[0:03] I'm in my round
[0:05] still without
[0:08] cowboy pop sounds.
[0:12] 6 years again
[0:16] my
[0:19] improve.
[0:22] Well, well, here we are again. Another
[0:25] year, another season of Emily in Paris.
[0:28] You know what? If you had told me back
[0:29] in 2021 when I made my very first video
[0:32] on YouTube that Emily and Paris would
[0:35] eventually get to season 6, because yes,
[0:38] the show has already been renewed for a
[0:40] sixth season. I absolutely would not
[0:42] have believed you. I would have reported
[0:44] you as a witch. Netflix is not exactly
[0:46] known for longunning TV shows. an
[0:49] immense portion of their TV series die
[0:51] between seasons 3 and four, mainly
[0:54] because of contractual stuff that would
[0:56] lead to pay increases that Netflix
[0:58] simply doesn't want to pay. That's why
[1:00] Netflix tends to cancel very popular
[1:02] shows in their third seasons. So, the
[1:05] shows that tend to survive for a very
[1:07] long time are cheap sitcoms passively
[1:10] consumed by masses and cheap reality
[1:12] shows that are basically a money glitch
[1:14] and an audience hack because they're
[1:16] inexpensive and quick to make. And
[1:18] people eat it up every single time.
[1:21] >> When I saw your face, I knew it was a
[1:26] big race to kiss you.
[1:30] >> Very few Netflix series have gone past a
[1:33] fourth season. So Emily in Paris still
[1:35] standing and going into its sixth season
[1:38] is nothing short of a miracle. I don't
[1:40] know. It's giving government conspiracy.
[1:42] Like what other Netflix series has
[1:45] gotten to this point? They're so rare.
[1:48] House of Cards ran for six seasons.
[1:50] Bojack Horsemen ran for six seasons. And
[1:53] if I'm not mistaken, Orange is the New
[1:55] Black, Virgin River, Elite, and Grace
[1:58] and Frankie are the only non-reality TV
[2:02] Netflix series that made it to season 7.
[2:05] You can literally count them on one
[2:08] hand. Since covering season 4 at the end
[2:10] of 2024, I was kind of thinking the show
[2:13] would be renewed for a fifth season, but
[2:15] I also believed it would be announced as
[2:18] the final one. To me, the idea of Emily
[2:20] and Paris going past five seasons was
[2:23] absolutely insane. So, I was ready to
[2:25] come back with one good video to send it
[2:27] off. I was like, damn, full circle.
[2:29] Covered the show till the end. Let's
[2:31] clown Emily one last time. But the thing
[2:34] with Emily and Paris is that it's not
[2:37] really a Netflix series. Netflix
[2:40] essentially just licenses the show. But
[2:42] Emily and Paris is actually made by
[2:44] Paramount. Yes, the same studio that's
[2:47] about to buy Warner Brothers and ruin
[2:49] everything. And all Paramount wants is
[2:51] to make money off the show. They don't
[2:53] give two shits about it. I don't think
[2:55] anybody thought it would be that big of
[2:57] a hit. I would be surprised if the execs
[2:59] are even aware of what the show is
[3:01] about. It's just a vehicle for them to
[3:03] sell products. So like it's not going
[3:05] anywhere except for one specific
[3:09] scenario. Emily in Paris is probably
[3:11] going to keep running until the actors
[3:13] decide they don't want to do it anymore,
[3:16] which is a process that has begun
[3:18] because one of the main actresses has
[3:20] left the show last year and another
[3:23] almost did after publicly complaining
[3:25] about how bored he was of it, which
[3:27] makes me think he's not going to be
[3:29] there for much longer. Actually, you
[3:32] know what? [ __ ] it. I'm going to put in
[3:34] a bold prediction right now and you can
[3:37] hold me to it because I am certain of
[3:40] it. I think season 6 of Emily in Paris
[3:43] is going to be announced as the final
[3:45] season of the show. I am certain of it
[3:48] for one specific reason. In long-term TV
[3:52] series, the actors usually end up
[3:54] signing for six seasons, which means
[3:57] that at the end of season 6, the cast
[3:59] will be reaching the end of their
[4:01] contracts. Now, that usually leads to
[4:04] lengthy negotiations where the cast gets
[4:06] to make so much more money for future
[4:09] seasons, but I have a very strong
[4:12] feeling that none of the big headliners
[4:15] of the show are going to want to renew
[4:17] their contracts to two more seasons.
[4:19] None of them are going to want to come
[4:21] back. I'm actually pretty sure most of
[4:23] them want out and cannot wait for their
[4:26] contracts to be up. Same thing that
[4:28] happened with Riverdale. the actors had
[4:30] signed for seven seasons and the second
[4:32] that contract was up, the show ended. I
[4:35] actually know for a fact that an actor
[4:38] on Riverdale tried to leave the show for
[4:40] an entire year because he was offered a
[4:43] massive role in one of the biggest TV
[4:46] shows currently running, but Warner
[4:48] Brothers refused to let him exit his
[4:51] contract, meaning he was forced to stay
[4:54] to finish season 6 and to do season 7.
[4:57] and that gigantic role went to somebody
[4:59] else. I have a feeling Emily and Paris
[5:02] is a similar kind of situation where the
[5:04] actors are really [ __ ] done with the
[5:07] show but have to complete their
[5:09] contract. So, mark my words, I am
[5:11] betting my entire [ __ ] career on
[5:13] this. Emily and Paris will end with
[5:16] season 6 because nobody will want to
[5:19] renew their contracts. If I'm wrong, I
[5:21] will make a public apology to Darren
[5:23] Star and Lily Collins and make an entire
[5:25] video about the show being the greatest
[5:26] of all time.
[5:29] Anyway, let's talk about season 5. Emily
[5:32] and Paris season 5 came out in December
[5:35] 2025 between two volumes of Stranger
[5:38] Things 5, which is a choice, but
[5:40] whatever. And right off the bat, there's
[5:42] a change. Season 4 had followed the
[5:44] release model of all the big Netflix
[5:47] series in the last few years that
[5:48] consists of releasing seasons in two
[5:51] parts. The first part of season 4 came
[5:52] out in August of 2024 and the second
[5:55] part came out in September. However, I
[5:58] think that release model actually harmed
[6:01] Emily and Paris and was kind of a
[6:03] disaster for them. And for season 5,
[6:06] Netflix dropped that release model and
[6:09] all 10 episodes of the season came out
[6:11] on the same day. And when it did come
[6:13] out, uh-oh, something went wrong.
[6:17] Something went very wrong. To say Emily
[6:20] in Paris season 5 was poorly received
[6:23] would be an understatement of
[6:25] significant proportions. And I mean,
[6:27] sure, the show has always been poorly
[6:29] received cuz it sucks. But I'm talking
[6:32] about the actual fan base here. The
[6:34] built-in crowd of Emily and Paris lovers
[6:37] and defenders. They're the ones who
[6:39] received it poorly and they were pissed.
[6:42] I don't think the show has ever had a
[6:45] worse response from the fans up to this
[6:47] point. Last season, I had talked about
[6:48] how it was becoming very apparent that
[6:50] fans of Emily and Paris were starting to
[6:53] get tired of the show's antics. But it
[6:55] has gotten way worse with season 5. Like
[6:58] seriously, the biggest fans of the show
[7:01] who have defended the previous seasons
[7:03] with their entire lives hailed the
[7:06] series as the greatest thing to happen
[7:08] in television. yada yada yada. Even they
[7:11] hated the season and they hated it
[7:14] passionately. They hated it loudly. It's
[7:18] been kind of insane to see honestly. I
[7:20] mean when I could actually see it
[7:22] because season 5 was kind of a
[7:24] poltergeist. Generally speaking, there
[7:26] is a shift happening when it comes to
[7:28] the attention the show is getting. There
[7:30] are some reports that revealed season 5
[7:32] had a 25% decline in viewership compared
[7:35] to season 4, that is a notable decline.
[7:38] Not technically catastrophic, the show
[7:40] is still a hit. But with the critical
[7:43] and fan reception to this season being
[7:45] so incredibly bad, I have a feeling this
[7:48] decline might continue on with season 6.
[7:51] For one, the online attention the show
[7:53] used to get is nowhere to be found this
[7:56] time around. Nobody talks about this
[7:58] show anymore. All the creators on
[8:01] various platforms that used to review
[8:04] the show, discuss the show, analyze the
[8:07] fashion, the characters, etc. gone. None
[8:10] of them talk about it anymore. Discourse
[8:12] about season 5 on the internet goes
[8:15] down. Finding reviews for season 5 on
[8:18] YouTube is kind of difficult. Not only
[8:21] are there only a handful of them, nobody
[8:23] is interested in watching them. You're
[8:26] lucky if you find a review that has more
[8:28] than like a,000 views. At the time of
[8:30] recording this video, there's only two
[8:33] on the entire platform.
[8:36] Hey, is somebody here? Even the trailers
[8:40] showed a lack of engagement compared to
[8:42] previous seasons. Teasers and trailers
[8:44] for the show usually get millions of
[8:47] views each. Yet, the teaser for season 5
[8:50] didn't crack the million mark. Kind of
[8:53] capped at 800,000. And the official
[8:56] trailer capped at 1.5 million, which is
[8:59] just about half of what the season 4
[9:02] trailer got. You get my point. There's a
[9:04] very visible general air of we're over
[9:07] this [ __ ] with Emily and Paris. People
[9:10] just don't care anymore. It's not
[9:12] relevant. and it has completely lost all
[9:14] of its status in pop culture. However
[9:17] ridiculous and ironic that status may
[9:19] have been. Five seasons in whatever
[9:21] spark was keeping the discourse alive is
[9:24] completely [ __ ] dead. It's been long
[9:26] enough that the people who hate watch
[9:28] the show don't care to hate watch it any
[9:30] longer. People who love the show are
[9:33] starting to get bored of it. And the few
[9:35] people left who have the desire to talk
[9:37] about it online rarely have anything
[9:39] positive to say about it. Basically,
[9:41] this show just isn't fun for anyone
[9:44] anymore. And don't take my word for it.
