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cee-bee said:
It really did feel like s3 was getting into ridiculous soap opera territory

Why wasn’t Mindy trying to get her own apartment/place/room share? She was having a ton of sex in their *SHARED* bed and I didn’t notice no washing machine or trips to the launderette. I’m just hoping the same bedspread can be explained because Emily has several of the same…

Emily has previously mentioned about how she has pretty humble beginnings and she’s fairly junior in marketing - how does she afford all this Chanel and Prada and Ganni and kenzo? Why doesn’t she rewear a single thing? Who the heck goes for runs in a *white* Chanel tee shirt?

She loses her job but isn’t freaking out about loosing her apartment… that her job provided for her. Or how to afford to live in an expensive capital?! she’s not worried about money when she’s on a base rate wage and has an expensive Chanel habit?

and no one can tell me that taking Gabriel to a Michelin restaurant and charging it to the company isn’t some type of embezzlement or tax fraud or something.

none of it makes sense - it’s a great premise and hey, was even a bit satirical to begin with, but it’s gotten so ridiculous it isn’t even fantasy escape anymore.

I mean, if I was Emily tottering abut Paris in my ridiculous neon heels creating mindless drama with clients, I’d want to rock up to my studio apartment and crawl into bed without Benoit and Mindy’s damp spot. There’s no way 4 adults could be havig sex on the reg in the same bed and not have some sort of friendship-ending disaster.

(I have been to that bakery she gets her croissant from in S1 and can confirm it is delicious though)
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CAN DARREN STAR PLEASE ANSWER THESE QS!!!
 
cee-bee said:
It really did feel like s3 was getting into ridiculous soap opera territory

Why wasn’t Mindy trying to get her own apartment/place/room share? She was having a ton of sex in their *SHARED* bed and I didn’t notice no washing machine or trips to the launderette. I’m just hoping the same bedspread can be explained because Emily has several of the same…

Emily has previously mentioned about how she has pretty humble beginnings and she’s fairly junior in marketing - how does she afford all this Chanel and Prada and Ganni and kenzo? Why doesn’t she rewear a single thing? Who the heck goes for runs in a *white* Chanel tee shirt?

She loses her job but isn’t freaking out about loosing her apartment… that her job provided for her. Or how to afford to live in an expensive capital?! she’s not worried about money when she’s on a base rate wage and has an expensive Chanel habit?

and no one can tell me that taking Gabriel to a Michelin restaurant and charging it to the company isn’t some type of embezzlement or tax fraud or something.

none of it makes sense - it’s a great premise and hey, was even a bit satirical to begin with, but it’s gotten so ridiculous it isn’t even fantasy escape anymore.

I mean, if I was Emily tottering abut Paris in my ridiculous neon heels creating mindless drama with clients, I’d want to rock up to my studio apartment and crawl into bed without Benoit and Mindy’s damp spot. There’s no way 4 adults could be havig sex on the reg in the same bed and not have some sort of friendship-ending disaster.

(I have been to that bakery she gets her croissant from in S1 and can confirm it is delicious though)
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Yuck!! I did not pick up on the shared bed situation:sick:

You have to suspend your critical thinking abilities to be able to watch - there's no point applying the rules of logic as they don't apply to Emily!
 
Pierre being run over after the near miss is the one time in the whole season where I didn't mind them doing the most predicable and obvious thing.

The show isn't aware or in on the joke of how silly it is.

There was a bench scene of Emily and Mindy (e6 or 7) where the continuity was so bad that they kept jumping about between each shot. I know shows are littered with continuity errors, but usually you have to be looking for them and they aren't this obvious.

95% of the characters could be run over and I wouldn't care. Jac is about the only regular that matters. The British guy is terrible. He's hot but awful actor and character. Should have been binned at the first episode and replaced with someone fresh, or at least fell out of the hot air balloon on that terrible chroma screen scene. Him and Gabriel do nothing for the show.

With Emily being boring and wooden the show needs a constant supply of interesting men chucking themselves at her to balance it out. Should have left it at one season so it was a mildly enjoyable fantasy to enjoy during lockdown.
 
Love reading everyone's comments on how dreadful the show is 😂

I can report back to say that I haven't bothered continuing watching the show since I finished episode 3. It just doesn't interest me anymore! I will say again that I don't like Alfie and knowing he is in every episode makes me not want to watch it even more 😂😂

It's a shame as I did love S1.
 
I might have given up after episode 1 if I'd known Alfie wouldn't stay in London for more than a few minutes.

But at least they really padded out his character this season. He doesn't just hate Paris and like football, he's also been hurt by ex's 🙄

One dimensional characters work in something like allo allo, but not in this.
 
Yel said:
I might have given up after episode 1 if I'd known Alfie wouldn't stay in London for more than a few minutes.

But at least they really padded out his character this season. He doesn't just hate Paris and like football, he's also been hurt by ex's 🙄

One dimensional characters work in something like allo allo, but not in this.
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I can't work out if his character would be better with a less wooden actor or if the shoddy writing would make it impossible regardless
 
Yel said:
I might have given up after episode 1 if I'd known Alfie wouldn't stay in London for more than a few minutes.

