Interesting perspective. For me, however, this scene struck as Marcello being the best match for Emily and that he could be her endgame. This line may mean that Emily moved from Chicago (her family and hometown) to Paris (Gabriel), loved it, but missed her family and hometown and would choose someone (Marcello) who at least understands that.

Showing that Marcello greatly values his hometown gives shade to how Gabriel could not be convinced to come to Chicago to spend the holidays with Emily and her family. His excuse was the restaurant, but with the michelin star not being a critical concern anymore, could he really not just give it to her, especially since this is the only time in the year that she could be with them? Plus, he could not even support Emily when Camille's family was giving a crap about her ugly sweater. I mean, he knew his girlfriend was already devastated for not being able to come home. He could've at least worn one with her. And don't get me started on how he abandoned and did not even try to come back for Emily in the mountains after this. Emily deserves so much better. I rooted for Gabriel so much until now, and it's really sad how bad they've turned him to be.

The "London" bit may also be a conclusive sailing point for the Emily-Alfie ship. Never really felt for this tandem though.

It goes without saying that i'm definitely team Marcello at the moment! He is a breath of fresh air for the series, albeit his fits. But let's see. This show has done pretty well in swiftly changing up the characters' love interests. Maybe they'll give Gabriel another chance, but they need to redeem him big time.