[9:46] Take the words of the fans.
[9:48] >> So, I finished Emily in Paris, and I
[9:50] don't know why nobody's talking about
[9:51] this. Or maybe it's just not on my feed
[9:52] yet. I'm not going to lie, that had to
[9:54] have been the worst thing I've ever
[9:55] watched.
[9:56] >> I have never had a season of Emily and
[9:58] Paris pissed me off this much than
[10:00] season 5 has.
[10:02] >> And dare I say, Emily and Paris season 5
[10:04] is the weakest season now.
[10:06] >> Hey, writer, Emily Paris, what are you
[10:08] doing? M. Send it back to the drawing
[10:10] board. Meow.
[10:11] >> I have never been an Emily in Paris
[10:12] hater, but I fear going to Rome may be
[10:14] where this show dropped the shark.
[10:15] >> As someone who has watched Emily and
[10:17] Paris from season 1, and I've always
[10:19] loved this show, are we all are we all
[10:22] over it?
[10:22] >> Season 5 premiered a couple of weeks
[10:24] ago, and I think this is the worst
[10:26] season of Emily and Paris I have ever
[10:28] seen.
[10:28] >> I know.
[10:29] >> I don't know about you, but this season
[10:31] of Emily and Paris was a little bit off.
[10:33] I feel like a lot of the characters and
[10:35] the story arcs that they've built for
[10:37] them have just been completely
[10:39] dismantled this season. And I just don't
[10:41] understand why.
[10:42] >> It's no secret that this show is
[10:44] terrible. But season 5 still surprised
[10:47] me because it still somehow managed to
[10:50] find a way to be the most terrible
[10:53] season of them all. Just when I thought
[10:56] it couldn't get any worse.
[10:58] >> I'm so sorry, but I'm kind of over it.
[11:01] We've been severely losing the plot. I
[11:03] >> feel like the show is now just about the
[11:04] outfits. They're going to get more
[11:05] ridiculous by the episode. Can't explain
[11:07] it, but it's just starting to give the
[11:08] same energy as Selling Sunset.
[11:09] >> I feel like when you tell stories, they
[11:11] need to make sense. I feel like there
[11:13] needs to be a sequence that the reader
[11:15] or the watcher can follow
[11:18] that actually mounts up to something.
[11:20] >> It's so [ __ ] immature. Like, it's
[11:23] season 5. Let's let the characters
[11:25] evolve and like have growth. My dog's
[11:27] over it, too. We wrap it up. This should
[11:30] be the final season. No more of this
[11:31] [ __ ]
[11:31] >> Yeah, they hated it. They hated this
[11:34] season with a passion. But here's the
[11:38] thing. I think season 5 is easily one of
[11:41] the strongest seasons of the show. This
[11:43] is the first season where the show is
[11:46] actively choosing to be coherent all the
[11:48] way through, which is funny because
[11:50] that's when all the fans decide the show
[11:52] is unbearable. Like really, the one time
[11:55] the show decides to have one brain cell,
[11:57] that's where you guys draw the line. I
[11:59] mean, the show is boring as hell. It
[12:01] always has been, but it is trying to
[12:04] improve. For the first time, season 5
[12:07] makes some drastic decisions to kind of
[12:10] revamp the series a little bit, and I
[12:12] actually think unironically that they
[12:15] did some things right. The season in
[12:17] itself is very uneventful. There isn't
[12:20] much to say about it, and I was even
[12:22] kind of debating making a video for a
[12:24] few months. But I got to be fair and
[12:27] address one specific thing the show did
[12:30] this season that is notable to me.
[12:33] Because the number one reason why season
[12:36] 5 is one of the strongest seasons is
[12:39] because the show accomplishes something
[12:42] that for the life of me I never ever
[12:46] thought it would ever accomplish. They
[12:51] actually fixed Emily,
[12:54] but everything in due time. We're going
[12:56] to talk about that. But first, I want to
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[16:05] All right, so five seasons and 5 years
[16:07] later, it's been quite a long time since
[16:09] the show spawned and ruined my
[16:11] existence. And for that reason, I think
[16:13] we're due for a solid refresher. So,
[16:15] Emily in Paris is the story of this
[16:17] girl, Emily. She's not from Paris. She's
[16:19] from Chicago, but that's not important
[16:21] because we learn nothing about her life
[16:23] there. We just know she has a boyfriend
[16:25] named Doug and she works for a marketing
[16:27] firm. One day, her boss tells her, "Yo,
[16:29] homie. I was supposed to move to France
[16:30] to work with the Parisian queen of
[16:32] marketing. Turns out one of the many men
[16:33] I've been sleeping with blew my back out
[16:35] one too many times and now I'm pregnant
[16:36] so I can't go. So you're going instead.
[16:38] You have to move to Paris for a year and
[16:40] you're leaving tomorrow. Good luck.
[16:41] >> Makes sense.
[16:42] >> So now Emily moves to Paris to work for
[16:44] a marketing firm that deals with luxury
[16:46] brands. The problem is she doesn't have
[16:47] the experience. She doesn't speak a word
[16:49] of French. And on top of everything,
[16:51] she's also kind of stupid. So naturally,
[16:53] the French firm is like, "What the [ __ ]
[16:54] is this? They sent us an incompetent
[16:56] American we did not sign up for." And
[16:58] Emily is like, "Yes, but I am not going
[17:00] to adapt to you. I'm an American. you
[17:02] guys need to adapt to me. So, she makes
[17:03] zero effort to learn French and everyone
[17:05] in Paris is now forced to speak English
[17:07] around her. But on top of being totally
[17:08] cooked at work, Emily shows up in Paris
[17:10] and is like, "Hey, what if I just start
[17:12] messing with everybody's personal lives
[17:14] and [ __ ] everything up?" So, she gets to
[17:15] work immediately because that she's
[17:17] actually good at. She meets her
[17:19] downstairs neighbor who is a chef named
[17:20] Gabrielle. She meets his girlfriend Kami
[17:23] and she becomes very close friends with
[17:24] her. Kami is super kind and inviting to
[17:26] Emily. She's helpful with helping her
[17:28] navigating Paris. And she invites her to
[17:30] hang out with her friends so she can get
[17:32] to know people in the city. So
[17:33] naturally, Emily starts sleeping with
[17:35] her boyfriend because that's just how
[17:37] she rolls.
[17:38] >> People like me. That's my strength.
[17:40] >> Now that it's been established that
[17:41] Emily is a bad person, she randomly
[17:43] meets the one who will become her new
[17:45] best friend, Mindy, a failed pop star
[17:47] from China who was cut off by her rich
[17:49] dad and is now forced to live a modest
[17:51] life in Paris. These two are perfect for
[17:52] each other because Mindy is also a
[17:54] terrible person. Even though the show
[17:56] doesn't seem to be aware of that either.
[17:57] So, okay, congratulations. You now have
[17:59] the basics of the show. And from that
[18:01] point on, nothing happens
[18:05] for four seasons. Essentially, there's
[18:08] three story lines the show has. Emily
[18:10] being in a love triangle with Gabrielle
[18:12] and Kami and occasionally having flings
[18:14] with other men that lead to nowhere
[18:16] because everything always goes back to
[18:17] Gabrielle. her marketing job not doing
[18:19] well until she finds miracle solutions
[18:21] at the last second to save the day and
[18:23] side characters being in romantic story
[18:24] lines that don't make sense and always
[18:26] end the same way. That's it. The
[18:29] entirety of Emily in Paris is these
[18:31] three plot points being repeated over
[18:34] and over and over again a billion times
[18:37] in every episode of the show. And
[18:39] nothing that happens ever matters. Emily
[18:43] runs around being an incredibly selfish
[18:45] person who ruins the lives of everybody
[18:47] around her while making herself out to
[18:49] be the victim. But she never faces any
[18:51] consequences for her actions. She never
[18:53] learns anything and she never changes.
[18:55] And it's the same for all the characters
[18:57] around her. So nothing happens until the
[19:00] end of season 4 when the show makes a
[19:02] drastic shift by relocating to Rome,
[19:05] even temporarily renaming the show Emily
[19:08] in Rome. So, season 5 picks up after the
[19:10] events of season 4 where Emily
[19:12] unexpectedly had to move to Rome because
[19:15] her boss Sylvie had to open an office
[19:17] there urgently in order to work with
[19:19] House Merriator, an old and prestigious
[19:22] luxury brand on the verge of collapse.
[19:24] So, when season 5 begins, Emily has been
[19:26] living in Rome for a little while and
[19:28] her personal life seems for once
[19:31] suspiciously stable. She's dating
[19:33] Marello, the charming heir to the
[19:35] Miratori Empire. He's handsome, rich,
[19:38] emotionally available, and he lives
[19:40] inside a world of traditional Italian
[19:42] luxury. In other words, he is the most
[19:44] stable romantic partner Emily has had
[19:46] since the show started, which of course
[19:49] means the relationship is probably
[19:50] doomed. Marello's family, particularly
[19:53] his mother, Antonia, who runs House
[19:55] Marriator, is deeply skeptical of Emily.
