins as Emily Cooper, a 29-year-old who moves from Chicago to Paris for a temporary social media strategy job at Savoir
• Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie, Emily's tough and bitter boss at Savoir in Paris
• Ashley Park as Mindy Chen, a Chinese Korean former nanny and aspiring singer who is Emily's first friend in Paris; Mindy is the heir of a Shanghai business magnate from whom she is currently estranged.
• Lucas Bravo as Gabriel, Emily's attractive downstairs neighbor who is the head chef at Chez Lavaux; he is also Emily's love interest and Camille's boyfriend
• Samuel Arnold as Julien, Emily's co-worker; trendy and high-drama, he forms a funny duo with Luc
• Bruno Gouery as Luc, Emily's quirky other co-worker, who forms a humorous duo with Julien
• Camille Razat as Camille, Emily's new friend and Gabriel's girlfriend
• William Abadie as Antoine Lambert (season 2–present; recurring season 1), Emily's client who owns a perfume company called Maison Lavaux and is having a long-standing affair with Sylvie
• Lucien Laviscount as Alfie (season 3; recurring season 2), an English banker in Emily's French class, who becomes Emily's love interest

Recurring

• Kate Walsh as Madeline, Emily's boss in Chicago who cannot take the job in Paris after learning that she is pregnant
• Jean-Christophe Bouvet as Pierre Cadault, a famous flamboyant French designer and uncle of Mathieu
• Charles Martins as Mathieu Cadault, a businessman who becomes Emily's love interest in the first season (seasons 1–2)
• Jeremy O. Harris as Grégory Elliot Duprée (season 2–present), Pierre Cadault's rival
• Céline Menville as Jacqueline (season 2–present; guest season 1), Emily's French teacher
• Kevin Dias as Benoît (season 2–present), Mindy's love interest and a member of her band
• Jin Xuan Mao as Étienne (season 2–present), a member of Mindy's band
• Søren Bregendal as Erik de Groot (season 2–present), a photographer and Sylvie's love interest
• Melia Kreiling as Sofia Sideris (season 3), an artist from Greece who works with Camille and with whom she is having an affair
• Paul Forman as Nicolas de Léon (season 3), a businessman and Mindy's love interest, with whom she attended a boarding school in Switzerland

Guest

• Charley Fouquet as Catherine Lambert, Antoine's wife
• Camille Japy as Louise, Camille's mother
• Christophe Guybet as Gerard, Camille's father
• Victor Meutelet as Timothée, Camille’s younger brother with whom Emily had a one-night stand
• Hanaé Cloarec-Bailly and Tytouan Cloarec-Bailly as Sybil and Laurent Dupont (season 1), the two children that Mindy nannies
• Arnaud Viard as Paul Brossard (season 1), the owner of Savoir
• Roe Hartrampf as Doug (seasons 1 and 3), Emily's ex-boyfriend in Chicago
• Claude Perron as Patricia (season 1), an employee at Savoir
• Eion Bailey as Randy Zimmer (season 1), a well-known hotel owner
• Aleksandra Yermak as Klara (season 1), representative of Hästens, a Swedish luxury bed maker
• Julien Floreancig as Thomas (season 1), a French snobbish philosophy professor
• Carlson Young as Brooklyn Clark (season 1), a young and famous American actress
• Elizabeth Tan as Li (season 1), Mindy's best friend who has brought her five bridesmaids to Paris to shop for her bride's dress
• David Prat as Théo (season 1), Camille's other brother
• Faith Prince as Judith Robertson (season 1), a member of the American Friends of the Louvre
• Isaiah Hodges and Christophe Tek as Grey Space (season 1), a duo of avant-garde designers
• Arnaud Binard as Laurent G. (season 2–present), Sylvie's husband
• Daria Panchenko as Petra (season 2), a woman in Emily's French class
• Ellen Von Unwerth as herself (season 2), a photographer hired for Pierre Cadault's photo shoot
• Julien Looman as Gerhard (season 2), Ellen Von Unwerth's agent and Julien's potential love interest
• Alice Révérend as Natalie (season 2), a bartender at Chez Lavaux
• Luca Ivoula as Raphael (season 2), a new sous chef at Gabriel's restaurant

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally released
	1	10	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
	2	10	December 22, 2021 (2021-12-22)
	3	10	December 21, 2022 (2022-12-21)

