Carrie Raisler of "The A.V. Club" gave a B- rating to the episode saying that "the entire episode is basically the setup to get him [Markos] to Mystic Falls, using the blood of the last two doppelgangers to do so." Ashley Dominique from "Geeked Out Nation" gave a B rating to the episode stating the positive and the negative things about the episode. 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. In the end, we learned it was up to no good." Caroline Preece from "Den of Geek" gave a positive review to the episode commenting on a possible new love triangle between Stefan, Caroline and Enzo. "There’s certainly room for someone like that in The Vampire Diaries, evident in the gradually lessening body count of the last few seasons, and the emerging love triangle between Caroline, Stefan and Enzo, despite being yet another love triangle, feels fresher than any of the revolving love connections the show is currently dealing with." Stephanie Hall from "KSiteTV" gave a good review to the episode saying that it was an emotionally powerful episode for almost every character. "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. As a whole, I am quite fond of "Rescue Me""  Leigh Raines of "TV Fanatic" rated the episode with 4/5, same as Rebecca Serle from "Vulture" saying that it was a good episode and "she had a blast" with it.