[19:58] From their perspective, she's
[19:59] essentially a social media marketing
[20:01] tornado who showed up out of nowhere and
[20:04] attached herself to their centuries
[20:05] old-fashioned dynasty. Antonia is a
[20:08] woman of tradition and she doesn't like
[20:09] change. So, while she doesn't want her
[20:12] prestigious company to die, she
[20:13] struggles to accept that it needs to
[20:15] modernize. So, there's a lot of blah
[20:18] blah blah in the professional
[20:19] relationship, which creates tension in
[20:21] the personal relationship between Emily
[20:23] and Marello. And honestly, that's about
[20:27] it. That is mostly the plot of season 5.
[20:30] There isn't really a main story line.
[20:32] This season is kind of made of bplots
[20:35] that have a shelf life of about five
[20:36] scenes. So again, nothing really
[20:39] happens. Nothing's really going on this
[20:42] season, which isn't any different from
[20:44] previous seasons, but somehow this
[20:46] season it feels like it more than ever.
[20:48] Believe me, if people who refer to Emily
[20:51] in Paris as their favorite show of all
[20:53] time found this season boring, you know
[20:56] this [ __ ] is boring as hell to the
[20:58] average human. So, we pick up sometime
[21:01] after the end of season 4. It's actually
[21:03] not clear how long it's been because the
[21:06] characters act like it's been a few
[21:07] months, but also in the first scene of
[21:09] the season, Emily says today is her
[21:12] first day running the new office in
[21:14] Rome. So, that doesn't make sense. It's
[21:16] actually a big thing with Emily in
[21:18] Paris. The timeline of the show is such
[21:20] a mess that even the people in the show
[21:23] are not certain of what's going on. If
[21:25] you haven't seen, there's this hilarious
[21:27] thing that happened at the premiere of
[21:28] season 5 where the cast was asked on the
[21:31] red carpet how long they think Emily has
[21:34] been in Paris, like how much time has
[21:36] passed between season 1 and season 5.
[21:39] And nobody agrees. Nobody really
[21:43] understands how the timeline of the show
[21:45] even works. Some of them think it's been
[21:47] a few months. Others think it's been a
[21:49] few years.
[21:50] >> That is a great question. I really
[21:53] actually think about this. It's a good
[21:54] question.
[21:56] >> That's all I have to say.
[21:57] >> Oh wow. I'd say like two. Yeah. Two or
[22:00] three years. Maybe three cuz we've had
[22:02] summers. We've had No, maybe two. Two.
[22:06] >> It's so funny you should mention that
[22:08] because I had an argument with a
[22:09] colleague of mine. I was like, "It's
[22:11] been four years." She's like, "No, it's
[22:13] been four months."
[22:13] >> For me, I think between the first two
[22:15] seasons and then the next two, it was
[22:17] only like a couple days. And I think
[22:18] that that was over the course of like
[22:20] beginning of spring into end of summer.
[22:22] And then we had our winter. I think it's
[22:23] only been a year. It is a timeless loop.
[22:25] You know what? It's a beautiful,
[22:27] aspirational,
[22:29] stunning show that I think time is just
[22:31] it's just a construct.
[22:33] >> Uh
[22:35] I don't know. The timeline of the show
[22:37] has always been broken, and season 4
[22:39] especially has a couple of major plot
[22:41] holes that make the timeline impossible.
[22:44] But for the record, if you follow the
[22:46] events of the show and what time of the
[22:48] year they happen, because a lot of the
[22:50] show is centered around specific
[22:52] holidays, you can conclude without too
[22:54] much doubt that it's been about a year
[22:56] and a half since Emily first arrived in
[22:58] Paris. But I know what you're thinking.
[22:59] You're like, Dylan, everything you just
[23:01] described about the plot of season 5 is
[23:03] taking place in Italy. Isn't Isn't this
[23:05] show called Emily in Paris? And you
[23:09] would be right. This season is not
[23:11] really worthy of the title Emily in
[23:13] Paris. About half of season 5 takes
[23:15] place in Italy. Only five out of the 10
[23:17] episodes of the season are actually in
[23:20] Paris. And okay, I'll take it. New
[23:22] setting. I mean, I said in my last video
[23:24] that the end of season 4 was my favorite
[23:26] part of the show because the show felt
[23:27] like it had a coherent storyline for the
[23:29] very first time, even if it lasted an
[23:31] episode and a half. But I'm game. give
[23:33] me stuff that is enjoyable to watch and
[23:35] I don't care that Emily in Paris takes
[23:37] place in Rome. And yeah, there are some
[23:39] things that are surprisingly cool in
[23:41] there. This season actually improves on
[23:43] a number of factors which was a welcome
[23:45] surprise. First of all, pretty much the
[23:47] moment the season starts, I'm like,
[23:49] wait, why why does this look good? Emily
[23:55] in Paris has always looked boring as
[23:57] hell. say maybe for a handful of scenes
[23:59] in seasons three and four, but it's
[24:01] always looked flat and lame. Most of the
[24:03] first two seasons looked like a
[24:05] commercial, more so than a TV show, but
[24:08] something about season 5 just feels
[24:11] elevated. It looks very pretty. The
[24:14] colors are so well used. The lighting is
[24:17] gorgeous. The sets are very well put
[24:19] together. The cinematography is
[24:21] different. There are some actually very
[24:24] cool looking shots. The color grading is
[24:26] so rich in certain scenes. Like, what's
[24:29] going on? Did they get a new director of
[24:31] photography? Are they using different
[24:33] cameras? I got to admit, the creative
[24:35] direction of the show in season 5 is
[24:38] amazing. Look at this title card. That's
[24:41] so sick for no reason. It's nice that
[24:44] the show is at least visually
[24:45] stimulating now because like I said, in
[24:48] terms of substance, not much to talk
[24:51] about here. I mean, to reiterate, this
[24:53] is the most widely hated season of the
[24:56] series in the fandom. Why is that? How
[24:58] is it that people who are obsessed with
[25:01] Emily and Paris, so people who are
[25:03] already predisposed to loving trash,
[25:06] hate season 5 so much? Well, is simply
[25:09] that despite all of its improvements,
[25:12] the season is boring as [ __ ] Emily in
[25:17] Paris has always been boring. I've been
[25:20] saying since season 1 that it's a show
[25:22] that never really had a story, but I
[25:25] think season 5 is where even the biggest
[25:27] defenders of this show can't really
[25:30] ignore it anymore. When I tell you that
[25:33] nothing happens in season 5, you have to
[25:37] believe me. It is not a joke. Nothing
[25:41] has happened in four seasons, but
[25:44] somehow even less happens in season 5. I
[25:48] think Serena Skyborn said it best in her
[25:50] review of the season by explaining that
[25:52] essentially her issue with season 5 is
[25:55] simply that it's a season with no
[25:58] conflict. And that's entirely true.
[26:00] Season 5 is just a succession of rare
[26:03] minor disagreements that only ever last
[26:06] a couple of scenes. They're pretty few
[26:08] and far between and none of them can
[26:10] ever have any consequence. The rest of
[26:12] the time, the show is adopting this
[26:14] notion of no thoughts, just vibes. So
[26:16] the episodes are just dragged out
[26:18] sequences of characters doing nothing,
[26:21] going towards nothing, and sometimes
[26:23] meeting in groups to talk about nothing.
[26:27] And then Mindy sings for some reason.
[26:29] And because nothing ever has any weight
[26:31] or real consequences in the show from
[26:34] episode 1, you can tell you're in for
[26:37] generational nothingness. The events of
[26:40] season 5 are just so vacant. You just
[26:43] watch two or three scenes happen over
[26:46] and over again in a loop. Episode 1:
[26:49] Emily takes the bus to go to work. Emily
[26:52] has a business meeting. Emily meets with
[26:54] her boyfriend. They go truffle picking
[26:57] with his family. Then they go home and
[26:59] hang out and have small talk. Emily
[27:01] receives a gift at work. Emily mingles
[27:04] and networks at a marketing event for 10
[27:07] minutes. That's about a third of the
[27:09] episode. And then the episode ends.
[27:12] Episode two. Emily has a business
[27:14] meeting. Emily then talks about set
[27:16] meeting with Sylvie. They then go to
[27:19] another business meeting. Then they go
[27:21] back to the office and talk about said
[27:23] meeting. Emily mingles at a party. Emily
[27:26] goes to a business meeting and then
[27:29] another. Emily mingles and networks at a
[27:32] marketing event for 10 minutes. That's
[27:35] about a third of the episode. Mindy
[27:38] sings. Emily meets with her boyfriend.
[27:41] They go shopping. The episode ends.
[27:44] Episode three. Emily goes to a business
[27:47] meeting and then another and then
[27:51] another. Emily goes to an event. Mindy
[27:54] dances. Emily walks through Rome with
[27:57] her boyfriend. Emily goes to a business
[28:00] meeting. And the episode ends. Episode
[28:03] 4. Emily goes to a business meeting.
[28:06] Emily walks through Rome with her
[28:08] boyfriend. Emily goes to another
[28:11] business meeting. Emily mingles and
[28:13] networks at a marketing event for 10
[28:16] minutes. That's about a third of the
[28:18] episode. Emily goes to a work lunch. The
[28:22] episode ends. Episode 5. Emily goes to a
[28:25] business meeting. Emily discusses said
[28:28] meeting with Sylvie. Emily goes to
[28:30] another business meeting. Emily goes to
[28:33] an event. Mindy sings. Emily goes to a
[28:37] business meeting. Emily goes to dinner
[28:39] with friends. Lots of small talk. Emily
[28:43] mingles and networks at a marketing
[28:45] event for 10 minutes. That's about a
[28:48] third of the episode. And then the
[28:50] episode ends. And whoop, just like that,
[28:52] we just broke down half of the season.
[28:55] And I assure you, the second half is not
[28:57] doing anything differently. It's the
[28:59] same boring formula in every episode.
