It’s all over for the Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch! “Sozin’s Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang” features a breakdown, a game-breaking power mode, tears, and a lot of happy endings. There are even two makeout sessions!

[Fire Lord Ozai, you and your forefathers have devastated the balance of this world. And now, you shall pay the ultimate price.]

Things start going very poorly for our heroes in today’s Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch! Episode 3.20 involves suicidal plans, ill-advised one-on-one battles, a psychological breakdown, lightning, and lots and lots of fire.

[None of them could be trusted. Sooner or later, they all would’ve betrayed me-just like Mai and Ty Lee did.]

There are a lot of old folks wandering about in the fifty-ninth installment of the Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch! Episode 3.19 has Aang seek advice, Zuko seek forgiveness, and our heroes seek a plan of action. Also, there’s a lion turtle involved in here somewhere and I rant a lot.

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Welcome to the beginning of the end on the fifty-eighth installment of the Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch! Episode 3.18 reveals some major miscommunications, attempts to humanize Fire Lord Ozai, and sets up a moral quandary for Aang.

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Take a break on today’s Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch! Episode 3.17 breaks the fourth wall all over the place, provides us with a heartwarming moment between Zuko and Toph, and reminds everyone exactly how high the stakes are for the finale.

[All your uncle wanted was for you to find your own path and see the light. Now you’re here with us- ( Read more... )

It’s Katara’s turn for a fieldtrip on the fifty-sixth installment of the Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch! Episode 3.16 finally explains how Kya died, allows Katara to pursue revenge, and leaves Aang with an uncomfortable question.

[Don't you worry about my strength-I have plenty. I'm not the helpless little girl I was when they came.]

Mai steals the show in today’s Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch! “The Boiling Rock, Part 2” gives us a father-son reunion, lets Suki show off how awesome she is, makes Mai one of my favorite characters in the entire series, and sets in motion some serious problems for Azula.

[You miscalculated. I love Zuko more than I fear you.]

We visit the Fire Nation’s highest security prison on today’s Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch! Episode 3.14 features Sokka’s life-changing field trip with Zuko, reveals the fate of a missing character, and sets up a lot of awesome scenes for next time.

[Even though you’ll probably fail over and over and over again, you have to try every time. ( Read more... )

Zuko has some performance issues on today’s Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch! Episode 3.13 is the first of our life-changing field trips, gives Zuko and Aang some bonding time, and proves that firebending is more than just melting people’s faces off.

[Fire is life, not just destruction.]

Welcome to the fifty-second installment of the Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch! Episode 3.12 wraps up the Combustion Man plotline, lets Zuko deal with the consequences of fifty episodes of bad choices, and is filled with all sorts of delicious speeches.

[You might have everyone else here buying your “transformation,” but you and I both know you ( Read more... )