1. Does Elena get memories of Damon back?
2. Who gives Elena her memories of Damon back?
3. Why didn’t Elena get her memories back?

Does Elena get memories of Damon back?

After some setbacks, in The Vampire Diaries season 6, episode 20, “I’d Leave My Happy Home For You”, Elena was finally able to consume it. As such, Alaric’s previous efforts were undone and Elena’s memories of Damon were restored – starting with the charmingly awkward official first date the two shared.

Who gives Elena her memories of Damon back?

AlaricThursday night’s new episode, “Black Hole Sun,” revealed that Alaric can give Elena her memories back on TVD — all she has to do is read the journal entry he wrote her and ask. Yep, it’s that easy.

Why didn’t Elena get her memories back?

Right after that scene, they show a flash back scene where Damon first meets Elena and mistakes her for Katherine ( the night her parents die), which technically means that she indeed met Damon before she met Stefan. But she has no memory of it because Damon erases them.