Emily in Paris season four review: Steamy scenes on a rooftop, a menage a quatre ...

Emily's back in the City of Love, writes SARAH RAINEY By Sarah Rainey Published: 01:17, 16 August 2024 | Updated: 01:24, 16 August 2024 e-mail View comments Rating: Flouncing its way into August, a whirlwind of day-glo designer outfits and romantic frippery, Emily In Paris — the show all serious TV critics love to hate — is back. The first half of the fourth series, starring Lily Collins as the eponymous Emily, is now streaming on Netflix and fans (myself unashamedly included) have been binge-watching the lot. We've waited almost two years for the latest instalment — series three premiered in December 2022 — and this one picks up where the last left off.

Emily is still torn between her two loves, 'Hot Chef' Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) — whose fiancée, bisexual Camille (Camille Razat), stormed out of their wedding and announced her pregnancy in the closing moments of series three — and suave businessman Alfie, played by British actor Lucien Laviscount. Emily's best friend, aspiring Eurovision singer Mindy (Ashley Park), is caught in her own love triangle, while her marketing firm boss, the indomitable Sylvie (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu) is wrestling with personal and professional loyalties, as she chain-smokes her way through long Parisian lunches. The first half of the fourth series, starring Lily Collins as the eponymous Emily, is now streaming on Netflix and fans have been binge-watc.