Season 1 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Emily in Paris"	Andrew Fleming	Darren Star	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
Emily Cooper's boss Madeline prepares to transition from the Chicago-based pharmaceutical marketing firm, the Gilbert Group, to a French fashion firm, Savoir, when she discovers that she is pregnant. The Gilbert Group offers the job to Emily, and she accepts, leaving her boyfriend back in Chicago. Emily moves to Paris despite the fact that she does not speak French. She resides on the 5th floor of an old apartment building without an elevator but with a wonderful Parisian view. Emily changes her Instagram handle from @emilycooper to @emilyinparis and begins documenting her time in Paris. Emily starts her first day of work much to the chagrin of her new co-workers, who reveal that she was only hired because of a business deal. She introduces the French, who seem very reluctant about her and her American methods, to American social media strategies. Emily accidentally tries to enter the wrong apartment and meets her very attractive neighbour, Gabriel. As Emily becomes accustomed to life in Paris, she makes countless faux-pas and her colleagues nickname her "la plouc" or "the hick". Emily meets Mindy Chen, a nanny originally from Shanghai, and they become fast friends. After Emily and her boyfriend attempt to have cybersex and the connection fails, she plugs in her vibrator and accidentally short-circuits the block's power.
2	2	"Masculin Féminin"	Andrew Fleming	Darren Star	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
Despite struggling to fit in with French office culture, Emily convinces her boss, Sylvie, to invite her to a work party where she accidentally irritates Sylvie by conversing with Antoine Lambert, a client who turns out to be Sylvie's married lover. As punishment, she is put to work marketing Vaga-Jeune, a lubricant for menopausal women. Annoyed with the gendered nature of the French language, Emily writes a post about the product which goes viral, causing her to make further inroads at work. Emily's boyfriend tells her that she should return to Chicago as he struggles with a long-distance relationship, and he does not want to visit Paris despite it being a pre-planned trip. She refuses to return to Chicago and breaks off the relationship. She turns to Mindy for emotional support.
3	3	"Sexy or Sexist"	Andrew Fleming	Darren Star	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
Emily is invited to the shoot for De l'Heure's latest commercial to take behind-the-scenes footage for social media, and is shocked to discover the commercial involves a model strutting nude down the Pont Alexandre III while suited men ogle at her. She argues with Antoine that the ad is sexist while he counters that it is sexy, leading Emily to suggest an online marketing campaign that asks the perfume's customers what they think. When the campaign goes viral, Antoine sends Emily La Perla lingerie as a thank you gift. Mindy offers a dinner party to help Emily meet new people, but the party instead turns into a rager. Despite meeting and hitting it off with a French man from the party, Emily ends up going back to Gabriel's restaurant for comfort after the man offends her.
4	4	"A Kiss Is Just A Kiss"	Zoe Cassavetes	Kayla Alpert	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
While struggling to communicate at a flower shop, Emily is rescued by Camille, a friendly French stranger and gallery owner who proves to be a lucrative connection. When Emily discovers Sylvie and Antoine arguing at work, she tries to boost Sylvie's credibility at work by pretending that she came up with an idea to pair Antoine's perfumes with luxury hotels. After a miscommunication that renders her work dinner reservation at an exclusive, luxurious restaurant invalid, Emily convinces Gabriel to host them at his restaurant instead. As a gesture of thanks for his help, Emily kisses him, and he kisses her back. Leaving the restaurant, Emily bumps into Camille again, who reveals that Gabriel is her boyfriend.
5	5	"Faux Amis"	Zoe Cassavetes	Ali Waller and Joe Murphy	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
With over 20,000 followers on her @emilyinparis Instagram account, Emily is invited to Durée Cosmetics’ Influencer Lunch, where her witty posts about the brand’s products attract the attention of Durée CMO Olivia Thompson. Emily, however, fails to convince Olivia to have Savoir represent their company again, with Sylvie cited as the reason. Camille invites Emily to a night out with her and Gabriel. When alone with Gabriel, Emily asks that he forget about their kiss the night before, to which he agrees. But later on, he admits that he, too, feels chemistry with her. Initially outraged at seeing Emily’s Instagram posts for Durée, Sylvie demands that she delete her account. But when a client becomes inspired by one of Emily’s posts, Sylvie begrudgingly allows Emily to keep her account and leverage her “influencer” status.
