Emily in Paris Season 5 is already stirring up plenty of buzz, even before it lands on Netflix on Dec. 18.
After the official teaser trailer dropped, fans were caught off guard by a “wild” storyline—a possible romantic connection between Mindy (Ashley Park) and Emily’s ex-boyfriend, Alfie (Lucien Laviscount).
However, another moment caught fans by surprise, as it seems like Emily’s other romantic interests from the past several seasons, Gabriel (Lucas Bravo), is plotting his exit.
It starts around the : 53-second mark, as Mindy arrives from Shanghai, telling Emily, “You know the saying, ‘you can’t go home again?’ Well, you can. It’s leaving that’s the hard part.”
The scene may not have anything to do with Gabriel, but it sets the stage for the next moment in the trailer, which shows Emily running seemingly to meet with the Michelin-starred chef, who later says in a scene as the two are dining at a restaurant, “But now I’m excited for the future. I think you should be too.”
Fans then see Emily seemingly sending Gabriel off, as they share a hug at the train station.
But where is Gabriel going? Does this mean he’s leaving the show? Is he pulling an Emily and prioritizing a new adventure?
And what about his feelings for her and his desire to pursue her at the end of season 4?
It’s possible the creative forces behind the show had to pivot Gabriel’s storyline following comments he made earlier this year, where he revealed he wasn’t pleased with the trajectory of his character’s storyline.
Emily in Paris. (L to R) Lily Collins as Emily, Lucas Bravo as Gabriel in Emily in Paris. Cr. Caroline Dubois/Netflix © 2025
While speaking with IndieWire last fall, Bravo noted, “The ‘sexy chef’ was very much part of me in season 1 and we grew apart season after season because of the choices he makes and because of the direction they make him take,” he said, adding, “I’ve never been so far away from him.”
“In season 1, there was a lot of me in him. But as they made him kind of unaware of his surroundings, of the dynamic, always victimizing and always being completely lost in translation and oblivious to anything that is happening around him and being manipulated by everyone, it kind of became not fun for me to shoot or to see a character I love so much and brought me so much, being slowly turned into guacamole,” he further expressed.
There was plenty of concern about Bravo’s character’s future following the comments, with the show creator Darren Starr later revealing that it was all a “misunderstanding.”
“I think the latter, just a misunderstanding. I think he was never intending not to come back,” he noted, per Deadline.
But maybe this is Bravo’s final season? From the looks of that trailer, he’s on his way out, and maybe that’s for the best? After all, things between him and Emily have gotten all too complicated, and they seem better off as friends.
What do you think? Is Bravo’s time on Emily in Paris coming to an end? Is the trailer teasing his exit? Or are they purposefully misleading us and trying to make us believe that?
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