After four years and four seasons of television, Emily Cooper has finally been in Paris for an entire year. That’s right: despite seasonal hopscotch, some misleading pregnancy timelines, and a general sense among the show’s audience, characters, and seemingly even writers that our plucky young marketing phenom has been in Paris forever, it’s really only been about 12 months in “Emily in Paris” time. June has happened roughly 14 times, and Christmas once. Gabriel has had his own restaurant for about three months and can’t believe that he wasn’t awarded a Michelin star within weeks of opening (honestly, what’s the point of it all?). Camille was pregnant for between 8 and 27 weeks. People are beginning to ask questions that the show just can’t answer.

But “Emily in Paris” is not, in any meaningful sense, a show about characters or narratives that take place over the course of specific timelines. It’s about outfits, vibes, meet cutes, breakups, and most importantly, pitch meetings in which Emily saves her colleagues’ butts by coming up with the perfect marketing concept on the fly. It’s also, secondarily, about how sexy men look with their hair pushed back and the travails of growing out bangs.

So we simply couldn’t miss season 4 (the “Emily in Rome?” season), nor the opportunity to discuss all the absurd and silly parts of the show, which are piled together in a disconnected, chaotic heap. Its odd charm only serves to make its manifold flaws more infuriating, and yet, of course, we’re hooked. When Emily learns a full sentence of French, we need to be the first to know. On this episode, we discuss all of the above, especially the show’s tendency to shuffle characters on- and offstage as needed without any consideration for their possible emotional journeys during the intervening time. Hope you enjoy! xo

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