Emily in Paris
Second Chances
TV Flash files “Second Chances” as hour 47 of 50 in the TV Flash guide — Emily in Paris (2020–) on Netflix, season 5, episode 7, aired 2025-12-18, 31 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E07: listed hour 47 of 50 in the Emily in Paris guide, hour 7 of 10 in season 5. It aired 2025-12-18 (31 min). The listed hour before it is “The One Where Emily Goes to the Embassy” (S05E06). Next is “Fashion Statement” (S05E08).

Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A mic-drop moment turns heads at a fashion industry conference. After a flood of bad PR, a luxury water brand turns to Agence Grateau to stay afloat.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Second Chances sit in the Emily in Paris guide?
S05E07 is listed hour 47 of 50 — hour 7 of 10 in season 5, season 5 episode 7.
When did Emily in Paris S05E07 air?
Second Chances aired 2025-12-18 and is listed at 31 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…