Let's start by the shorter one, the recovery of a lost memory. Eric Northman, lying in his new love nest by Sooki, tells her that he does not want to remember his past. This baby face vampire was, just a few days before, a ravaging, murderous, one thousand years old bastard. He knows he is guilty of his crimes, therefore he does not want a memory of the past. He does not want to live with a guilty conscience. He does not want to remember. However, we have two characters emotionally attached to Eric who want him to remember, Pam and Sooki. The reasons why they want Eric to remember are opposite. On the one hand, Pam is that little demon that materializes in your shoulder. She represents Eric’s evil conscience, she is fully aware of their misdeeds, since she was an active part in them. Pam, free of guilty feelings, claims the return of Eric’s memory as a badge of courage to celebrate their power. It is a reassurance of their position in society, which paradoxically is both the elite class and the discriminated-against one. On the other hand, Sooki is not aware of the evil crimes Eric has committed throughout his life, she only sees the tip of the iceberg, and this is seen through rose color glasses since the Viking vampire has been trying to get in Sooki’s pants for as long as he knows her. Sooki wants Eric to recover his memory because she does not know about his past. The audience feels sorry for her, we are aware of what’s waiting for her in case his memory is back. Memory is definitely a hard case to handle.
Sooki’s situation connects with her portrayal as a powerful woman in the show. For the first time, if I remember well, she shows a weakness. Sooki, even though many people may think she is a lame character, has consistently been an extremely independent and powerful character. True Blood has been a show with very powerful women (Tara, Pam, and now Jessica, the young vampire who is starting to feel her power and to live like an independent woman). On the other hand, the male characters are all extremely vulnerable and weak. Bill, Eric, Jason, Sam, Hoyt, Lafayette, all of them have shown their weaknesses, and revealed not to be a strong characters at some point or another. If we think about how is that these characters have shown their weaknesses, we come to the same conclusion: love makes you weaker. Isn’t that a wrong message to send to the audience? I know that love also makes characters in the show stronger, but don’t you think that’s a given?
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