C'est un miracle!
Emily In Paris, one of the smash hit shows of 2020, has started filming its second season. It seemed inevitable. It was one of Netflix's bonafide hits of the year, and I know very few people who didn't catch at least one episode. But I dared not take it as a given: in TV, nothing is certain, and the show was so divisive that I feared that a few mean critics might put off those in charge. Plus, there's that global pandemic. Nevertheless, my prayers are answered: the cast - including Lily Collins - have descended on the French capital once more to give us our next fix. I loved the first season, finding it the perfect antidote to troubled times, and I can't wait for a second offering.
But, even as a fan, I have some requests forDarren Star, the show's creator and all-round television genius. Darren, if you're reading this, this is my wish list for Emily In Paris, Season 2:
Emily should learn French. Yes, I know she's trying. She should try harder.
Emily should learn about social media. She's really not very good at it. She commits faux pas, relies on cliche, and she posts hashtags with apostrophes. Isn't she supposed to be an expert?
Emily has moved to Paris and made only a few friends, including Camille. This chic, blonde art-type took Emily under her wing, showing her the best of what the city has to offer and even taking her to her family home to bag her a client. How did Emily repay her? She slept with her boyfriend. I hope there are real, long-standing consequences for Emily. Camille should find out. Lily's new champagne signing should leave the agency. Camille should cut her off, resisting the TV cliche of forgiveness of an unforgivable slight. Their friendship should be over.
Gabriel's blossoming business venture should go under. Most restaurants fail in their first six months. The investment is irrelevant: however good his food, it's just not feasible that a restaurant of this cosy size and limited reach would compete with Paris's gourmet offerings and cover its costs in time for its avaricious silent partner to be satisfied that he had made the right decision.
Emily should go for a sexual health check-up. I love that she is a young woman who is not afraid of enjoying sex. She has enjoyed dalliances with three men during her tenure in the city, with more suitors circling. I think she should continue to sample the smorgasbord of sex that has lain before her. But she also needs to be responsible and take care of her body: a sexually active person - any gender, any age - would be advised to screen for STDs. It doesn't matter what contraception she's using.
I don't want to hear the C word. As in, there should be no mention of coronavirus. Emily should not wear couture face coverings or Gucci hazmat suits. There should not be an episode where Emily and Gabriel want to sleep together again but cannot, because they're not supposed to be in the same apartment. Nobody watches Emily In Paris to get a glimpse of reality, and while many of the points I'm suggesting here are about the show's lack of believability, this is one step away from reality I can forgive.
Julien should get a back story that makes him something more than a boring gay cliche.
Sylvie should remain everyone's favourite Ice Queen. So many romantic comedies and shows of this nature make the resident mean girl eventually reveal their insecurities. We've seen a tinge of this from Sylvie. It was enough. Leave it at that. If anything, I want her to be meaner. Maybe, in Season 2, she should actually slap Emily.
While we're on Sylvie, I want more. More lines. More storylines. Why stop there. Why not have a standalone episode dedicated to her? A spin-off series about her origins? Or one based in an alternative dimension where her life is never blighted by an American brat in an Eiffel Tower blouse?
Emily should get robbed. Like, literally robbed. She's always putting her designer bags on the cobbled ground as she sits in cafes and bats her eyelashes at passersby, and takes selfies with well-manicured hands out-stretched. She would have been mugged by now. She needs to learn to watch her stuff. Paris is a big city and its crime rate reflects this. Maybe she should be robbed by Lupin, on his way to a real heist.
That's it. For now. As we wait for the show to return, this list will surely grow. What do you want from Emily In Paris Season 2?
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