6	6	"Ringarde"	Andrew Fleming	Matt Whitaker	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
Emily joins Sylvie and Julien on a visit to the atelier of haute couturier Pierre Cadault. Pierre is mortified by the gauche charm on Emily's handbag and calls her a "basic bitch" in French, which hinders her credibility in the firm. At Café de Flore, Emily meets Thomas, a French philosophy professor. They hit it off, and she invites him back to her apartment where they have sex. Emily and Thomas encounter Gabriel and Camille, and Camille invites them to join them at a tapas restaurant. Thomas and Gabriel do not get along. The next day, Gabriel tells Emily he thinks Thomas is a snob, and not worthy of her. Emily discovers Pierre has designed the costumes for Swan Lake so she invites Thomas to join her. However, he insults her by telling her Swan Lake is a ballet for tourists. Emily realizes that he is a snob, so she leaves him. She sees Pierre at the ballet so she walks into his private box to talk to him so he will remain with Savoir.
7	7	"French Ending"	Andrew Fleming	Emily Goldwyn and Sarah Choi	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
8	8	"Family Affair"	Andrew Fleming	Grant Sloss	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
Camille invites Emily to lunch and asks if Savoir could take on her family's champagne vineyard as a client. Mindy's friend and five bridesmaids are in Paris for wedding dress shopping. Camille invites Emily to meet her family at their chateau. Gabriel surprises Emily by joining them for the weekend trip which makes Emily uncomfortable. Emily takes a tour of the winery and meets Camille's younger brother Timothée. Gabriel refuses Camille's mother's offer of a business loan. At a club where Mindy's girlfriends are partying, they force her on stage to sing the song she flubbed on Chinese Popstar. Back at the chateau, Camille and her mother are arguing, so Emily takes refuge by the pool where Timothée joins her. They drink champagne and eventually have sex. At breakfast, she learns that Timothée is not the brother Camille was referring to, instead, it was her younger, 17-year-old brother. Emily meets Théo, Camille's older and more age-appropriate brother. Emily finally gets an opportunity to pitch her idea to Camille's mother.
9	9	"An American Auction in Paris"	Peter Lauer	Alison Brown	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
Sylvie is unimpressed with Emily's idea to market Camille's family's champagne. Emily meets Judith Robertson who is a member of the American Friends of the Louvre (AFL). She is aware of Emily's association with Pierre Cadault and asks if Pierre might be willing to donate a dress to be auctioned at AFL's fundraising benefit. Emily calls Mathieu Cadault to arrange a meeting to ask him about the dress donation. They agree to meet at an art opening at Camille's gallery. Sylvie and Luc also arrive at the opening to meet Camille. At the AFL auction, Grey Space, which consists of two avant-garde fashion designers, show up and bid for Pierre's dress. As Emily models the dress on stage, Grey Space shoots her with paint as a publicity stunt which shocks the audience. The next day, the stunt is featured in all the newspapers and online. Pierre is despondent and takes to his bed. Emily visits him to try and positively spin the incident, but to no avail. As she leaves Pierre's home, she runs into Mathieu who makes a pass at her.
10	10	"Cancel Couture"	Peter Lauer	Grant Sloss	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
Mathieu takes Emily on a boat cruise date on the Seine, then shows her the view of Paris from his apartment. Their date is interrupted by a frantic call from Pierre, who is threatening to cancel his fashion show. Mathieu informs Emily that Pierre is holed up in his atelier on the verge of a breakdown and won't show his new collection to anyone. Sylvie blames Emily for shaking Pierre's confidence and fires her. Emily's co-workers inform her that in France it can be a long, arduous process to fire an employee, so Emily can use this loophole to her advantage. The next day Emily is called by Mathieu about the situation who tells her that Pierre has requested to see her. Sylvie overhears this and goes with Emily to see Pierre. At the atelier, they see a dress from Pierre's new collection. In need of a venue to launch his fashion show, Pierre hijacks the outside of his former venue to show his new dress collection, which the audience loves and makes him the toast of Fashion Week. To celebrate, Emily hosts a dinner at Gabriel's restaurant for Mathieu and Pierre. Mindy agrees to emcee and sings at a drag bar two nights a week, but when she tells her employers, they fire her, so she moves in with Emily. To realize his dream of opening his own restaurant, Gabriel decides to move back to Normandy. Realizing that this may be Gabriel’s last night in Paris, Emily and Gabriel sleep together. However, right before Gabriel is due to leave, Antoine decides to invest in his restaurant idea, thus keeping Gabriel in Paris.

