Avatar Episode - The Beach

Azula, Zuko, Ty Lee and Mai are on a boat to Ember Island for the weekend. Ty Lee is excited but Zuko thinks it is a waste of time. Azula explains that the Fire Lord wants to meet with his advisers alone.
They arrive and are greeted by the two old ladies Lo and Li. They look up the beach and see a tiny shack. The ladies know that they are not happy to be there but that the island is a special place.

Meanwhile, Aang and the others are relaxing in a pool surrounded by rock walls. Toph worries that Aang should be covering up his tattoos but Katara says they are surrounded by walls so they should be fine. Aang goes down a slide of water that he finds. Nearby, two Fire Nation soldiers lay around a small outpost. They groan how boring the job is then they hear a yell and see Aang fall out of the water tunnel.

Aang suggests to Momo that they go again and he leaps up the cliff wall to their hiding place. Shocked, the guards realize that the Avatar is still alive. They get their messenger hawk and tie on a priority message.

On the beach of Ember Island, the group walks up and on the way Azula frightens some small children. A boy runs up to Ty Lee and offers to unpack her bag. She hands him the heavy bag and he falls over. He quickly takes out a beach towel and, at her request, stands in front of the sun to give her some shade.

Zuko sees a shell and offers it to Mai as a present. She doesn’t care though so Zuko throws it away. It falls next to a boy and he looks over. He sees Ty Lee and runs up to offer the shell to her. An argument breaks out between the two boys who are trying to impress her.

Zuko walks up to Mai with some snow cones but as he gives it to her, it falls on her lap. Azula spots some people playing a game further down the beach. She says they are playing next and orders Ty Lee to come over and leave the 3 boys who are taking care of her. Zuko removes his shirt and some girls start giggling.

Azula explains her strategy and the game begins. The game goes fairly quickly and two boys watch their progress. The game ends and the two boys walk over and invite Ty Lee and Mai to a party they are having that night. Azula asks why they didn’t invite her and Zuko. The boys Chan and ronjohn (Chan is the son of Admiral Chan mentioned in the awakening) consent to let them come too.

Back at their house, Zuko asks why Azula didn’t reveal who they were. Azula says that she just wanted to see what it was like. Somewhere else, the messenger hawk is flying with its message when it is attacked by another bird. The other bird, tangles the messenger in its own ribbon then steals its message after it falls to the ground.

It flies back with the message and lands on an arm of metal. It hands over the message to none other than the assassin hired by Zuko. He reads the letter then it starts to burn. Azula and the group arrive at the party but there is no one there yet. Azula tries to compliment Chan but she does not do very well.

As the party gets going, all the boys from the beach ask her who she likes, she gets scared and paralyzes all of them. She walks up to Azula who says that the boys don’t really like her. Ty Lee starts crying and Azula apologizes and explains she is a little jealous. Ty Lee tries to coach her in how to get a boy to like her but Azula has some trouble not being intimidating.

Mai and Zuko are bored so Mai tells Zuko to go get her some food. Azula walks up to Chan who is talking with another girl and asks for a tour of the house. They go out on the deck overlooking the water and Azula manages to keep it together. They kiss and then Azula makes fire in her hands saying that they will rule the world together. Chan quickly runs away leaving Azula frustrated.

As Zuko is walking back to Mai with the food, he is jostled by a boy and the food falls to the ground. Zuko tells the boy off and says the food was for his girlfriend. He points and looks and find Mai talking to the other boy from the beach. He walks over and pushes him out of the way. Zuko warns him not to talk to his girlfriend. The boy walks over again and says that it is just a party. Zuko knocks him backward into a vase.

Mai tells him to stop getting angry over everything. Zuko yells back that she doesn’t even have emotions. Mai says it is over and Chan runs up and sees the vase. He tells Zuko to leave and Zuko says he was already leaving. Zuko walks alone on the beach and arrives at the house where he used to come as a kid.

He walks in and finds a picture of his family and a block with he imprinted his hand as a child. He has a series of flashbacks from his childhood. Somewhere in the Fire Nation, Aang and the others sleep. Toph wakes up and rouses the others saying that a metal man is coming. A beam of light falls on Aang’s face and he sees someone standing up on the cliff wall. The beam of light is coming from the figure’s metal arm.

The man rears back and then shoots a beam at the group from the eye on his forehead. Everyone tries to use their bending to block it but each time the man blasts right through it.

Azula finds Zuko at the house and tells him to come down to the beach. The group is gathered there. Zuko tries to approach Mai but she turns away. He asks her if she is cold but she does not answer. Ty Lee says she is and Zuko says he will make a fire.

The unknown assassin continues to fire blasts out of his third eye. Sokka wonders how they can defeat someone who can blow things up with his mind. Aang says he will distract the man while they get on Appa. With the man in pursuit, Aang leaps over into valley filled with stone pillars. With his earthbending, Aang tries every trick he knows but the man always blasts the earth away. Aang finds an opportunity and uses one of the blasts to shoot himself into the air where Appa picks him up. The group wonders who the man was and why he attacked.

Back on Ember Island, Ty Lee asks Zuko why he is burning the picture of his family. They get into an argument and names are called. Mai joins in and soon the whole group is arguing and explaining about their pasts. Ty Lee suggests they calm down before they break out. Zuko turns to her and points to his scar saying he does not have the luxury of worrying about his face.

Zuko explains that he is angry and he doesn’t know why. The others ask him who he is angry at but Zuko does not know. Finally he can’t take it and shouts that he is angry at himself. He says that he is confused and he is not sure if he knows the difference between right and wrong. Mai says she cares about him and they kiss.

Azula claps at their dramatic performances. Zuko says that she wouldn’t understand. Azula agrees and says that their mother liked Zuko more. She says that their own mother thought she was a monster. Azula admits that she was right but that it still hurt.

Ty Lee comments that the beach did help them learn about themselves just like Lo and Li said. She says she will always remember this. Azula says that they could make the trip really memorable. Chan opens the door and Azula says that they have bad news. They start trashing the place and they leave Chan crying as they leave the house in ruins.

Avatar Episode - Sokka's Master

Aang and the group are lying down watching a meteor shower. Everyone is impressed but Toph does not really think it is so cool because she can’t see it. Suddenly one of the meteors changes course and heads toward the ground. Sokka tells Toph that this is something that even she would be amazed by. The meteor passes over their heads by only a few meters. It then veers down and hits the ground several miles away.

They fly over on Appa, and see a growing fire surrounding the meteor. Seeing there is a town nearby, Aang, Katara and Toph use their bending to smother the fire. Sokka wants to help but since he can’t bend, Aang tells him to watch Momo. Katara takes water from a creek and puts it over the fire and Toph and Aang cover it with earth. Sokka can only watch. Aang tells Sokka to watch it and he sends a wave of water that turns to snow which buries Sokka.

