EMILY IN PARIS

Written by

Darren Star

Writer's Draft
August 12, 2018
EXT. CHICAGO - ESTABLISHING - DAWN (D1)

The majestic skyline at dawn.

MUSIC PLAYS: DJ KHALED’S “ALL I DO IS WIN.”

EXT. CHICAGO LAKEFRONT - DAY (D1)

EMILY COOPER, late twenties, attacks her morning run, passing

fellow joggers with competitive determination.

Finally she reaches the end of her route and stops,

breathless. Speaks into her wristwatch.

EMILY
Run complete.

BRITISH VOICE
Well done, Emily. Five point three
miles. Forty one minutes. Seven
hundred and thirty calories.

Emily listens for it. Then:

BRITISH VOICE (CONT’D)

Eighteen seconds faster than
yesterday. Good effort.

Emily allows herself a moment of satisfaction.

INT. EMILY AND DOUG’S APARTMENT - DAY (D1)

Emily, sensibly dressed for work in a black “power suit” with

heels, is putting the finishing touches on a cake: “Bon
Voyage Madeline.” An icing outline of the Eiffel Tower. Her
boyfriend DOUG MARSHALL (28) approaches from the bedroom,
neatly dressed in Dockers and a J Crew button down. Doug is
blandly handsome, nice, down to earth.

DOUG
Morning.

EMILY
You’re out early.

DOUG
Client wants to look at that office
space on Wacker Drive.

EMILY
(excited)
The full floor?
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 2.

DOUG
They’re a startup. It will never
happen.

EMILY
It’s been vacant for a year and
they’re a cool company. Throw in
the first two months. It could help
attract some other creatives.

DOUG
Hmmm.

He notices the cake.

DOUG (CONT’D)
What’s that for?

EMILY
Madeline. It’s her last day before
she transfers to the job in Paris.
And no promises, but when she’s
gone I’m going to have the
opportunity to move from associate
brand manager to senior brand
manager.

DOUG
No wonder you’re celebrating.

EMILY
Stop. I’m going to miss her.

DOUG
Will you?

Emily fixes him with a look.

EMILY
Yes. She’s been an amazing mentor.
She rated me high po on my last
performance evaluation.

DOUG
‘Hi po?’

EMILY
High potential.

DOUG
Anybody could see that.

He sticks his finger on the side of the cake, tasting a bit

of icing.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 3.

EMILY
(slapping him away)
Hey!

INT. THE GILBERT GROUP - DAY (D1)

Emily approaches the desk of her forty-something colleague,

MADELINE WHEELER, brandishing an iPad.

EMILY
Madeline! You’re in AdWeek!

Madeline looks at the screen.

MADELINE
Where?

Emily enlarges the image with her fingers.

EMILY
Right here. Under “Movers and
Shakers.”
(reads)
Chicago based Gilbert Group expands
international portfolio with
acquisition of French luxury
marketing company, SAVOIR! Gilbert
Group vet Madeline Wheeler named
Director of Social Media Marketing
for Franco-firm.

MADELINE
Yes! I am here to prove that a
Masters in French does not go to
waste.

EMILY
This is going to be amazing for
you.

MADELINE
I’ve been dreaming about moving to
Paris forever. French men love
older women. Look at their
president. He’s young and hot and
his wife was his schoolteacher.

EMILY
I just emailed you my thoughts on
the presentation for the new IBS
drug.
(MORE)
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 4.

EMILY (CONT'D)
It’s a social initiative to add
‘meditation to your medication.’ If
you like it, you can pitch it
today. Your last hurrah.

MADELINE
I want you to pitch this yourself.

EMILY
Seriously?

MADELINE
The client needs to start feeling
comfortable with you.

EMILY
I don’t want to step on your toes.

MADELINE
You’re not. You’re stepping into my
shoes. And you’re ready. We’re both
getting an opportunity here.

She reaches for a flask of perfume. Takes Emily’s arm and

spritzes a bit on her forearm.

MADELINE (CONT’D)
Try this.

EMILY
What is it?

MADELINE
De L’Heure. The latest scent from
Balenciaga. I’ll be doing all of
their social. For whatever reason,
the French are like in the dark
ages when it comes to social media.

EMILY
(sniffs)
It’s like wearing poetry.

MADELINE
(spritzes herself)
I’m going to use that.

She sniffs. And recoils. Almost in shock.

MADELINE (CONT’D)
Wow. It smells really weird. Does
it smell weird to you?
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 5.

EMILY
(sniffs)
No, just floral.

Madeline sniffs again. Turns white.

MADELINE
I think I’m going to be sick!

She turns and races off. Off Emily, concerned.

INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT (N1)

A fun hot spot, i.e., “Girl and the Goat.” Emily urgently
makes her way through the crowd where she finds Doug waiting
for her at the bar.

EMILY
(breathless)
Doug! Sorry I’m late.
(beat)
I’ve got some crazy news.

DOUG
Wait. Me first. I leased the space
on Wacker. Three years.

EMILY
Seriously?!

DOUG
You were right. The first two
months were the incentive they
needed.

She hugs, kisses him.

EMILY
I’m so glad.

DOUG
(calls to bartender)
Bartender, please get this
beautiful lady a beer.

EMILY
(correcting)
White wine. Anything French if you
have it.

Doug looks at her quizzically.

Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 6.

EMILY (CONT’D)
Madeline isn’t going to Paris.

DOUG
What happened?

EMILY
She’s pregnant!

DOUG
Wow. I thought she was too old to
get pregnant.

EMILY
So did she. Until she got
completely nauseous sniffing this
perfume she was planning to
promote. She went to the doctor
this afternoon.

DOUG
Wow. Who’s the dad?

EMILY
There are a few candidates.

DOUG
So she’s going to...

EMILY
Keep it. She tried to have a baby
on her own for a year. But now that
she’s pregnant, she’s decided not
to take the job in Paris.

DOUG
So what does that mean for you?

EMILY
No promotion. Not as long as
Madeline is still there. Which
could be forever.

DOUG
That’s a bummer.

EMILY
But they still need someone in
Paris. They asked me if I would
take the job. For a year.

DOUG
In Paris?!
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 7.

EMILY
If I do, they’ll guarantee me
senior brand manager when I get
back.

DOUG
And if you say no?

EMILY
Maybe another three or four years
or longer?
(beat)
The apartment there is all set up.
Plus there’s a relocation bonus.

She pulls out her phone.

EMILY (CONT’D)
Just to explore the idea, here’s a
speadsheet for the next year. Weeks
you might be able to come to Paris,
times I can come back to Chicago,
taking into account vacation and
sick days.

Doug looks at the calendar, reeling a bit.

DOUG
You’re serious about this.

EMILY
I know it’s crazy, but when would
we get a chance like this? It’ll be
an adventure.

DOUG
Unless I missed something - you
don’t speak French!

EMILY
I’m good at my job. That will
translate. And in the meantime...

Emily speaks into her phone.

EMILY (CONT’D)
My boyfriend is a very sexy man.

She holds up the phone, which repeats in a vaguely robotic

female voice:

COMPUTER VOICE
Mon petit copain est tres sexy.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 8.

DOUG
Really? That’s your plan?

EMILY
Fake it ‘til you make it.

She leans in and kisses him. The COMPUTER VOICE accidentally

continues translating.

COMPUTER VOICE
Fais semblant jusqu’a ce que tu y
arrives.

EMILY
Or I’ll tell them no. I just have
to make a decision, that’s all. I
won’t do it if you don’t want me
to.

Doug nods, realizing this is a real no-win situation.

EXT. PARIS - VARIOUS SHOTS - DRIVING (D2)

INT. TAXI - DAY (D2)

Find Emily in the taxi, craning her neck out the window,
literally gawking at the series of postcard vistas she passes
by: Eiffel Tower, Place de Concorde, Rue de Rivoli...

EXT. TAXI/STREET - DAY (D2)

The cab pulls up to a decidedly more low-rent, less touristy

part of Paris. Pigalle.

DRIVER
Vignt-six Rue De Navarin,
Mademoiselle.

Emily gets out of the taxi as the driver opens the trunk. He
begins to take out an enormous amount of luggage. A handsome
man, late twenties, approaches: GILLES DUFOUR, the real
estate agent.