But at least they really padded out his character this season. He doesn't just hate Paris and like football, he's also been hurt by ex's 🙄

One dimensional characters work in something like allo allo, but not in this.
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Don’t forget he likes beer #lad

I’m disappointed they didn’t do Emily visiting London tbh, that was the only reason I was at all interested in vapid Alfie
 
Emily in London would at least make Alfie have a single purpose.

I think with that actor and character there was never any hope. They must have heard his attempt at a cockney accent and said fabulous, let's go with that 😬

The grey goose vodka must be the worst product placement in the whole season. Even if Alfie was tacky enough to like that brand, I can't imagine it would be easy to find a bottle in Paris and none of the self respecting Parisians would want such a tres embarrassant vodka. Go home rosbif 😆

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Great to read back these comments after just finishing season 3.

Some of my thoughts on some of the characters!

Alfie - I haven't seen the actor in anything else, so wasn't sure if it was a badly written character or his wooden acting. Perhaps an element of both. That said, I think Alfie deserves a girlfriend who treats him better than Emily. I find a real lack of chemistry between them - when he came back off the train from London, they just greeted each other with a peck on the lips. No cuddle, or more passionate kissing. Definitely not a young loved up couple who have been apart for a few days (however long it was supposed to be).

Gabriel - he was more interesting in season 1 and throughout season 2 and 3 has just got progressively more dull and one dimensional. Yes, like Alfie, he's very nice to have on my screen, but has about as much depth as a puddle.

Camille - Beautiful looking lady who, for some inexplicable reason, has been hideously dressed/styled this season. When she re-started her friendship with Emily, I did not believe it was genuine on her part. I felt she was scheming the whole time.

Mindy - Why on earth is she dressed like a hooker?! Again, she is a beautiful lady and I'm certainly no prude, but for goodness sake, is there any need for her to look so cheap?

All of this sounds like I really didn't enjoy it, that's not at all true, I love the fun and escapism of the show, I'm not fussed about the plot holes like how often they wash their bed sheets (god, it's boring enough washing my own, I don't sit down to watch Netflix to think about anyone else's laundry!). I felt this series had a lot more French dialogue than before, I love the French/European cast. They haven't just filled the show with Brits/Americans pretending to be French. Sylvie, Luc and Julien are really entertaining and enjoyable to watch. Quite a few really funny moments for me in this season (in the spoiler).

Pierre Cadaeu missing being run down by the cyclist only to be hit by the car
Luc's tux being spoiled by the tomato soup even though it was blatantly obvious as soon as the bowl of soup appeared in shot
Luc and his michelin star inspector girlfriend
Sylvie watching the Air France design reveal - she didn't need to anything, her face said it all lol
Sylvie and Madeleine appearing in the same outfit

My apologies for this brain dump LOL. I have family who live in France, I've enjoyed French culture a lot over the years so I like seeing the shots of Paris, cafes, restaurants, countryside, chateau's etc. I liked having this to watch through cold, wet, winter nights and will definitely look forward to season 4 regardless of how ludicrous and hugely unrealistic it's all getting!
 
I’ve started to call Antoine the fairy godfather.

How convenient that when Gabriel voices ambitions to own his ow restaurant, ✨poof✨ Antoine buys it out

when Alfie wants to stay in Paris ✨poof✨ He’s given a CFO role despite being in his 20s

but I guess it’s a running theme, of life just apparently being ultra convenient …

Gabriel says he wants a Michelin star and, oh my gosh. What a happy coincidence! Luc’s girlfriend is able to give him one!

Mindy wants to launch a music career so *of course* the owner of the nightclub loves her. *of course* the DJ is happy to play her song because everyone at the pool just *loves* it.

Camille runs an art gallery and *of course* it’s a roaring success.

emily pitched a “Mc baguette” and everyone is like;



everyone is the best ever at their jobs, the most talented, the most well connected. Darren star and the writing team must be on mushrooms when they write this tit
 
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cee-bee said:
I’ve started to call Antoine the fairy godfather.

How convenient that when Gabriel voices ambitions to own his ow restaurant, ✨poof✨ Antoine buys it out

when Alfie wants to stay in Paris ✨poof✨ He’s given a CFO role despite being in his 20s

but I guess it’s a running theme, of life just apparently being ultra convenient …

Gabriel says he wants a Michelin star and, oh my gosh. What a happy coincidence! Luc’s girlfriend is able to give him one!

Mindy wants to launch a music career so *of course* the owner of the nightclub loves her. *of course* the DJ is happy to play her song because everyone at the pool just *loves* it.

Camille runs an art gallery and *of course* it’s a roaring success.

emily pitched a “Mc baguette” and everyone is like;



everyone is the best ever at their jobs, the most talented, the most well connected. Darren star and the writing team must be on mushrooms when they write this tit
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I haven’t read into it like you have !’n I didn’t even click on that Mindy and Emily share a bed 🤣🤣. I hardly question it dunno why.
 
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