I'll Remember

I'll Remember is the first episode of the sixth season of The Vampire Diaries and the one hundred and twelfth episode of the series overall.
==Summary==
FRESH STARTS AND SECOND CHANCES — After spending the past four months coping with the loss of Damon in an unconventional and potentially dangerous way, Elena has returned to Whitmore College for the start of sophomore year. Unable to move on, Caroline is desperate to find a way to reverse the anti-magic spell the Travelers have put over Mystic Falls and grows frustrated when her calls to Stefan go unanswered. Tyler, who is human once again, has a run-in at a football tailgate that tests his ability to control his anger, while Matt worries that Jeremy is dealing with the loss of Bonnie in a self-destructive way. Alaric, who is struggling to adjust to his new life as a vampire, finds himself in an awkward situation when he meets Jo, a beautiful doctor at the university hospital. Last, while everyone believes Stefan is off tracking a lead to get Damon and Bonnie back, Elena is shocked when she learns the truth of what he has really been up to.
==Plot==
The episode opens up with the couple being attacked by an unknown vampire.
Four months after the season finale, a sophomore year at Whitmore College stars. Alaric became a professor of Occult Studies at the college, Tyler starts going to college, while Caroline dropped out and is trying to find a way to bring Damon and Bonnie back. Meanwhile, Stefan is working as a car mechanic at Dean's Garage and has given up hope of ever brining them back. He's got a girlfriend and keeps dodging everyone's calls. The town's border prevents any vampires of entering Mystic Falls, so Caroline had a picnic with her mom near the border. She also borrows books about magic from Alaric to try to find a way to end the magic border.
It's soon revealed that Elena is the one who attacked the couple as a result of the herbs Luke had given her. She uses them in order to see Damon. When she mentions to Luke had the thirst is the side effect, he thinks about cutting her off. Matt joins the militia under the direction of Tripp Cooke to learn to protect the town from vampires. Meanwhile, Jeremy spent the summer drinking, hooking up and playing video games.
On her way to meet Caroline, Elena picks up a girl "Sarah" and attacks her before Caroline stops her. Sarah runs to Mystic Falls and Elena and Caroline are unable to follow her. Elena admits to her that she's been using herbs.
During his training, Matt sees Sarah and runs to help her. She said that a vampire attacked her but when Tripp and the rest of the militia arrived, Matt spun the story to make it seem that a dog bit her. Later, he took her outside the border so that Caroline can compel her to forget about the attack.
At the party and the game, Alaric meets Jo and Tyler tries to control his anger issues. When Caroline tells him about Luke's herbs, he attacks him, but Alaric managed to break them up.
Meanwhile, Elena called Stefan to talk about grief. Later she hallucinates Damon and tries to forget him with no luck. She went to Alaric, who is an Enhanced Original Vampire, and asked him to compel her to forget that she ever loved Damon.
In an unknown locarion, Bonnie and Damon have breakfast.
==Cast==
===Main Cast===
*Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert
*Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore
*Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore
*Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert
*Kat Graham as Bonnie Bennett
*Candice Accola as Caroline Forbes
*Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan
*Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood
*Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman
*Michael Malarkey as Enzo (credit only)
===Special Guest Star===
*Colin Ferguson as Tripp Cooke
===Guest Cast===
*Penelope Mitchell as Liv Parker
*Marguerite MacIntyre as Liz Forbes
*Chris Brochu as Luke Parker
*Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Jo Laughlin
*Emily C. Chang as Ivy
*Gabrielle Walsh as Sarah
*Marco James as Liam Davis
===Co-Starring===
*Jayson Warner Smith as Dean
*Jenna Kannell as Jessie
*Nyell Segura as Teen Boy
==Trivia==
*There is a four month time jump after the events of Season Five's finale, Home, which places the start of Season Six in September 2012 in the series timeline.
*This episode marks the first appearances of Tripp Cooke, Josette Laughlin, Liam, Ivy and Sarah.
*Alaric returns as a series regular in this episode for the first time since The Departed after being resurrected in Home.
*Elena has chosen pre-medical as her major in her sophomore year at Whitmore College. She also appears to have spent a lot of time studying ahead of where she should be as a second-year student.
*Elena works at the clinic at the Whitmore Medical Center to have access to blood bags for herself, Alaric and possibly Caroline as well.
*Caroline has spent the whole summer with her mother, Liz, though the spell has prevented her from returning to her hometown.
*Elena because the herbs Luke has been giving her has increased her hunger and lowered her inhibitions, Elena has been feeding on people outside the Mystic Falls border. While finding a person to feed on after hallucinating Damon, she comes upon Sarah, whose car has broken down on the side of the road, and attacks her.
**She is then caught by Caroline, which gives Sarah the opportunity to run into Mystic Falls before she can be compelled to forget.
*There are signs in the Woods marking the boundaries to Mystic Falls which say whether you're leaving or entering the town limits, presumably done by Sheriff Forbes to ensure that the Mystic Falls Gang vampires can protect themselves from the anti-magic barrier.
*Matt takes Sarah to Caroline to compel her to forget that Elena attacked her and to believe that it was an animal that attacked her instead.
**However, in Welcome to Paradise, it was revealed that the anti-magic spell strips away compulsion, which meant that Sarah got her memories back as soon as she re-entered town.
