It’ll be interesting to see if viewers make it this far into the season to where the series becomes far more enjoyable, which could be possible with the short episodes, but they do also drag. I’m glad to see it has found its footing, but I don’t think I am hopeful that there will be a second season.
The episode opens with a group of Americans celebrating the Cubs winning and spraying a bottle of Champère in a video, as Emily is pitching it to Sylvie (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu) and Luc (Bruno Gouery). Emily invites them to meet Camille at her art opening at the gallery and it seems Sylvie is avoiding Antoine’s calls.
Later that day, Emily meets with Judith from the American Friends of the Louvre as she is wondering if Pierre Cadault would donate a dress for it to be auctioned. After their meeting, Emily calls Mathieu Cadault (Charles Martins) to ask if she can meet with them, but he suggests a drink and ends up saying he’ll come to the gallery opening.
At the art gallery, Sylvie, Luc, Camille (Camille Razat), and Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) meet when Mathieu also arrives. They view some artworks and Luc finds one to be very sexual. Camille is very intrigued with Mathieu and Emily, and Camille suggests a bistro nearby for a dinner. She brings up the donated dress and he invites her to the atelier the next day.
Back at work the following day, Emily looks at articles of Mathieu with various girlfriends when Sylvie interrupts to comment on Emily’s time with Mathieu.
Emily arrives at the Louvre event and Sylvie is also there, as well as the creators of an American avant-garde fashion label, Grey Space. Naturally Emily pitches Savoir to them, but they’re happy keeping their marketing in-house. Unfortunately, the woman who was meant to wear the Pierre Cadault dress hasn’t arrived and Mathieu suggests Emily to be the model. The bidding starts and the dress sells for 38,000 euros to Grey Space. Next thing we know, the pair are blasting paint on to Emily and the dress for a publicity stunt.
The next morning, Emily has multiple missed calls and texts when Gabriel comes to check on her as she’s in the newspaper. Sylvie’s not exactly impressed with the events of the previous night, so Emily goes to see Grey Space and says that Pierre (Jean-Christophe Bouvet) thinks it was an insult.
Emily finds Pierre cracking into some crème brûlées on his bed as the sound is very satisfying. She then shows him a Grey Space sweatshirt with Pierre’s logo on it as a potential collaboration piece to bring him into the world of streetwear, but he’s not a fan of ‘the revenge of la ringarde’. After she leaves, Mathieu asks her how it went and he holds her hand and then kisses her.