GILLES
Emily Cooper? Gilles Dufour from
the rental agency. I have your
keys. Apartment 501.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 9.

INT. EMILY’S BUILDING - STAIRCASE - A FEW MOMENTS LATER (D2)

Emily and Gilles are both carrying luggage.

GILLES
The building is very old. It does
not have an elevator.

EMILY
It’s charming.

They rest for a moment at the landing.

EMILY (CONT’D)
Is this it?

GILLES
No, it’s on the fifth floor. This
is the fourth floor.

EMILY
I schlepped these bags up five
flights. This is the fifth floor.

GILLES
In France, first the ground floor.
Then the first floor. Then the
second floor. And so on.

EMILY
That’s weird.

GILLES
Non... c’est normal.

INT. EMILY’S APARTMENT - DAY (D2)

They enter and Gilles turns on a light.

GILLES
Et voila. Your magnificent chambre
de bonne.

Emily is hit with a moment of disappointment as she takes in

the small dark space.

EMILY
Chambre de what now?
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 10.

GILLES
It means ‘the room for the
housekeeper.’ The top floor was
typically reserved for the
servants. The space is small. But
the view...

He opens the shutters, revealing a glorious vista of Paris.

Emily lights up, enthralled.

EMILY
Oh my God. I feel like Nicole
Kidman in Moulin Rouge.

He steps besides her, puts his hand on her back, pointing out
the sights. Just the two of them standing there is undeniably
romantic.

GILLES
Centre Pompidou, Le Tour Eiffel,
L’Arc de Triomphe...

EMILY
Wow.

GILLES
So, ça va? It’s good?

EMILY
Oh yes. Très good. Très wonderful.

GILLES
Are you hungry? Would you like to
have a coffee?

EMILY
Actually, I have to get to my
office.
(takes out phone)
Can you tell me how to get here?

GILLES
(shrugs)
I can take you. No problem.

EMILY
Wait...

She sits on the windowsill, the magnificent view behind her,

and takes a selfie. Posts it to her Instagram account,
EMILYCOOPER.

#roomwithaview.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 11.

Then, suddenly hit by inspiration, changes the username of

her account to:

EMILYINPARIS

EXT. SCOOTER/STREET - DAY (D2)

Emily holds onto Gilles back as he drives her through Paris.

GILLES
I like American girls. They have
very nice breasts.

EMILY
Excuse me?

GILLES
Boobs? Tits? I mean they’re very...
(gesturing)
Big. French girls, very small.

EMILY
Oh, well. Cultural differences.

EXT. BUILDING - PALAIS ROYALE - DAY (D2)

Gilles pulls up to a large Haussman-style building.

GILLES
Do you want to have a drink
tonight?

EMILY
I have a boyfriend.

GILLES
In Paris?

EMILY
In Chicago.

GILLES
So you don’t have a boyfriend in
Paris?

EMILY
Thanks for the ride.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 12.

INT. SAVOIR - DAY (D2)

Emily walks into the stylish offices - a mix of classic

French and modern decor. The receptionist JULIEN, (20s) eye
candy for the front desk, chats animatedly in French on the
phone. Emily tries to interrupt.

EMILY
Hi - hello - bonjour - I’m Emily
Cooper. From the Gilbert Group. In
Chicago.

He hangs up. Looks at her quizzically.

JULIEN
Eh bon?

EMILY
(louder)
Emily Cooper. From Chicago.

JULIEN
You are? I’m sorry I don’t
understand...

Emily speaks into her phone.

EMILY
I’m going to be working in this
office.

She then turns the phone towards JULIEN. A FEMALE SYNTHESIZED

VOICE translates.

COMPUTER VOICE
Je vais travailler dans ce bureau.

JULIEN reacts, as if struck. He presses the intercom on his

phone.

JULIEN
(whispers)
La fille Américaine est la.

He looks at Emily, up and down. Like she’s from Mars.

A moment later, a very stylish woman, late thirties,

approaches. This is SYLVIE GRATEAU. Like all of the
principals in the office, she is effortlessly chic. It’s
impossible to put your finger on why this is - it’s a look
that is trying but not trying.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 13.

Dressed head-to-toe in the color Francais (a cross between

grey and black), little make up, flats, and hair verging on
bedhead - a look that simultaneously says both “fuck me” and
fuck you” - she possesses a born-and-bred Parisian ‘je ne
sais quoi.’ And projects an aloof sense of feminine
superiority that makes all women, especially Emily, feel they
will never be that.

SYLVIE
Bonjour! Je ne vous attendais pas
avant demain. Comment était votre
voyage? Et le nouvel appartement?
(subtitles)
[Hello! I wasn’t expecting you
before tomorrow. How was your trip?
And the new apartment?]

Emily pauses for a beat, confused. JULIEN raises an eyebrow.

EMILY
You lost me at ‘bonjour.’

INT. SAVOIR - HALLWAY - A FEW MOMENTS LATER (D2)

Emily walks through the chic office scape with Sylvie.

SYLVIE
I was told the American coming here
spoke French?

EMILY
That was Madeline.

SYLVIE
So you are not Madeline.

EMILY
I’m Emily.

She subtly looks Emily up and down, the high heels, floral
dress - not exactly pleased or impressed.

SYLVIE
That is very unfortunate.

EMILY
Hmmm.

SYLVIE
That you do not speak French. It is
a problem.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 14.

EMILY
(gamely)
Je parle un peu francais...

SYLVIE
(appalled)
Perhaps it is better not to try.

A suave handsome man, mid-forties, approaches, smoking a

cigarette. This is JEAN PAUL BROSSARD, the owner of Savoir.

Sylvie takes his arm.

SYLVIE (CONT’D)
Jean Paul, I’d like to introduce
you to... Emily. The American girl
who has come to work with us.
(to Emily)
Monsieur Brossard is the owner of
Savoir.

EMILY
(extends her hand)
Emily Cooper. Nice to meet you
Monsieur Brossard.

JEAN PAUL
(friendly)
Ahh, it’s a pleasure. Bienvenue a
Paris.

He grabs her hand, then kisses her once on both cheeks and
holds her face his hands, a beat too long for Emily’s comfort
- both intimacy-wise and smoke-wise.

JEAN PAUL (CONT’D)

So you have come to teach the
French some American tricks?

EMILY
I’m sure we have a lot to learn
from each other.

He takes a drag, appraising her.

JEAN PAUL
But your experience is not with
fashion and luxury brands?

EMILY
True. Most of my experience has
been in promoting pharmaceuticals
and geriatric care facilities.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 15.

JEAN PAUL
In Chicago.

EMILY
Yes. I mean oui.

JEAN PAUL
I was in Chicago once. I ate the
deep dish pizza.

EMILY
That is our speciality. We take a
lot of pride.

JEAN PAUL
It was degueulasse. How you say?

SYLIVE
Disgusting.

JEAN PAUL
Like a quiche made of cement.

EMILY
Oh no. You must have gone to Lou
Malnati’s.

JEAN PAUL
And the people are so fat. Why are
they all so fat?

SYLVIE
From the disgusting food.

EMILY
True, we are in the midst of an
obesity epidemic. In fact, Merck
was one of our biggest clients.
They make a diabetes drug that we
marketed the heck out of. Sales
went up 63 percent!

JEAN PAUL
So you create the disease. Then you
treat the disease. Then you market
the treatments to the disease.

EMILY
Well...

SYLVIE
Perhaps stop eating.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 16.

JEAN PAUL
There is no money in that.

He takes another drag off his cigarette.

EMILY
Smoking also causes diabetes. And
cancer.

JEAN PAUL
Yes, well, smoking is a pleasure.
And without pleasure, who are we?

He smiles and takes drag.

EMILY
I don’t know. German?

JEAN PAUL
(pleased)
Exactly right. All of the brands we
market here - from perfume to
cognac to couture - are all to do
with pleasure. So perhaps you have
something to learn from us, but I’m
not sure if we have much to learn
from you.

EMILY
Actually, Monsieur Brossard, I’ve
been doing a deep dive on your
company for the past few weeks. And
with all due respect, I have been
sent here for a reason. So if you
don’t mind, I would like to share
some of my thoughts with you about
your social media strategies, in
particular.