Season 2 (2021)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
11	1	"Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi?"	Andrew Fleming	Darren Star	December 22, 2021 (2021-12-22)
Emily's head is still in the clouds after her affair with Gabriel and she is confused by mixed feelings about her friendship with his now ex-girlfriend Camille. Even worse, Emily has a week-end getaway planned for St Tropez with Mathieu, her new fashion director boyfriend. Antoine has come through with a new partnership offer to save Gabriel's restaurant dreams which allows him to stay in Paris. The Champere ad account seems to go to Luc even though Emily still believes she brought the new business to Savior. Camille shows up to discuss the marketing campaign, though she, Sylvie and Emily go to lunch instead. Camille teams up with Emily for a night out at the drag bar they previously visited where Emily's new roommate Mindy performs a solo version of BTS's "Dynamite". When Emily breaks away for her romantic week-end in St Tropez, her boyfriend overhears her cell phone conversation with Gabriel talking about their having slept together which upsets him. As he leaves her on the train departing Paris, he gives Emily the tickets for a romantic weekend with Gabriel, who he says she should invite for the romantic weekend which they had originally planned for themselves.
12	2	"Do You Know the Way to St. Tropez?"	Andrew Fleming	Grant Sloss	December 22, 2021 (2021-12-22)
Emily ends up in St Tropez to stay at the Four Seasons Hotel and quickly calls Camille and Mindy to join her. Emily meets a famous gay fashion journalist who claims to know M. Cadault, and he decides to offer to model some promotional marketing fashion shots with Emily's new luggage which features a lifesize likeness of M. Cadault etched onto its metal surface finish. The instagram effect upon seeing these marketing pictures upsets Cadault and Mathieu calls Emily to ask her to immediately remove the promotional fashion shots. Her girlfriends arrive and they go for a night out when Gabriel calls Emily on her mobile when she is with Camille. Camille refuses to take the call, and Emily says she will call him later. Camille then quickly hooks up with a new love interest at a poolside party at the hotel. Later in the evening Emily discovers that Sylvie has come to St Tropez and that she is married to Laurent, and the two exchange words. After a bad night, Camille calls Emily in the early morning hours to pick her up in a church. Camille tells Emily that her evening plans for a trist went badly and that she still has feelings for Gabriel. After breakfast, Emily meets Laurent, who is also a restaurant manager at the Four Seasons Hotel as well as Sylvie's husband, and he tells Emily of Sylvie's younger jet set days on the Riviera. Emily and her friends go walking on the pier and find the famous journalist who tricked them earlier but is now on his yacht, and Emily gets him to invite them on board as his apology for lying about M. Cadault. The girls have a great time on the yacht relaxing on the yacht's lounge chairs.
13	3	"Bon Anniversaire!"	Andrew Fleming	Alison Brown	December 22, 2021 (2021-12-22)
Emily is taken to a Moroccan bath house by Camille to meet her friends for a nude steam bath. All the girls are nude except Emily who insists on keeping on a full length cotton robe for modesty. Later, Emily and Mindy make plans for Emily's birthday and they invite Camille and Gabriel to attend, where Emily hopes they will reconcile and return to their romance together. The planning takes all day and eventually the evening comes off, with Gabriel helping Emily with the dinner preparations. During the outdoor evening dinner party, everything seems to be going well when Camille says she must return to Emily's apartment for more champagne from Emily's fridge. When she gets the champagne she discovers that Gabriel's favorite frying pan (with his engraved initials on it) is on Emily's stove, and she concludes that for a chef to make of gift on his favorite pan to a girl can only have the worst implications for Camille's future with Gabriel. She returns to the evening party and says she has a toast which everyone waits for with anticipation. Camille denounces Emily as a turncoat for having an affair with boyfriend, which Emily finds that she cannot deny.
14	4	"Jules and Em"	Peter Lauer	Joe Murphy	December 22, 2021 (2021-12-22)
Emily returns Gabriel's gift of his chef's frying pan and goes to the office to give her presentation about Champere to Camille, who is still upset about Emily sleeping with Gabriel. Camille insists that the presentation must be in French, and Emily's lacking ability to speak conversational French required Luc to take over. Emily meets a Kiev visitor to Paris at her conversational French class. Mindy gets invited to sing with a duo of street musicians which she jumps at. Emily is then assigned to take a new account to promote leeks for a leek farmers as being the new potato for the French kitchen. She bumps into Gabriel on the way home who tells her that he has a terrific recipe for leeks, which he then proves to her with sample meal which he prepares on the spot in his restaurant. Emily goes shopping with her new friend from Kiev who ends up being a shoplifter, and Emily immediately distances herself away from any further doing with her. Gabriel wants to talk to Camille and finds her at an art gallery opening, and tells her wants to patch things up. Luc invites Emily to see Jules and Jim to help improve her French, and Emily does not quite connect with the Ménage à trois. Emily tries to write a letter in French to Camille to reconcile their differences using a machine translator which works poorly. The leek farmers ad campaign goes into a new direction of targeting the dietary health drinks market in America. Camille writes back to Emily at the ad company and Sylvie intercepts the letter and translates it to Emily with Camille writing: "I don't understand why you did what you did. Just like I don't understand a word of your silly letter. Leave me alone you illiterate sociopath." At her next French language class, Emily switches to a new place to sit and introduces herself to a young bank executive visiting Paris from London.
15	5	"An Englishman in Paris"	Katina Medina Mora	Sarah Choi	December 22, 2021 (2021-12-22)
16	6	"Boiling Point"	Katina Medina Mora	Alison Brown	December 22, 2021 (2021-12-22)
17	7	"The Cook, the Thief, Her Ghost and His Lover"	Jennifer Arnold	Joe Murphy	December 22, 2021 (2021-12-22)
18	8	"Champagne Problems"	Jennifer Arnold	Darren Star	December 22, 2021 (2021-12-22)
19	9	"Scents & Sensibility"	Andrew Fleming	Sarah Choi	December 22, 2021 (2021-12-22)
20	10	"French Revolution"	Andrew Fleming	Grant Sloss	December 22, 2021 (2021-12-22)