In the Fire Nation prison, the door to Iroh’s prison is opened. The guard drops a bowl of food and Iroh crawls forward and starts eating it off the floor. The guard is disgusted and says Iroh is a disgrace. As soon as the guard has left, Iroh sits back and eats properly.

In the town, Aang comments on how no one knows how close they came to being burned by the fire. Toph wishes that they could be heroes but they know they cannot draw attention. Sokka scoffs at Toph saying “Ooh, poor heroes.” Katara asks what is wrong and Sokka admits that he feels like he is not able to do anything for the group since he can’t bend. The others try to cheer him up, but he is just down about it. Katara says they don’t think of him as useless and she thinks of something to make him happy.

They go shopping and Sokka gets a smile. He thinks maybe he can get a new weapon but he has trouble with all of the ones he looks at. Aang, meanwhile, surprises Katara when he appears before her in full armour. Finally, Sokka turns and sees a magnificent sword hanging on the wall. When he examines it, the shop owner says that it was made by Pi En Dow, the greatest sword master and sword maker in Fire Nation history.

Aang suddenly realizes that Sokka needs a master because all of them had one and so Sokka deserves one. Katara agrees that it is a good idea while Sokka thinks it over. Finally Sokka agrees. In the Fire Nation prison, Iroh opens his eyes and starts doing sit-ups.

Sokka walks up to the doors of the master and knocks. He has to knock many times before the door is opened. He says he wants to train with the master and the man tells him that Pi En Dow turns almost everyone away. Sokka goes in with the man to see Pi En Dow who is painting. Sokka introduces himself and asks to be trained. Pi En Dow asks him if he is the type who is good so they think that they deserve to train with a master. Sokka kneels and says that he knows he has a lot to learn. Sokka also says that he does not know if he is worthy. Pi En Dow smiles then goes up to Sokka and agrees to train him.

Later on, Pi En Dow tells Sokka that he must think of his sword as an extension of his body. Meanwhile, Aang and the others are lying down bored without Sokka. In the Fire Nation prison, Iroh also trains his body in secret.

Sokka is told by his master that he must practice arts to keep his mind sharp. He is told to write his name but he gets nervous and ends up painting his face and rubbing it on the paper. In a practice match later on, Sokka is quickly defeated by Pi En Dow’s attendant.

Next he is taken blindfolded to a clearing that overlooks a beautiful waterfall. He is given one short look at it then told to paint it without looking. When he finishes he has drawn a simple landscape and added a rainbow. Pi En Dow sighs. In his next practice battle, he does better but is still defeated.

At a rock garden, Pi En Dow tells Sokka that he needs to manipulate his surroundings to his own advantage. Sokka moves a rock and puts a blanket of grass on it. When the attendant sees him lying down he is shocked. Sokka asks for a drink and Pi En Dow asks for a lemon in his.

At the Fire Nation prison, Iroh continues to act like he has gone crazy while exercising. The guard looks on in on him and sees him with a vacant look clapping his hands. The guard mutters to himself and walks away and Iroh smiles. Aang and the others are still having trouble and they miss Sokka.

Pi En Dow congratulates him on his first day and tells him it is time for him to have a real sword. Sokka is told that he will make his own. The next day, Sokka is given different metals and told to choose one for his sword. Sokka looks at them all, then asks to leave and get a special material for his sword. Pi En Dow allows it.

Lying down, Toph suddenly tells the group that Sokka is coming. He arrives and the others hug him. He tells them he needs their help and they walk over to the crash site of the meteorite. With their help, Sokka is able to get the large rock back to the castle. Pi En Dow answers the door and Sokka presents the rock. Pi En Dow says they will make a sword unlike any other.

Over the next while, with Pi En Dow’s guidance, Sokka works on melting down the rock for his sword. Pi En Dow watches Sokka’s hard work looking pleased. Finally the blade is finished. Pi En Dow congratulates Sokka on his hard work and says that he was not impressed by Sokka’s skills but instead by his creativity and intelligence. Pi En Dow then says that Sokka is indeed worthy.

Sokka apologizes and says that he is not worthy. He reveals that he is from the Southern Water Tribe and says sorry. Pi En Dow also says sorry then turns and swings his sword at Sokka. Sokka avoids it and blocks with his own sword. Aang and the others prepare to help but Sokka tells them that it is his battle.

At the prison, the guard walks in and says that Iroh used to be the pride of the Fire Nation and tells him to look at what he has become. Iroh grabs a piece of food through the bars and watches as the guard leaves. He then takes off his robe and reveals his new fit body. As he eats he exercises more.

Sokka and Pi En Dow begin their battle while the others watch. Sokka is hard pressed but he is able to avoid all of Pi En Dow’s slashes. As they fight, Pi En Dow compliments him on his agility and his using of the battlefield to his advantage. As the battle rages on, they go through a forest and Sokka tries to slow Pi En Dow down.

They exit the forest and Sokka narrowly avoids an attack. He then is able to blind Pi En Dow by flicking dust into his eyes. Sokka tries to sneak away but he steps on a twig and Pi En Dow is able to knock Sokka's sword away. After the next attack, Sokka is knocked onto his back.

Seeing him in trouble Aang and the others rush forward. Before they can do anything however, Pi En Dow congratulates Sokka and sheathes his sword. He then comments that he is too old to fight the Avatar. Aang wonders how he knew but Pi En Dow says he picks things up. The attendant gives him a cloth to wipe his face and Pi En Dow says he knew all along that Sokka was Water Tribe from his name.

When asked why he still agreed to train Sokka, Pi En Dow explains that learning the ways of the sword is not something unique to any nation. It is for everyone. Pi En Dow tells Sokka to keep training so that he may become and even greater sword master than he is. He then tells Sokka that next time he should say his name is Lee as there are thousands of Lees. They bow and Sokka leaves with the others.

On their way out, the attendant gives Sokka a small bag telling him that Pi En Dow wanted Sokka to have it to remember him by. Sokka opens it and pulls out a White Lotus tile. He turns and sees the same emblem on the doors of the castle. Sokka then remembers something and gives Toph a piece of the meteorite calling it space earth because he thought she would like it. As they walk away, Katara and Sokka immediately start arguing and Katara comments that she can’t believe she missed him.
Sokka and his master sparred at the end. Sokka battling the best he can. But at the end the master won. His sword at Sokka's neck. Aang, Katara and Toph went to go help Sokka. Then He put his sword aside. Sokka and them confused. As Sokka, Aang,Katara and Toph was leaving, The butler came out to give Sokka a rare coin. As they left to there next rest stop.

Avatar Episode - The Painted Lady

In a long polluted river, Aang and the others continue their travels toward the Fire Lord. Aang tells the others that he thinks the river is polluted. Katara thinks they will have to find somewhere else to find food but Sokka rolls out a long schedule that he has planned out. Aang spots a village on the river and they head in that direction. They hide Appa and Momo under some heavy grass and walk to the river’s edge.