[29:03] The entire structure of the season is
[29:06] based on it. and nothing happens. Plus,
[29:09] the show never really had anything going
[29:11] on aside from the forced romantic story
[29:13] lines and love triangles, but those have
[29:15] gotten so unbearably repetitive that
[29:18] even for the fans of the show, it got
[29:20] boring. They turned the focus of season
[29:22] 5 onto the only other aspect of the show
[29:25] that has been omnipresent by default,
[29:28] the marketing. So, season 5 of Emily in
[29:30] Paris is more about Emily's work life
[29:33] than anything else. This is the most
[29:36] marketing firmy season yet. And I think
[29:39] that's part of what the fans despise so
[29:41] much about this season. There is so much
[29:44] marketing campaign stuff in it. And of
[29:46] course, it's only here because it's more
[29:48] of an opportunity for the show to make
[29:50] big money by advertising for big brands,
[29:53] which is the only reason this show has
[29:56] gone on for so long. This season,
[29:58] there's an entire story line about
[30:00] Intimism, the Italian lingerie designer.
[30:02] A big chunk of the season is about Emily
[30:05] trying to figure out a campaign for
[30:06] Fendi. There's an absolutely shameless
[30:09] ad for L'Oreal at the end of episode 6.
[30:12] There's an entire scene with Sylvia and
[30:13] her best friend that is only there to be
[30:16] an extended ad for Karita House of
[30:18] Beauty. Like the show is getting more
[30:20] and more in your face about it every
[30:22] season. And the more uneventful the show
[30:24] gets, the more boring it becomes even
[30:27] for its biggest fans, the less possible
[30:30] it is not to notice just how much the
[30:33] show is constantly advertising products
[30:35] to the audience. From beauty products to
[30:38] clothing, lingerie, five-star hotels. If
[30:42] you really think about it, Emily in
[30:43] Paris is basically an infomercial at
[30:46] this point. NGTV's review of the season
[30:48] called it a luxury ad disguised as a
[30:51] romcom. And I completely agree. They're
[30:54] not even pretending to be trying to give
[30:56] you a story anymore. They just throw
[30:59] products at your face and then they're
[31:00] like, "But look, hot people making out.
[31:03] There may be a love triangle again." The
[31:06] 14th one of the show. Can you believe
[31:08] this? Distraction. Distraction. Buy this
[31:10] product. Distraction. And for some
[31:12] reason, people have been falling for it
[31:14] for four seasons. But something about
[31:16] season 5 really did not connect. And you
[31:18] know what? [ __ ] it. Me, too. Hey, I just
[31:20] put out a new song. It's called Astro
[31:22] Vision. It's available everywhere.
[31:32] >> Cowboy Kop
[31:35] 6 years again.
[31:38] Link in the description. Okay, but why
[31:40] is this season boring? Nothing I'm
[31:43] describing is any different from what
[31:45] we've seen in previous seasons. All of
[31:47] those criticisms are things I've been
[31:48] pointing out for years. So, why is it
[31:51] less engaging for people who love the
[31:54] show? Why is this season the breaking
[31:56] point for 95% of the fan base? Well, I
[32:00] can narrow this down to a few little
[32:02] points that explain it. One, when the
[32:04] season begins, there isn't anything to
[32:07] catch up on. Like, nothing really
[32:09] happened in season 4 either. And the
[32:11] little that did happen was of no
[32:14] consequence to the plot and did not
[32:16] affect the continuity of the show. The
[32:18] only plot point that carries over is
[32:20] Italy and the Murritori Company stuff,
[32:23] which again is about Emily's marketing
[32:26] work. In terms of substance, the show
[32:28] essentially starts at zero. There was
[32:31] nothing for people to be excited about,
[32:33] nothing juicy to see revealed or
[32:36] resolved. There wasn't a big plot point
[32:38] that people were curious to see play
[32:40] out. Nothing. So basically this season
[32:43] starts with absolutely nothing for the
[32:45] audience to look forward to. The season
[32:48] has no reason for you to be engaged in
[32:51] it. Two, again, no conflict. Nothing
[32:54] happens, or at least the conflicts that
[32:57] do appear are so superficial and devoid
[32:59] of any tension that they feel more like
[33:01] cliffotes. The season only hits beats
[33:04] the show has already hit a million times
[33:06] before. Everything feels repetitive. So
[33:09] for the audience, everything is
[33:11] predictable. Emily again cycles through
[33:14] new romantic interests while still
[33:16] orbiting Gabrielle in the background. In
[33:18] that endless loop, her life at work is
[33:21] the same. A campaign for a company
[33:23] doesn't go as planned. Emily finds a
[33:25] solution to fix it at the last second by
[33:27] throwing an event where Mindy say
[33:29] somebody gets into a love triangle that
[33:31] ends up playing out the exact same way
[33:33] as all the previous love triangles. And
[33:36] the character arcs, when they exist, are
[33:38] also stuck in a loop. Characters learn
[33:41] the same lessons over and over again.
[33:43] They then forget them to learn them
[33:46] again. Friendships are challenged, but
[33:48] the show never wants conflicts to last
[33:50] more than two or three scenes. So,
[33:52] everything gets resolved out of nowhere.
[33:54] And three, on the topic of repetition,
[33:56] the season claims to be different
[33:58] because it is now taking place in Italy,
[34:00] but everything is the exact same. It
[34:03] doesn't change the dynamic. You don't
[34:05] get interesting new characters to change
[34:07] things up because all the people from
[34:09] Paris just show up to Italy. So, it's
[34:11] the exact same show up to the same
[34:14] [ __ ] but on different sets. And even
[34:17] when they want to introduce characters
[34:19] to shake things up, they just halfass
[34:21] it. The big flex of Emily and Paris
[34:23] season 5 is the casting of Mini Driver,
[34:27] who is a fairly appreciated actress. So,
[34:29] people were very excited to see her
[34:31] entering the cast. Mini Driver, if you
[34:33] don't know, was in Goodwill Hunting. She
[34:35] was in Phantom of the Opera, in Will and
[34:38] Grace. She was in Golden Eye. She was
[34:40] also the voice of Jane in Tarzan. Like,
[34:42] she's a pretty respected actress who's
[34:44] done some pretty cool [ __ ] So, her
[34:46] coming to Emily in Paris is a big deal
[34:49] for the show. Fun fact, Mini Driver had
[34:51] a cameo in the second season of Arcane,
[34:53] and nobody noticed, but I did, and I
[34:55] appreciated it. Unfortunately, this is
[34:56] still Emily in Paris, so her presence
[34:59] becomes annoying very quickly. Even mini
[35:02] driver cannot elevate this level of
[35:04] mediocrity. At this point, they could
[35:05] have Viola Davis in the show and it
[35:07] would still be ass. Although that of
[35:09] course would never happen because black
[35:11] women do not exist in the Emily and
[35:13] Paris universe. Mini Driver plays a
[35:15] princess named Jane who has a lot of
[35:17] money and vaguely knows Sylvie. Uh, and
[35:20] that that's it. That's about it. Her
[35:22] character is pointless and annoying, way
[35:24] too cartoony, and there's nothing in the
[35:26] season that ever justifies her existence
[35:28] till the very end where she ends up
[35:30] being the one saving the agency, which
[35:33] is supposed to be an issue because Emily
[35:35] and her don't really get along. I mean,
[35:37] they've talked to each other maybe four
[35:39] times the entire season, but still. And
[35:42] that means she's likely going to have a
[35:43] bigger role in season 6, which nobody is
[35:46] really happy about according to what
[35:47] I've seen on social media. Not a single
[35:50] person is interested in this character.
[35:52] But there is a character I'm interested
[35:54] in in this season of Emily in Paris. And
[35:57] my sudden interest in this character is
[35:59] the only reason I'm even making this
[36:01] video because there's virtually nothing
[36:04] else to talk about this season. And that
[36:06] character is Emily herself.
[36:12] All right, cue the OG Space Ninja music.
[36:16] Listen, you know me by now. I've been
[36:18] covering this show for 5 years. You know
[36:20] what I think about it. You know the
[36:22] drill. So, you know what I'm about to
[36:25] say is something I never thought I would
[36:29] ever say in my life. But I have always
[36:32] promised to be 100% honest with my
[36:34] thoughts on the show. I always promise
[36:36] to be fair.
[36:39] I actually like Emily a lot in season 5.
[36:42] I know. I know. I know. Okay. You feel
[36:45] disoriented. You feel uneasy. I get it.
[36:48] I feel sick to my stomach, too. I want
[36:49] to throw up a little. But again, I got
[36:52] to be honest, so I got to say it. I
[36:54] liked Emily in season 5, and I don't
[36:57] care who knows it. And I'm the first one
[36:58] to be surprised by this. I have been so
[37:01] vocal about my dislike of this
[37:03] character. I have rightfully called
[37:05] Emily Cooper the worst character in
[37:07] television, and I have stood by that
[37:09] statement for years, since season 1.
[37:13] It's like the writers have made every
[37:15] worst decision they could have made with
[37:17] her. She was a literal incarnation of
[37:20] Murphy's Law. It was this weird thing
[37:22] where the writers genuinely got confused
[37:24] with their intent behind the character
[37:26] and the actual execution of the
[37:29] character. They made a character that is
[37:32] so obviously an [ __ ] with a gift for
[37:35] selfishness, an ignorant, entitled, and
[37:38] annoying hypocrite, prone to sabotage,
[37:42] discrimination, and cruelty. She's
[37:44] self-centered. She's a terrible friend.
[37:46] She's manipulative and impulsive. She
[37:49] never takes accountability for her
[37:50] actions. She never learns her lesson.