Season 3 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
21	1	"I Have Two Lovers"	Andrew Fleming	Grant Sloss	December 21, 2022 (2022-12-21)
Emily dreams of standing at the Eiffel Tower discussing her dilemma regarding making a decision on who she wants to work for with both Madeline and Sylvie. When she wakes up from this dream it turns out she's working for both of them, Emily feels as though she is unable to quit as it would entail telling a very pregnant Madeline that she would prefer to work for Sylvie. Madeline learns the truth from Luc, and later that evening she interrupts a business dinner at the Eiffel Tower where Sylvie's new company is making a pitch to a prospective client, which is one of Emily's contacts. Madeline's water breaks and she is taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Sylvie fires Emily who arrives late to the farewell party she planned for Alfie. After seeing her hesitation on where their relationship stands, Alfie says goodbye and gets in a cab, leaving Emily alone.
22	2	"What's It All About..."	Andrew Fleming	Alison Brown	December 21, 2022 (2022-12-21)
Madeline gives birth to a baby boy named Jack, and Emily tries to prove her loyalty. They have a meeting with one of Savoir's clients, but Sylvie arrives as well. Madeline tells them they can't take Savoir's clients due to a non-compete clause in their contracts, putting Sylvie's new company in jeopardy as that means their only remaining client would be Pierre Cadault. Emily finds out Alfie is now working for Antoine as his new CFO, but chose not to tell her. Emily and Luc convince Madeline to rehire Sylvie as Savoir's president. Sylvie refuses only to immediately discover she has no clients, as Pierre Cadault has sold his company to the luxury conglomerate JVMA, which handles their own marketing in-house. Later, JVMA contacts Sylvie offering her a position with the company, which includes allowing her to bring along her staff, but she declines after discussing it with Luc and Julien. It's Solstice Night in Paris, and Emily takes Mindy's microphone and sings to Alfie in an effort to show him how much she cares about him, leading to a reconciliation between the two.
23	3	"Coo D'état"	Andrew Fleming	Joe Murphy	December 21, 2022 (2022-12-21)
Sylvie is threatened with eviction by her landlord as she has been using her apartment as an office. With Luc's help she speaks with the building manager of the Savoir building to force Madeline and Emily to leave. Mindy feels nervous about performing in a club, and discovers having sex with Benoit helps. Camille and Gabriel have been encountering issues since she moved in, and with Alfie's help, they share a romantic dinner at the restaurant. After the elevator and heat in the Savoir building are sabotaged, Madeline tells Emily the Gilbert Group has approved they leave the building and work at her hotel. The following day, Emily discovers Madeline plans to return to Chicago and has bought a plane ticket for her as well. Emily tells Madeline she wishes to stay in Paris and resigns from her position. The episode ends with Sylvie and her team returning back to their old building and establishing a new company named Grateau, and Emily walking out of Madeline's hotel after saying goodbye.
24	4	"Live from Paris, It's Emily Cooper"	Erin Ehrlich	Sarah Choi	December 21, 2022 (2022-12-21)
After becoming unemployed, Emily starts vlogging around Paris, needing to stay busy. Meanwhile she is hired temporarily as a waitress at Gabriel's restaurant, but after she accidentally causes a client to have an allergic reaction due to her limited (but improved) French, she is fired by Gabriel making her realize this is not the right situation for her. Sylvie is told by Luc and Julien they used Emily's ideas for a customer, making her uncomfortable. However, after speaking with Camille's mother, she feels encouraged to seek out and re-hire Emily. Camille feels guilty for not respecting her pact with Emily, and an artist called Sofia at the art gallery shows romantic interest in her.
25	5	"Ooo La La Liste"	Erin Ehrlich	Robin Schiff	December 21, 2022 (2022-12-21)
Emily is dealing with her work visa application as she fears being deported, and does her best to promote Grateau. Alfie gets a new apartment and has a housewarming party, where Emily sees Camille kissing Sofia on the rooftop. Nicholas from JVMA and Mindy see each other and they turn out to be old boarding school mates, making Benoit jealous as Nicholas is clearly interested in Mindy. Emily shares with Mindy what she saw on the rooftop, but Mindy suggests she should not get involved, as she was previously blamed for the breakup between Camille and Gabriel. Mindy is about to perform with Benoit for the first time when she receives flowers from Nicholas, causing Benoit to break up with her. Emily appears on La Liste, along with Gabriel, which upsets Sylvie.
26	6	"Ex-en-Provence"	Peter Lauer	Liz Eney	December 21, 2022 (2022-12-21)
Emily travels with Gabriel and Alfie to Antoine's bastide in Bonnieux, Provence to seal a deal. Alfie and Emily are both invited by Gabriel to a restaurant he wants to visit, but Alfie is made to cancel last minute by Antoine. Emily feels uncomfortable after the meal when the waiter believes them to be a "lovely" couple. Laurent, Sylvie's husband, arrives, upsetting Erik, who leaves for Paris. That same night, Sylvie and Laurent are attacked by bees, and escape by stripping and jumping in a pool, where they end up having sex. Emily finds out from Alfie there was a mistake which ruined most of Antoine's perfume "juice". Emily suggests the good batch be released as a limited edition, to maximize profits, which Antoine eventually agrees to after initially hesitating. Camille continues her affair with Sofia, who invites Camille back to Greece with her. Camille declines, claiming she still loves Gabriel. Sofia tells her it's possible to love more than one person. After the event is done, Alfie asks Emily for the receipt for the lunch to expense it, but she remembers the staff's written message complimenting her and Gabriel as a couple, so she lies and says she doesn't have it. Emily and Alfie leave for Paris in the limited edition McLaren that Antoine bought.