SYLVIE
(in French with subtitles)
She’s so direct!

JEAN PAUL
You mean “the Twitter” and “the
Snapchat?”

EMILY
(nods)
And “the Instagram.”

JEAN PAUL
By all means.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 17.

INT. SAVOIR - CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY (D2)

Emily speaks to the small staff of Savoir: Jean Paul, Sylvie,

Julien and a couple people we haven’t met: a thirty-something
straight but stylish man, LUKE, and a bird-like forty-
something married woman, PATRICE.

EMILY
First let apologize for my English.
(joking)
I did Rosetta Stone on the plane
but it hasn’t kicked in yet.

Crickets. Patrice whispers something to Sylvie. Then stands

and leaves.

SYLVIE
Patrice does not speak English.
Please continue.

EMILY
OK. So your company works with some
of the biggest brands in the luxury
sector from Chanel to YSL. That
makes Savoir - your company - or if
I may be so bold - our company - a
brand in itself. But to build a
brand, you need to meaningfully
engage in social media. And your
social media engagement is, quite
frankly, a joke. Over the course of
last year, you had exactly 43
impressions on Facebook, seven on
Instagram, and 76 followers on
Twitter, which is fewer than my
grandmother. And she tweets Ruth
Bader Ginsberg memes and cat
videos. May I ask, who is
responsible for your social media
here?

LUKE
Patrice.

EMILY
Makes sense. Anyway, it’s not just
about the number of followers. It’s
about content, trust, interest and
engagement. You have, on key
platforms, close to zero audience
engagement with your content. If
you can even call what you put out
there in the world content.
(MORE)
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 18.

EMILY (CONT'D)
Your last post on Facebook, which
got three likes, was a photo of,
well, I don’t know. Was it a staff
meeting? A cult gathering? An
intervention for a drug addict?

SYLVIE
It was a press conference for
Lanvin.

EMILY
Even worse! A missed opportunity to
piggyback off Lanvin’s audience!
You didn’t even tag them. Your
Instagram feed has stock photos of
“workers,” your Pinterest looks
like the scrapbook of a three-year-
old who got Pistracted, and
whoever’s doing your Snapchat
hasn’t even realized you have to
hold the phone vertically. I kept
having to go like this--
(turns head sideways)
--to watch today’s story. Anyway,
my point is you cannot claim to
help a brand build their social
media presence when your own
company’s online presence is a
complete zero.

Sylvie leans over to Jean Paul.

SYLVIE
(in French with subtitles)
She’s a disaster.

EXT. PONT DES ARTS - NIGHT (N2)

ANGLE - CELL PHONE

We see a gorgeous panorama of Paris on the phone screen and

pop wide to find...

EMILY. Standing on the bridge. She is Facetiming with Doug.

Just as the Eiffel Tower sparkles like a Roman candle in the
distance.

EMILY
It’s amazing, isn’t it? The entire
city looks like Ratatouille.

DOUG
Beautiful.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 19.

EMILY
Soooo beautiful.

DOUG
How was the first day?

EMILY
Great. OK. Maybe a few things got
lost in translation. I mean, it
took them a minute to realize I was
me and not Madeline. But I really
feel like I can be a big asset
here.

DOUG
Look what I got today.

He waves a passport on camera.

EMILY
Oh thank God. You’re going to love
Paris. I don’t want to spend
another day in the most romantic
city in the world without you.

DOUG
Be there soon.

EMILY
Hurry. I already miss you here.

Emily blows him a kiss and hangs up. Then looks wistfully
over to find two lovers kissing on the bridge.

EXT. EMILY’S BUILDING - NIGHT (N2)

She approaches her building and freezes in her tracks when

she spots a MAN pissing against the wall next to her front
door. A beat later, the man finishes, zips up, clocks her
watching him.

MAN
(gruffly)
Bonsoir, mademoiselle.

EMILY
(nervously)
Bonsoir.

He walks off as Emily hits the door code, flustered.

Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 20.

INT. EMILY’S BUILDING - VESTIBULE - CONTINUOUS (N2)

Emily enters to find herself in a pitch black lobby. She uses

her iPhone to find the light switch, which she hits,
illuminating the stairs.

INT. EMILY’S BUILDING - STAIRCASE - SOON AFTER (N2)

Emily trudges up the final step, winded. She tries the key.
Door doesn’t open. She tries again.

EMILY
C’mon!

She BANGS on the door in frustration.

EMILY (CONT’D)
I don’t believe this!

Suddenly, the door swings open, and a great-looking shirtless

thirty-something man, GABRIEL, flings open the door. They
stare at each other a moment. Silent attraction.

EMILY (CONT’D)
(taken aback)
Sorry, I thought this was... my
apartment... fifth floor...

GABRIEL
(points up)
Fifth floor.

EMILY
Right. Merci. Bonsoir.

He nods, slams the door. Emily pauses at the door, still

thrown by the hotness of the encounter.

EXT. PARIS - ESTABLISHING - MORNING (D3)

Various shots of the city waking up.

EXT. BAKERY - DAY (D3)

Emily crosses a picturesque street (which from this point on

goes without saying as every street, corner, cobblestone,
building and doorway is Instagrammably picturesque) by her
building and enters the bakery.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 21.

INT. BAKERY - DAY (D3)

Emily approaches the counter. The BAKERY WOMAN behind the

counter greets her cheerfully.

BAKERY WOMAN
Mademoiselle.

Emily peruses the irresistible goodies in the display case.

She points to a croissant.

EMILY
Uh, une chocolate croissant.

The BAKERY WOMAN’s countenance stiffens as she brusquely

shoves pastries in a bag, correcting her.

BAKERY WOMAN
Un pain au chocolate. Un. Pas une.
(beat)
Trois Euro quarante.

Emily guesses at the amount. Throws some coins on the

counter. The woman counts it out unhappily.

Emily takes the coins and heads out. Throws back a cherry:

EMILY
Merci. Have un bonne journee.

BAKERY WOMAN
Une! Une bonne journee!

EXT. STREET - DAY (D3)

Emily begins walking as she takes the pain au chocolate out

of the bag and bites into it. She stops in her tracks, having
an orgasmic reaction.

EMILY
Oh my God.

She takes a boomerang video of herself biting into the

croissant. Posts the story:

Paris Morning Mouthgasm.

Satisfied, she takes another bite of her croissant. So good.

Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 22.

EXT. SAVOIR - DAY (D3)

Emily tries the door. It’s locked. She rings the buzzer.
After a beat, she looks at her watch. It’s 8:30.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. SAVOIR - DAY (D3)

Emily is on the phone as she checks her watch. It’s 10:30 AM.

EMILY
Sylvie, it’s Emily. Are we closed
today? It there a national holiday
I don’t know about? I’ve been
standing outside for two hours and--

Julien approaches on his bike. He gets off by the entrance.

JULIEN
What are you doing?

EMILY
I’ve been here since 8:30.

JULIEN
Pourquoi? We open 10:30.

He unlocks the door.

INT. SAVOIR - EMILY’S DESK - SOON AFTER (D3)

Emily is working at her desk as just outside the open door

she sees Sylvie arrive.

SYLIVE
(calling out)
Bonjour.

Emily checks her watch. 11:15. She reacts, goes back to her
work.

ANGLE - EMILY’S SCREEN

She is working on a memo, or a manifesto: STRATEGIES TO

ENHANCE SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT ACROSS ALL BRANDS.

INT. SAVOIR - PATRICE’S DESK - LATER (D3)

Emily approaches. She speaks slowly, as if to a child.

Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 23.

EMILY
Patrice. I’m wondering if I can
share some ideas with you about how
we might enhance our social
engagement. I am so excited about
the potential here.

Patrice looks at her as if she’s from Mars. Emily pauses,

holds up a finger.

EMILY (CONT’D)
Sorry.

She quickly types something in her phone. Then we hear the

synthesized voice speaking the French translation.

COMPUTER VOICE
Patrice. Je voudrais partager
quelques idées avec vous sur la
façon dont nous pourrions
améliorer...

Patrice stands, smiles at Emily as one would a crazy person.

PATRICE
No, no, I understand.
(pushes past her)
Pardon.