They see an old man who introduces himself as Doc and offers to take them to the village. Katara tells him that they are from the Earth Kingdom Colonies. On the way, Doc explains that the river is polluted because of the factory that the army uses to make metal, which appeared. The village used to be a fishing town but with the water polluted everyone is struggling to survive.

They arrive at the village and say goodbye to Doc. As they walk around, they see people sitting in the streets looking poor and sick. Katara says that they have to do something but Sokka says no because they have a more important mission. He reminds her that they still have to take out the Fire Lord. Toph covers his mouth and tells him to not be so loud.

They walk over to the market and see Doc. They ask him if he works there too. The man explains that he is Doc’s brother Shu. Aang and the others are confused but they get some fish and ask Shu if his brother could give them a ride back. Shu ducks down and Doc pops up. As they prepare to leave, a small boy runs up and asks for some food. Katara gives him a fish and watches as he runs back to his sick mother with the fish. Doc takes them back to the shore and they go back to Appa to set up camp.

Sokka says that they have thrown off their whole schedule. He suggests they wake up earlier but they say no. He then argues that they could skip meal stops. They all flatly refuse and finally he suggests that they take meal breaks and potty breaks together. Aang and the others are disgusted by this idea. Sokka says no matter what they need to leave first thing in the morning. Katara watches sadly.

The next morning Appa is sick and when Aang checks, he has a purple tongue. Aang is worried and Katara says they should go look for medicine in the town. They go to see Shu and he says that amazingly, food was delivered to the village the night before by a spirit they call the Painted Lady. He explains that she is a river spirit who protects the village in times of need.

Sokka says that they don’t need to help the people because they already have someone to help them. They ask Shu for medicine but he says that the factory takes it all which is why they have so many sick people. Katara says that they need to stay another night to let Appa rest.

That night a heavy fog rolls in and a woman clad in dark robes crosses the river to the village. She enters a house filled with sick people and heals them. Lastly, she comes to the mother of the boy who Katara helped. The boy wakes up and follows her out. He thanks her and she disappears.

In town the next day, Toph gives Shu some money and asks for some more food since their friend is still sick and they can’t leave until he is better. Shu explains that The Painted Lady visited them again and healed most of their sick people. Aang comments that the village seems a lot happier and more festive. At the same time the villagers are erecting a statue of the Painted Lady in the square.

Sokka comments that the Painted Lady better come back everyday or the village will go right back to the way it was. Katara is angry at Sokka for saying such a thing but Sokka counters saying that only way to help the people is to get rid of the factory. He and Aang start joking about using spirit magic and making funny noises. Katara turns and angrily walks away. She walks to edge of the village and looks at the village with a determined look on her face.

That night, she dons dark robes and uses red paint to make marks on her face. As the Painted Lady, she runs off toward the village. Momo wakes up and falls on Aang. Aang wakes up and thinks it is the Painted Lady. He calls to her but she runs away. Aang gives chase through the village. Finally she hides behind a rock. Aang pops up in front of her and she hides her face with her hat.

Katara tries to play it off but Aang thinks she is familiar. She says she is busy and starts to walk away. Aang looks after her with a suspicious look. He sends a gust of wind that knocks her hat into the air. When she turns to catch it, Aang gets a look at her face. Katara turns and says hi to Aang. Shocked, Aang asks her if she is the Painted Lady. Katara says she was just trying to help the village and she wasn’t at first the Painted Lady but it became her disguise.

She explains to Aang that she wants to destroy the factory once and for all. They make their way inside and use their bending to destroy all the machinery. The factory explodes and as they leave, they see the waste entering the river stop coming out of the pipes. As they head back to camp, Katara tells Aang to be quiet so they don’t wake Sokka. As they turn the corner, they see Toph and Sokka standing there waiting and they freeze.

Sokka tells Katara off and says he knows everything about what has been going on. He says that they are leaving right away. Back at the factory, a fire nation soldier comes out of the smoke and looks at the village with rage. As Aang and the others are about to leave, they see a fleet of small boats headed toward the village. Sokka says that they are Fire Nation and he asks what Katara did. Katara explains that they destroyed the factory and Sokka tells her that they are leaving.

Katara refuses to turn her back on the people and she gets ready to leave. Sokka says he is going with her because she needs him. At the village, the Fire Nation soldiers say that they tried to live as neighbours in peace but now they will get rid of the village. They begin to destroy houses and docks. Two soldiers set fire to something but it is blown out each time by a gust of air. Confused, one of the soldiers looks and sees a heavy fog rolling in. There is a sound of heavy footsteps and loud growls. The small boy says the Painted Lady is coming.

Toph, Sokka and Appa are all making eerie sounds to scare the Fire Nation soldiers. Out of the fog, Katara appears in her Painted Lady costume. She charges toward the docks and lands in front of the guards. The leader tells 2 guards to do something. They draw their swords and inch forward. Katara looks up and, under the docks, Aang sends a gust of wind which knocks off the guards’ headbands. They run off scared. Katara uses her bending and sends two of the Fire Nation boats into the cliff wall. She raises her hand and all the guards run away leaving the leader alone. He shoots fire but Aang blows Katara into the air and then blasts him into the river. Katara tells him to leave and never come back. He swims to his boat and leaves.

The villagers thank her and Doc comes forward but sees that it is Katara because her face paint has rubbed off. The boy says that she is the one who gave him a fish. The villagers get angry but Sokka says that even if she is a waterbender she did it for the village. They wonder what to do and from the crowd Toph suggests that they clean the river. The villagers agree and Doc also agrees to keep their secret. Doc says he will get his other brother Bushi to help clean. He switches hats and says he is Bushi. Aang jumps forward and says they are all the same. Bushi says that Doc is crazy and he was always Bushi. This leaves Aang confused and frustrated.

Helping with their bending, Katara and the others all clean until the river is pure and clean again. That night, the real Painted Lady spirit appears before Katara and thanks her. As she leaves into the mist, Katara smiles.

Avatar Episode - The Headband

In a dark room in the royal palace in the Fire Nation capital, Prince Zuko tosses and turns in his sleep. Unable to beat the insomnia, he heads outside cloaked and hooded to a tower/prison. There he is spotted by a guard, he says nothing and silently turns away.

Later, the gang fly through the air on Appa who is disguised as a cloud. Once landed, they decided to blend in with their surroundings and steal Fire Nation attire from a near-by clothesline after they make camp in a cave, something that Sokka is not pleased about. In town, they buy some more accessories while heading to a meat stand for lunch. Aang would rather eat lettuce from the garbage than then consume meat and waits for the other outside. Guards come forward claim Aang is skipping school (he inadvertently stole school uniform from the clothesline). Without another word they drag him away. He is taken to a school and there finds nothing but discipline and strictness. After school, a girl named On Ji treats him kindly and he is invited to hang-out with some kids.

When he returns to the cave that night, they immediately round on him. Aang tells them what happened and expresses the wish to return, do to the normal childhood that his status deprive him of. Sokka immediately shoots him down but Aang gains his support by claiming they will be learning about a secret river that leads right to the Fire Lord's palace. They agree.

