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title: 'Emily In Paris: Season 5 - Against All Odds... They Actually Fixed Her'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=w0Lj_7XBcJA'
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date: 2026-06-30
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# Emily In Paris: Season 5 - Against All Odds... They Actually Fixed Her

> Source: [Emily In Paris: Season 5 - Against All Odds... They Actually Fixed Her](https://youtube.com/watch?v=w0Lj_7XBcJA)

## Summary

The video analyzes Emily in Paris season 5, discussing its surprising renewal, poor fan reception, and the show's reliance on product placement. The creator highlights a 25% viewership decline and the season's lack of conflict, but praises the unexpected character development of Emily, who finally receives a backstory and redeeming qualities after five seasons.

### Key Points

- **Netflix Cancellation Patterns** [0:28] — Netflix cancels many shows between seasons 3 and 4 due to contractual pay increases, making long-running series rare.
- **Produced by Paramount** [2:42] — Emily in Paris is not a Netflix original; it's produced by Paramount, which uses the show as a vehicle to sell products, ensuring its survival.
- **Season 5 Release Model** [5:29] — All 10 episodes of season 5 were released on the same day, abandoning the two-part model used in season 4.
- **Poor Fan Reception** [6:17] — Season 5 was the most poorly received season by the show's own fan base, with even longtime defenders expressing disappointment.
- **Viewership Decline** [7:32] — Season 5 experienced a 25% decline in viewership compared to season 4, indicating waning interest.
- **Trailer Engagement Drop** [8:50] — The teaser for season 5 failed to reach 1 million views, and the official trailer got only 1.5 million views, half of season 4's trailer.
- **No Conflict in Season 5** [25:58] — The season lacks any real conflict; minor disagreements are resolved quickly, and the show relies on 'no thoughts, just vibes'.
- **Emily's Character Finally Fixed** [36:12] — For the first time, the show gives Emily a backstory (intimacy issues from her parents) and redeeming qualities, making her more sympathetic.
- **Emily's Backstory Revealed** [46:35] — Emily explains that her parents taught her that only achievements give her value, which drives her need to fix everything and avoid vulnerability.
- **Key Cast Departures** [57:54] — Camille (Kami Raza) left the show after season 4, and Gabrielle (Lucas Bravo) had a reduced role due to his frustration with the character.
- **Season 5 Cliffhanger** [69:04] — Emily breaks up with Marcello and receives a postcard from Gabrielle inviting her to Greece, setting up season 6.
- **Prediction: Season 6 Final** [73:51] — The creator predicts season 6 will be the final season because the cast's contracts are ending and many actors want to leave.

## Transcript

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