Review of Emily in Paris season 4 part 2: It didn’t make much sense at first to drop a breezy binge like this starring Lily Collins over two months. Both stories are similar, but also very different. Emily is torn between two men, two cultures, two states of mind across the two parts – but the last five episodes increase the scale, and subsequently, the magnitude of her dilemma. Not only is she stuck between two men, two cities, and two countries, but also between work and life, growth and stability, and the past and the future.
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Tie up loose ends
Fortunately, the creator Darren Star hits the accelerator where he left part 1. The story is not so obsessed with the love triangle between Emily, Gabriel, and Camille, as many developments happen in that regard in the first program. It takes one whole episode to tie up those loose ends, but the visual palette doesn’t make it feel stale. Paris at Christmas time looks like a dreamland, even when it snows. Emily skating with Gabriel on thin ice was not only a prophecy, but also the warm sweater hug we needed as an early holiday gift and a familiar start to the world we’ve been in for four seasons.
Some old characters give way to new ones – there’s Genevieve, Sylvie’s American deputy who is employed by Agence Grateu as a potential threat to Emily. Will she play Emily from The Devil Wears Prada, and give herself as Anne Hathaway to Meryl Streep with Sylvie? But like the rest of her life, her professional rivalry interferes with her personal life as well, connecting with Gabriel beyond work hours. Then there’s also Marcello (Eugenio Franceshini), the “Italian stallion” she finds when Gabriel abandons her once. These two new characters create things in Emily’s ecosystem, which is no longer limited to Paris alone. Entry: Rome.
Roman holiday
It’s clear that when a new country is introduced to a show called Emily in Paris, it’s bound to go awry. Vespas with muted colors flow across the quaint avenues dotted with open cafes and centuries-old monuments in stark contrast to the bustling streets of Paris, full of cafes and sharp turns. Emily also feels that Paris is more orderly, which complements her basic facility for planning and organization. But Rome is probably what she needs to grow – ravaged by age, but holding on to a certain grace and living wisdom. Now that she kisses in front of the Eiffel Tower, maybe it’s time to sit back and admire the cracks in the Colosseum.
The diversity lies not only in the topography, but also in the cultures. A casual workplace discussion between Emily and her colleagues leads to a debate about which country has the best coffee. Emily declares herself a Starbucks girl because she likes to spruce up her macchiato with caramel. Her French co-workers judge her and then argue that Italian espresso is strong, but France’s Café au lait is subtle so it works well with food. The debate is the same as Emily’s dilemma – whether she will stick to the subtle pleasures of her life in Paris or demand more drama in Rome. Like her, Gabriel is a workaholic, but Marcello is an ambitious businessman with a slow lifestyle, a lifestyle that fascinates Emily.
Work-life balance
Emily’s conflicts now transcend men, and she also revolves around the blurred lines between her work and her life. Blending the two into a cocktail and turning it off gave her the quality she needed to overcome culture shock in France. But now that she has achieved what she wanted in one country, is it time for her to relocate again? Or has she found her footing in France and should she continue to milk it? Her idea of ​​growth isn’t really hopping countries, but does it make sense to do so if where she’s going allows her to maintain a healthy work-life balance? She doesn’t want to be a manager, who has not blurred, but eliminated, the lines between life and work since she started her company. But would she be happy with the slow life that is being lured?
One learning that Emily is definitely working on is mastering the language as much as she imbibes the local culture. After Gabriel claims that their communication gap has as much to do with his language barrier as it does with his closed-off approach, she makes sure to download an Italian course on Duolingo while beating Marcello. She wants them to speak the same language – be it literal, love or life. It’s a lot like a change in her DNA, and a change in the show, to be Emily in Rome. Like The City That Wasn’t Built in a Day, the show also holds great promise because it refuses to settle – and remains a successful, fascinating work in progress.
Emily in Paris season 4 part 2 is now streaming on Netflix India.
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