In three seasons and less than a year in the life of Emily Cooper, our plucky Chicago girlboss’s Parisian adventures in love and marketing have somehow gone from infuriatingly absurd to deflatingly dull. Season three revolves around endless workplace furniture-moving that ultimately leaves our core Savoir team almost exactly where they began; on the romantic front, Emily, Mindy, and Sylvie all find themselves locked in deeply forgettable love triangles. After two vibrantly chaotic seasons about the misadventures of an American girl with all the depth of an Instagram photo but an unparalleled ability to inspire instant loathing, this season found the show treading water.
So what happened? Mostly, it’s the original sins of the show coming home to roost: a protagonist written with minimal emotional depth, and played with even less by a lead actress who struggles to display chemistry with any romantic interest; the show’s fixation on work and Emily’s workaholism, which set the stage for e…