INT. SAVOIR - CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY (D3)

A meeting in progress. Luke, Patrice, Jean Paul, Julien and

Sylvie are casually sitting around a table. Jean Paul and
Patrice are smoking cigarettes. Patrice is speaking heatedly
and quickly. (In French with subtitles:)

PATRICE
You bring this American girl in to
replace me? I’ll leave!

JEAN PAUL
She’s not replacing you. It was a
condition of the investment.

PATRICE
I need four weeks off. For mental
health.

SYLVIE
Bullshit! You just want to spend
the summer at your farm in
Normandy.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 24.

PATRICE
It belongs to my mother-in-law.

LUKE
You were just a month in the
Seychelles.

PATRICE
That was my mandatory vacation.

JEAN PAUL
So a month for mental health in
July, and we are closed in August.
Perhaps if we are lucky we will see
you in September?

Emily slips in, unsure what this is about. Senses it’s not
good, and about her.

PATRICE
My niece is getting married in
Boston. My husband and I are taking
a road trip after and then I will
be back by October.

SYLVIE
Then I would like the summer off.
To fuck my brains out.

PATRICE
I think you manage quite well.

LUKE
Nymphomania is a condition. You may
have a chance.

EMILY
(tentatively)
Can I get anyone a cappuccino? I
think I saw a Starbucks nearby?

The room stops dead, reacting to this ludicrous offer. As if

Emily was offering Drano.

SYLVIE
(in English)
A “cappuccino?” You think we want
to drink a cappuccino? Now!? Are we
cows? It’s almost noon!

JULIEN
Dégueulasse!
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 25.

Luke expells air in that French way that’s something between

a raspberry and a pout. Patrice gets even more wound up by
Emily’s offer.

PATRICE
Six weeks! I want six weeks!

She storms out. Jean Paul looks at Emily and sighs, the
weight of the world on his shoulders.

EMILY
Frappuccino?
(beat)
Just kidding.

INT. SAVOIR - QUICK CUTS - DAY (D3)

Emily variously asks Jean Paul, Sylvie, Luke, and Julien the
same question.

EMILY
Would you like to have lunch?

And in every case, gets the same response.

ALL
Non, merci.

EXT. MARKET STREET - DAY (D3)

Emily squeezes a couple of peaches for ripeness. The middle-

aged FEMALE VENDOR rushes over.

FEMALE PROPRIETOR
Mademoiselle! On ne touche pas les
fruits!

EMILY
I’ll just take this peach.

She puts it down, unsure. Squeezes another.

EMILY (CONT’D)
Or maybe this one.

The woman slaps Emily’s hand. Makes her drop it.

FEMALE PROPRIETOR
Mademoiselle!
(English)
We do not touch the fruit. We
point.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 26.

Emily points, chastened.

EMILY
That one.

The woman picks it up, weighs it. Emily picks up another

peach.

EMILY (CONT’D)
And this one.

The woman snatches it from Emily’s hand. She turns her back
to weigh the fruit. Emily takes a picture. Posts it to
Instagram under EMILYINPARIS and captions it: MEAN PARISIAN
FRUIT LADY.

EXT. PALAIS ROYALE GARDEN - DAY (D3)

Emily, parked on a bench, eats her Parisian picnic lunch in

this seventeenth century haven.

Suddenly, a couple of children scream by, a BOY and a GIRL,

seven and six respectively, knocking Emily’s baguette off the
bench. A moment later a twenty-something CHINESE GIRL, MINDY
CHEN, calls after them in MANDARIN.

MINDY
(in Mandarin)
Laurent! Sabille! Apologize to the
lady!

She picks up the sandwich and turns to Emily, in French.

MINDY (CONT’D)
I’m so sorry, please let me buy you
another one.

EMILY
Sorry, I don’t speak French.

MINDY
American?

EMILY
Yes.
(beat)
Did you think I was French?

MINDY
Honestly, no. I was being polite.
You look American.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 27.

EMILY
Why?

MINDY
Shoes. Dress. Hair. Nails.
Everything. Very sensible. Are you
from Indiana?

EMILY
Chicago.

MINDY
I was close. I went to school in
Indianapolis.

EMILY
Why?

MINDY
Long story. Very boring. The story.
And Indianapolis. But the girls,
they look like you.
(beat)
“Nice.” And a little plain.

EMILY
Are those your children?

MINDY
No. I’m their nanny.
(yells in Mandarin)
Laurent! Stay where I can see you!
(back to Emily in English)
All the nannies in Paris are from
China now. So the children can
learn Mandarin.

EMILY
How long have you been here?

MINDY
Two years.

EMILY
And do you love it?

MINDY
Yes, I love Paris. The food is so
delicious. The fashion so chic. The
light so magical.
(beat)
But the people. So mean.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 28.

EMILY
They can’t all be mean.

MINDY
Oh yes they can. I thought Chinese
were mean. But Chinese people are
mean behind your back. French
people - mean right to your face.

EMILY
(resonating)
Hmmm.

MINDY
But you’re on vacation here.

EMILY
Actually, I’m working here. I have
a job. With a French marketing
firm.

MINDY
So you know!

EMILY
I just started yesterday.

Mindy gives her a sorrowful look, like she has no idea what’s
in store for her.

MINDY
Ohhhhh.
(beat)
You have friends in Paris?

EMILY
No. My boyfriend’s coming next
week, but...

MINDY
Are you lonely?

EMILY
No, I mean, I don’t know.

MINDY
(motions)
Give me your phone.

Emily tentatively takes hands it to her, Mindy snatches it.

MINDY (CONT’D)
Here is my number. You lonely. You
text me. We have dinner.
(MORE)
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 29.

MINDY (CONT’D)
(beat)
I’m Mindy.

EMILY
Emily. Nice to meet you.

She enters her phone number, then looks up at the kids

splashing in the fountain. She yells at them. LAURENT and
SABILLE yell back in Mandarin.

LAURENT
You’re not our mother!

SABILLE
I want ice cream!

Emily takes a picture. It could be a Henri Cartier Bresson -

the cutest little French boy and girl screaming. She posts
the it to her Instagram: #BATTLE ROYALE AT PALAIS ROYALE.

EXT. STREET NEAR PALAIS ROYALE - SOON AFTER (D3)

Emily hustles back to the office when she spots ...

EXT. SIDEWALK CAFE - SAME (D3)

The entire staff - Jean Paul, Sylvie, Laurent, Luke - having

lunch. Talking animatedly and laughing. Two bottles of wine
are upside down in buckets, while a waiter opens a third.
Emily clocks the scene, her stomach dropping a bit, then
quickly strides away before she can be seen.

INT. SAVOIR - LATER (3)

Emily is sitting at her desk. Alone, working. The office is

empty. She checks her watch. 3:45. Suddenly, everyone crashes
in, chatting noisily. They pass Emily’s desk.

SYLVIE
(sweetly)
Bonjour, La Poubelle.

JULIEN
Bonjour, La Poubelle.

LUKE
Bomjour La Pou...

He cuts himself off, then quickly walks away, sheepish.

Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 30.

EMILY
Bonjour.

Emily approaches Julien.

EMILY (CONT’D)
What is “la poubelle?”

Julien’s eyes go wide in hesitation.

JULIEN
Oh, it’s a little term of
endearment. Like ma petite choux...
la poubelle... nice. Don’t worry.

He smiles uncomfortably and darts away.

Suspiciously Emily Google translates “la poubelle” on her

phone.

COMPUTER VOICE
“La Poubelle.” The Trashcan.

Emily reacts, as if slapped.

END OF ACT I
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 31.

ACT II

EXT. SEINE - DUSK (N3)

Emily walks home alone along the Seine. The cafes are packed
with people drinking, in passionate conversation, after work.
Everyone is impossibly stylish. Paradoxically, the beauty,
the romance, the conviviality induces a feeling of even
greater isolation.

EXT. CAFE - SOON AFTER (N3)

Emily sits down at a cafe, with a front row seat to the urban
catwalk. A moment later, a handsome 30ish MAN approaches
Emily’s table. He motions to the empty seat.

HANDSOME MAN
T’addends quelqu’un?

EMILY
I’m sorry I don’t speak...

HANDSOME MAN
(in English)
Is the seat free?

Emily considers for a beat, then nods. Happy for the handsome
company.

EMILY
Yes, please.