27	7	"How to Lose a Designer in 10 Days"	Katina Medina Mora	Joe Murphy	December 21, 2022 (2022-12-21)
Mindy is invited by Nicholas to watch "How To Lose A Guy in Ten Days" at a park, and she invites Emily and Gabriel since Alfie is in London and Camille is in Greece with Sophie. Nicholas is having struggles working with Pierre Cadault as they both have different ideas, and Emily's offers Grateau's help as Pierre is also feeling uncomfortable with JVMA. Emily and Gabriel leave the movie as a friend of Nicholas starts hitting on them. They enter a balloon exposition where they continue to have fun while taking pictures. At the end of the night Gabriel shares with Emily how his relationship with Camille is falling apart. Mindy and Nicholas admit they both like each other and share a kiss. Nicholas calls Emily and shares with Grateau that he plans on firing Pierre and replacing him with Grégory Elliott Duprée, whom Pierre despises, and hopes they relay the news to Pierre. Emily tries last minute to stop Pierre from joining them for lunch, but as he is crossing the street he is hit by a motorbike taxi.
28	8	"Fashion Victim"	Katina Medina Mora	Alison Brown	December 21, 2022 (2022-12-21)
Pierre recovers in the hospital after his accident, while Grateau is unable to give him the news of his firing. Nicholas plans to announce Gregory Dupree as the new face of Pierre Cadault during a new store opening, even though Emily asks him to wait for Pierre to get out of hospital out of respect. Sylvie meets with Nicholas's father, Louis, Sylvie's former boss, and asks him to delay the announcement. It is implied that Louis abused his power when Sylvie worked for him. Nicholas gets upset about the meeting and claims he won't change his mind. Emily gets a call from Gabriel saying he needs a friend, and he tells her how he thinks Camille will break up with him after seeing some pictures of her partying with other guys in Greece. He confesses he still loves Emily, making the cab ride awkward. Sylvie and Emily break the news about JVMA replacing Pierre to him. Emily has an idea: make people believe Pierre has died, just to have him appear at the event and tell everyone he will continue his work without JVMA, which embarrasses the Deleon family. The next day Emily finds Gabriel happy, as he tells her that Camille is back from Greece and everything is fine between them.
29	9	"Love Is in the Air"	Andrew Fleming	Grant Sloss	December 21, 2022 (2022-12-21)
Alfie comes back from London and Emily is dismayed when he tells her he didn't mention their relationship to his family. Grateau's new client is a company related to romance, and they suggest finding a couple to get engaged in a public way and getting paid. Julien tells Sylvie he is annoyed by Emily constantly interfering when he is making pitches to clients, but Sylvie dismisses his claims. It's her wedding anniversary and Laurent is away, however he surprises Sylvie by showing up for their date at the opera, which Sylvie believed he had forgotten about. Gabriel offers himself when he finds out Grateau is looking for a couple as he plans proposing to Camille after she arrived from Greece, and asked Antoine to have a raise and more help in the restaurant which he gets with Alfie's help. Camille and Gabriel get engaged while being together on a date and he shares the news with Emily, who proposes a new idea using hot air balloons after saying a proposal comes from the heart and should be spontaneous. Nicholas prepares a party for Mindy and she asks Emily to come and make amends with him. Emily approaches Nicholas wanting to leave the past behind but he refuses and tells Mindy Emily was about to leave. As she leaves with Alfie, he confesses he didn't tell his family about her since in previous occasions he has introduced girlfriends it hasn't turned out well. They feel ready to make their relationship public to everyone and decide to participate in the hot air balloons campaign.
30	10	"Charade"	Andrew Fleming	Darren Star	December 21, 2022 (2022-12-21)
Gabriel renamed his restaurant after his grandmother Gigi, who arrives to help him and has a clear dislike for Camille. Emily wants Gabriel to have a Michelin Star in the restaurant, and Luc contacts his ex Marianne, a food critic and takes her so she can taste the food and provide the star. Alfie tells Mindy about Nicholas kicking Emily out from the party and she speaks to Nicholas on how she needs him to make sacrifices for her as well if they want a future together. Sylvie is told by Laurent he wants to opens a club in Paris, with the help of one investor,Louis Deleon, Nicholas's father making her uncomfortable as she is not on good terms with him. Julien gets upset when Emily gets involved in a campaign idea he worked on for a client,making him tell at her and walk away expressing his discomfort to Sylvie again and how he has received other job offers.She apologizes for not doing something before and tells she will do something as she doesn't want him to be uncomfortable. However, he is seen sending an email to someone anonymous expressing he has considered the job offer. Mindy is waiting for Nicholas's as they planned going together to Gabriel's and Camille's engagement party planned by her parents, yet Benoit arrives and tells her he submitted a song he wrote for her into the Eurovision Song Contest and was accepted. Nicholas and Mindy arrive on helicopter to the party interrupting Camille's father who was giving a speech. Luc tells Emily that Gabriel will receive the Michelin Star, and in his excitement he tells Camille they should get married right there. Gabriel says his vows but Camille interrupts him saying she knows Gabriel loves Emily and the only reason they are not together is because of the pact she made with Emily and yet she broke it because she didn't want to lose him. She walks away crying and Alfie breaks with Emily telling her he suspected there was something between them and that he is no second choice. Emily and Gabriel confess their feelings to each other, yet Gabriel tells her the real reason why Camille got back from Greece is because she is pregnant.

