Last Saturday’s one hour episode of Legend of Korra was jam packed! First we find out the Amon is Tarrlok’s elder brother. Plus he’s a water bender and a bloodbender and his real name is Noatak. Their father Yakone, used his children to take revenge on Aang and Republic City. And they both fulfilled his desires by using very different methods. Next, we find how talented General Iroh is. In one scene, when he was flying in an airplane against Equalist aviators, he used lightening to take down one plane, causing it to collide with 3 other planes.
Family fighting unfortunately came about in the season finale. Hiroshi almost killed Asami with the mecatanks, if it weren’t for Bolin (“You are a horrible father!!”). Now that I think about it, there are a lot of characters in the Avatar series with daddy issues (e.g. Zuko and Ozai and Amon and Tarrlock and Yakone). I feel sorry for her. Her boyfriend dumped her and father’s gone insane. She deserves good man. Maybe, General Iroh or Bolin.
In the next scene, Mako and Korra are at an Equalist rally calling out Amon on his bending powers. He takes off the mask showing his marred face. Next he proceded to show Tenzin and the kids captured. Thankfully, Korra and Mako saved them. I it loved when Meelo said, “Prison Break!” Ha, crazy kid. Korra and Mako, try to defeat Amon, but he bloodbends them both, while robbing Korra of her powers. Astonished at what happened to her, miraculously, Mako shocks Amon (figuratively and literally) with lighting. He quickly escapes with Korra only to held once again in Amon’s bloodbending grip. When Korra sees Mako about to have his powers stolen, she somehow airbends and defeats Amon, knocking him into the water. Doing so exposed his true face and bending capabilities.
After the Avatar team returns to Air Temple Island, you are quickly introduced to Bumi. Then the last thing you see is Korra back at the southern water tribe, crying after finding out from Katara, she lost most of her bending. When she shed one tear, she unknowingly summons Aang ( I felt kinda Jesus moment here), thinking him to be Tenzin. Aang said an encouraging quote to her, “When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change.” At that moment, Aang and his avatar predecessors gave Korra back her Avatar powers as well as the power to restore bending. The show closes with Korra giving Mako a kiss, restoring Lyn’s powers and Tenzin calling her Avatar Korra.
Although it was a very jam packed episode, it was kind of a let down. Korra apparently learned nothing about patience from the previous episode in “Turning the Tides”. She barely mediates, and still makes rash decisions. Korra is able to bend air, while the rest of her powers are eradicated. How??? When she met Aang, he said that she was able to get in touch with her spiritual side. I don’t see how, unless, he’s referring that she is showing more humility (?).Then apparently his spirit gave her the power to restore bending, as well as her own. How is that??? Aang is dead. He received the power to revoke bending by a gargantuan sea turtle.
Amon’s ruthless and enigmatic character crumbled within minutes. As well told was the tale of how a once caring older brother named Noatak became a bloodbending monster named Amon, it failed to connect how he used bloodbending to server off a bender’s powers and why he started the Equalist movement. After Amon’s defeat he goes back to Tarrlok and asks if they could to be brothers again. As much as I love family reunions, this one was weak. The death of Tarrlok and Amon caught me off guard, but I wonder if it caught Amon off guard too? I mean the guy plans things a step ahead of time. Who knows?
Well the one hour episode was very hurried, as if the writers wanted over with. There was a lot of potential for character development, but it kind of fell short. Then again the series was originally made to last for one season. But now there is going to be a second season, how would that turn out? Would Amon’s former lieutenant or Asami’s father become new villains? Would Amon somehow rise from the dead? Will we meet Bumi and Tenzin’s eldest sibling? Will the new Avatar team go on adventures outside of Republic City? I guess we have to stay tune for the next season.
As for this last episode I am going to give it 3/5 reading glasses
