‘Emily In Paris’ Is ‘Ringard’ Itself: Season 2 Review

‘Emily In Paris’ Is ‘Ringard’ Itself: Season 2 Review

Lily Collins as Emily in 'Emily in Paris'. (Photo Credit: Carole Bethuel/Netflix) The second season of Emily in Paris has only been on Netflix since December 22, and it has already jumped to the top of Netflix's Top 10 Shows this Holiday Season. This season 2 sees Emily continuing to struggle in settling in to her new Parisian life. Emily is as "ringarde" as she was in Season 1. But isn't Emily in Paris, the show itself, as "ringard" as it purports Emily to be? If you have not watched the first season, somehow missed the hype last year, this review may have spoilers. Season 2 of Emily in Paris continues where the first season left us off. Now a little more savvy about life in Paris, Lily Collins' Emily can now navigate the French capital better, but she still struggles in understanding the idiosyncrasies of French life. By falling into the arms of her hot neighbor, Gabriel the chef (Lucas Bravo), Emily betrays her first and only real French friend, Camille (Camille Razat), and inadvertently, the series suggests, stumbles into a love triangle—a "ménage à trois" how very French! Although Emily tries to focus all her attention on her