Elsewhere, Zuko returns to Iroh's prison where he is confronted by the guard from the previous night. Upon recognizing Zuko, the guard yields and Zuko orders him to say nothing of their encounter. In the cell Zuko has a one-sided conversation with Iroh in which he justifies his decision. Iroh is unresponsive, and Zuko storms out of the prison in anger.
The next day in school starts off badly for Aang, under the false name Kuzon. At the beginning of class he spoofs-up the oath to the Fire Lord thus earning a pop quiz from his teacher. In the quiz, he speaks out at a question which states that the Air Nomads had a standing army. In music class Aang dances to the beet of the song which gains unwanted attention from the instructor who states that dancing and other forms of self-expression or highly discouraged in the mainland. At the end of the day, after being complimented on his dancing by Onji, her paranoid boyfriend confronts him. Aang effortlessly dodges each blow to the point that the other boy beats himself up. The teachers find Aang standing while the boy lies on the ground half-conscience and ask to speak with his parents.
Aang's "parents" (Sokka and Katara) Chen and Saphire Fire speak with the headmaster who claims that if Aang slips one more time he will be sent to the coal mines. In the capital Zuko and Mai share a moment together before it's interrupted by Azula who uses reverse phsycology to get Zuko to admit he visited uncle. She says she'll keep it a secret and is actually looking out for him. She also warns him not to do anything foolish.
Back in the cave Sokka, acting very much like a father, scolds Aang and demands they leave. Aang protests and says he wants to help these kids who are forced to be servants to the Fire Lord. He wants to throw them a dance party. Once again he wins out and they set up for the party in their cave.
The school kids enter and are wary of dancing for fear of who will catch them. Aang coaxes them to dance by sampling classic Fire Nation dances. Impressed by his skills in dancing they begin to join him.
Zuko revisits Iroh in the prison and is still ignored, Zuko pours out his heart and frustration to his uncle but it falls on deaf ears. Angered, he leaves the prison and Iroh sheds a tear.
In the cave, Aang teaches a partner dance to the group with Onji which catches Katara's eye. Next Aang offers his hand to Katara who is nervously reluctant at first but Aang convinces her with a simple "Take my hand" They preform a synchronized martial arts dance in front of everyone. But the party is broken up when Onji's boyfriend leads the headmaster to the cave. The other kids give Aang cover as he escapes.
Once safe, Toph and Sokka congratulate Aang on his party and Katara thanks him for the dance with a kiss on the cheek. Elsewhere Zuko hires an killer known as the Combustion Man to kill the Avatar whom he believes is still alive.

Avatar Episode - The Awakening

Aang wakes up, heavily bandaged and, unaware of it, full of hair, and finds himself on a fire nation ship. He tries to get out but can do nothing but limp. He limps out and finds two fire nation soldier. He tries to blow them away with airbending, but they don't get blown away. He limps out of the ship very fast but trips and finds himself in front of two soldiers petting Momo. He wonders what is going then Toph calls out to him and everyone gathers around him. Aang wonders if this is a dream and Katara assures him this isn't a dream. Sokka then greets Aang happily. And Aang suddenly faints.

Meanwhile, on another fire nation ship, Zuko stands out looking at the sea and Mai comes to him and asks him if he's cold. Zuko starts telling that he's been banished from the fire nation for three years. Then he wonders if things have changed. Mai interrupts by saying she was only asking if he was cold not to hear a life story. She approaches near him and tells him to stop worrying and kisses him, then walks away.

Aang asks why are they on a fire nation ship and why is everyone dressing as a fire nation soldiers and why Aang doesn't know about this. Katara tells him to take it easy and explains that he got hurt pretty badly. She mentions that she likes Aang's hair. Aang is surprised to hear it and asks how long has he been knocked out. Katara answers by telling him that he's been knocked out for a few weeks. Hakoda, Katara's and Sokka's father, asks if everything is okay. Katara replies with a slight tone of anger that everything is fine. Hakoda introduces himself to Aang, but Katara tells his father that Aang knows who he is because Katara called him dad with the same tone. Aang replies to Hakoda it is nice to officially meet him. Katara interrupts impatiently that they know each other and asks for privacy. Hakoda walks away and Aang asks if Katara is mad at her father, Katara replies she isn't and asks Aang what made him say that. Aang replies he doesn't know and soon clutches his ribs in pain. Katara suggests that she should start healing him. They go into the same room and she starts healing Aang at the area where Azula struck him. Aang starts telling where it hurts the most. He soon gets a flashback of what happened to him. Katara finishes healing Aang and removes the healing water out of Aang and at that moment, Aang remembers what happened. He remembers that he was gone. But Katara brought him back with healing. He told her that she saved him. Katara tells him that he should get some rest.

Meanwhile, Lo and Li announces about Azula's greatest conquer of Ba Sing Se. They also announce that both Azula and Zuko had returned and slain the Avatar.

On the fire nation ship, Sokka explains to Aang what happened after the escape in Ba Sing Se. They flew to Chameleon Bay and met up with Hakoda and the other water tribe warriors. The Earth King decided to travel into the wild with Bosco. When the Bay was overrun by the fire nation ships, they manage to board one of them and traveled in disguise. Since then, they traveled west; crossing through the Serpent’s Pass and have successfully passed the fire nation ships without being discovered. They also continued to modify Sokka’s plan of invading the fire nation on the solar eclipse. They plan to fight with only their old allies, such as Pipsqueak and the Duke. But to make things worse for Aang, their secret to the plan is that the whole world thinks he is dead. Sokka sees this as an advantage as the fire nation won’t be looking for them, but Aang doesn’t approve of this secret. As a fire nation ship floats by, Aang prepares to fight, but Katara assures him that they’ll talk their way out or their cover will be blown. As the rest hide, including Appa, Hakoda and Bato confronts three fire nation soldier. Hakoda tells that they’re from the eastern fleet so they would be delivering cargo instead of helping occupy Ba Sing Se. The leader almost falls for it. When the discussion ends, one of the soldier tells the leader a piece of evidence that they could be lying. They plan to sink the ship after they make it to their own. Toph discovers that they know that Hakoda was lying and metalbends the gangway down. The fire nation ship fires a giant fireball at the Aang and his friends.

Meanwhile, Zuko is seen at the pond feeding turtleducks like in “Zuko Alone.” Azula approaches to Azula and sees that Zuko is feeling a bit worried and Mai is in an unusually good mood. Zuko confesses that he is worried that Fire Lord Ozai won’t restore Zuko’s honor because he didn’t capture the Avatar. Azula assures him that Avatar is dead but asks him suspiciously that the Avatar could have made it out alive. Zuko recalls Katara telling him about the Spirit Oasis Water with healing power. Zuko lies that there is no way Aang could’ve survived. Azula looks at him suspiciously and tells him there isn’t anything he needs to worry about. She then walks away.

