The dramatics in this episode were pretty good. It was pretty suspenseful, having Pikachu hanging off a cliff, Ash and company braving the storm, and Team Rocket toughing it out all night (LOL at them pinching each other all night

). It's also interesting how Brock and Misty were covered up as the storm started blowing, but Ash was never wearing more than the clothes on his back, and he didn't start freezing until he tried plugging up the hole in the snow cave. Wow, he really is hot-blooded, LOL.
I didn't see this episode or "Holiday Hi-Jynx" in their original airings, but I think they did some good timing by running these two episodes out of their normal order. We got one more look at the nice, obedient charmander before things went so horribly wrong for a year.

I was choking up during the scene where the pokemon cuddle with Ash, knowing that things would soon go oh-so-bad for a while with charmander.