The handsome man immediately snatches the chair and brings it

to the next table full of great looking young people.

Emily reacts. Then she texts Doug: So romantic... wish you

were here. There are some dots then

DOUG: In a meeting.

She texts back: Miss you.

She takes a selfie. Then captions: So romantic I may be

falling in love with myself.

Then, suddenly, a familiar voice.

JULIEN
Emily.

Emily looks up to see Julien, from the office, standing

across from her.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 32.

JULIEN (CONT’D)
I just want to say I am sorry for
this. I do not agree to calling you
La Poubelle.

EMILY
Thank you?

JULIEN
But people who are -- how do you
say -- higher -- enjoy it, so there
is little I can do. You are meeting
someone?

EMILY
No.

JULIEN
I can?

She motions.

EMILY
Please.

JULIEN
Merci.

He sits and immediately lights a cigarette. Offers one to

her.

EMILY
I’m good.

JULIEN
You know, we are all a little
afraid of you.

EMILY
What? Afraid of me? How?

JULIEN
Your ideas. They are more new.
Maybe they are better.

EMILY
Yes, very possibly.

JULIEN
Now you are here, maybe we feel we
have to work harder. Make more
money.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 33.

EMILY
Honestly, from what I’ve seen, I
think you could all be working a
little harder.

JULIEN
Why?

EMILY
You can be more successful. You
have amazing clients.

JULIEN
But then where is the time for us.
For our lives?

EMILY
It’s a balance.

JULIEN
Exactly. A balance. And I think the
Americans have the wrong balance.
You live to work. We work to live.
Yes it’s nice to make money, but
what you say is success, I say is
punishment.

EMILY
But I enjoy work. And
accomplishment. It makes me happy.

JULIEN
Work makes you happy?

EMILY
Yes. I mean, it’s why I’m here. For
work. And look where work has
brought me - to this beautiful
city.

JULIEN
Maybe you don’t know what it is to
be happy.

EMILY
That’s a little... arrogant.

JULIEN
You come to Paris. And you don’t
speak French. That is arrogant.

EMILY
More ignorant than arrogant.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 34.

JULIEN
Let’s call it the arrogance of
ignorance.

EMILY
Hmm. Let’s not.

JULIEN
OK, maybe you prove me wrong.

EMILY
Maybe I do.

He puts out the cigarette.

JULIEN
(softly)
I see you tomorrow, Emily. Don’t be
early.

He leaves. Emily looks at her phone. And the picture. She

changes the caption to LONELY IN PARIS and posts.

Puts the phone down. Drinks in the view.

CAMERA SLIDES DOWN TO FIND:

ANGLE - PHONE SCREEN

EMILYINPARIS now has 230 followers...

EXT. SEINE - DAY (D4)

Emily is running along the riverbank. On headphones, she is

listening to a FRENCH LANGUAGE CLASS.

WOMAN’S VOICE
Comment t’appelles tu?

MAN’S VOICE
Je m’appelle Marc. Et toi?

WOMAN’S VOICE
Je m’appelle Catherine.

MAN’S VOICE
Je suis enchanté de faire votre
connaissance, Catherine.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 35.

EXT. EMILY’S BUILDING - DAY (D4)

Passersby look at her curiously as she reaches the door,

drenched in sweat.

INT. EMILY’S BUILDING - STAIRCASE - DAY (D4)

Emily bounds up the stairs to the door of her apartment.

Fiddles with the lock, out of breath. Bangs on the door in
frustration. After a beat, the door swings open. Shirtless
Gabriel again. He just stares at her, stupefied.

EMILY
Ah jeez I did it again. I’m really
so so sorry.

She tries out her new French.

EMILY (CONT’D)
(extends hand)
Je m’appelle Emily. Et toi?

GABRIEL
Gabriel.

He takes her sweaty hand, not quite sure what to make of her.

EMILY
Je suis enchanté de faire votre
connaissance. Gabriel.

She turns heads upstairs. Feeling a little foolish, but also

victorious for having spoken a bit of French.

EXT. EMILY’S BUILDING - LATER (D4)

Emily exits, dressed for the day, in bright colors and heels.
She steps in dog poop. Reacts. Then spots a stylishly dressed
woman allowing her dog to poop on the sidewalk - without
picking it up. She takes a picture. And posts: #mindthemerde.

She looks at her Instagram and reacts. The 230 followers have
morphed overnight into 1435 followers.

Emily scrolls down the feed, glancing at the hundreds of

comments and likes in amazement.

She’s hit a nerve.

Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 36.

INT. SAVOIR - RECEPTION - DAY (D4)

As Emily enters the office, Julien greets her brightly.

JULIEN
Bonjour, La Poubelle!

Emily types “go fuck yourself” into Google Translate and

keeps walking.

COMPUTER VOICE
Va te faire foutre.

JULIEN
(calls after)
I think I like you.

INT. SAVOIR - SYLVIE’S OFFICE - DAY (D4)

Emily knocks on the door.

EMILY
French is such a funny language.
Why is it la poubelle? And not le
poubelle? What makes the trash can
female?

SYLVIE`
(busted)
I don’t know. It just is. Like many
things here, you are just born
knowing.

EMILY
Look, I know you all aren’t that
excited to have me here, and I know
my French needs some work..
(beat)
OK, it’s basically merde. But I have
some ideas about marketing De
L’Heure that I’d like to share--

SYLVIE
(correcting her
pronunciation)
De L’Heure.

EMILY
(trying to imitate her,
miserably)
De L’Heure.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 37.

SYLVIE
I don’t think this is the account
for you.

EMILY
I studied the marketing plan before
I got to Paris. It’s weak.

SYLVIE
How so?

EMILY
You’re piggybacking on the ad
campaign. Very little social
engagement. I know you’re about to
launch and you’re keeping me out of
the loop.

SYLVIE
That is true. The party is tonight.

EMILY
Tonight? And you were going to tell
me this... never?

SYLVIE
I don’t agree with your approach.
You want everything to be
everywhere. Accessible to everyone.
You want to open doors. I want to
close doors. But we work with
exclusive brands. They require
mystery. You have no mystery. You
are very... obvious.

EMILY
Maybe I am. But I do understand
what it means to be on the outside
looking in. I have perspective you
will never understand because no,
I’m not sophisticated, or French,
or thin, or maybe even beautiful. I
don’t know how to look like you.
That... slouchy, sexy, ‘je ne sais
quoi’ thing. But I’m the customer
that wants it. And you’re not
because you’ve already got it - and
you don’t even know how you did it.
Just like you don’t know why the
‘trashcan’ is female.

Sylvie considers for a beat. Then nods, almost pained.

Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 38.

SYLVIE
So, you want to go to this party.

EMILY
Bien sur.

SYLVIE
Then we need to go shopping.

EXT. STREET - DAY (D4)

Emily and Sylvie walking down a street.

EMILY
What exactly don’t you like about
my look?

SYLVIE
OK, where to begin. The pants, they
have pleats. And too matchy matchy
with the jacket which is a horreur.
Cut much too big and not flattering
at all. You have a nice bosom, so
be proud - don’t hide. You are a
woman, after all. The shirt
underneath - so boring. White
polyester. And the shoes - too much
heel - impossible to walk in.

EMILY
Well, I guess I should be flattered
you even noticed.

SYLVIE
Noticed? You’re like a car crash -
I can’t look away.

INT. BOUTIQUE - DAY (D4)

They enter a chic store. All of the clothes are white, navy
and grey. Sylvie greets the SALESWOMAN in French, kissing her
as if they are long lost friends. (In French with subtitles:)

SYLVIE
How are you? It’s so good to see
you.

SALESWOMAN
You as well. Thank you for coming
in. How is your day?
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 39.

SYLVIE
Work is too much as always, but
it’s nice to have a moment to shop.
The store is beautiful.

SALESWOMAN
Thank you so much. And what can I
do for you today?

SYLVIE
(in English)
This is my American colleague,
Emily. I would like to find her
something nice for tonight.

SALESWOMAN
My pleasure.

The Sales lady starts away.

EMILY
I didn’t realize this was your
friend’s store.

SYLVIE
She is not my friend. We just met.

EMILY
But you ...