Back at the ship with Aang and his friends, fireballs are still being hurled at their ship. Aang’s friends start fighting back and Toph asks how are they doing. Sokka comments that things couldn’t get worse. Just then, the serpent from the Serpent’s Pass appeared making Sokka say that the universe loves proving him wrong. A fireball is hurled at the serpent and starts attacking the enemy fire nation ship. After they manage to get away, they dock in the port. Sokka, Katara, and Toph comes in and asks if Aang is hungry. Aang wants food but doesn’t want to go out there if he can’t wear his airbending arrow proudly. Katara tells the others to go and talks with Aang. Katara starts off telling she knows how Aang feels about being a secret. Aang confesses that he doesn’t like being a secret because he feels that he did fail everyone who needed him. Aang tells Katara that he should face the fire lord alone because he doesn’t want his friends to fix his mistake. Katara leaves and Aang says that he needs his honor, making him sound like Zuko.

Zuko is seen walking to the fire lord’s chamber. He hesitates to go in there but soon he does and faces the fire lord.

Katara walks into Aang’s room bringing him food only to find he’s gone. Katara knows why Aang has left and runs out of the room while Aang is seen flying off.

Zuko bows to his father and his father says that Zuko has been gone for three years. He tells Zuko that he has redeemed himself and welcomes Zuko home, with his face finally seen.

Aang is seen flying across the sea with his glider. Katara is running to her father and tells what Aang has done and the reason was because he was being selfish. Hakoda knows that she is also describing himself. Hakoda confesses that he was sad and lonely because he misses Katara and Sokka during his time at the war.

Fire Lord Ozai says that he is proud of Zuko that he and Azula conquered Ba Sing Se and that he captured Iroh, considered a traitor, but most importantly, Zuko has slain the Avatar. Zuko knows this is a lie and asks where he heard from it. Ozai tells Zuko he heard it from Azula and compliments him.

Aang is still flying over the sea and manages to pass the fire nation blockade. He manages to speed up his travel using a log and his glider as a windsurfer but loses his glider.

That night, Zuko comes into Azula’s room, while she is sleeping, and asks why she told their father that he killed the Avatar. Azula tells that she wanted Zuko to have some glory so that he had nothing to worry about. Zuko knows that she is planning something but doesn’t know what. Azula asks what she could gain for giving the glory to Zuko that he killed the Avatar unless he survived. The glory would turn to shame then. But she recalls that Zuko told her that there was no way the Avatar survived. Zuko goes out of Azula’s room.

Aang is stranded at sea, without any hope. Aang believes he has failed. Suddenly, Avatar Roku appears to him and confesses to Aang that he is the one who failed, because he couldn’t stop the war before it began. Aang still isn’t confident, but Yue also appears and tells him not to give up. Aang says that she is right and he won’t give up. He waterbends the ocean to make a wave to travel. Yue speeds up Aang’s travel by helping to build the wave. Aang is seen at the shore of the island where Roku’s temple was destroyed. He finds Momo on top of him and Sokka, Toph and Katara finds him too. Aang’s friends tell that they will help Aang on his quest to invade the fire nation. Aang agree's. Then Toph finds Aang’s broken staff and gives it back to him. Aang decides that he can't have it or their plan will fail If the Fire Nation knew the avatar was died. He puts his staff on top of the mountain and lets it burn, ending the chapter.

Avatar Episode - The Crossroads of Destiny

Everyone races against time to stop Azula's sinister plan. Zuko finds companionship in an unlikely source.Katara spends more time with Zuko, who learns the time has come to make a choice about his future. Aang's destiny hangs in the balance and so does Zuko's, as Iroh tells him "it is time to choose."

Avatar Episode - The Guru

It is the morning, and Iroh is at work slaving over a hot stove preparing what he calls, “Jook.” Zuko walks into the room, yawns, and comments on the smell of the jook. Iroh says that he will not like the stuff, but Zuko contradicts him, smelling it and saying it smells good. Iroh is somewhat confused, and makes mention of the fact that Zuko has changed greatly since he recovered from the fever he had in The Earth King. Zuko just smiles, and becomes very optimistic: It is a new day, in fact the day of the Grand Opening of Iroh’s new tea shop, and they have a wonderful new apartment, and Zuko only has high thoughts about it all.