[37:53] She does horrible things to people and
[37:56] is always confused when people are angry
[37:58] at her because she genuinely believes
[38:01] she is always a victim of unfair
[38:04] treatment. She's just the worst. And the
[38:07] reason why I find it so irritating with
[38:10] her character is because it is very
[38:12] clear that her being this way is not
[38:16] intentional on the writer's part. The
[38:18] writers seem completely lost with the
[38:20] reception the character had because they
[38:23] see her as this quirky, likable, but at
[38:26] times clumsy, friendly neighborhood
[38:28] American girl. And they didn't seem to
[38:31] understand why nobody else saw her that
[38:34] way. They were so shocked with how much
[38:36] people hated Emily in season 1. I will
[38:38] always remember how the producers gave
[38:41] an interview before the release of
[38:43] season 2 and had to promise that Emily
[38:46] would be less annoying. She's not, by
[38:48] the way, she's just as annoying in
[38:50] season 2 as she was in season 1. So, if
[38:51] you've never watched Emily in Paris,
[38:53] here's a quick rundown of some of
[38:55] Emily's greatest hits. Sleeping with her
[38:57] best friend's boyfriend behind her back.
[38:58] Being that best friend's shoulder to cry
[39:00] on when she learns her boyfriend is
[39:02] cheating on her, even though she's the
[39:04] other woman. sleeping with that same
[39:06] best friend's underage brother. Making
[39:08] jokes about sleeping with the underage
[39:10] boy. Taking credit for her co-worker's
[39:12] ideas and stealing their clients.
[39:14] Attempting to have a pregnant woman
[39:15] evicted from her home so she can have
[39:18] more time with the baby daddy. Outing
[39:20] that woman for being pregnant when she
[39:21] wasn't ready to tell. Almost drowning
[39:24] that same pregnant woman because she's
[39:26] too stubborn to leave her alone when she
[39:28] asked for space. pressuring a man who
[39:30] left her to get back into a relationship
[39:32] with her, only to then emotionally cheat
[39:34] on him with the guy she's actually in
[39:36] love with. Pressuring her ex-boyfriend
[39:38] to talk about something traumatic when
[39:39] he's not ready to, and then making him
[39:41] feel bad for not telling her right away.
[39:43] Lying to two employers and friends
[39:46] trying to accommodate her by working for
[39:48] both at the same time in secret because
[39:50] she doesn't want to make a choice. using
[39:52] company funds to bribe her boyfriend's
[39:54] way into a Michelin star, making her
[39:56] boyfriend feel guilty for wanting to
[39:58] take care of the mother of his child,
[40:00] making more than one person quit their
[40:01] job because she's just that
[40:04] insufferable, and the list goes on.
[40:07] Emily is a terrible character. She has
[40:09] been a terrible character since day one.
[40:12] I have been very vocal about how much I
[40:14] dislike her. Hell, I started this
[40:17] YouTube channel because she annoyed me
[40:20] so much that I just had to rant about it
[40:23] to somebody. So, you know how serious
[40:26] this [ __ ] is coming from me. This is
[40:29] some very uncomfortable honesty. But
[40:32] yes, as much as I cannot stand Emily
[40:36] Cooper, I have to recognize in complete
[40:39] sincerity that season five fixes her.
[40:43] And not only that, it fixes her well and
[40:47] gives dimension to her character. Not a
[40:50] lot of it, but still. So, if you don't
[40:53] know, 3-ish years ago, after season 3
[40:55] came out, I made a video titled How to
[40:58] Fix the Worst Character on Television,
[41:01] which is about the character of Emily
[41:03] Cooper. This video was mostly a joke, to
[41:06] be completely honest. I use Emily
[41:08] Cooper's awful characterization as an
[41:10] excuse to talk about Naruto for 30
[41:12] minutes, but I do lay out what I think
[41:14] can be done to solve the issue the
[41:17] writers have cornered themselves into
[41:18] with Emily that makes her so irritating
[41:20] and unlikable to people. In the video, I
[41:23] say there's three things that should be
[41:25] done. One, give Emily a backstory that
[41:29] addresses her personality and more
[41:31] importantly her flaws and makes us have
[41:34] a better understanding of why she is the
[41:37] way she is. Her flaws will seem less
[41:40] irritating to an audience if they can
[41:42] understand where they come from and
[41:43] their emergence is something they can
[41:45] relate to. I talked about how it was an
[41:47] easy thing to pull off because three
[41:49] seasons in at the time, Emily had never
[41:52] been given a backstory in the entire
[41:55] show, and we still knew virtually
[41:58] nothing about her as a person. So, there
[42:00] was all the space in the world to do
[42:02] that. Two, you do not need to suppress
[42:05] Emily's flaws, but for God's sakes, you
[42:09] need to give her redeeming qualities. I
[42:13] have been talking for years about how
[42:15] Emily is a character that is essentially
[42:18] just made of flaws with zero redeeming
[42:21] qualities. The writers tried too hard to
[42:24] make her quirky, but it just made her
[42:26] annoying, rude, and unlikable to people,
[42:28] which left them feeling very overwhelmed
[42:30] and puzzled with what to do next because
[42:32] there's literally nothing else to her
[42:35] character. They never thought about her
[42:37] any further than that quirkiness. So, in
[42:40] that video, I explained that Emily
[42:42] having flaws is not a bad thing, but she
[42:45] needs redeeming qualities so that she
[42:48] can eventually get storylines where she
[42:50] learns to overcome her flaws and let her
[42:53] qualities remain, which is what will
[42:55] make the audience feel like she's
[42:58] growing. And getting a chance to
[43:00] rebalance her character is what will
[43:03] make her compelling and what will
[43:05] ultimately make people feel attached to
[43:07] her. And three, if you want to fix Emily
[43:10] while making the show more engaging,
[43:12] aside from repetitive romantic story
[43:14] lines, you could use the lack of writing
[43:16] for her character to introduce a bit of
[43:18] mystery based on her past. I suggested
[43:21] the idea of introducing a new character
[43:24] that would be from Emily's past back in
[43:26] Chicago and that would introduce a
[43:28] conflict revealing that Emily came to
[43:30] Paris not just because her boss asked
[43:32] her to at the last minute but because
[43:34] she used it as an excuse to run away
[43:37] from something. Either something that
[43:38] happened to her or something she did
[43:41] which would have made her friends
[43:42] realize that they maybe don't really
[43:45] know her that well. And suddenly the
[43:48] lack of writing for her character
[43:50] becomes a part of her character that you
[43:52] get to uncover. Obviously, they didn't
[43:55] do that last one. It was a bit too
[43:57] specific. But to my absolute surprise,
[44:01] they did do the first two things in
[44:04] season 5. They addressed Emily's flaws
[44:06] by giving her a backstory. And then they
[44:09] allowed her to overcome these flaws with
[44:11] the help of newfound redeeming
[44:13] qualities. And like I said, not only did
[44:16] they do it, I think they did it pretty
[44:19] well. A lot of people, me included, have
[44:21] complained that Emily is a very empty
[44:24] character with no depth. And I've been
[44:26] saying since the very beginning of the
[44:28] show that we don't really know anything
[44:30] about Emily as a person. And I guess the
[44:32] writers finally caught on to that
[44:34] reality because they decide to do
[44:37] something about that. It took them half
[44:39] a decade, but finally we learn a little
[44:42] bit about Emily. Basically, in season 5,
[44:45] they attempt to fix the issue of Emily
[44:47] being an empty character we know nothing
[44:49] about by introducing a core theme for
[44:52] her this season with the revelation that
[44:54] Emily has issues with intimacy. In
[44:58] episode 3, after a conversation with
[45:00] Luke and Julian, she goes to Mindy, who
[45:03] tells her it's very hard to know much
[45:05] about Emily because she has to be pushed
[45:08] to open up, otherwise she never talks
[45:11] about anything personal, even to the
[45:13] people she's actually close with, from
[45:16] friends to romantic partners. Emily then
[45:18] acknowledges that earlier that day her
[45:20] boyfriend Marello tried to open up to
[45:23] her about his mother. And when her time
[45:25] to share came, she deflected the
[45:28] conversation to another topic to avoid
[45:30] having to reciprocate that openness. She
[45:33] doesn't like realizing that about
[45:34] herself, though. So later that night,
[45:37] she decides to make an effort to open up
[45:39] to Marello and talk about something else
[45:41] than work for a change. It's a big thing
[45:43] throughout the entire show that Emily is
[45:45] an obnoxious workaholic and everyone
[45:48] around her is fed up with her always
[45:50] talking about work like it's the only
[45:52] thing in her life. And in this episode,
[45:54] the show addresses that in a way where
[45:56] it's implied that being obsessed with
[45:59] work and talking about it all the time
[46:02] is a way for Emily to avoid talking
[46:04] about personal things because opening up
[46:07] to people makes her uncomfortable. and
[46:09] yes, even with her own boyfriend, she
[46:11] has a real issue with intimacy. Being
[46:14] vulnerable bothers her. And so in this
[46:18] episode, after being called out for her
[46:20] using work as an excuse to be avoidant,
[46:22] for the very first time, Emily talks to
[46:27] Marello about her family. And as an
[46:30] audience, this is our first time hearing
[46:33] about it, too. She talks about how her
[46:35] parents always made her feel that the
[46:37] only thing that gives her value in life
[46:40] is achievements. That having success is
[46:43] the only thing that could make her
[46:45] matter. So having good grades at school
[46:47] is what gave her importance as a child.
[46:49] And as an adult, it's having a good job.
[46:52] She even has a line of dialogue I really
[46:54] like where she says her parents are good
[46:56] people, but that for them, quote, "Just
[46:59] existing was never going to be enough."
