Emily in Paris (or should I say, Emily in Pair-ee), follows Emily Cooper, a young marketing
exec from Chicago.
Just as Emily’s boss, Madeline, is about to take a job at the Paris-based marketing
firm Savoir she discovers that she’s pregnant and makes the decision to stay in Chicago
to raise her baby.
And so, Emily takes the job and relocates to France.
She creates the @EmilyInParis Instagram account to chronicle her new life, but things aren’t
quite as magical as she first anticipated.
Her bright and upbeat demeanor immediately puts her at odds with her new boss Sylvie.
Sylvie seems to be stuck in her old ways, and grows resentful of Emily’s creative
new ideas and wholesome charm winning over both old and new clients for Savoir.
Making things even more tense in Emily’s relationship with Sylvie is that one of Savoir’s
main clients, Antoine, the owner of a perfume company, has been having a years long affair
with Sylvie but also seems to be taking a liking to Emily.
And though it’s eventually revealed that Antoine’s feelings for Emily are platonic
and not romantic, Emily does help Sylvie recognize that she deserves more than being a mistress.
Other colleagues at Savoir include the dramatic Julien and the quirky Luc, who at first follow
Sylvie’s lead in icing out Emily, but are quickly won over by her persistent positivity.
Meanwhile, Emily’s Instagram account is gaining followers fast, leading to Emily becoming
an influencer in her own right, allowing her to use her newfound clout to bring in new
clients for Savoir.
While things are going great for her professionally,
Emily’s personal life is a bit more complicated.
Dealing with cultural differences and a language barrier leads to Emily feeling like an outcast.
Luckily, she befriends Mindy, the daughter of a wealthy Chinese family who now works
as a nanny in Paris.
Mindy had big dreams of being a professional singer, but after an embarrassing performance
on China’s biggest singing competition show, she abandoned her dreams and moved to Paris
to live a simpler life.
Mindy helps introduce Emily to all of the fun that Paris has to offer.
In moving to Paris, Emily left behind her boyfriend Doug in Chicago with the intention
of having a long distance relationship.
But the distance becomes too much for Doug, and the two break up, leaving Emily single
in the most romantic city on Earth.
She develops feelings for her neighbor Gabriel, who lives in the apartment below hers.
But that attraction is complicated when Emily discovers that Gabriel has a girlfriend, Camille,
who strikes up a genuine friendship with Emily.
As Emily and Gabriel grow closer, even sharing a kiss, Emily begins to feel guilty about
betraying Camille and tries to pull away from Gabriel.
Meanwhile, for Gabriel and Camille, their relationship begins to strain on its own.
Gabriel is a chef with dreams of buying the restaurant he currently works at, and Camille
asks her family to loan Gabriel the money required for the purchase.
But Gabriel refuses the money, not wanting to be indebted to Camille’s family.
Everything comes to a head in the season finale.
Emily secures fashion icon Pierre Cadault as a client for Savoir, but when he’s the
target of embarrassing publicity stunts at the hands of young streetwear designers Grey
Space, Pierre loses confidence in himself and pulls out of Paris Fashion Week.
The debacle causes Sylvie to fire Emily.
But after Emily delivers a pep talk to Pierre, the designer is inspired for a new collection
and the Savoir team hijack Grey Space’s venue to premiere his new looks.
The event is a huge success, and Sylvie decides to keep Emily on as an employee at Savoir.
Things are much more complicated for Emily in her personal life.
Her best friend Mindy takes a part time job singing at a drag club and is subsequently
fired by her conservative employers for whom she nannies.
So now Mindy was forced to move in with Emily.
Emily also begins a burgeoning relationship with Pierre Cadault’s nephew, Mathieu, who
after the huge success of fashion week, offers to whisk Emily away to a romantic vacation
in Saint Tropez.
Gabriel, meanwhile, decides to buy a cheaper restaurant in Normandy, leading to his imminent
departure from Paris.
