Bobcat Goldthwait had tremendous difficulty remembering his lines in the episode.
The fairy tale Kristen is reading at the beginning is "Faithful John". The one Betty Ann references is "The Six Swans".
The Midnight Society gave absolutely no mention or any clue as to what happened to Eric.
The only season opening with the original Midnight Society that did not include an inductee being introduced though one character from the previous season, Eric (Jacob Tierney), had left the show.
Kristen mentions the show's original title, "Scary Tales".