[47:02] In other words, she explains that her
[47:04] parents pretty much designed her to be
[47:06] an overachiever who always tries to be
[47:09] perfect and puts all of her value as a
[47:12] person into her visible accomplishments,
[47:15] which as an adult translates to her
[47:17] professional endeavors, but also in her
[47:20] ability to solve problems. And that is
[47:23] why she can't help but force herself
[47:27] into other people's lives and their
[47:30] problems. That's why she has this insane
[47:32] inability to respect people's
[47:35] boundaries. It's almost a compulsive
[47:37] need to fix things for people so that
[47:39] she can prove to them and to herself
[47:42] that she matters. Basically, having
[47:44] those notions drilled into her head her
[47:47] entire life is what made Emily this
[47:49] obnoxious overachiever who always has to
[47:52] meddle into things because she always
[47:54] feels like she has to try hard. She
[47:58] always has to fix things because if
[48:00] she's not in a constant state of
[48:03] achieving, she feels like nothing can be
[48:06] okay. And her anxiety over that fear of
[48:09] things not being okay makes her unable
[48:12] to just let things be.
[48:14] >> Maybe I don't have to push or fix or try
[48:18] so hard.
[48:20] Maybe I can just let things be and it
[48:22] will all be fine.
[48:23] >> And I'm not going to sugarcoat it. I
[48:25] think this is great. I actually really
[48:29] like this. It's addressing the most
[48:31] annoying traits of the character, but
[48:33] instead of corny dialogue that addresses
[48:35] the audience directly, it's addressing
[48:37] those traits by doing something that
[48:40] humanizes her a lot. It's really not
[48:43] that much, but it effectively makes
[48:45] Emily a way more sympathetic character
[48:47] than she's been in the previous four
[48:50] seasons. And that's because it's the
[48:52] first time the writers really want to
[48:55] put effort into getting to know her.
[48:57] This one scene has told us more about
[49:00] her character than the entire show has
[49:03] over the last 5 years. Let that sink in.
[49:06] I have been complaining since season 1
[49:08] that we know nothing about Emily as a
[49:10] person. We never find out anything about
[49:12] her. And look how easy it was to do it
[49:16] and to fix her in the process. One
[49:19] twominut scene made all the difference.
[49:23] You could have done that 4 years ago.
[49:25] This season is the most likable Emily
[49:28] has ever been. And this short dive into
[49:30] her personal life from before Paris is a
[49:33] huge contribution to that. Season 5 has
[49:36] an Emily that feels like she has grown
[49:39] and has actually learned from a lot of
[49:41] her mistakes. She no longer feels like
[49:43] this entitled [ __ ] with no morals who
[49:47] [ __ ] with people's lives and then
[49:49] positions herself as a victim when her
[49:51] own decisions to do immoral things blow
[49:54] up in her face. They tone down her
[49:56] character in a way that makes her way
[49:58] less absurd and a bit more grounded. And
[50:02] it really works actually. But most of
[50:05] all, the show finally commits to
[50:08] acknowledging some of her flaws in a way
[50:10] that actually furthers her character.
[50:13] Emily has genuine character development
[50:16] for the very first time in five seasons.
[50:19] This is a version of Emily that is
[50:21] actually super introspective and that
[50:24] spends a majority of the season
[50:27] questioning her own behaviors and trying
[50:30] to make sense of why she is the way she
[50:33] is. There's a scene I actually quite
[50:35] liked in episode 9 where she asks
[50:37] Gabrielle if she was too pushy with him
[50:40] because of her need to fix everything.
[50:42] In previous seasons, the writers tried
[50:44] to fix Emily by making the characters
[50:46] around her worse, hoping it would make
[50:49] her look better in comparison. They
[50:51] ruined the character of Keam by turning
[50:54] her into Emily's evil rival with little
[50:57] to no coherence. They made Gabrielle
[50:59] worse and worse and worse, and it never
[51:02] worked. All it did was make Emily a
[51:04] terrible character next to other
[51:07] terrible characters. This season is the
[51:10] first time the show is like, "Hey, what
[51:12] if what if this time we try to fix her
[51:15] by actually giving her character
[51:18] substance?" And wo, look at that. It
[51:21] worked. There are little moments and
[51:23] tidbits in the season that hint at
[51:25] Emily's mental state in a way that shows
[51:28] a bit more complexity to her character.
[51:30] There's a mini story line in episode 7,
[51:33] I think, where Emily meets an American
[51:35] who takes her to celebrate the 4th of
[51:37] July in Paris with other Americans. And
[51:40] there is this one shot where Emily looks
[51:43] at the fireworks with a really sad face.
[51:46] And from that look alone, you can tell
[51:49] that Emily feels very homesick. A
[51:52] feeling that is later confirmed by that
[51:54] conversation with Gabrielle in episode
[51:56] 9, where she talks very openly about
[51:58] feeling like living in Paris has stopped
[52:00] being a fantasy to her and that it is
[52:03] way more difficult now than when she was
[52:05] new to it because she can't romanticize
[52:07] it anymore. And you get this feeling
[52:09] that she's not happy in her life despite
[52:12] the constant corporate ass smile she
[52:14] puts on for everyone. you get a sense
[52:16] that there is actually a lot of sadness
[52:19] to Emily's character, but it's only a
[52:22] hint because the show doesn't have the
[52:24] depth to explore it, but I like that we
[52:27] can see a glimpse of it. There's finally
[52:30] a bit of something in that character to
[52:32] grasp onto, and I appreciate it. That
[52:35] scene at the train station between Emily
[52:37] and Gabrielle is easily the best and
[52:40] most earnest scene in the entire show.
[52:42] It's the first time these two characters
[52:45] feel like people and both Lily Collins
[52:48] and Luca Bravo can carry it on screen
[52:51] because in case the last four seasons
[52:53] have prevented you from noticing,
[52:55] they're good actors.
[52:59] It took them half a decade, but I think
[53:01] they're finally starting to figure Emily
[53:03] out. It's just too bad that it's in the
[53:05] middle of a boring story where nothing
[53:07] happens. But still, it's kind of crazy.
[53:10] Like, I can't believe I'm about to say
[53:12] this, but for the very first time, Emily
[53:15] is now the best part of the show. She
[53:18] was the part I could actually stomach
[53:21] watching this season. I feel like I'm
[53:23] finally seeing Emily the way the writers
[53:26] have been seeing her all along because
[53:29] they finally realize that in order for
[53:31] us to see that, they need to like write
[53:35] it. But it works. They made her work.
[53:38] They finally fixed Emily. This season
[53:40] also builds a first story line where
[53:43] Emily is the one that is being wronged
[53:45] by everybody. A story line where she
[53:47] actually doesn't really do anything
[53:50] wrong for a change. Usually, she acts
[53:52] like a victim of everything, even though
[53:54] she's the one ruining everybody's lives.
[53:57] But this time around, she really isn't
[54:00] at fault. One of the most universally
[54:02] despised storylines of the season is the
[54:04] infamous new romance between Mindy,
[54:07] Emily's best friend, and Alfie, Emily's
[54:10] ex-boyfriend, which also comes out of
[54:13] absolutely nowhere. By the way, there's
[54:15] never a buildup to this happening. It
[54:18] just spawns out of thin air and suddenly
[54:20] these two idiots are madly into each
[54:22] other and there is nothing there. They
[54:26] don't have any chemistry. It makes no
[54:29] sense for these characters to be into
[54:30] each other. It literally just happens
[54:33] because the script is forcing it to
[54:35] happen. And because without it, there
[54:37] would literally be nothing for either of
[54:39] them to do in this show. This entire
[54:41] season is about Emily's work stuff,
[54:43] which has nothing to do with Mindy and
[54:46] Alfie. And the writers do not have the
[54:48] creativity to come up with a new story.
[54:51] So, let's force two random characters
[54:53] into a romance and let's set up yet
[54:56] another love triangle because why have
[54:59] new ideas if you can just not? So, Mindy
[55:01] and Alfie start [ __ ] in secret and
[55:04] don't tell Emily about it. And
[55:05] naturally, we get to a point where Emily
[55:08] finds out in the worst way possible
[55:11] because we got to be dramatic about it.
[55:13] And for a second, it feels like it's the
[55:15] one plot point of the season that might
[55:18] have consequences.
[55:20] But no, not really. Emily stops talking
[55:23] to Mindy for a few days and then things
[55:26] go back to normal because nothing can
[55:28] have consequences that lasts more than
[55:30] two scenes. The show has a compulsive
[55:32] need to keep the status quo at all
[55:35] costs, so nothing can linger. What I
[55:37] like though is that Emily isn't actually
[55:39] mad that Mindy and Alfie hooked up. She
[55:42] doesn't give a [ __ ] about that. She's
[55:44] just heard that they hid it from her and
[55:46] lied. And I mean, she doesn't really
[55:48] have much of a leg to stand on because
[55:50] she literally did the exact same thing
[55:52] to Cami, except worse because she was
[55:55] sleeping with Gabrielle when he was
[55:57] still with Kenny and then would be the
[55:59] one consoling when she found out he was
[56:02] cheating. So, she's done much worse
[56:05] fairly recently. But I think it fits the
[56:08] new direction of her character to feel
[56:10] betrayed in this specific way. Oh, and
[56:12] fun fact that is completely off topic.
[56:15] After five seasons and precisely 54
[56:18] episodes, for the very first time, we
[56:22] finally hear Emily pronounce a full
[56:25] sentence in French.
[56:31] >> Yeah, the French are so rude.
[56:34] >> Oh my god, you think I'm French? Thank
[56:35] you. It's only in one scene and it
[56:39] sounds awful, but that's better than the
[56:41] last four seasons with a combined total
[56:44] of zero scenes. So, yeah. Uh, verdict on
[56:46] Emily in season 5. Great job. You
[56:49] finally cracked it. Congratulations.