SYLVIE
In France, you just don’t just walk
into a shop and say “I want this, I
want that” without saying hello.
It’s not polite.

EMILY
(explains a lot)
Hmm.

SYLVIE
You know, when Americans think
French people are rude, it’s only
because we are responding to your
rudeness first.

EMILY
Well, that explains about fifty
percent of things.

The shopkeeper returns with some clothes.

Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 40.

SHOPKEEPER
Mademoiselle... I think I found
some things you might like. Follow
me?

EMILY
Merci beaucoup.

She glances at Sylvie, who gives her a nod of approval.

INT. BOUTIQUE - A FEW MOMENTS LATER (D4)

Emily emerges wearing a simple but fashionable striped blouse

and beautifully cut black skirt. Everything tailored to show
off her assets.

It’s a big transformation. Sylvie reacts, satisfied. The

shopkeeper inhales sharply through her lips, the universal
French indication of impressed surprise.

EMILY
What do you think?

SYLVIE
I think now we can work on the hair
and the makeup.

SHOPKEEPER
Oui.

EXT. LOULOU - NIGHT (N4)

The De L’Heure party is held on the terrace of this glamorous

spot, overlooking the breathtaking gardens of the Louvre.

A gigantic De L’Heure perfume bottle towers over a

fashionable crowd as Emily makes her entrance. A stunning
transformation, from Chicos to chic.

Emily takes an hors d’eourve from a passing waiter. She eats

it. So amazing. She follows the waiter and takes a handful of
canapes off of his tray. As she begins to devour them with
gusto, Julien interrupts.

JULIEN
La Poubelle. What happened? You
look chic.

EMILY
(mouthful)
Thank you.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 41.

Sylvie is right behind, a cigarette in one hand, a drink in

another.

SYLVIE
There you are. Stop eating. Why are
you eating?

She looks at her hands full with canapes, distastefully.

EMILY
I’m sorry. It’s just so good. And
I’m so hungry.

SYLVIE
Have a cigarette.

Hands her one.

EMILY
I don’t smoke.

SYLVIE
What? Why not?

EMILY
Because... they will kill you.

SYLVIE
Maybe. When you are old.
(beat)
Anyway, better dead than fat.

Jean Paul approaches cigarette in hand. With ANTOINE and

CATHERINE LAMBERT. ANTOINE is handsome, well dressed, around
40s, president of the perfume company. His forty-something
wife, CATHERINE, is slim and chic.

JEAN PAUL & ANTOINE

Bonsoir Sylvie.

SYLVIE
Bonsoir. Jean Paul. Antoine.
Catherine.

Kisses all around. Catherine holds SYLVIE’s hands as she

kisses her warmly on both cheeks.

Jean Paul takes in Emily’s new look.

JEAN PAUL
Emily. Quelle metaporphose! Très
belle.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 42.

EMILY
Merci.

JEAN PAUL
(to Antoine, in English)
Emily has just joined us from
America.

ANTOINE
Antoine Lambert. And my wife
Catherine. Enchanté.

EMILY
Enchanté here as well.

JEAN PAUL
Antoine, of course, runs the
fragrance division of Balenciaga.
(beat)
Emily, unfortunately, does not
speak French.

CATHERINE
And why do you come to Paris?

EMILY
To bring a bit of an American
perspective on things, from a
marketing point of view.

ANTOINE
And how do things look, from that
point of view?

EMILY
I think you have an amazing, sexy
product that can practically induce
pregnancy in older women. In fact
it’s part of the reason I’m here.
(beat)
Never mind, long story.

ANTOINE
Please, I’m curious.

EMILY
Well, I do think we can do much
more on social. Hire award-winning
writers to create editorial
features that we can push out on
Facebook and Twitter.
(MORE)
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 43.

EMILY (CONT'D)
Last year, at my company, we
marketed a vaccine to combat the
chikungunya virus and saturated the
web with gorgeous content that was
shared by so many people - we were
actually responsible for increasing
tourism in the Virgin Islands
thirty percent. If you googled
“tropical beach,” “dream vacation,”
“#paradise,” or even “topless beach
selfies” - you were somehow
directed to our product. Sales of
the vaccine went through the roof.
And the best thing is, we can track
everything - who views what,
where, when and for how long.

CATHERINE
(confused)
What is she saying?

John Paul’s eyes go wide, sensing disaster. He quickly takes

Antoine’s arm and pulls him away.

JEAN PAUL
Juliette from Marie Claire is
waiting to talk to you.

He pulls him away.

ANTOINE
Interesting ideas. Nice to meet
you.

He gives her a lingering look as he is pulled away. Sylvie

turns to Emily, upset.

SYLVIE
Are you crazy? You don’t talk about
work at a party!

EMILY
He asked me.

SYLVIE
Then you change the subject. We are
at a soiree. Not on a conference
call.

She turns and heads off as Emily’s phone rings. Facetime from
Doug. She picks up.

EMILY
Hi sweetie.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 44.

DOUG
Where are you?

EMILY
At a soiree. For this perfume
launch we’re handling.

She sweeps the phone around the room, giving him a panoramic
view.

DOUG
Wow, kind of fancy.

EMILY
It’s work, though we’re not
supposed to be working. In fact,
I’m not quite sure when we’re
supposed to be working.

DOUG
You look different.

EMILY
I just let my hair down. And
scrubbed off what they called my
“maquillage de pute.” That means
whore makeup. Apparently.

DOUG
Huh. I’ve got some big news for
you. The Cubs won today. They made
the playoffs!

EMILY
Oh my God!! I’m going to lose it!

She looks around quickly, hoping nobody saw this outburst.

DOUG
We have to figure out a way to
watch the world series in Paris.

EMILY
Bien sur!

DOUG
What?

Nearby, Sylvie motions her to put the phone away. Emily

quickly wraps up.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 45.

EMILY
Sweetie, I’ve got to go. We’ll
figure it out. But I can’t wait to
see you. So soon!

ANGLE - BAR

Promotional bottles of De L’Heure line the bar. Emily takes a

glass of champagne from the bartender as Antoine sidles up to
her.

ANTOINE
How are you enjoying Paris?

EMILY
I love it, I mean, who doesn’t,
right?
(beat)
And sorry if I was talking too much
about work. I just get a little
over-enthusiastic sometimes. I mean
I know it’s a party, and--
(beat)
Cheers.

She clinks her champagne glass with his.

ANTOINE
Sante.
(beat)
I know America well. I lived in New
York for two years.

EMILY
And what did you think?

ANTOINE
I think we have much to teach each
other. Americans know how to make
money. But the French know how to
live.

He leans in, closer to catch her scent.

ANTOINE (CONT’D)
You’re not wearing the perfume?

EMILY
Oh sorry, not yet.

He reaches for a bottle. Takes her arm. Sprays a little on

her wrist.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 46.

ANTOINE
Try a little here...

He points to the nape of her neck.

ANTOINE (CONT’D)
And right here.

He keeps her eyes on Emily as she pulls her hair back and
dabs some on her neck. It’s a sexy moment. But it’s also
business - and the product. Antoine leans in for a subtle
whiff.

ANTOINE (CONT’D)
It suits you.

EMILY
It does smell really good. I’m not
usually a perfume girl.

ANTOINE
And why not? It’s like wearing a
beautiful dress. It makes you feel
more confident, sexier, happier...
and of course with the right
chemistry, it can be an
aphrodisiac.

Emily fights to keep her cool against this seductive

onslaught.

EMILY
I’ll have to keep that all in mind
for our marketing materials. The
user experience is key.

ANTOINE
And how do you experience it? What
does it smell like to you?

EMILY
(sniffs)
Gardenia? Leather? Musk?
(beat)
And a little bit like sweat, though
that could be me.
(too honest!)
Sorry - it’s... it’s like wearing
poetry.

ANTOINE
Genial! I love it. “Like wearing
poetry.” Exactement. Perhaps you
wear it and see how you feel.
(MORE)
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 47.

ANTOINE (CONT'D)
And how other men feel around you.
Or other women, as you please.

EMILY
I usually please men. I mean -
prefer men.

ANTOINE
Ahhh. Well, then you need to find
yourself a nice French boyfriend.
That’s the best way to learn the
language. In bed.

