Emily in Paris season 3: So much in so little time

On reflection, Nietzsche’s writings seem to have been written by him. Beyond Good and Evil, he was likely thinking of Netflix’s hit comedy Emily in Paris, a show that, three seasons , has transcended simple labels like “good” or “bad.” The series, about plucky millennial Chicagoan Emily Cooper (Lily Collins) trying to make it as a marketing executive in Paris, operates by a fantasy logic so incomprehensible it might as well be Narnia.

This includes how time works: its third season, which premiered on Dec. 21, picks up immediately after the previous year’s cliffhanger — wherein Emily’s American boss Madeline (Kate Walsh) arrives in Paris to take over the French agency Emily has been her liaison to, throwing Emily’s life into chaos.

Here’s why this is bonkers: The reason Emily is even in Paris is because in the show’s premiere, Madeline gets pregnant and decides to send Emily in her stead. Madeline finally arrives Very If she is pregnant, and has no other children, all thirty episodes of Emily in ParisThe nine-month period that has elapsed so far spans roughly nine months. There have been nine months of:

• Multiple love triangles are possible (only one). Couple Emily is the one!
• An arc where Emily’s friend Mindy is revealed to be a Secret Princess
• Mindy’s journey from singing to busking is another arc.
• Many “product launches” (I don’t know what those are.)

Emily in ParisThis is in some ways the girlboss’ version of Dragon Ball Z’s Hyperbolic Time Chamber, with an impossible amount of work challenges, dates, and fish-out-of-water hijinks to fit in a single day. Then someone abruptly tells Emily about the summer solstice celebration in Paris like she’s never seen it before and the viewer remembers, Oh, right. It hasn’t been that long at all — a thought that, for audience members over the age of 30, will likely age them another two years. If Emily hasn’t been in Paris for one year yet, what year is it? When did the series premiere? (Yikes!) Emily, what do you know about NFTs?! BeReal? You are the real deal Barbie movie trailer?

Benoit Blanc said that the show makes absolutely no sense. But I keep watching. Emily in Paris and I will continue to watch — on purpose, unlike Paul Schrader — and only partly because it has the most insane outfits this side of Japanese role-playing games. Emily in Paris This story remains captivating because of its simplicity. It’s not just a clever collection of hijinks, but a series of superficial tics about one type of millennial striver. They are arranged by an trickster god that doesn’t say if he loves him or loathes his subject. It’s a Saturday Night Live skit no one realizes they’re in, a window into a world where the millennial hustle still works out for people to the point that if they had as many hours in a day as Emily did, they’d probably spend them thinking about work.