[56:51] Genuinely, I'm not even being sarcastic.
[56:53] I never thought they would ever pull
[56:55] that off. They proved me wrong. I got to
[56:58] give them credit for it. The season also
[57:00] shows pretty effectively that the show
[57:02] is much more stomachable when Gabrielle
[57:05] and Cammy aren't around. I had talked
[57:07] extensively about how Cam was a
[57:09] character that significantly dragged the
[57:12] show down. She made no sense and was
[57:15] turned into an absurd villain with
[57:17] incomprehensible motivations and her
[57:20] presence just made the show a mess. And
[57:22] as for Gabrielle, he's also a terrible
[57:25] character with incomprehensible
[57:26] motivations. And his only function in
[57:29] the show is to have romantic tension
[57:31] with any woman that appears on screen.
[57:34] Even Luca Bravo, the actor playing him,
[57:37] has admitted he didn't understand the
[57:39] character anymore, and he doesn't really
[57:41] have fun playing him. And both of these
[57:43] characters took so much space in the
[57:45] show that it made it much worse than it
[57:47] ever had to be. Season 5 changes that.
[57:51] Kami Raza, who plays Kami, left the show
[57:54] at the end of season 4. She felt like
[57:57] she was done with the character and had
[57:59] been very candid in interviews that she
[58:01] no longer understood what the point of
[58:03] Cami was anymore. She also expressed in
[58:05] an interview with French media that she
[58:07] felt like that part of the story was
[58:09] over and she had grown frustrated with
[58:11] the fact that her commitment to the show
[58:14] forced her to turn down incredible
[58:16] opportunities for other projects she
[58:18] really wanted to be a part of. So, she
[58:20] dipped. As for Gabrielle, Luca Bravo had
[58:23] also voiced frustrations with the
[58:25] handling of his character. He flat out
[58:27] said Gabrielle became boring and
[58:29] inconsistent. He said the show doesn't
[58:31] take the intelligence of the viewer into
[58:33] consideration. Basically saying it's a
[58:35] show for people who are dumb. And he had
[58:37] said after season 4 that he wasn't sure
[58:40] he wanted to come back for season 5.
[58:42] Ultimately, he did. Though it was
[58:44] announced that he would be returning for
[58:46] the new season. I kind of assumed it
[58:48] would be to give his character an exit.
[58:51] So, Gabrielle is in season 5, but in a
[58:55] significantly reduced role. He has a
[58:57] couple of scenes in the first episode
[58:59] and then he doesn't appear and he is not
[59:02] mentioned for the entire first half of
[59:04] the season. And we don't see him again
[59:05] until episode 5. And the only purpose of
[59:08] him coming back is only so the writers
[59:10] can write him out again until episode 9
[59:13] where he has one last scene with Emily
[59:16] and then leaves. He's also written
[59:18] better. Gabrielle in season 5, for the
[59:21] few scenes he's actually in, is the best
[59:24] version of the character so far. He
[59:26] feels less like the wimpy crybaby of the
[59:28] previous seasons and more like a
[59:30] reasonable guy. Even when he's having
[59:32] beef with Altoan over the restaurant,
[59:34] which is the most sleepind inducing
[59:36] thing that happened this season, you can
[59:38] actually agree with his arguments. It
[59:41] makes Luca Bravo's charisma come out
[59:43] more and it makes him more stomachable
[59:45] to have on screen. And case in point,
[59:47] despite being such a despised character,
[59:50] a lot of people have been saying that
[59:52] one of the few redeeming qualities this
[59:54] season is Gabrielle. So Gabrielle not
[59:57] being a huge part of season 5 actually
[59:59] helps the show feel more narratively
[60:01] balanced. But for the few scenes he's
[60:03] actually there, he's the best the
[60:05] character has ever been. I'm guessing
[60:07] the effort in the writing for him
[60:09] probably comes from how vocal Luca Bravo
[60:12] was about being bored of the character.
[60:14] Because unlike Kami, the show can't
[60:17] really afford to lose Gabrielle. He's
[60:20] Emily's big endgame. And that endgame is
[60:23] the one brain cell the show has ever
[60:25] had. Everything falls apart if he
[60:28] leaves. He can't [ __ ] off for good. So
[60:30] they probably panic when Luca started
[60:33] talking about leaving the show and
[60:34] thinking the show is dumb. And they had
[60:36] to put some effort in to keep him on and
[60:39] around in some capacity. And the finale
[60:42] suggests that he will return for season
[60:44] 6, which again makes me think that
[60:46] season 6 will be the final season of the
[60:49] show. There's no [ __ ] way Luca Bravo
[60:51] agreed to go past that. The season also
[60:54] significantly reduces the role of
[60:56] Genevieve, a side character introduced
[60:58] in season 4 that not a single person
[61:00] liked. So, the writers clearly didn't
[61:02] have much interest in keeping her
[61:04] around, especially because it's very
[61:06] obvious they don't really know what to
[61:08] do with her. She appears in a handful of
[61:10] scenes and is given a tiny like three
[61:13] scene arc that has for only purpose to
[61:15] give the characters a reason to kick her
[61:17] out of Ashel's Gateau and therefore a
[61:20] reason for the writers to kick her out
[61:22] of the show altogether. And thank God
[61:25] what a pointless character. Genevieve
[61:27] only existed to put a spotlight on an
[61:29] epo baby who probably really wanted a
[61:31] role. Goodbye. Who cares? What about the
[61:34] other characters? Sylvie again is just
[61:37] kind of coasting this season. Nothing's
[61:40] really going on with her. We're still on
[61:42] that impossibly long thread of her
[61:44] incomprehensible relationship with her
[61:46] husband that at this point doesn't make
[61:49] any sense anymore. These two are in an
[61:51] open marriage, but they both get jealous
[61:54] of the other partners all the time, but
[61:56] they also don't want to not be in an
[61:59] open marriage. So, they continue to
[62:01] sleep with other people and they keep
[62:04] getting jealous. It's like an endless
[62:06] loop where nothing is ever really
[62:08] resolved and nothing really ever
[62:10] evolves. Their relationship was never
[62:12] interesting to begin with. Nobody gives
[62:14] a [ __ ] about her husband. So, the more
[62:15] they try to play this up, the more
[62:17] uninteresting it becomes. It's
[62:19] maddeningly boring. I don't know why the
[62:21] writers seem to think the most
[62:23] accomplished thing they can do with
[62:25] Sylvie narratively is have her have an
[62:28] affair with a man half her age. It's a
[62:30] very popular thing in Hollywood
[62:32] currently to have these stories about
[62:34] female characters in their 40s and 50s
[62:36] having affairs with men in their 20s.
[62:39] And it's as if the show is trying to
[62:41] confirm that Sylvie is still hot. Not
[62:44] because she can have any man she wants,
[62:46] but because she can have young ones. And
[62:49] I just find that lame and weird. I don't
[62:52] know. Normalize dating people your age.
[62:55] This weird obsession with having
[62:57] middle-aged people hook up with 20somes
[63:00] just so yeah, the narrative peak of
[63:03] Sylvie this season is when she starts
[63:05] sleeping with some guy who is maybe 30
[63:07] years younger than her and she then
[63:09] realizes in the worst way possible that
[63:12] the guy is her best friend's son. That's
[63:15] it. And it's awkward because earlier
[63:19] Sylvie showed her a dickpick that she
[63:22] received from him and she liked it a lot
[63:26] and said a lot of things about it and
[63:28] now she's realizing it was her son's
[63:31] dick.
[63:34] That's really all they do with Sylvie
[63:36] this season. Aside from having her argue
[63:38] with her husband, Sylvie this season is
[63:40] just kind of there. I will say though, I
[63:43] do like that this season builds more of
[63:45] a mentor mentee relationship with Emily
[63:47] and Sylvie. Their friendship and the
[63:49] trust that's been built between them is
[63:51] actually a larger focus of the season.
[63:54] And seeing the mutual respect they have
[63:56] for one another and the teammates
[63:58] they've become is actually pretty cool.
[64:01] Turns out they work better when it's not
[64:02] the constant shtick of Sylvie hating
[64:04] Emily's guts. Their interactions
[64:06] actually lead to the best line of the
[64:08] season uttered by Sylvie. I want to
[64:10] prove the French can sell sex better
[64:12] than the Italians.
[64:14] >> But I'm American.
[64:16] >> Well, that's your problem. Don't make it
[64:17] ours.
[64:18] >> This season, they had more of a Harvey
[64:20] Spectre and Mike Ross type of energy,
[64:22] and I think it works so much better for
[64:24] their dynamic.
[64:27] I'm going to say something that's going
[64:28] to sound harsh, but it just has to be
[64:31] said. I think there is a conspiracy in
[64:34] Hollywood that was started by people in
[64:36] the industry who [ __ ] hate Ashley
[64:38] Park and they use this show as a way to
[64:41] humiliate her in the most devious ways
[64:44] they can think of. I think the writers
[64:46] are in on it. I think the people in
[64:48] charge of her endless musical numbers
[64:49] are in on it. I think the wardrobe
[64:52] department is in on it because holy
[64:55] [ __ ] whoever is responsible for styling
[64:58] Mindy's outfit should be sent to Asaban
[65:01] for at least as long as Sirius Black was
[65:03] in there. That person has a personal
[65:06] vendetta against Ashley. There is no
[65:08] other explanation. Mindy's wardrobe is a
[65:12] constant humiliation ritual. It is
[65:15] distracting to watch. And again, those
[65:19] musical numbers. Oh my god, everybody
[65:23] hates them. They know everybody hates
[65:26] them. There's an entire trend on Tik Tok
[65:29] with people watching the show and
[65:31] filming themselves skipping the Mindy
[65:34] singing scenes, but they just will not
[65:38] stop. They keep doing it, and they keep
[65:41] getting bigger and so much worse. Who is
[65:46] praying on this woman's downfall? They
[65:49] made her sing espresso.
