After four years and four seasons of television, Emily Cooper has finally been in Paris for an entire year. That’s right: despite seasonal hopscotch, some misleading pregnancy timelines, and a general sense among the show’s audience, characters, and seemingly even writers that our plucky young marketing phenom has been in Paris forever, it’s really only been about 12 months in “Emily in Paris” time. June has happened roughly 14 times, and Christmas once. Gabriel has had his own restaurant for about three months and can’t believe that he wasn’t awarded a Michelin star within weeks of opening (honestly, what’s the point of it all?). Camille was pregnant for between 8 and 27 weeks. People are beginning to ask questions that the show just can’t answer.
But “Emily in Paris” is not, in any meaningful sense, a show about characters or narratives that take place over the course of specific timelines. It’s about outfits, vibes, meet cutes, breakups, and most importantly, pitch …
