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*Warning – major spoilers ahead Emily in Paris Season Five*
If you haven’t heard the news: Emily in Paris Is there now Emily in Romebut while Lily Collins’s new power-bobbed marketing executive Wandering among palaces and stone piazzas on velvet platforms, Thinking of plans for my agencyIn Paris, her best friend and ex-boyfriend are having an affair behind her back. Gasp!
Ashley ParkTalent show dropout mindy and Lucien Laviscount’s cockney boy Alfie They kiss for the first time after a glass of rosé turns into two bottles on a spontaneous night. They are both surprised by their connection, but swear it can never happen again unless they are staying in the same hotel while visiting Emily in Rome (what a coincidence!). Then, a plucky Alfie gives Mindy an erotic (?) tango lesson (honestly, don’t ask). They bail on Emily to go and kiss them in an alley, which she inevitably finds out about, resulting in a physical altercation involving a croissant (no, really). Friendship is on the rocks. Girl code has officially been broken.
as one Emily in Paris Apologies – I believe this is the perfect slope for numbing the mind after a long day – I just didn’t see that coming. There’s never been a romantic spark between Mindy and Alfie in previous episodes, and the actor’s attempts to fake chemistry aren’t convincing either. But if you can put aside the fleeting plot and incomplete character development, this silly whirlwind of nonsense is actually saying something about the teen scripture that is Girl Code: It’s coming to an end.
Girl Code is a series of unwritten rules for female friendship, and one of its cornerstones is that you should never date your friend’s ex-girlfriends. Even if the pairing has romantic potential and the friend has happily moved on, it has to end. This dogma has become a bit out of date in the current dating climate, which is largely shaped by hyper-individualism, when people are advised to “do what makes you happy” rather than living their lives worrying about upsetting others. Refusing to let your friend date an ex makes you dramatic and shows that you still have feelings for them.
Leave the extremely realistic world that is Emily in ParisMindy doesn’t seem phased by the laws of the Girl Code – she’s more concerned about her next hook-up with Alfie. Our Emily is clearly upset by the news of the new fling (she avoids Mindy like the plague while training for a half-marathon). But after some passive-aggressive exchanges, Emily admits that she wouldn’t have done it. all that’s going on If only they had told him the truth from the beginning. It seems like modern-day girl code is all about transparency, a cursory message to say: “Hey, how would you feel if I dated your ex-girlfriend?” Instead of running around as if you have some secret affair going on.
But it would be extremely ironic to get a lesson in girl code from Emily Cooper, the queen of messy love triangles. She has, for the past 40 episodes of this massive Netflix series, been playing tug of war with Camille (played by Camille Razat) over her former partner Gabriel. Emily continued to pretend to be Camille’s friend, claiming to be Camille’s friend, a mere feint to be able to share a secret glance with Gabriel before their inevitable meeting. Emily is hardly a trustworthy friend. I would also argue that her relationship with Alfie was merely a placeholder before she and Gabriel got back together.
for a while now, Emily in Paris The price is declining; The same stories have been repeated in the last three seasons. Alfie. Gabriel. Alfie again. Gabriel again. We’re now onto its 50th episode, and nothing really significant has happened. But between the panoramic drone shots of Paris and Rome and the heinous product placement, perhaps season five gives us something to consider about female friendship, if nothing else.