EMILY
I have a boyfriend. In Chicago.
We’re basically engaged to be
engaged.
(beat)
He’s coming tomorrow.

ANTOINE
I’m not sure that will help with
your French.

Antoine gently puts his hand on her leg. It’s all a little
ambiguous.

ANTOINE (CONT’D)
I’m very happy to have an American
on my team. We will learn from each
other.

He kisses her on both cheeks.

ANTOINE (CONT’D)
Expensive sex.

EMILY
Excuse me?

ANTOINE
That’s what it smells like to me.
Expensive sex.

EMILY
Well... better than a cheap date.

He slips her his card.

ANTOINE
(jauntily)
I look forward to working with you.
And to get to know you. Emily.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 48.

He smiles and starts off. Emily looks at the card, and after
him. Uncharted waters.

Off Sylvie, not far away. Watching this entire exchange with
interest.

END OF ACT II
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 49.

ACT III

EXT. PARIS BEAUTY SHOTS - ESTABLISHING - DAY (D5)

INT. SAVOIR - DAY (D5)

Emily passes Julien’s desk. Her look is becoming decidedly

simpler, more “French.”

JULIEN
Bonjour... Emily.

EMILY
Bonjour Julien.

A bit of a thaw. Jean Paul approaches.

JEAN PAUL
Very successful party last night.
Antoine was impressed with you. He
would like you to work on the
account.

EMILY
Really? That’s great, I was worried
I was maybe too enthusiastic.

Sylvie approaches, overhearing.

SYLVIE
I would love the help on the
account, but we discussed that
Emily will help with Vaga-Jeune.

EMILY
What is Vaga-Jeune?

JEAN PAUL
Suppositoires. So that the vagina
can become “mouilles.”

EMILY
I’m sorry?

SYLVIE
Suppositories. To promote vaginal
wetness in older women.

JEAN PAUL
Because the weather in the vagine,
when the lady is older...
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 50.

EMILY
Isn’t so “mouilles” anymore. I get
it.

SYLVIE
Très bien. You learned a new word.
(to Jean Paul)
So perhaps Emily spends time on
this for now?

JEAN PAUL
Oui. It is an important product. A
necessity. First you start with the
necessities and then you move to
the luxuries.

SYLVIE
Exactement. And your experience is
with pharmaceuticals so this makes
sense.

EMILY
(not thrilled)
Of course.

Emily begins to start away. SYLVIE stops her.

SYLVIE
Also, I think last night perhaps
you were a little too friendly with
Antoine.

EMILY
What? No.

SYLVIE
He seemed very friendly with you.

EMILY
I think he was just being French.

SYLVIE
And you find him attractive?

EMILY
Yes, but I mean, no. He’s married.
I met his wife.

Sylvie looks her up and down, unsure of what went on.

SYLVIE
Hmmm... so you do find him
attractive.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 51.

EMILY
He’s a client. A married client.

SYLVIE
Exactly. And his wife is very nice.
A very good friend of mine.
(beat)
I will send you all the materials
for Vaga-Jeune.

Emily reacts, offended by the insinuation. Julien approaches.

JULIEN
Something you should know. Sylvie
is Antoine’s mistress.

Off Emily, suddenly understanding what that was about.

INT. LES TROIS GARCONS - NIGHT (N5)

The kind of local french bistro that you dream about.

Emily has dinner with Mindy. They drink wine, waiting for
their entrees to arrive.

MINDY
You never flirt with another woman
in front of your mistress. It’s
worse than doing it in front of
your wife.

EMILY
They were both in the room, to be
precise.

MINDY
Ah, then they probably know about
each other. I’m sure they are
friends.

EMILY
Friends?? You think Antoine’s wife
knows about his affair with Sylvie?

MINDY
Of course. I’m sure she approves.

EMILY
Why?
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 52.

MINDY
Nobody wants to have to have sex
with the same person forever. I bet
she has a lover too.

EMILY
Ok my head is spinning. So they’re
all in on it together?

MINDY
(laughs)
I think it’s probably tolerated
more than discussed.

The waiter arrives with their food.

MINDY (CONT’D)
Merci.
(beat)
Looks wonderful. How do you know
about this place?

EMILY
It’s on my block. It looked so
cute. And every time I walk by,
it’s packed.

She cuts into her meat.

EMILY (CONT’D)
Ugggh, this steak is dégueulasse.
It isn’t cooked at all.

She gets the waiter’s attention.

EMILY (CONT’D)
Ummm - pardon - monsieur--

The WAITER returns.

WAITER
Oui?

EMILY
Sorry, I ordered this medium - and
it’s kind of... bloody.

MINDY
(in French)
She would like the steak more well
done, please.

EMILY
What she said.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 53.

The waiter shrugs, not pleased. Removes the plate.

EMILY (CONT’D)
Anyway, what’s the point of being
married if you’re just going to
cheat on your spouse?

MINDY
Maybe after you’re married for
twenty years you might feel
differently. The French are
romantics - but they’re also
realists.

A waiter reappears with the steak. He puts it down.

WAITER
The chef tells me the steak is
correct.

EMILY
Correct for him, but not correct
for me.

WAITER
(shrugs)
I suggest you try it.

EMILY
May I speak to the chef?

WAITER
(shrugs)
As you wish.

He starts off. Mindy begins to trade plates, concerned.

MINDY
I eat yours. You have mine.

Emily won’t have it.

EMILY
C’mon, the customer is always
right.

MINDY
No. Here, the customer is never
right.

EMILY
Maybe I can educate the chef about
customer service.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 54.

MINDY
You think you are going to change
the entire French people by sending
back a piece of meat!

The CHEF arrives at the table. It is GABRIEL. The man who

lives downstairs from Emily. Whose door she has been
mistakenly banging on.

EMILY
(suddenly recognizing)
It’s you.

GABRIEL
And it’s you. Again.
(beat)
There is a problem?

Emily digs into her meat.

EMILY
No. Everything is perfect.

She chews with gusto as Mindy watches this exchange,

curiously.

EMILY’S INSTAGRAM STORY - MONTAGE

EXT. PARIS - DAY (MONTAGE)

A SHOT OF THE EIFFEL TOWER.

CURSIVE SCRIPT: BOYFRIEND ARRIVES IN PARIS TOMORROW

EXT. RUE MONTORGEUIL - DAY (MONTAGE)

VARIOUS SHOTS along this most famous market street in Paris.

Emily confidently points to fruit and cheese at various

stands where she now gets a warmer welcome from the vendors.
She is offered a taste of various cheeses.

A LOGO APPEARS: Paris is for Lovers

Then the word CHEESE gets inserted before “Lovers.”

COMMENTS ROLL IN:

Good luck!

Living vicariously!
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 55.

Wish I had your life!

What a dream!

GORGEOUS SHOTS OF STRAWBERRIES AND FLOWERS

CAPTION: Fraises et Fleurs for days

INT. BAKERY - DAY (MONTAGE)

Emily takes a selfie with the now smiling Bakery Woman

holding a decadent chocolate tart.

A little “Bonjour” goes a long way!

EMILYINPARIS now has 5643 followers.

END OF MONTAGE

EXT. PARIS STREET - DAY (D6)

Emily walks with her arms full as her phone rings. She
fumbles for it - sees the call is from Doug.

EMILY
I hope you’re on your way to the
airport, Mister.

INTERCUT WITH:

EXT. MICHIGAN AVENUE - SAME (D6)

Doug is walking along the lakefront.

DOUG
Emily, I can’t make it tomorrow.

EMILY
Why? What happened?

DOUG
I packed. I took a week off from
work. And then I thought, what am I
going to do in Paris all day while
you’re at work?

EMILY
I don’t know. See the sights? There
are a lot of sights here, Doug.
(MORE)
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 56.

EMILY (CONT'D)
I mean, Paris is kind of famous for
their sights, of which there are
many.

DOUG
Alone. While you’re working.

EMILY
Actually, the lunch breaks here are
extensive. I could spend three
hours with you in the Louvre in the
middle of the afternoon and nobody
would miss me. You could shoot a
cannon through my office between
one and three and no one would get
hurt.
(beat)
Is this about the Cubs?

DOUG
No.

EMILY
Because we can watch the playoffs
on a slingbox. You won’t have to
miss a game.

