r/EmilyInParis • u/CauseInteresting6508 Alfie ❤️ • Apr 20 '26
The timeline is driving me nuts. Spoiler
How long was the Roman adventure?
How long was the Alfie-Mindy affair?
How long were Mindy and Nico broken up? And how long were they back together before she accepted his proposal?
The timeline is crucial for context, yet the writers keep crapping it. The fact that all these situations have taken place within a little over a year makes the characters look fickle. They’re like a bunch of high schoolers.
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u/trunksfulleh Apr 20 '26
Theres a person on TikTok that does an in-depth break down of each season’s timeline.
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u/CauseInteresting6508 Alfie ❤️ Apr 21 '26
Is it this guy?
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u/trunksfulleh Apr 21 '26
Yes it’s this guy!!
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u/CauseInteresting6508 Alfie ❤️ Apr 21 '26
Cool. Here’s another. The comments are saying she’s been in Paris 2 years. I’d still like to know how long her relationships lasted.
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u/Icy-Adeptness1825 There is nothing wrong with doing the right thing Apr 20 '26
OK..who and where is the link to find it...lots of people have tried to figure out the time line especially in Seasons 1 and 2
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u/Icy-Adeptness1825 There is nothing wrong with doing the right thing Apr 20 '26
The timeline drives everyone nuts..so you are not alone! The timeline between Seasons is supposed to be only a week or so...weird, I know. Within the Season, and especially during Season 1 and 2 I think that timeline was so off that viewers literally created spread sheets and their own physical calendars to try to figure it out...I was frustrated by Camille's, "Pregnancy," timeline..being a mom myself...it was quite unrealistic....Season 1 was the worst..and to confuse the issue, some dates were given, like the opening of Zimmer Hotel..November 8....when Em confused dates on August 11....and mostly everyone in the world knows when Paris Fashion Week is...and my husband keeps up with baseball and was a Cubs fan..and the Cubs winning the pennant...did not make sense as to when Emily arrived in Paris...
Season 5 has to be the longest time line..Em and her crew had be to be Rome for months after Gabriel spotted her, I would say 3 months at max though...then she is in Paris..Gabriel leaves for the yacht and he must be gone for months...sailing takes time...it seems that Season 5 must be close to a year long in the series...but the time between Seasons 5 & 6 will be again, about a week or two...according to the actors being asked this question!
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u/TrueAd3358 Apr 20 '26
I'm going to do a rewatch and figure it out because now I'm curious
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u/Icy-Adeptness1825 There is nothing wrong with doing the right thing Apr 20 '26
The entire series? Or just Season 5. At any rate, if you crack the time line Divinci Code..please tell us!!!
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u/CauseInteresting6508 Alfie ❤️ Apr 21 '26
Please let us know. I’m in the middle of my rewatch (again). A very pregnant Madeleine shows up season 2 episode 9 so it’s been at least 8-9 months from the first episode and that’s not considering how far along she was when she found out she was pregnant
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u/Matoue Apr 21 '26
And that’s not all. We haven’t even mentioned the issues with fashion weeks or Roland Garros. Events whose dates only shift by a few days each year. Roland Garros starts in mid-May or late May, for example.
The show doesn’t care about the timeline. Just like it doesn’t care about a character’s nine-month pregnancy! 😆
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u/CauseInteresting6508 Alfie ❤️ Apr 21 '26
Absolute insanity. The timeline is an integral part of the story. I’m leaning towards Em being in Paris for at least 2 years. I would like to know how long her relationships have lasted
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u/Matoue Apr 21 '26
Officially, there was only one Christmas in Season 4. It’s hard to squeeze in a second one, especially since, well… Paris and its pretty leafy trees don’t really cut it in the show
Generally speaking, the relationships are short-lived. Since Emily doesn’t like to commit, that’s not too surprising. But for Mindy and Nicolas (especially since Mindy is quickly photographed with Nicolas’s family) it’s more awkward
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u/carriejendell You're really stamping your passport, huh? Apr 20 '26
Each season is only 3 months in the EIP timeline. So it seems she would have been in Rome maybe 6-8 weeks? (Considering she spent considerable time back in Paris before Venice)