Directorial debut of actor Paul Wesley who plays Stefan Salvatore in the series
It is revealed that the Travelers can't stay in one place too long because of a curse placed on them by the witches sometime after Qetsiyah created the Immortality Spell. This is why they gained the moniker "the Travelers."
This marks the first episode of TVD to be directed by one of its cast members.
Paul Wesley the first member of the TVD cast to direct an episode in the TVD/TO universe; the first to write for it is Marguerite MacIntyre, with three episodes of The Originals.
Kent Wagner portrayed an Other Side ghost in this episode. He would portray the Heretic Malcolm in season six before the character was officially cast.