At the same time, Aang and Sokka land at the mouth of Chameleon Bay, where they were told that Sokka’s father Hakoda and the rest of the Southern Water Tribe Warriors are. Sokka is very nervous, but Aang tries to calm him down, and succeeds somewhat. Sokka questions Aang on his feelings towards him meeting Guru Pathik to master the Avatar State. Aang smiles, and says that he is ready to master the Avatar State. He then takes off on Appa, shouting back to Sokka that he will see him in a week.
Sokka walks into the base, and is greeted with warm and welcome arms by the warriors of the Southern Water Tribe, who all seem to recognize him. After some laughs, the warriors point him off to a tent. Sokka takes a breath, and walks into the tent. He sees several Water Tribesmen, one of which is Bato, who we last saw in Bato of the Water Tribe His arm is burnt red (apparently the injury he received back in Book: Water) and he nudges a man who is seated center. The man looks up, in surprise, and says in disbelief, “Sokka.” Sokka smiles, and replies “Hi Dad,” and the man (Sokka’s dad Hakoda) rises up to embrace his son, who just smiles and rubs his face against his father’s chest.
Back in Ba Sing Se, the Earth King is entertaining Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee, still disguised as the Warriors of Kyoshi. He tells them of Long Feng, and how he lied to him and had been planning on taking over the city, to which Azula remarks that it is so terrible when you cannot trust those closest to you. He says that there is good news, and proceeds to tell Azula that The Council of Five, the highest ranking Earth Kingdom generals, are planning an invasion of the Fire Nation during the summer, on the Day of the Black Sun; the solar eclipse. Her eyes widen, and she acts surprised, saying how fascinating the plan is.
At that exact moment, the Council of Five is going over the Invasion Plan with Katara and Momo. General How says that General Fong’s base (that we saw first in The Avatar State) will be the staging point of the attack, and they will send in troops: As he says this, he moves three pillars colored green with the symbol of the Earth Kingdom onto the Fire Nation with Earthbending. Momo suddenly appears, running a muck across the war map, knocking down the pillars. Laughing, Katara says that they could just send in Momo; however, the Council does not find this amusing, and with a simple closed fist, all of the pillars stand back up, scaring away Momo. General How takes a scroll and earthbends it to Katara atop a chunk of rock from their table, and says that all they need is the Seal of the Earth King himself to finalize the plan. Katara takes the scroll, and says that she will take it to him immediately.
Aang finally arrives at the Eastern Air Temple, and finds Guru Pathik meditating atop the same pillar we saw him on in Appa's Lost Days. When Aang asks him if he is the same Guru who sent the letter attached to him, and we learn that Guru Pathik was a spiritual brother to the Air Monks, and a good close friend to Monk Gyatso. Aang ask him how he plans on teaching Aang how to gain control of the Avatar State., to which Guru replies that he must first bring balance to himself before he can bring balance to the world. To start it all off, Pathik tells him he must drink this yellow liquid. Just as Aang starts to drink the liquid, he spits it out violently, and says that it taste like, “onion and banana juice.” The Guru tells him that is because it is onion and banana juice, and he puts the bowl on his head and says in a sing-song voice, “Yum yum yum.”
Out on a road, an ostrich is pulling a cart carrying Master Yu and Xin Fu as well as Toph who is trapped within a huge metal box. The two up front are arguing about which to go in order to back to the Beifong estate, Toph’s home, when Toph tells the, “two old ladies” to stop arguing and let her out to go to the bathroom. Master Yu starts to get up to let her out, but Xin Fu tells him that it is a trick, to which he tells Toph he is not letting her out. Toph pounds against the cage she is in, only infuriating Xin Fu more, who tells her that no matter how good an Earthbender she thinks she is she cannot bend metal.
Back in Ba Sing Se, Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee are undressing, when Azula presents the s an idea: She says that they have a perfect opportunity to bring down the Earth Kingdom, and that for 100 years, her people have been hammering away from the outside. Now, they are in the inside, the perfect position to stage a coup and overthrow the Earth King. The key to all of this, according to Azula, is the Dai Li, the arm of Long Feng, first seen in City of Walls and Secrets.
Back at the Eastern Air Temple, Guru Pathik is beginning Aang’s instruction of the chakras: Chakras are nexuses of metaphysical and/or biophysical energy residing in the human body. In order to master the Avatar State, Pathik says that you must first open the chakras of the body. First, he asks Aang what he knows about chakras, however, when Aang rubs his eyes and asks what chakras are, Pathik starts at the very beginning. Using a pond clogged with algae he successfully explains to Aang the concept of chakras, and the two move on to open the chakras.
There are seven chakras going up the body, each with a purpose and each with a different blockage: An intense sensation results from the opening of them all, you can not stop opening them once you have opened one until all seven are open. Aang accepts and they begin the process.
The first chakra is the Earth Chakra, located at the base of the spine. It deals with Survival, and is blocked by Fear. Aang goes into meditation, and is surrounded by fire, sitting before a man who appears to be either Fire Lord Ozai or Prince Zuko. After clearing his thoughts, the images disappear, and Aang gives a sigh of relief as he comes out of meditation. Guru Pathik congratulates Aang, and tells him the first chakra has been opened, to which Aang gives another
The second charka is the Water Chakra, which deals with Pleasure, and is blocked by Guilt. When asked what he blames himself for, Aang says it is that he ran away upon finding out he was the Avatar, and that he hurt all of these people at General Fong’s base in The Avatar State. Pathik says to accept the reality that these things have happened, and do not let them cloud your judgment and poison your energy. In order to become a positive influence for the world, Aang must forgive himself for these things. Aang slips into meditation again, and we are left seeing his silhouette.
Back in Chameleon Bay, Sokka, his father Hakoda, and the rest of the Warriors are preparing what are called Tangle Mines. Comprised of a buoyant casing around an e mine, they are filled with Stockfish and Seaweed. Upon detonation, the seaweed entangles the Fire Nation ships, immobilizing them, and then the smell of the Stockfish forces the soldiers to abandon ship. Hakoda calls the plan, “The Stink and Sink,” to which Sokka explodes with laughter, and Bato just sighs and says that Sokka is definitely his father’s son.
A scouting party returns to inform the warriors of the presence of three Fire Nation ships, and Hakoda tells Bato to finish preparing the mines, and the rest of the warriors to prepare for battle. Sokka watches as everyone runs off to get ready, and then asks Hakoda what he is supposed to do. In a slightly irritated, yet jokingly tone, Hakoda says, “Aren’t you listening, I said the rest of you men get ready for battle,” to which Sokka can only smile and follow orders.
Once again, in Ba Sing Se, The Jasmine Dragon is finally opening, and Iroh and Zuko stand proudly as people come into their tea shop. Iroh says that he is in disbelief that as coming to the city as refugees that he would own his own tea shop. He tells Zuko to follow his dreams, and Zuko can only congratulate his uncle, who expresses great pride. Zuko thinks it is for finally owning a tea shop, but Zuko tells him it is from Zuko deciding to share this special day with him. Zuko runs off, with his new found optimism to start making tea, to which Iroh responds with a grin and a shout. “Let’s Make some Tea!”
