Emily in Paris
The Cook, the Thief, Her Ghost and His Lover
TV Flash files “The Cook, the Thief, Her Ghost and His Lover” as hour 17 of 50 in the TV Flash guide — Emily in Paris (2020–) on Netflix, season 2, episode 7, aired 2021-12-22, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E07: listed hour 17 of 50 in the Emily in Paris guide, hour 7 of 10 in season 2. It aired 2021-12-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Boiling Point” (S02E06). Next is “Champagne Problems” (S02E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Emily finally establishes a rapport with Alfie, but a borrowed jacket makes things beaucoup awkward. Sylvie bristles over Savoir's new American client.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Cook, the Thief, Her Ghost and His Lover sit in the Emily in Paris guide?
S02E07 is listed hour 17 of 50 — hour 7 of 10 in season 2, season 2 episode 7.
When did Emily in Paris S02E07 air?
The Cook, the Thief, Her Ghost and His Lover aired 2021-12-22 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I have to start at season one?
Season one teaches the faux pas and the job nobody has. Later seasons are more postcard; entering mid-run still works if you accept Emily already lives there.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Darren Star's postcard comedy is the decade's most efficient so-bad-it's-booking-flights series. Lily Collins plays American cluelessness as haute couture, Paris is a mood board with Wi-Fi, and every think piece about whether it is "good" only feeds the wardrobe machine. Watch for the colors, the jobs nobody has, and the argument it keeps winning with the charts.
A Chicago marketing exec relocates to Paris and commits every cultural faux pas chicly, which is an older American-in-Europe night than the app will admit. Darren Star's Netflix comedy, 2020 onward, makes Lily Collins's Emily Cooper American cluelessness as haute couture, with Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu's Sylvie and Ashley Park's Mindy in the orbit. Fashion postcard fantasy: Paris is a mood board with Wi-Fi, jobs nobody has, colors that photograph like a booking. Critics treat *is it good* as a weekly assignment;…
Filed against
- Lily Collins as Emily Cooper
Lily Collins plays American cluelessness as haute couture on Emily in Paris — Emily Cooper, a mood-board city, and Darren Star’s postcard comedy that books flights whether or not the think pieces approve. Wardrobe as plot engine. TV Flash…
- Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie Grateau
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu plays Sylvie Grateau on Emily in Paris, Darren Star’s 2020s postcard comedy — the decade’s most efficient so-bad-it’s-booking-flights series. Lily Collins as American cluelessness in haute couture, Paris as a…
- Ashley Park as Mindy Chen
Ashley Park’s Mindy Chen kept Emily in Paris from being only a postcard — Darren Star’s so-bad-it’s-booking-flights comedy, Lily Collins as American cluelessness in haute couture, Paris as a mood board with Wi-Fi. Think pieces about…