It has picked up! Emily In Paris delivered a fun episode with romance, drama, humour, and more.
Emily (Lily Collins) awakens to the sounds of Camille and Gabriel having sex and at breakfast, she tells Mindy (Ashley Park) that they were at it all night. Meanwhile, Emily learns that Mindy’s dad will buy her a house and a car if she works for him. However, she doesn’t want to work for him or marry who they choose.
At Savoir, Julien (Samuel Arnold) had told Emily to wear all black clothing, but he’s wearing a sharp suit and he wanted her to blend in at Pierre Cadault’s couture house. Sylvie (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu), Emily, and Julien are shown around Pierre Cadault’s and see the costumes he has designed for new ballet at the Paris Opera when he arrives and inspects the three of them. When he reaches Emily, who stumbles over her words and babbles, he exclaims ‘ringarde’, which means basic.
Later on at a cafe, a man asks Emily a question about two other customers and bets that the loser buys the next bottle of wine. She learns he is a professor of semiotics and his name is Thomas (Julien Floreancig). The pair continue talking and end up at Emily’s apartment. The next morning, she wakes to find Thomas rifling through her books and as he leaves, he asks if he can see her again and she says yes.
She then arrives at work and tells Julien that she’s not basic and of her tryst with Thomas, however, he disagrees. He notes her lateness, but it seems Sylvie lied to her and now she’s late for the Fourtier account meeting. At the park, Mindy is impressed with Emily’s night of fun, while Mindy tells her that she’s been looking up places to sing. Emily convinces her to sing a song for her and a crowd gathers to listen.
That night, Thomas meets Emily at her building and gives her a book when Camille (Camille Razat) and Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) also exit and Camille invites them to join them at dinner. As their night goes on, Thomas belittles everything Camille and Gabriel say, which becomes increasingly awkward. Thomas and Emily return for another round at her apartment, and Gabriel is left listening to them from below.
The following day, Emily suggests to Sylvie they take another shot at Pierre by attending the opening night of the ballet, but Sylvie rips up her tickets. Instead, Emily invites Thomas to the ballet.
As she leaves for the ballet, she runs into Gabriel who says he thinks Thomas is a snob, an asshole masquerading as an intellectual, and wasting her time on someone who doesn’t deserve her. She arrives at the Paris Opera in a stunning black dress and looking incredibly Audrey Hepburn. Thomas greets her and thinks seeing Swan Lake is for ‘tourists’, and he winds up calling her simple-minded, so she gives him the finger. She finds Pierre and confesses she is a basic bitch and had that Eiffel Tower keychain because she loved Gossip Girl and that without girls like her, Pierre wouldn’t be considered fashionable. He then responds with how he couldn’t believe it was Dan at the end and she leaves.
The next morning at Savoir, Sylvie informs Emily that Pierre wants to meet and that ‘Gossip Girl’ be there.
Overall Thoughts?
It definitely seemed as though this episode felt more whole, which definitely made it more interesting and I personally found myself finally feeling invested in Emily’s life. Although, it seemed strange that she now had her account back, but she didn’t post anything this episode, such as a quick snap of the Paris Opera or even a cheeky shot featuring Thomas. Regardless, I’m hoping the next four episodes have the same feel!
