The episode was written by Brett Matthews and Neil Reynolds and directed by Leslie Libman.
She realizes that it is Jeremy's (Steven R. McQueen) parent-teacher conference and she tries to sneak out without waking up Damon.
Damon though is already awake and Elena reassures him that they are still broken up and what happened the previous night was a mistake before she leaves.
Elena is on the phone with Bonnie (Kat Graham) while waiting in the line to the guidance counselor at Jeremy's school and tells her about her break up with Damon.
Elena has to hang up because it is her turn to go to the guidance counselor while Bonnie spots Luke (Chris Brochu) sitting across the room.
The two of them spend the day together attending classes and with Damon trying to make her change her mind about their breakup.
Caroline calls Sloan and asks to talk to Stefan because their info was bad and they could not find Tom.
They find Tom in a coma and realize that Hazel was keeping him in that state to hide him for the last four months.
Back at the Mystic Grill, Liv tells Jeremy that she needs his help to fight the travelers since he is a hunter and they cannot control his mind.
Jeremy arrives and asks Damon to free Liv because she knows more than she admits about the travelers and that he will not let her hurt Elena.
At the Salvatore house, Elena tells Damon that she will go back to Whitmore and that they should stay away from each other because they are bad for each other.
They watch the travelers drink Elena and Stefan's blood and then Sloan sets one of them on fire, something that leads everyone to burn since they are linked.
As bottom line she says: ""Rescue me" was filled with more whining and bickering than one would have liked and a lot of circling about what the travelers where up to.
"t hearkened back to the good ole days when these characters’ internal problems drove the dramatic world in which they lived, instead of them being on defense against a big bad force.