This fractures his relationship with Camille, and knowing this could be the last time she
would see Gabriel, Emily decides to give in to her feelings and sleep with him.
Buuuuuut on the day of Gabriel’s departure he gets an offer from Antoine to invest in
his Paris restaurant, meaning Gabriel would be staying around after all.
And so, as season one comes to a close, Emily is caught between her loyalty to her friend
Camille, her burgeoning relationship with Mathieu, and her true feelings for Gabriel.
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In season 2 of Emily in Paris, Matthieu discovers that Emily and Gabriel slept together.
In response, Matthieu breaks up with Emily and tells her to go on the St. Tropez vacation
with Gabriel.
Instead, Emily invites her friends Mindy and Camille.
While in St. Tropez, Emily runs into her boss, Sylvie, and discovers that she is married
to a man named Laurant, although they are currently living separate lives.
Also in St. Tropez, Emily meets famous designer Gregory Dupree, who claims to be a longtime
friend of Pierre Cadault, and offers to help promote Cadault’s new luggage.
Unfortunately for Emily, Gregory is actually a former protege and current rival to Cadault,
and his offer of promotion was actually only meant to humiliate his former mentor.
In response to this massive business error, Emily is removed from the Cadault account
and replaced by Julien.
Back in Paris, Emily throws herself a birthday party where she attempts to reunite Gabriel
and Camille to alleviate the guilt she feels over her and Gabriel’s tryst.
Unfortunately, Camille learns from Matthieu that he broke up with Emily due to her having
an affair.
And when Camille finds Gabriel’s favorite pan in Emily’s apartment, she finally realizes
that Emily and Gabriel had slept together.
And so, Camille publicly confronts Emily at her birthday, accusing her in front of all
of her friends and co-workers of sleeping with Gabriel.
This personal conflict also interferes with Emily’s work, as Camille’s family champagne
business was a client of Savoir.
In an attempt to make amends with Camille, Emily agrees to a pact that neither woman
would pursue a relationship with Gabriel.
But that is easier said than done, as Antoine tasks Emily with leading the marketing for
the grand opening of his and Gabriel’s restaurant, which forces Emily and Gabriel to spend more
time together.
Meanwhile, Emily meets a man from London named Alfie in her French language class.
At first the two butt heads over Alfie’s sour attitude and dismissiveness of Paris’
fun and romance, eventually they begin to develop feelings for each other.
But it’s not just Emily who begins a new romance.
Mindy joins a band and begins dating the guitarist,
Benoit, while Sylvie begins dating a young
photographer named Erik.
Meanwhile, Sylvie begins butting heads with Savoir’s American boss, Madeline, who arrives
in Paris to make some changes to their business.
Notably, Savoir has been seriously undercharging Antoine for their services.
When Madeline discovers that Sylvie had previously been involved in a years-long affair with
Antoine, she contemplates firing Sylvie.
When Madeline discovers that Gregory has fired his PR firm and was in need of a new team,
she makes moves for Savoir to take him on as a client, despite Sylvie warning her that
Gregory was a business rival of their current client, Cadault.
Madeline arranges for Cadault to attend Gregory’s fashion shows in an attempt to get the two
men to make amends.
Unfortunately, Cadault is so impressed by the event that he becomes angry that Savoir
has never helped him accomplish something of a similar magnitude, prompting him to fire
Savoir.
Madeline is furious by this turn of events and demands answers from Sylvie.
Instead, Sylvie resigns, alongside Luc and Julien, to start her own, new PR firm.
As the season comes to a close, Emily is left with two major life choices.
Professionally, she must decide between staying loyal to Madeline, or accepting an offer to
join Sylvie at her new firm.
Romantically, Alfie is forced to return to London for work, but declares his desire to
continue pursuing a relationship with Emily.
And though she has feelings for Alfie, she also still had unresolved feelings for Gabriel.
As Emily goes to Gabriel’s apartment to express those feelings, she discovers that
Gabriel and Camille have gotten back together.