Desperate for a reprieve from her life in Paris, Emily accepts Marcello’s irresistible invitation to join him in Rome for a long weekend. A serendipitous sequence of events at the end of season 4 brings Emily a new adventure in yet another foreign city: running Agence Grateau’s Rome office.

Emily in Paris' creator Darren Star hopes for a Season 5 after the end of Season 4 Part 2 gives Emily more reason to stay in Rome.

When Gabriel failed to save Emily up on the slopes, a mysterious, debonair, drop-dead gorgeous Italian man named Marcello Muratori (Eugenio Franceschini) swoops in to the rescue. Emily thinks this was a one-off encounter, but then he shows up again at a polo tournament. They hit it off, and he even invites Emily to go to Rome on a holiday.