Eternally Yours Episode 6 Recap: Jesse's Marriage Gets Complicated
Relationships are complicated enough when you're human, but throw vampires into the mix, and suddenly an ordinary disagreement can end with someone getting their memory erased. In Eternally Yours Season 1 Episode 6, “Eternal Sunshine of Phyllis’s Mind,” Jesse has apparently found the easiest way to avoid arguing with his wife, Phyllis: simply make her forget the argument ever happened. Problem solved, right? Not exactly.
Meanwhile, Max is ready to take the next step in his relationship with Emma, but she's not quite as enthusiastic about the idea of living together. Between relationship advice, vampire secrets, makeup sex, and one very unusual sleeping arrangement, this episode has plenty of laughs while giving its couples some surprisingly sweet moments.
Jesse Has Been Taking the Easy Way Out
Jesse and Phyllis have been getting into their usual petty arguments, but Max notices something interesting about how Jesse handles them. Rather than work through their disagreements, Jesse simply wipes Phyllis's memory whenever things get uncomfortable. It's certainly one way to keep the peace, although someone might want to tell Jesse that repeatedly erasing your wife's memories isn't exactly the foundation of a healthy marriage.
Liz decides Jesse needs a little relationship advice and explains that arguments aren't necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes disagreements can actually strengthen a relationship, especially when couples work through their issues instead of pretending they never happened. And, of course, there's another benefit Jesse apparently knows absolutely nothing about: makeup sex.
Yes, Jesse has somehow made it this far in his marriage without experiencing the joys of making up after a fight. Naturally, once Liz introduces him to the concept, he's ready to give it a try. The next time he and Phyllis argue, Jesse resists the urge to erase her memory and actually lets the disagreement play out.
And wouldn't you know it? Liz was right. Jesse and Phyllis have some fantastic makeup sex, and suddenly Jesse is seeing their marriage in an entirely different light. Unfortunately, all that newfound intimacy also makes him a little too comfortable sharing information that absolutely should have stayed a secret.
Jesse Finally Tells Phyllis the Truth
Things are going so wonderfully between Jesse and Phyllis that he decides to tell her the family is made up of vampires. After all this time spent making sure she doesn't remember their arguments, Jesse casually drops the biggest secret of them all. Understandably, Phyllis freaks out, especially when everyone else comes into the room. Emma quickly uses her ability to freeze humans, stopping Phyllis in her tracks while the family figures out how to handle Jesse's latest terrible decision.
Liz and Charles explain why Phyllis knowing the truth is such a problem. For starters, she has a tendency to blab, and the last thing this family needs is their vampire identities becoming public knowledge. They would have to move, something nobody is particularly interested in doing. They also have a history with vampire hunters and werewolves, and attracting that kind of attention again would be a disaster.
As if that weren't enough, Emma has an ex-boyfriend who happens to be a werewolf with a rather disturbing habit of killing her vampire boyfriends out of jealousy. So, yes, this family has some very legitimate reasons for wanting to keep their supernatural lives private. Jesse eventually wipes Phyllis's memory again, putting them right back where they started. However, his sons aren't happy about continuing to hide who they really are from their mother. They're tired of pretending, and their frustration finally gets through to Jesse.
Taking their feelings seriously, Jesse drives Phyllis far away from the family and tells her the truth once again. Unfortunately, the second revelation doesn't go much better than the first. Phyllis bolts from the car, and Jesse takes off after her, leaving us wondering whether this family will ever find a way to be honest with her without sending her running for her life.
Max Wants to Move In, but Emma Has Some Concerns
While Jesse is busy discovering that marriage requires more than a convenient memory wipe, Max has his own relationship problem. He's desperate to get out of his current living situation because sharing a room with the boys has become unbearable. Trying to sleep while your roommates practice their stand-up comedy routines isn't much fun. Max is exhausted, and moving into Emma's room seems like the perfect solution. There's just one tiny problem: Emma isn't ready.
Emma likes Max, and their relationship is going well, but she worries they're moving too quickly. Rather than immediately telling him how she feels, she comes up with a plan involving Charles. She asks Charles to say no when they approach him about Max moving in, hoping that will spare her from having to be the bad guy.
Unfortunately for Emma, Charles has his own agenda. Since he doesn't approve of their relationship, he decides that agreeing to the move might actually create more problems between them. So when the question comes up, Charles says yes, leaving Emma stuck with a plan that has completely backfired. Honestly, trying to manipulate a relationship into falling apart by giving the couple exactly what they want is a choice. Charles might need to rethink that strategy.
Max and Emma Actually Talk Things Out
What makes Max and Emma's storyline so refreshing is how they ultimately handle the situation. Instead of allowing the moving-in question to turn into some huge argument filled with unnecessary drama, the two actually sit down and talk about their feelings.
Emma admits she's scared things are moving too fast, and Max doesn't dismiss her concerns. In fact, he acknowledges that he has some of those same fears. The difference is that he believes they can work through them together. It's a genuinely sweet moment, especially in a household where relationship problems usually involve supernatural powers, questionable decisions, or someone trying to interfere. Max and Emma listen to each other, acknowledge their worries, and decide to move forward together.
Emma agrees to let Max move into her room, and the whole thing feels like a small victory for two people who are learning how to navigate their relationship without letting fear get in the way. Of course, this is still Eternally Yours, so we can't end things on a completely ordinary romantic note.
After agreeing to live with Max, Emma gets ready to go to sleep, and that's when we discover her rather unusual bedtime routine. Instead of climbing into bed like most people, she crawls up the wall and hooks her feet into a set of fixtures so she can sleep hanging upside down. Like an actual bat; that snores. Max wanted to live with his vampire girlfriend, and now he's getting the full experience. Hope he's comfortable sleeping next to someone dangling from the ceiling.
Final Thoughts
Eternally Yours Season 1 Episode 6 delivers some entertaining relationship comedy while showing us two very different approaches to love. Jesse has spent so much time avoiding conflict that he's missed out on the kind of connection that comes from actually working through disagreements. His introduction to makeup sex is hilarious, but the bigger issue is that he's finally realizing his family can't continue living behind an endless series of erased memories.
Max and Emma, meanwhile, offer a surprisingly healthy example of what happens when two people are willing to talk about their fears instead of running from them. Their relationship isn't without complications, especially with Charles actively hoping things go wrong, but they're figuring things out together.
And while Jesse's decision to tell Phyllis the truth leaves us with plenty of questions about what happens next, Emma hanging upside down to sleep gives the episode one last ridiculous laugh. What did you think? Let us know in the comments.
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