Warning: This post contains spoilers for Season 4 Part 1 of Emily in Paris.
The previous seasons of have centered on the complicated love triangle between Emily (Lily Collins) and her friends, the charming French couple Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) and Camille (Camille Razat). While Emily and Gabriel confessed their feelings for each other in , the revelation that Camille was pregnant with Gabriel’s baby and that she was secretly in love with artist Sofia (Melia Kreiling) seemed to put a hold on Emily and Gabriel’s romantic aspirations.
However, in Season 4, it appears as though each of these friends might finally get what they desire, even though their lives remain intertwined. After a period of introspection and withdrawal, Camille decides to pursue a relationship with Sofia (who moves to Paris for her) while preparing for co-parenting with Gabriel. After seasons of romantic tension and veiled flirting, Emily ends her relationship with her British boyfriend Alfie to finally pursue a romance with Gabriel.
Despite their desires, the adage that “the course of true love never did run smooth” seems to continuously disrupt the lives of these friends and lovers. Sofia and Camille are staying with Gabriel while they search for an apartment, leaving Gabriel and Emily, whose best friend Mindy (Ashley Park) shares her tiny studio apartment and bed, with no space to spend time together as a new couple. The unconventional living situation highlights the long-standing bond and lack of boundaries between Camille and Gabriel, who asserts that they will “always be family,” particularly with a baby on the way, which causes concern for both Emily and Sofia.
When Sofia and Camille finally find their own apartment—coincidentally, in the same building as Emily and Gabriel, it seems like a solution to the anxieties of this ménage à quatre—but instead, it exposes the group’s real problems. During a shopping trip at Les Puces for their new apartment, Sofia breaks up with Camille, revealing that she never intended to move to Paris and was caught up in her feelings for Camille. She is troubled by Camille’s reluctance to move away from the city and Gabriel. Sofia returns to Athens and leaves an open invitation for Camille to join her and resume their relationship.
Camille’s discontent after the breakup, intensified by Emily and Gabriel’s burgeoning romance, reaches a breaking point when she visits the ob-gyn and discovers that her pregnancy test was a rare false positive. Her missed period was due to stress, and she was never pregnant at all. In the final episode of Season 4 Part 1, grieving over these losses, Camille chooses not to inform Gabriel that she isn’t pregnant, seemingly in an attempt to avoid losing another person she cares about.
While Camille’s shocking revelation is her secret for now, it remains uncertain whether or not it will stay that way, or for how long. With Part 2 of Season 4 premiering on Sept. 12 on Netflix, time will tell how Camille’s big secret impacts her friendships with Emily and Gabriel, and her relationship with Sofia.