Production

Development

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Emily's chambre de bonne residence, a top-floor garret,
1 place de l'Estrapade (fr)

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La Boulangerie Moderne,
a bread and pastry shop,
16 rue des Fossés-Saint-Jacques (fr)

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the restaurant,
("Les Deux Compères"),
18 rue des Fossés-Saint-Jacques (fr)

On September 5, 2018, it was announced that Paramount Network had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of 10 episodes. The series was created by Darren Star, who has a multi-year overall deal with ViacomCBS and develops for ViacomCBS and for outsider buyers via MTV Entertainment Studios. Star was also expected to serve as an executive producer alongside Tony Hernandez. Production companies involved with the series were slated to consist of Jax Media. On July 13, 2020, it was reported that the series would move from Paramount Network to Netflix. On November 11, 2020, Netflix renewed the series for a second season. On January 10, 2022, Netflix renewed the series for a third and fourth season.

Casting

On April 3, 2019, Lily Collins was cast in the eponymous role. On August 13, 2019, Ashley Park had joined the main cast. On September 19, 2019, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Lucas Bravo, Samuel Arnold, Camille Razat, and Bruno Gouery joined cast in starring roles, while Kate Walsh, William Abadie, and Arnaud Viard were cast in recurring roles. On May 24, 2021, Lucien Laviscount was cast in recurring role, while Abadie was promoted to series regular for the second season. On April 10, 2022, Laviscount was promoted to series regular for the third season.

Filming

Principal photography for the first season, in Paris and its suburbs, was expected to begin in early 2019, but began in August 2019.

Many scenes are filmed at Place de l'Estrapade in the 5th Arrondissement., including the site of Emily's first apartment, the restaurant ("Les Deux Compères"), and the bakery ("La Boulangerie Moderne") . Some scenes are also filmed at Cité du Cinéma, a film studio complex in Saint-Denis. Famous Parisian sites to feature in the series include: Le Grand Véfour, the Pont Alexandre III, Palais Garnier, Atelier des Lumières, Rue de l'Abreuvoir, Jardin du Luxembourg, Jardin Du Palais Royale, Café de Flore and the Panthéon. An episode was also filmed at the Château de Sonnay in the department of Indre-et-Loire. Additional photography took place in Chicago during November 2019.

Filming for the second season began on May 3, 2021 and concluded on July 19, 2021. New filming locations for the second season include Monnaie de Paris, Musée des Arts Forains, Huatian Chinagora, Saint-Tropez, Palace of Versailles, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, and other locations in France. Filming of the second season in Paris caused problems within the 5th Arrondissement, with the residents deeming the crew as brutal, threatening and too intrusive. Lily Collins stated that the second season was set in a COVID-19-free world, as the decision was made by the producers to ensure escapism through joy and laughter. In scenes that involved crowds, masks were off when they were on-camera, and back on once completed, which Collins stated was difficult to pull off. Filming for the third season began in June 2022.

Soundtrack

In October 2020, Ashley Park's "La Vie en rose", sung as a cappella by Mindy Chen in episode six, debuted at number one on Billboard's Top TV Songs chart. Kid Francescoli's "Moon", sung in episode four, debuted at number four, and episode ten's Cavale's "Burst Into Flames" debuted at number seven. Alter K, a French music publisher and distributor, made significant contributions to the soundtrack, with half of the songs in the series being from its catalog. James Newton Howard composed the series' theme music and score.

Release

The series' first season was released by Netflix on October 2, 2020, followed by a DVD release on November 9, 2021. The second season was released on December 22, 2021. The third season had its premiere at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris on December 6, 2022, and was released on December 21.

Reception

Audience viewership

For the week of October 5, 2020, Emily in Paris reached the top ten list of most watched streaming shows per Nielsen. On May 3, 2021, Netflix revealed that the series has been watched by 58 million households in the month after its debut. The series remained in UK top 10 list for 40 consecutive days after its release.

Critical response

For the first season, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 61% based on 57 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Though its depiction of France is tré cliché [sic], Emily in Paris is rom-com fantasy at its finest, spectacularly dressed and filled with charming performances." Metacritic gave the first season a weighted average score of 58 out of 100 based on 18 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

The second season has a 61% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The website's critics consensus states, "Emily in Paris remains a sugary soufflé, but it's liable to give a toothache to viewers who are seeking anything deeper than a frivolous romp." On Metacritic, the second season received a score of 64 based on reviews from 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

For the third season, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 65% based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10.The website's critics consensus reads, "Emily in Paris' bubbly watchability keeps threatening to go flat in a third season that seems content to spin its wheels, but this gallic travelogue will still be a pleasant enough journey for fans." Metacritic gave the season a weighted average score of 54 out of 100 based on 10 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Daniel D'Addario of Variety described the series as "a delight that poses the question of what it really means to grow up, against a truly inviting backdrop", and that Collins is "an inherently winsome performer who has never been quite as well used as she is here". Kristen Baldwin of Entertainment Weekly gave the series a "B" and wrote, "If you need a five-hour brain vacation, Paris is a worthwhile destination." The New Zealand Herald considered the show "visually delectable" and that "Collins has a pixie-ish charm which makes her endearing", but also that the show is "as ephemeral as fairy floss". However, Kristen Lopez of IndieWire wrote a review Metacritic graded as a 23 out of a 100, praising Collins for being a "jewel, make no mistake" and that "Emily in Paris is only as watchable and frivolous as its leading lady," but warning viewers "Emily in Paris is like scrolling through Instagram. It's a great way to waste time looking at pretty pictures with no depth."

Nevertheless, not all critics were kind to the Emily character. Emma Gray from HuffPost called Emily a bland character, stating "The show doesn't even make an effort to quirk her up or give her a more relatable, girl-next-door roughness: she's always immaculately coiffed and made-up, and garbed in effortfully eye-catching outfits. But there's not much to the character, except for enormous amounts of self-confidence and the inexplicable ability to attract new friends and love interests on every street corner." Rebecca Nicholson of The Guardian gave the series one out of five stars: "if it is an attempt to fluff up the romcom for the streaming age, then it falls over on its six-inch heels." Rachel Handler opined "Darren Star has done it yet again: centered an entire show on a thin, gently delusional white woman whimsically exploring a major metropolitan area in wildly expensive couture purchased on a mid-level salary."

