This is the second episode of the series to not feature any of the main female characters.
This is the 150th episode of the series
There was actually a large blizzard that affected Arkansas in January 2016, the year this aired. Little Rock and surrounding areas got 7-8 inches of snow.
Rayna reveals to Valerie and Alaric that the Phoenix Stone was meant for the worst of the worst vampires in the last 200 years not do gooders like Stefan.