1.15: "Bato of the Water Tribe"

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[lizbee]

So much of this episode I spend going, "Oh, Aang." I know twelve-year-olds aren't noted for their social finesse, but if he'd just stepped back, and not been so paranoid about Katara and Sokka leaving him, he could have saved some bother.

And I also spend a lot of the episode going, "Oh, Sokka." Because he's quite lovely here, from his Sherlock Sokka routine as he tracks the battle in the opening scene, to his hunger for his father's company, and acceptance as a man of his tribe.

And the rest of the episode I sort of spend going, "FOR GOD'S SAKE, ZUKO, FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE DON'T BE A TOTAL DORK" and "WHY SO CREEPY THIS WEEK, UNCLE?" and "MARRY ME, JUNE!"

Seriously, Uncle, stealing perfume from nuns, flirting with every woman you meet and stealing a cuddle from a paralysed June -- what, is this a one-episode mid-life crisis, or were you making a dubious attempt to demonstrate to Zuko what non-dorky behaviour looks like?

Random thoughts:

- I would like a spin-off about June.
- The battle at the end is really amazing.
- But I worry about Zuko's grey matter. Someone once made a vid of every single time Zuko lands on his head in the first two seasons, and quite a lot of it was from this episode.
- No one ever needs to worry about Sokka's grey matter.
- JUNE! When Chuck Norris has a problem, he gets June to solve it. Every morning, Wang Fire looks in the mirror and asks how he can be more like June. One time, she sat next to Fire Lord Ozai on a war balloon ... and he told her she was pretty.

[terajk]

One time, she sat next to Fire Lord Ozai on a war balloon ... and he told her she was pretty.

Then June punched him in the face and it was AWESOME.

[yukinoomoni]

You pretty much summed up my thoughts rather nicely, here. I especially liked the ending fight between Zuko and Aang - especially on the well. That was some serious footwork right there.