DOUG
It’s not about the Cubs, Emily.
(beat)
I’m not sure want to have this
relationship...

EMILY
Are you serious?

DOUG
You put me in a no-win situation.
Either I stand in your way, or we
have this crazy long distance thing
that honestly, I don’t want to do.

EMILY
Why didn’t you tell me you didn’t
want to do it before I took the
job?

DOUG
Because I wanted this for you...

EMILY
Not if it means we won’t be
together.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 57.

DOUG
Emily, maybe this is a good thing.
It gives us a chance to take a
break - see how we are after a
year.

EMILY
Just come here for a week. Leave
tomorrow. We’ll have an amazing
time, I promise.

There is an excruciating pause. Then:

DOUG
I think it’s better to pull off the
band-aid now.

It suddenly lands with Emily. She’s being dumped.

EMILY
So you wanted me to take this job.
And move five thousand miles away.
So you could break up with me?

DOUG
Honestly, I didn’t realize until
after you left that - maybe we’re
not compatible.
(beat)
I’m a guy who hates to leave
Chicago. You’re the girl who moves
to Paris for a job.

Emily tries to compute this, reeling. Then:

EMILY
You’re damn right I am.

She hangs up the phone and processes for a beat. Willing

herself not to cry.

END OF ACT III

Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 58.

ACT IV

INT. EMILY’S APARTMENT - THE NEXT MORNING (D7)

Emily flings open the shutters to reveal a dramatic view.

Rain coats the window. Thunderheads roll over the city as the
sky opens up. Melancholy and surreal.

Emily takes a picture. Posts it to her account.

Paris is weeping.

EXT. SAVOIR - DAY (D7)

Emily heads purposefully towards the building. One umbrella

in a sea of umbrellas.

INT. SAVOIR - DAY (D7)

Emily passes by Julien’s desk, barely acknowledging him.

JULIEN
Bonjour Emily.

EMILY
Bonjour.

INT. SAVOIR - EMILY’S DESK - MOMENTS LATER (D7)

She hangs up her raincoat and sits at her desk. Confronted by

a package of Vaga-Jeune and a pile of promotional material.

Emily examines the product. An ugly pink box. With Vaga-Jeune

spelled out in vaguely feminine lettering.

Emily Google translates “jeune.” “Young” pops up.

EMILY
Young vagina. Hmmm. I guess
everyone wants one.

She looks at the box, considers some copy.

Types: The irony of menopause. Just when you have the time to
really explore your mature, adventurous, sensual self...

The vagina goes on strike.

Emily allows herself a small smile. Not bad.

Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 59.

She Google translates: The vagina goes on strike.

The translation pops up: Le vagin se met en greve.

Emily blinks. Le vagin?

She types: The vagina.

Translation: Le vagin.

Stares at disbelief at the translation.

EMILY (CONT’D)
Are you kidding me?

INT. SAVOIR - HALLWAY - DAY (D7)

Sylvie is working as Emily interrupts.

EMILY
‘The vagina’ is masculine?!

SYLVIE
Pardon?

EMILY
Why is it ‘Le Vagin’ and not ‘La
Vagin?’

SYLVIE
(Gallic shrug)
I don’t know. It is just that way.
Perhaps because it is something a
woman owns but a man possesses?

Emily stares at her, speechless across the cultural divide.

Seriously wondering if she will ever be able to bridge it.

EMILY
Your language is seriously f’d up.

She storms out of Sylvie’s office. Off Sylvie, unsure what

that was about. And not particularly interested either way.

INT. SAVOIR - EMILY’S DESK - A MOMENT LATER

Emily takes a picture of Vaga-Jeune. Then overlays the slogan

“Le vagin n’est pas masculin!” over the image of the box.
Creating a meme. Posts it to her EMILYINPARIS Instagram.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 60.

EXT. PALAIS ROYALE GARDENS - DAY (D7)

The sun is out now. Emily sits next to Mindy as the kids
play.

EMILY
This was a big mistake. I should
never have come here.

MINDY
No, it’s good you came! Than waste
another minute with a man who won’t
leave Chicago.

EMILY
I feel like Alice through the
looking glass. It’s like up is
down. I’ll never learn the
language. Or understand anything
here.
(beat)
Do you realize the city is laid out
in circles? Like they deliberately
designed it to confuse us.

MINDY
It’s an illogical culture. But a
beautiful one, too. Better to just
let it wash over you.

EMILY
That’s just it. I’m worried I might
drown.

MINDY
First you have to ask yourself -
why did you want to come to Paris?

EMILY
It was never my dream - it just
happened - and I thought it would
be an adventure...

MINDY
And it is! Maybe a better one than
you imagined.

EMILY
What made you want to move to
Paris?

MINDY
Business school. My father is the
zipper king of China.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 61.

EMILY
What?

MINDY
(nods)
Zipper king. I came here for
business school. So one day, I can
work for my father. But I flunked.

EMILY
I’m sorry. So why not go home?

MINDY
And tell my father I failed? Never.
So I found a job as a nanny. I
can’t go back to China now. Too
embarrassing.

EMILY
(choking up)
I can’t go back either. I won’t!

MINDY
Why would you ever want to leave
Paris? The city is so beautiful,
the food so amazing, the men so
sexy.

EMILY
I just never pictured myself here
alone.

MINDY
You’re not alone. You have a friend
here now.

Mindy smiles at her. Squeezes her hand. Emily returns the

smile.

MINDY (CONT’D)
Paris is the most exciting city in
the world! You never know what can
happen here next.

Then Mindy stands, barks at the children in Mandarin.

MINDY (CONT’D)
Stay away from the fountain!

Off Emily, taking in the splendor of her surroundings. And

the new life she’s committed to.

EXT. ELYESSE PALACE - ESTABLISHING - DAY (D7)

Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 62.

INT. ELYESSE PALACE - DAY (D7)

A uniformed WAITER approaches a woman sitting alone at a

dining table. (NOTE - we only see the woman from the back). He
presents a plate topped with a silver cloches and removes the
dome, revealing a small perfect piece of salmon and baby
vegetables.

WAITER
Madame Macron.

MADAME MACRON
Merci, Monsieur.

Madame Macron begins to eat, as she surfs her Instagram feed

on the phone beside her plate.

She pauses at a friend’s post. It is a REGRAM of Emily’s post

of the “Vaga-Jeune” meme: Le Vagin n’est pas masculin!

Mme Macron ‘likes’ it. Comments: Exactement! Then, with a

couple flicks of her well-manicured nails...

Copies the meme...

And reposts it to her TWITTER account:

@BRIGITTEMACRON
FIRST LADY OF FRANCE

EXT. CAFE - DAY (D7)

Jean Paul, Sylvie, Julien and Luke are enjoying a leisurely

lunch when Jean Paul’s phone buzzes repeatedly. He looks at
it, eyes going wide. (In French with subtitles:)

JEAN PAUL
My God!

SYLVIE
What is it?

JEAN PAUL
I just got this from the president
of Vaga-Jeune. Brigitte Macron has
posted something about the product
on her Twitter account. From
Emily’s Instagram.

Sylvie is stunned.

SYLVIE
(reverentially)
Brigitte Macron? Let me see.
Emily in Paris - Pilot 8/12/18 63.

Jean Paul hands her the phone.

JEAN PAUL
The client is very pleased.

Sylvie looks at the phone. Impressed disbelief. Julien leans

in to take a look.

SYLVIE
(reads it)
“Le Vagin n’est pas masculin.”

JULIEN
That is for sure.

SYLVIE
(conceding)
Bravo.

Suddenly Jean Paul spots Emily walking back to the office. He

stands and waves to her.

ANGLE - EMILY

She waves back, tentatively.

BACK TO TABLE

JEAN PAUL
Emily! Come join us!

The rest of the group join in.

EVERYONE
Emily! Come!

ANGLE - EMILY

She smiles, surprised by the warm invitation, then heads to

the table. Her phone is BUZZING up a storm in her pocket.

As she approaches the table, she takes out her phone. And is
stunned to see that thanks to Brigitte Macron, EMILYINPARIS
now has...

150,000 new followers. Prestigious ones. Like Bernard Henri

Levi and Carla Bruni.

And has perhaps single-handedly opened up a new front in the

cultural wars.

END OF PILOT *