Emily in Paris is the latest big hit from Netflix, and its third season has started from an interesting position. Emily Cooper (Lily Collins) is back, with her job split between an American company and a new job at her adopted home in Paris.
So where will this leave Emily? A big part of the show’s status quo is people doing international business, promising to move out of Paris entirely. Given the direction Emily’s career is taking, she and her best friend Mindy Chen (Ashley Park) might be looking for a new apartment soon, but where does that leave the rest of the cast?
‘Emily in Paris’ splits between two countries
Emily’s life in Paris, and her apartment, were arranged by the American company she worked for before joining Savoir. The luxury marketing firm was acquired by an American corporation, and Emily was sent for a unique American perspective to liaise between that country and her French clients. But the second season ends with her loyalties decidedly divided from her.
Emily gets an offer she’d be crazy to turn down, given how hard it was to prove herself in the early episodes of the show. Sylvie Grateau (Phillippine Leroy-Beaulieu), her former boss, is starting a new company. The disgruntled marketing executive’s biggest new client wants Emily on board. And she seems to accept the offer when the season ends.
That puts the third season in a difficult situation. Emily ends up doing double duty between the two companies, but her apartment is set up by the American company she started with. Even if she didn’t lose the apartment, it’s definitely time for her and Mindy to move to a new place, since her big studio isn’t enough for two people.
Emily and Mindy need a home improvement
With Emily and Mindy in a relationship and in their early 20s and early 30s, it makes sense that they’d both look to get better. Emily is a seasoned marketing executive with a master’s degree in communications and several years of experience, so she will most likely transfer to Sylvie’s new company as director of marketing.
According to Salary, marketing director positions in Paris, France can pay upwards of $136,000 (USD), which means Emily can surely afford a new place in Paris. While Mindy doesn’t have an honest job, she does make some money and could probably contribute to a new platform if the two of them decide to find a bigger space, or are forced to at some point.
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A new apartment would change Emily and Gabriel’s relationship
Emily’s fraught romance with Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) has been a focal point of Emily’s entire career. Emily in Paris. They quickly hit it off as neighbors, and the marketing account executive and the French chef found an undeniable attraction to each other. Unfortunately, Emily’s new friend Camille is quickly revealed to be Gabriel’s longtime girlfriend.
Should she follow her heart and go after Gabriel? Or should he remain loyal to Camille? The new apartment situation should drastically change that status quo. They will have no excuse to see each other so often, since they will not live in the same building. That may finally push Emily into her other romance with English banker Alfie (Lucien Laviscount).
One thing’s for sure: if Emily moves out, she and Gabriel will have far fewer ways to explain to Camille why the two keep running into each other.