Eternally Yours Season 1 Episode 6 Review: Phyllis Learns the Truth

Eternally Yours Season 1 Episode 6, “Eternal Sunshine of Phyllis’s Mind,” puts Jesse and Phyllis’ oddball relationship in the hot seat.

It also transforms one of the most polarizing storylines — Jesse mind-wiping Phyllis — into one of the best episodes to date as these unlikely lovers work through their otherworldly relationship problems.

Eternally Yours may still be finding its fangs, but this outing is proof it can rise to meet the occasion when the coven calls for it.

As the coven learns Jessie is abusing his mind-wiping powers, we are treated to a hilarious outing featuring a vampire that fears confrontations.

Jessie has been alive for hundreds of years, and he has avoided fights with his lovers like the plague. So watching this baby vamp discover conflict for the first time is adorably funny.

He doesn’t even care what he and Phyllis fight about; he’s just in it for the love of the game.

A game that gets even more hilarious when Liz interjects just long enough to reveal fighting in a relationship can lead to incredible make-up sex — something Jessie believed to be a myth.

The material is rich with silly, over-the-top melodrama for a couple that has become a highlight of this series.

Every second spent watching Jessie rediscover his love for Phyllis in the streets fighting and in the sheets making up is time well spent for the comedy.

As funny as it is to watch a man discover the concept of an argument, Jessie is also forced to face his problematic and hurtful behavior towards his wife.

The moment he realizes he and Phyllis can have a safe and steamy romance through honesty, that breakthrough leads this episode down far more entertaining avenues than the mind-wiping joke ever could. 

Eternally Yours finally addresses how Jessie’s control over his wife has affected her willpower and hurt their children as well.

The coven stepping in to dictate what Jessie should and shouldn’t do with his life is proof Liz and Charles have been putting their family first in this arrangement. It’s a breath of fresh air to see Henry and Mort confront their father and demand he put Phyllis first for once.

Jessie and his family’s turmoil as Phyllis learns the truth about her husband gives us a glimpse of the beating heart at the center of this show.

It earnestly taps into the poignancy of lying to the ones we love while playing up the comedic potential of a couple learning to be honest with each other for the first time in their marriage.

Jessie taking Phyllis out to the middle of nowhere so she can “run it out” in response to her fleeing her vampire husband is a silly end to the beginning of a much more profound relationship.

Jessie and Phyllis are an excellent palate cleanser to the constant disagreements of Liz and Charles. Allowing Phyllis to fully embrace her family will only make this pairing more killer.

Speaking of refreshing romantic pairings, Max and Emma finally get material that treats them like a proper couple. It’s no longer giving forced proximity sibling vibes (and thank god for that!)

We also see into Emma’s psyche as a character for the first time as she attempts to play both Max and Charles to get what she wants. Her genuine desire to move in with Max, followed by that confrontational blackmail session in Charles’ office, is downright diabolical.

It’s even better because Charles immediately turns on his daughter to hurt Max further. That level of dedication to the mess cannot be overlooked!

It’s an episode that celebrates the bizarre romantic couples and the genuine humanity they lend to this close-proximity premise. 

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Eternally Yours airs Thursdays at 8:30/9:30c on CBS.

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