It’s finally back after a two-year hiatus, but Emily In Paris fans were left choking on their buttered croissants after settling down to watch the first five episodes of season four on Thursday.
The show, starring Lily Collins as its fashion obsessed titular character, has enjoyed enormous success following its initial launch on Netflix in 2020.
Now into its fourth season, the show returned on August 15 with five new episodes of an expected ten, but viewers were divided after watching them back-to-back.
Of the numerous points raised across social media, Emily’s decision to end her complex love triangle by ditching hunky Brit Alfie, played by Lucien Laviscount, and embark on a relationship with the less popular Gabriel, played by Lucas Bravo, had many crying sacré bleu in disbelief.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, one dismayed viewer raged: ‘Emily choosing Gabriel is so boring.’
It’s finally back after a two-year hiatus, but Emily In Paris fans were left choking on their buttered croissants after settling down to watch the first five episodes of season four
A second added: ‘No Alfie, no clout!’
A third commented: ‘new season of emily in paris and i just wanna say that i still absolutely cannot stand emily and gabriel together THEY ARE SO ANNOYING… alfie was right there babe.’
A fourth added: ‘Unpopular hot take – Emily and Gabriel are kind of annoying as a couple.
‘Kind of hoping Emily ends up with someone completely different (bc she doesn’t deserve Alfie anymore at this point either) or even better why not be a happy, content single person?’
While a fifth commented: ‘Still not on the Emily and Gabriel train.’
Others disagreed, with one adding: ’emily and gabriel even if they aren’t endgames, they always will be in my eyes because they were soulmates from the beginning I don’t care about the rest.’
A second wrote: ‘GABRIEL IS THE HOTTEST MAN ALIVE AHHHHHH.’
Elsewhere there was mild criticism of the returning show’s quality, as well as Lily Collins’ latest performance as Emily.
Emily’s decision to end her complex love triangle by ditching hunky Brit Alfie, played by Lucien Laviscount, and embark on a relationship with the less popular Gabriel, played by Lucas Bravo (pictured, right), had many crying sacré bleu in disbelief
‘season 4, seems to have jumped the shark,’ wrote one. ‘Every favourite character is present, but they are simply going through the motions.
‘The masquerade ball was probably the worst episode. I had to take a break after 3 episodes, when I normally binge-watch.’