*Luke is revealed to be the witch who made Alaric's daylight bracelet.
*Luke has been creating an herbal potion for Elena so she can hallucinate Damon's presence.
**The side effect of the herbs Luke has been giving Elena is that her thirst for blood is amplified to the point that she often attacks and feeds on people, sometimes nearly killing them before finally stopping and compelling them to forget.
*Caroline has dropped out of Whitmore and has an apartment just outside of Mystic Falls.
*Caroline has been looking through books on how to undo the spell around the town with help from Alaric.
*It is shown that Stefan currently lives in Savannah, Georgia, where he works as a mechanic. He also has a new girlfriend named Ivy.
*Elena asks Alaric to compel her to forget that she ever loved Damon when she realizes how out-of-control her grief over his death has made her.
*Damon and Bonnie are seen in a cabin where they are aware of their surroundings.
*Matt is in the community protection militia to protect the town from vampires, just in case Caroline is able to find a way to reverse the anti-magic spell around the town.
*Tyler has been having difficulty dealing with his anger issues since becoming human/an untriggered werewolf again. He also seems to have developed feelings for Liv Parker.
*Jeremy is dealing with the loss of Bonnie in his own way; namely, by hooking up with random girls and constantly drinking and playing video games. After a summer of this behavior, Matt is seen berating him for wasting his potential as a hunter.
**It is also alluded that as long as Jeremy stays within the magic-free zone in Mystic Falls, he is stripped of the supernatural abilities that make him a hunter/a member of the Brotherhood of the Five.
*According to the sign hanging above the boarded up Mystic Grill, it will be re-opening soon.
==Body Count==
==Continuity==
*This is the third season premiere episode in which Elena starts out single.
**The first was the Pilot episode of Season One (also the series first episode).
**The second was Season Three's The Birthday.
*Damon and Bonnie were last seen in Home when the Other Side collapsed.
*Elizabeth Forbes was last seen in Home in the remains of the Mystic Grill after it was blown up. She was the only person to survive the explosion.
*The Mystic Grill is seen boarded up.
*Elena is seen feeding on people. The last person she fed from was Matt in Season Four's She's Come Undone.
*There is a reference to The Departed flashback, when Damon and Elena first meet on the night of her adoptive parents deaths on May 23, 2009; in that flashback, he told her she deserved a love that consumed her, passion and adventure, with a little danger.
*Meredith Fell was last seen in Season Four's Stand By Me. Alaric mentions she's married to a pediatrician and is now living in Alaska.
*Liv and Luke Parker were last seen in Home.
*Esther Mikaelson was mentioned. She was last seen in Do Not Go Gentle in The Vampire Diaries and From a Cradle to a Grave on The Originals possessing Cassie.
==Locations==
*Mystic Falls, Virginia
**The Woods
**Mystic Falls Cemetery (partially covered by anti-magic border)
**Town Square
**Lockwood Mansion
*McKinley, Virginia
**Whitmore Medical Center
**Whitmore College
***Alaric's classroom
***Diner
***Elena and Caroline's dorm room
***Luke Parker's dorm room
*Savannah, Georgia
**Dean's Garage
**Stefan's new home
*1994 Prison World
**Salvatore Boarding House
==Behind the Scenes==
*The title of this episode is most likely a reference to the main characters' memories of Damon and Bonnie after their deaths in Home.
*This episode had about 1.81 million viewers in the USA. This was the least watched season premiere overall before being surpassed by the seventh and the eighth season premieres. 
*Hashtag during the airing is #TVDRemembers
==Cultural References==
*"" is a song by , released in 1994 on the soundtrack for the film .
==Quotes==
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|-|Bite Back Promo=
: Caroline: "We just lost two of our closest friends."
: Elena: "I need you to give me hope."
: Stefan: "Damon's gone. You need to say goodbye to him."
: Elena: "I need to see Damon."
: Caroline: "Do you know Elena has some witchy drug problem that allows her to hallucinate Damon?"
: Damon: "Elena, move on."
|-|Move On Promo=
: Elena: "I wanna thank you for giving me everything I ever wanted. A love that consumed me, adventure, passion. There's nothing more that I could've asked for. Except for it to last forever."
: Elena: "Mystic Falls remains humans only. No supernaturals allowed.
: Caroline: "So, how's Stefan? He didn't say goodbye."
: Ivy: "Now, tell me something I don't know about you."
: Stefan: "I'm a vampire."
: Caroline: "There are no vampires in Mystic Falls."
: Jessie: "What the hell was that?"
: Caroline: "Whoa, hang on. Why the hell are you feeding on people?!"
: Elena: "I need to see Damon. And I'm not asking!"
: Caroline: "We just lost two of our closest friends."
: Elena: "I need you to give me hope."
: Stefan: "Damon's gone. You need to say goodbye to him."
: Damon: "Elena, move on."
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==Multimedia==
===Soundtrack===
===Videos===
The Vampire Diaries 6x01 Sneak Peek "I'll Remember" HD|Sneak peek 1
The Vampire Diaries Inside 6x01 "I'll Remember"
The Vampire Diaries - Rehash I'll Remember
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==References==
==See also==
Category:The Vampire Diaries Episode Guide
Category:Season Premieres
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Six