The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get

The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get is the sixth episode of the sixth season of The Vampire Diaries and the one hundred and seventeenth episode of the series.

Summary
A RESCUE IN THE NIGHT — When Alaric realizes that Jo can’t be compelled, he asks Elena to do some digging into her background. After learning that Enzo has been captured by Tripp, Caroline teams up with Matt and Stefan to rescue him before Tripp learns their true identities. Armed with some new information about her past, Sarah breaks into Tripp’s office and is surprised when she finds Matt there, doing some investigating of his own. Meanwhile, Elena is forced to deal with the consequences of her actions, and Jeremy hits rock bottom, lashing out in a destructive way. Lastly, Damon is determined to take matters into his own hands when he receives some upsetting news.

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 (credit only)
 * Candice Accola as Caroline Forbes
 * Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan
 * Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood (credit only)
 * Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman
 * Michael Malarkey as Enzo

Special Recurring Star

 * Colin Ferguson as Tripp Cooke

Recurring Cast

 * Jodi Lyn O’Keefe as Jo Laughlin
 * Emily C. Chang as Ivy
 * Gabrielle Walsh as Sarah

Trivia

 * With its 9 words (31 letters), this episode has the longest title.
 * The title may refer to Damon's return and Elena ignoring him.
 * Damon will probably learn from Stefan that Elena had Alaric compel away all her good memories of him and her love for him and now hates him.
 * The actions Elena might be having to deal with might be having her love for Damon compelled away or what happened in the previous 3 episodes.
 * Caroline is concerned that Enzo could out her, Elena and Stefan as vampires based on the synopsis.
 * In the promo Elena doesn't seem to be thrilled that Damon is back, she and Damon are to have their hands on opposite sides of her dorm room door and it appears Damon may have been the vampire that killed Tripp's wife.
 * Ivy might get killed, as she isn't referenced in the next episodes.
 * Alaric will attack Tripp from the preview.

Continuity

 * Enzo was captured by Tripp in Welcome to Paradise with help from Stefan who was hoping Tripp would kill him.

Cultural References

 * "" is a song by, released on his 1994 album .

Quotes

 * Damon: "I'm back"
 * Elena: "He’s back?!"
 * Tripp: "Draw up the location of your vampire friends or you and I are going to go sightseeing in Mystic Falls.
 * Alaric: Where the hell are you?
 * Damon: “My best friend compelled my beautiful and lovely girlfriend to forget that she ever loved me. I’m great, Ric.”
 * Alaric: We need to know who the next target is.
 * Damon: Enzo?
 * Damon: I came back for this?