Third is the Fire Chakra, which is located in the stomach. Aang’s stomach bles, and he says sarcastically, “My Fire Chakra would like to eat something besides onions and banana juice. Pathik laughs heartily, and says, “Good one…Moving along,” and begins to explain the fire chakra: Dealing with Willpower, the Fire Chakra is blocked by shame. Aang has a vision of when he first attempted Firebending, and severely burned Katara’s hands (In The Deserter. He tells Pathik that he will never Firebend again, who just responds that in order to obtain Balance, you must accept all aspects of your life: Aang is the Avatar, and therefore a Firebender. With a slight breathe in and an exhale, Pathik comments that the third chakra opened less like a flowing creek and more like a burping bison.” Aang gives a huge burp, and says that it tasted like onions and bananas, and strangely like something else, which he thinks is pickles,
On the steps of the Palace, Mai and Ty Lee are relaxing. Mai complains about her outfit, and how it is y and she does not understand how anyone can fight in them, and she also complains about cleaning up bear poop. Ty Lee then spills the entire plan, to which Mai tells her to be quiet. We see some agents of the Dai Li climb up some poles, as they were listening in the whole time. Once they are gone, Azula emerges and tells the s good job, and that the Dai Li will surely deliver the message to Long Feng.
Aang and Pathik have now moved on to open the fourth chakra. Located in the heart, this chakra deals with Love, and is blocked by Grief. Laying his grief before him, Aang sees all of the Air Monks he knew, all of whom died because he abandoned them all. They fade away, and become dust. Love, according to Pathik, is a form of energy, and flows around us, and that their Love for Aang is still all around them and manifests itself inside of new love: The Love Aang has for Katara is an example of this new love. Aang, wiping away his tears and with a weakened sweet voice, asks politely if he can have some more onion banana juice.
The fifth Chakra is the Sound Charka, and is located in the throat. It deals with Truth, and is blocked by the Lies we tell ourselves. Pathik says that we must accept what we are, and that Aang must accept he is the Avatar, even though he never wanted to be. With a sigh, and a vision, Aang accepts he is the Avatar, and he opens the Chakra of Truth.
Located in the center of the forehead, the sixth Chakra of Light is responsible for Insight, and is blocked by Illusions. The greatest Illusion is that of Separation: Things you think are separate and different are actually one and the same. Aang mentions the Four Nations, and Pathik says that everyone is part of One People, yet we live as separate people. Even the Separation of the Four Elements is an illusion; four parts of the same whole. He mentions metal, which is simply Earth which has been purified by Fire. We are then shown Toph, who is continuing to bash her hands into the metal walls of her cell, realizing as she continues to bash that the metal contains Earth, which she can bend. Continuing to push, she finally manages to bend the metal, which she exalts that she “rules”
Again back in Ba Sing Se, Katara and Momo, just before going to see the Earth King, decide to stop at a new tea house for a cup or two. When waiting to be seated, Katara hears and sees Zuko ordered tea from Iroh in the back, and she gasps before running off to warn the Earth King.
Finally Aang is at the Seventh Chakra, the last, the Chakra which will enable Aang to be able to go in and out of the Avatar State, as well as having complete awareness of all things occurring in the Avatar State. Called the Thought Chakra, it is located at the crown of the head, and deals with Cosmic Energy, and is blocked by earthly attachment. Aang is asked to meditate on what he is attached to, and only images of Katara flood his mind, and Pathik asks for Aang to let go off his attachments. Aang suddenly becomes angry, asking how he can let go of Katara, when he loves her. He is also confused about why he would take Cosmic Energy over the Love of Katara and how attachment is bad now when attachment was good 3 chakras ago. According to Pathik, if Aang ever wants the pure Cosmic Energy to enter him, he must let go of all earthy attachments, including Katara
Running into the Palace, Katara tells "Suki", that the Fire Nation has infiltrated the city, and that Prince Zuko and Uncle Iroh are here as well. She tells how they need to inform the Earth King, but “Suki” comes forth, Katara immediately recognizes her as Azula, and before she can even attack, Ty Lee hurtles into the air and disables Katara. Lying on the ground in a pool of water, Katara is helpless as Azula plans a little family reunion with “Zuzu.”
The argument continues back at the Eastern Air Temple, with Pathik telling him he must open all of the chakras to master the Avatar State. Aang decides to at least try, and he begins to let go. An image of Katara disappears into space, and Aang is taken high above the planet to walk along a purple stream of cosmic energy, radiating from the Avatar State, which is shown as a shirtless Aang whose s are glowing. Walking towards the Avatar State, Aang is suddenly shocked to see an image of Katara, struggling in chains, screaming for help. He abandons the Avatar State, and begins running back to the planet. The stream of cosmic energy gives out, and Aang falls back. Jolting awake, he says that Katara is in trouble and that he must go back to Ba Sing Se. Pathik stops him, telling him that now, by choosing Attachment, the chakra is locked, and that if he leaves now, he will never be able to enter the Avatar State at all. Aang simple drops his head before leaping away.
Back on the road, there is a loud tearing sound, and Master Yu and Xin Fu decide to investigate. Upon seeing the massive hole in the container, Master Yu says it is a trick, but Xin Fu corrects him rather angry at the whole remark. Just then, Toph emerges to send two giant slabs of rock up out of the ground, trapping the two men, and then throwing them inside the container. Once she closes the metal walls, she exclaims to all the world, “I am the greatest Earthbender of all, and don’t you two dunderheads forget it.” She makes a huge ball of earth, and proceeds to run away atop it, almost like surfing. As she escapes, Xin Fu groans that he is going to be trapped inside the container forever, to which Master Yu moans “I have to go to the bathroom.”
Sokka and the rest of the Water Tribe Warriors are finishing up backing their boats for war. Sokka tells Hakoda that he is going to make him proud and prove what a great warrior he is, and Hakoda places his hand atop his son’s shoulder: Telling him that he has always been proud of Sokka, and he knew he was a great warrior, which was the reason why he left Sokka in charge of the tribe. Just as they are about to embark, Sokka sees Appa and Aang, who land next to him on the beach. One look from Aang is all that was needed in order for Sokka to say, “This can’t be good news.” We see Appa take off, with Sokka and Aang onboard, with Sokka looking back at his father, who is looking back up at his son.
Being carted down the hall by agents of the Dai Li, Azula continues to resist. Taken into Long Feng’s cell, she demands to know why she has been taken out of her bed in the middle of the night, and how this is not the way you treat a Kyoshi Warrior. Long Feng smiles, and tells her he knows exactly who she is and how he wants to make a deal. Since Azula has the Earth Kings trust, and Long Feng promises her the Avatar, she intently listens in.
At the Jasmine Dragon, Iroh and Zuko receive wonderful news: They have been invited to serve tea to the Earth King. Zuko smiles as he continues sweeping the floors, apparently content in his new life. Back in Long Feng’s cell, a deal has been worked out, ands Azula is carted away, a slight coy grin across her face.

