"Emily in Paris" was something that hooked me in quickly. I never felt that Lily Collins had a riveting presence, but she was cute and petite and could easily wear all the amazing Paris fashions that the fashion department find for her. She does have a bit of a (sexless) girl-next-door appeal, and she has a bit of spunk, but not too much. In many ways, "Emily" might be the star that drives this train, but there is no question that both Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as "Sylvie" and Ashley Park as "Mindy Chen" steal each episode away from Lily. I think Lily Collins is smart and she realizes what she can and can't do. She is surrounded by beautiful, talented, funny people and she can float by in gorgeous fashions and deliver smart patter, and all of it seems to work.
This episode finally brings together not only Season 4, which was, in general, a meandering disaster, but ties together all 4 seasons in fun, exciting and unexpected ways. It's the type of episode that "Emily" should be aiming for every single time.
The beauty of having watched every episode of all 4 seasons is that everything pays off in a great way in "All Roads Lead to Rome."
The joy of EIP is that it's frothy and fun and sexy, cool and fashionable and Insta ready. This is not a deep show that is going to make you sob or think about what life means. But it should bring you lots of laughs, and sometimes that's enough for me.
There is a lot of eye candy among the men. The three romantic leads all have great appeal, with Lucien Laviscount ("Alfie") vying for sexiest man on earth. Samuel Arnold and Bruno Gouery as "Julien" and "Luc" have a sort of "Laurel & Hardy" energy and they are quite the comic relief. And Julien gets to wear the most amazing fashions.
If you need a break from your day and you don't mind fluffy, frothy and fun, this is great entertainment, and this episode made up for the lackluster episodes that preceded it this season.