[66:03] I don't think you have the facilities
[66:04] for that, big man.
[66:05] >> This has to be a conspiracy. This is an
[66:08] inside job. I swear the producers of the
[66:11] show are all trying to tank Ashley
[66:13] Park's career. I know it. I just can't
[66:16] prove it. And that's that's kind of it
[66:20] for the characters really. There's
[66:22] nothing to add. Mindy doesn't do much
[66:24] aside from singing and smooching with
[66:27] men. Alfie is there. He's reliable. He's
[66:31] likable. Still no life aside from
[66:33] whatever girl he's in love with. Julia
[66:35] and Luke are there, too.
[66:39] I don't know why, but they are. Julian
[66:41] doesn't have a story this season, and
[66:44] Luke is guess what? Stuck in a love
[66:48] triangle. Yes. Yes. The formula is alive
[66:51] and unwell. Long story short, Emily in
[66:54] Paris is style over substance, but to a
[66:57] degree that has gotten mind-numbing.
[66:59] People wait over a year to watch nothing
[67:03] happen for 10 episodes. That's kind of a
[67:06] crazy concept. And I think it's
[67:08] hilarious because during the press tour
[67:10] when the cast was being asked what we
[67:12] can expect from season 5, all of them
[67:14] are like, "Oh my god, there's going to
[67:17] be so many twists and turns. None of you
[67:19] are ready for the craziness of the
[67:22] twists and turns that will ensue." And
[67:24] it's like, "What do you mean? Nothing
[67:28] happened. It's literally 4 hours and 35
[67:32] minutes of people just kind of hanging
[67:34] out with nothing interesting to say.
[67:37] Nothing really happens for 10 episodes.
[67:40] And then the season ends with a bit of a
[67:42] twist as Sylvie randomly finds out in
[67:44] episode 9 that her husband is broke and
[67:47] in severe debt and that he borrowed $2
[67:49] million from Sylvy's mom behind her
[67:52] back, which causes her to be targeted by
[67:54] debt collectors as well. It's a very
[67:57] convoluted revelation that essentially
[67:58] means Sylvie is bankrupt and is forced
[68:01] to make questionable choices to save her
[68:03] company. Absolutely random twist that
[68:06] comes out of nowhere only to justify
[68:09] Sylvie asking for a divorce and to make
[68:11] us feel like there is tension to look
[68:13] forward to in season 6. But like, we
[68:16] know the show. Whatever issue there is
[68:18] will be resolved by episode 1 or two and
[68:21] like three or four scenes, and we're
[68:23] going to go right back to either shitty
[68:25] love triangles or literally nothing
[68:29] happening. There's a stupid
[68:30] misunderstanding with Emily and Marello
[68:33] where she believes Marello is proposing
[68:35] to her, so she says no preemptively. But
[68:38] it turns out he wasn't proposing to her.
[68:41] He was just keeping a ring for Nico who
[68:43] is about to propose to Meny. That
[68:45] incident makes Emily realize she doesn't
[68:47] want a life in Italy. Paris is now her
[68:50] home and she can't abandon it, even if
[68:52] it is for a perfect life in Rome. It's
[68:54] really stupid and it's only shoved in
[68:56] there to give Emily a viable reason to
[68:59] break up with Marello so we can go back
[69:02] to some Gabrielle [ __ ] in season 6.
[69:04] So, she breaks up with Marello and then
[69:07] she gets a postcard from Gabrielle who
[69:09] is telling her to come join him in
[69:10] Greece and that's like the big
[69:12] cliffhanger of the season. I guess it's
[69:15] giving Gabrielle will return in Avengers
[69:18] Doomsday. And I don't know if this is
[69:19] exciting for the fans or anything, but
[69:21] it doesn't seem like anybody was
[69:23] particularly impressed with this ending.
[69:25] So, I'm guessing season 6 is going to be
[69:28] Emily in Athens, Emily and Santorini,
[69:32] Emily Cooper and the Gods of Olympus.
[69:35] Ultimately, despite making a lot of good
[69:37] changes with the show for the first
[69:39] time, Emily in Paris season 5
[69:41] essentially dies by being the most
[69:43] uneventful season of the series. Even
[69:46] the finale is boring to watch. This is
[69:48] supposed to be the most exciting time of
[69:50] the season. Emily plans a fashion show
[69:53] for Marello's line. Something goes
[69:55] wrong. She finds a solution at the last
[69:58] second. Everything goes fantastic. The
[70:01] end. It's so bland. There's like a
[70:03] 5minute succession of scenes that is
[70:05] just so sleep inducing. You get a scene
[70:08] of Emily and Mindy having a drink at a
[70:10] terrace restaurant and talking about
[70:12] nothing. Then we cut to Emily and
[70:14] Marello at another terrace restaurant
[70:17] talking about nothing. And then we cut
[70:20] to Emily and Mindy again at yet another
[70:25] terrace restaurant talking about
[70:28] nothing. Three consecutive scenes of
[70:31] characters having random small talk in
[70:33] virtually the exact same setting. It's
[70:37] just so boring to watch, man. And the
[70:40] rest is just romantic stuff with no
[70:44] bones. Did anyone with more than two
[70:46] brain cells think Emily and Marello were
[70:48] going to end up together? Of course not.
[70:51] He's just a temporary thing in the
[70:53] middle of the Emily and Gabrielle thing.
[70:56] But everybody knows that. There isn't
[70:58] any reason to be engaged in this
[71:00] romance. We all know what the end is
[71:03] going to be. Nobody is ever going to
[71:05] work out because the writers clearly
[71:07] want Emily to finish the story with
[71:09] Gabrielle. So, I don't give a [ __ ] about
[71:12] any other love interest she will be
[71:14] given. I don't even give a [ __ ] about
[71:16] Gabrielle to begin with. So, imagine the
[71:18] other ones. And it's too bad because I
[71:20] think the show is on the right track
[71:22] with the character of Emily herself.
[71:24] They're finally finding a tiny little
[71:26] spark that could make her interesting.
[71:28] They're finally starting to flesh her
[71:30] out after half a decade. They're making
[71:33] adjustments to the show that make it
[71:35] less cringe to watch. They get rid of
[71:37] characters that drag the show down.
[71:40] Like, there are elements there, but they
[71:42] still can't commit to giving the show an
[71:45] actual story. Nothing happens, and it's
[71:48] boring. I've been saying it to the fans
[71:50] of the show for years. The fans who
[71:52] always say they like Emily and Paris
[71:54] because of the vibes. There is only so
[71:57] far this show will be able to go with
[72:00] just vibes. And those same fans that
[72:03] said, "I just don't get it." are now
[72:06] hating on the show because they're tired
[72:08] of it only offering vibes and they're
[72:11] bored. And I'm going to be that guy. I
[72:14] told you so. The problem when you
[72:16] willingly cheer for a show that
[72:18] shamelessly treats you like an idiot is
[72:21] that when you end up realizing you're
[72:23] the idiot, you get offended. Style over
[72:26] substance can be fun on the short term,
[72:28] but five seasons of a show giving you
[72:30] absolutely nothing is going to start to
[72:33] irritate you because you have a brain
[72:35] and your brain needs to feel stimulated
[72:38] when it's engaging with things. Nothing
[72:40] about Emily and Paris is stimulating.
[72:43] Like I said, there isn't much more to
[72:44] say about this season. Usually, I kind
[72:46] of dive into plot points, but I mean it.
[72:48] Nothing [ __ ] happens this season.
[72:50] There is nothing for me to talk about
[72:52] here. If it weren't for my desire to be
[72:55] fair and acknowledge Emily's drastic
[72:57] improvement as a character, I don't
[72:59] think I would have made a video, because
[73:01] there would be nothing for me to even
[73:03] talk about. Which makes me wonder if
[73:06] this might be the last Emily in Paris
[73:08] video I make. I mean, like I said, I'm
[73:10] betting my entire career that season 6
[73:13] will be the final season. So,
[73:14] theoretically, I only have one more
[73:17] video to make about this show. But in
[73:19] the event that I am wrong and season 6
[73:22] isn't the final season, if it follows
[73:25] this blueprint and doesn't change
[73:27] anything drastically, if nothing crazy
[73:29] happens to shake things up, I genuinely
[73:32] believe there is nothing left for me to
[73:34] say about this series. In that scenario,
[73:36] I might give Emily and Paris the same
[73:39] treatment I gave Riverdale to quit on
[73:41] the show until a final season is
[73:43] announced and then return for the series
[73:45] finale and make one final video to send
[73:48] it off in due form. But again, season 6
[73:51] will be the final season. I cannot see
[73:54] it going any other way. So, I guess I
[73:56] will be seeing you next year to put this
[73:58] thing to bed once and for all, and I can
[74:00] finally be freed from the shackles of
[74:03] Darren Star and his [ __ ] ass TV
[74:05] characters. Here's hoping.
[74:11] They made her sing espresso.
[74:16] I'm in my room.
[74:19] Still with them
[74:22] cowboy sounds.
[74:25] 6 years again.
[74:28] Don't break my groove again. Got nothing
[74:32] to prove. Yeah. Astro is true. Yeah. You
[74:37] will be disapproved.
[74:41] I'm in my
[74:43] still without
[74:47] cowboys
[74:48] and
[74:50] six years born again.
[74:53] Heat. Heat. N.