The first half of Emily in Paris’s fourth season ends with a surprise—Emily Cooper, it turns out, will no longer be in Paris. Instead, she will go to Rome: Her boss, Sylvie (played by Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu), needs Emily to open her marketing agency’s new Italian office.
It’s not a move that makes any logical sense; Emily does not speak Italian, while two of her coworkers do. Also, wouldn’t there be visa issues? But to the viewer, it eventually makes all the sense in the world. A hot guy is there.
His name is Marcello, which I had to google. (Excepting Emily’s own, I forget most of the character names in the Emily in Paris universe, preferring to call them “hot” plus their job. Some examples: hot chef, hot finance bro,and so on.) In addition to being hot, he’s also rich. He’s the heir apparent to a Loro Piana–type cashmere company, plays polo, and skis in Megève. And in …