(Warning: Spoilers ahead.)
To resurrect a phrase coined by Succession’s Logan Roy, Emily Cooper is not a serious person. By Season 4 of Emily In Paris, the non-French speaking American social media marketer has somehow convinced a French marketing firm that she is an essential cog in their machine. Meanwhile, she floats through Paris in her outlandish outfits and wreaks havoc on every new friend and potential love interest she encounters, all while remaining blissfully aware of each and every faux pas she commits.
Naturally, it's all a bit of fun, complete with the signature Darren Star stamp of silliness. Like his previous offerings (see Sex and the City and Younger), Emily in Paris is flippant and light and filled with gossip-worthy fashions. The flawed heroine makes idiotic decisions and stumbles through her romances all against the blurry backdrop of stylish parties and girly brunches—or, in Emily's case, croissants on café patios. This is the basic blueprint of a Darren Star show and Emily in Paris has stuck to it—at least it has up until now.
