Even from the first episode it was as clear as a French tear after the World Cup final: the biggest trouble of "Emily in Paris" is Emily.
The realization of the dream of immigrating and conquering Paris on stiletto heels is what made the series so popular.
A common sight in the city of lights is tourist nurses in red berets who take selfies for Instagram against the background of the Eiffel Tower and dream that they are Emily.
Except that being Emily Cooper (Lily Collins) is a crooked ambition.
Emily is a character who should not be a role model.
Annoying, selfish, absurd, arrogant and clichéd - in the spirit of the entire series, a cliché of Paris in the eyes of American creators.
Emily got to be a stereotype of a beautiful girl who gets out of embarrassing to impossible situations with a smile.
Life somehow works out for her and she easily achieves her desires and is therefore convinced that she is omniscient.
Life is easy.
"Emily in Paris", photo: Netflix, Instagram
Excessive irrationality
Emily has no bad intentions - she wants to help and assist, and do good to her hater as well.
Once she has to exist and act as a character, she tends to think only of herself and dismiss others.
She has a childish narcissism that usually pays off for her.
Emily Cooper is forgiven for everything, because she is also warm, sociable, caring, a workaholic and opens up easily - traits that in the Netflix series annoy her French friends.
Even when everything around her is falling apart, Emily remains optimistic - convinced that everything will be alright.
Indeed, by the end of the chapter or the one after it, the world does align in her favor.
It's amazing to see the frustrating ease with which her life course progresses.
In the new season Emily owns two advertising agencies, appears on magazine covers reluctantly, proves that she is also good at waitressing, and as usual at least two men are interested in her at any moment.
I won't spoil the season finale with a spoiler, but the finale's big twist was over the top in its illogicality, re-twisting the story only to have life work out for Emily again at the expense of her closest friends.
Beret hat and selfie.
"Emily in Paris", photo: courtesy of Netflix
A strange romantic triangle
Emily is a person with pathetic relationships.
She left behind her family, friends and partner in Chicago to work in Europe.
From the moment she landed in Paris, these are no longer part of her life.
She is not loyal to her two besties, Mindy and Camille.
With the latter, she mixes business although the fact that Emily maintains a personal, close and hot relationship with the charming cook Gabriel - Camille's boyfriend - will always hover over them.
The strange romantic triangle has evolved this season into a square and also a romantic pentagon, where neither side trusts the other.
Since the creator of "Emily in Paris", Darren Starr, also signed the mythological "Sex and the City", it is requested to make the comparison between them.
You can put your finger on the similarity between the characters of Emily and Carrie Bradshaw.
Both are ambitious, independent and driven by their careers.
Both represent a city and use urbanity to advance their personal goals.
And of course, they have a grandiose wardrobe made by the best designers.
Most of all, Emily and Carrie are two insufferable characters, who are only focused on themselves to disproportionate levels.
Emily Cooper landed in Paris to teach the French to stop being snobs and idiots and open up to the world.
But instead, over the course of three seasons, Emily Cooper proved that Americans are cocky, arrogant, self-confident, convinced that they invented the world, and that they are the world.
A cliché that writes itself.
"Emily in Paris" - Season 3, Netflix
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