Review of Emily in Paris, Season Two

In the fall of 2024, it felt like I was losing my mind. You’re going to see this blog post after that season passed, but basically I was waiting for a visa, as I was guaranteed an opportunity, for months. The visa never arrived and the opportunity I thought was mine fell through completely.

That said, I dub this the period of funemployment because I thought I was going to move to the next thing immediately after. That didn’t happen, but I spent about three months just watching an obscene amount of television, movies, and books. I finally started catching up on my blog backlog.

So if you do end up liking this post, feel free to come back to my blog and see what else I have here. I do a lot of reviews of different content, and even keep my travel diaries here. It’s become an online diary of sorts.

Despite having no desire to ever watch this show, I did end up watching Emily in Paris. I’m out of order in seasons on the blog because I put out the season four review earlier than everything else for the same of timeliness (I put it out when it aired), but I literally sat and watched every season of the course of two weeks.

This post is focused on Season 2. I don’t want to ramble too much in the introduction, so let’s get into the post, shall we?

Emily and crew continue chasing after their dreams, but with some romantic and personal complications along the way.

This season is a rollercoaster, but we basically begin it where we left off last season. Season one finished with Emily finding out Camille and Gabriel are moving back in together, which leads to some conflicted feelings because of how she pretty much had a steamy affair with Gabriel.

Episode one shows how Emily loses Camille’s family’s account. Sylvie also knows about the affairs Emily has been engaging in, which makes a lunch between the three even more interesting.

Mindy, who also moved in with Emily, despite that tiny Parisian apartment looking like it couldn’t fit any more people, is doing her thing as well. Her vibe this season? Making us question even more how the heck she can afford to live in Paris with those outfits and lifestyle. Her side plot is also about busking in the streets of Paris and finding a new love interest with the guy who helps her get there.

Things become even more complicated on a work trip with Mathieu. Just as they get on the train together, Emily gets a call from Gabriel, and they talk about them sleeping together. But this was a mistake as Mathieu heard everything and he leaves Emily behind to do the trip to St. Tropez by herself.

Instead, she invites Camille and Mindy to come down to the seaside with her. There we establish more drama as we meet Sylvie’s husband, as well as the feud between Pierre and his arch nemesis Grégory Elliot Duprée. I will admit, I cackled when I saw Jeremy O. Harris in that role.

Other highlights of the season include Gabriel getting the chance to own and operate the restaurant himself, which leads to more struggles as he becomes a client of the agency further down the road. But that drama is for later seasons!

A new love interest also emerges this season: the Brit Alfie, who could not really care less about learning French in the class he shares with Emily. As the dance between Gabriel, Camille, and Emily intensifies, she finds herself slowly falling for him, and he honestly seems like a more stable option financially.

Overall Thoughts

Honestly, despite how terribly messy this season is, I didn’t completely hate it. Emily in Paris is one of those shows you don’t watch for intellectual discussions or thinking (unless you want to dive deep of the ethics of living in a foreign country and never assimilating really), and season two does a decent job.

Sure, it flies through love interests and conflicts, but once you get to seasons three and four, this seems like a pretty mild season to me. It’s also the last season where I thought the show didn’t completely fall apart, and the love triangles intensifying was mildly interesting.

I don’t have much to say beyond that. It’s Emily in Paris. We could rehash the same talking points about the show and it’s escapism elements, but it’s fun, it’s messy, and it’s entertaining. Sometimes that’s all you need.

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