Sarah Moroz, of Vulture.com, opined "the most egregious oversight ... is Emily herself, who shows zero personal growth over a ten-episode arc. ... Emily's vapidity is baffling to anyone who has moved from their native country." Sonia Rao of The Washington Post compared Emily to the heroines of the Amy Sherman-Palladino universe: "Like the Gilmore girls, Emily is strong-willed and refuses to let anything get in the way of her schemes. Like Midge Maisel, her actions can be quite rash, but she still wins over her fictional acquaintances while utterly baffling viewers." Megan Garber of The Atlantic was critical of Emily, writing, "An expat who acts like a tourist, she judges everything against the backdrop of her own rigid Americanness. You might figure that those moments are evidence of a show poking fun at its protagonist's arrogance, or setting the stage for her to grow beyond her initial provincialism. But: You would be, as I was, mostly incorrect. Instead, other people change around her. They grudgingly concede that her way (strident, striving, teeming with insistent individualism) is the right way. The show—the latest from the Sex and the City creator Darren Star—is selling several fantasies. Primary among them is the notion that Emily can bulldoze her way through France and be celebrated for it."

Some critics appeared ambivalent, such as Jo Ellison writing for the Financial Times. On one hand she expresses admiration for the way Darren Star manages to depict "a version of womanhood in which promiscuity, bossiness and shopaholicism are depicted as qualities to be celebrated"; on the other "the major plot lines might have been written in the 1940s and the Frenchies are routinely cast as vain, preening and parochial." She concludes "Cliché-ridden and completely outdated: Darren Star's 'Sex and the Cité' will no doubt be monstrously successful."

Many French critics condemned the show for negatively stereotyping Parisians and the French. Charles Martin wrote in Première that the show unfairly stereotyped and depicted the French as "lazy [individuals who] never arrive at the office before the end of the morning [...] are flirtatious and not really attached to the concept of loyalty [...] are sexist and backward, and [...] have a questionable relationship with showering". A reviewer at Sens Critique wrote: "Emily in Paris projects the same twee, unrealistic image of Paris that the film Amélie does". RTL.fr wrote: "Rarely had we seen so many clichés on the French capital since the Parisian episodes of Gossip Girl or the end of The Devil Wears Prada."

Cultural influence

The show's popularity has reportedly increased tourism in Paris, with hotels and restaurants benefiting from "the Emily effect". Tours of locations that appear on the show are available; an American living in Paris complained, The New York Times wrote, of "dozens of raucous 'Emily in Paris' pilgrims who now swarmed [Café de Flore]. taking Instagram-ready selfies".

Controversies

Depiction of Ukrainian character

The second season was met with controversy in Ukraine over the depiction of a Ukrainian character named Petra (a name not used in Ukraine), who was depicted as a petty thief and shoplifter, with the hashtag "Мы не Петры" (We are not Petras) trending for a matter of hours. The Ukrainian Minister of Culture, Oleksandr Tkachenko, wrote on the social media platform Telegram, "In Emily in Paris, we have a caricature image of a Ukrainian woman that is unacceptable. It is also insulting." He also wrote a letter to Netflix complaining about the depiction of Petra. According to Tkachenko, Netflix sent a response saying that they had heard the dissatisfaction of Ukrainian viewers, and that Petra would be shown in a different context for the third season.

Bribery allegations at the Golden Globe Awards

The show received two nominations at the Golden Globe Awards, but prior to the ceremony, it was reported that 30 members of the voting body had been flown to Paris, where they spent two nights at The Peninsula Paris and were treated to a private lunch at the Musée des Arts Forains, with the bill reportedly paid by the show's developer, Paramount Network. This led some critics to question the impartiality of the voting body, as Emily in Paris was considered to be a critical failure, and its nomination was a surprise. In contrast, critically acclaimed shows, notably I May Destroy You, were not nominated.

Accolades

Accolades received by Emily in Paris

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2021	Art Directors Guild Awards	Excellence in Production Design for a Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series	Anne Seibel (for "Emily in Paris")	Nominated
	Costume Designers Guild Awards	Excellence in Contemporary Television	Patricia Field and Marylin Fitoussi (for "Faux Amis")	Nominated
	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Ashley Park	Nominated
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy	Emily in Paris	Nominated
		Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy	Lily Collins	Nominated
	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Show	Emily in Paris	Nominated
		Best Breakthrough Performance	Ashley Park	Nominated
		Best Kiss	Lily Collins and Lucas Bravo	Nominated
		Best Duo	Lily Collins and Ashley Park	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Comedy Series	Andrew Fleming, Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, Darren Star, Alison Brown, Grant Sloss, Stephen Joel Brown, Shihan Fey, Jake Fuller, Lily Collins and Raphaël Benoliel	Nominated
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less)	Anne Seibel, Jean-Yves Rabier and Christelle Maisonneuve (for "Emily in Paris")	Nominated
2022	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less)	Anne Seibel, Beniôt Tételin and Christelle Maisonneuve (for "The Cook, The Thief, Her Ghost and His Lover"; "Scents & Sensibility"; "French Revolution")	Nominated
	Set Decorators Society of America Awards	Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Half-Hour Single-Camera Series	Christelle Maisonneuve and Anne Seibel	Nominated

See also

• French television

External links

• Emily in Paris on Netflix
• Emily in Paris at IMDb