Avatar Episode - The Earth King

The gang is happy to have Appa back and after their fight with the Dai Li, find refuge on a small island on Lake Laogai. With Appa back, Sokka wants to fly to the Ba Sing Se Earth King's palace and give him the information on the eclipse and expose the Dai Li. Although Toph and Katara are first skeptical, they all finally agree after seeing ships that are presumably Dai Li searching for them.

While approaching the palace, they are attacked by earth kingdom soldiers. The gang fight their way through the soldiers all along trying to let them know they don't want to fight them and they should all be on the same side. Once inside the palace, they finally reach an inner chamber where they find the Earth King with Long Feng standing beside him. To show they are not attempting to overthrow him, the kids drop their weapons only to be rock-tied behind their backs by the Dai Li soldiers at Long Feng's command. After finally convincing the Earth King that Long Feng is a liar by exposing the bite that Appa left on his leg, the gang then must convince him that there is a war going on. First they take him to Lake Laogai to show him the prison where all the brainwashing was taking place only to find it has been destroyed already, presumably by the Dai Li. Once they cohearse the Earth King to travel to the outer wall on Appa's back, he finally realizes there is a war going on when he looks upon the drill with the Fire Nation emblem. The Earth King orders the Dai Li to arrest Long Feng to face charges of crimes committed against the Earth Kingdom.
Meanwhile, we see Iroh and Zuko returning from Lake Laogai. Zuko begins to get blurred vision and collapses. He is stirred awake by Iroh explaining to him that his actions in freeing the Avatar's Bison have started a reaction inside him and that once he awakes from his turmoil, he will be the beautiful Prince that he was meant to be. Zuko first dreams has him sitting in the Fire Temple's chambers being addressed as Fire Lord Zuko by a blue dragon with Azula's voice. Zuko's scar is gone and the Blue Dragon is trying to get him to sleep but the Red Dragon, with the voice of Iroh, wants him to stay awake and leave. The Blue Dragon tells him to sleep again, just like his mother. Zuko's dream then changes to a vision of his mother asking him for help which he is unable to give as he gets sucked into a black hole.
Back at the palace, Sokka and Aang fill the Earth King in about the comet and the eclipse. He agrees to provide troops to assist in the attack against the Fire Nation. Their meeting is interrupted by General How, the leader of the Counsel of 5, a group of highest ranking Generals. He advises the group that they found items of interest while searching Long Feng’s office. Aang is given the note from the Guru that was attached to Appa’s horns. Toph is given a letter presumably from her mother asking to meet her at a location in Ba Sing Se. Sokka and Katara are given an intelligence report detailing the location of their father. The group decides to split up to follow these leads with Katara staying behind in Ba Sing Se to assist the Earth King with plans to invade the Fire Nation.
As Aang and Sokka are preparing to leave on Appa, they are interrupted when the Earth King approaches them with news of a group of individuals calling themselves Kyoshi Warriors who are asking for an audience with the king. Sokka assures the Earth King that they are valuable and trustworthy allies in the fight against the Fire Nation and he agrees he will greet them as honorable guests. Before leaving, Aang attempts to tell Katara how he feels about her. Sokka breaks into the moment and the gang shares a tender moment together when they realize the won‘t be seeing each other for awhile. Aang and Sokka are seen flying off on Appa with positive thoughts that everything is finally going in the right direction.
Again, we see Zuko waking up and going to splash water on his face. As he brings his face up to look in the mirror, he is shocked to see that he has an airbender's arrow on his bald head and once again, the scar is not present. Zuko jerks awake to realize it was just a dream. He slowly raises his hand to his face, touching below his right eye feeling where the scar is still present.
The scene shifts to a prison, where we see a Dai Li soldier sliding a dinner plate under a door to Long Feng. The soldier states that the military and the Counsel of 5 are loyal to the Earth King but the Dai Li is still loyal to Long Feng.
Back in Ba Sing Se, we see Toph approach a house and knock upon the door. Entering inside calling for her mother, she realizes something is wrong. A large metal coffin drops from the ceiling, enclosing her inside. We see Master Yu and Xin Fu drop from the ceiling and approach the coffin stating that somebody has been a bad wandering so far from home.
We finally see the procession of 3 Kyoshi Warriors approaching the Earth King. As the warriors march past the soldiers, they bow down to present themselves to the king as he welcomes them. The head Kyoshi Warrior raises her head wearing the head piece of Suki, but instead we hear Azula’s voice say, "We are the Earth King’s humble servants." The 3 Kyoshi Warriors are actually revealed to be Azula, Mai and Ty Lee.

Avatar Episode - Lake Laogai

The episode begins at the kids' house in the upper ring of Ba Sing Se. Sokka is attempting to draw pictures of Appa for posters Aang would drop around the city. Aang and Katara burst in with a professionally-made poster, featuring a much better picture of Aang's pet than Sokka's crude drawings. The group plans on spreading the fliers all over the city, hoping someone will have some information.
Meanwhile, Iroh's tea-making skills have earned him renown throughout the city. So much so, that a rich patron is willing to give him his own tea shop in the upper Ring of the city, much to the dismay of his present, now former, employer. While this is a dream come true for Iroh, Zuko, of course, is much less enthusiastic. He goes outside to sulk, and one of Aang's flyers falls into his hand, he is now faced with a decision. He has one more opportunity to capture Aang.

Later, Aang returns home, impatient to see if the fliers have had any success. Katara tells him to be patient, when there is a knock on the door. Aang thinks it is someone with information on Appa, instead, it's Joo Dee. She was the first one who met them when they entered the city. She explains her mysterious disappearance at the Earth king's party as having taken a short vacation to Lake Laogai. She informs the group that dropping fliers without clearance is against the rules. Aang has had quite enough of the "rules", and tells Joo Dee off, saying that he intends to find Appa, and that she should stay out of his way. Toph is elated at the opportunity to break the rules, and expresses this joy by breaking a wall in there house. The group heads out, with two Dai Li agents watching there every move.
Elsewhere, Long Feng is disappointed in Joo Dee's second failure to control the Avatar and his friends. Joo Dee worries that the group no longer trusts her, and rightly so. Long Feng simply says, "Earth King has invited you to Lake Laogai". Joo Dee's eyes go blank, and she all-too calmly accepts the invitation. Long Feng tells her to await further orders. As she leaves, Long Feng himself reveals that he too is worried that the Avatar may disrupt his control over the city and the king.
Back at their little apartment, Iroh is still excitedly mowing over names for his new tea shop. Zuko informs Iroh that the avatar is in the city and searching for his bison. Iroh warns Zuko that further perusing the Avatar in Ba Sing Se could jeopardize their attempts at rebuilding their lives. Zuko is still set upon reclaiming his believed destiny. Iroh tells him that he should take the time to think about what that means, and why.
Out in the city, the gang is setting up more posters when Katara is approached by Jet. He tells her that he wants to help, but Katara is understandably furious with him, and attacks. Jet deflects her attacks, and tries to prove his honesty by dropping his hooked swords. The others arrive, drawn by the noise of her attack, to find Jet pinned to the wall. Toph, reading Jet's heartbeat and breathing patterns, pronounces that he's telling the truth. Katara is still distrustful, but agrees. Jet leads them to a large empty warehouse, where he says they may have been holding Appa. Toph confirms it by finding a tuft of Appa's fur. A old man who is sweeping comes in and says that he's glad that he doesn't have to clean up after the creatures droppings. The old cleaning man says that the creature was sent off to Whale Tail Island, which would take weeks, maybe months to get to. It is located down near the South Pole. He said it was bought by some wealthy noble for a zoo or something. Aang immediately wants to set off, and Jet offers to come along. But Katara reluctantly says no.
On their way out, the group is sidetracked when Smellerbee and Longshot who happen to come across them. Katara once again turns on Jet, as he had claimed to have left his gang behind. Jet insists that he's been living a peaceful life in the city, but Smellerbee of course says that he was arrested by the Dai Li a few weeks beforehand. Toph says that they're both telling the truth, even though their stories don't match. Sokka quickly realizes that the reason Toph can tell that neither of them is lying is because they both think their telling the truth. Jet has been brainwashed.
That night, a Dai Li agent is walking alone down a street when he's bumped aside by the Blue Spirit(Zuko). He chases the Spirit down an alley and attacks him, knocking the head off a decoy. Zuko quickly captures him, demanding that the agent tells him what he needs, and if he is denied, The Blue Spirit implies that he will cut off the agents head.
Meanwhile, the group, plus Longshot and Smellerbee, are holding Jet. Katara guesses that Jet and the old man were used to try to lead them away from the city on a false lead. Aang, realizing that Appa may be held in the same place they brainwashed Jet, tries to get him to remember where he was taken. When trying to remember the night his home was attacked proves too painful, Katara uses her healing to try to help him out. Jet remembers that he was taken to a secret facility under a water like a lake. Sokka remembers what Joo Dee had said about her "vacation", jogging more off Jet's memory. She said she went on vacation at Lake Laogai. The base is under Lake Laogai.
The group makes their way to the lake the next day, and Toph quickly finds and uncovers an underwater tunnel. They go inside, quietly making their way through the dark corridors. In one room, a group of women are being "conditioned" to be Joo Dees. Jet leads the group to a cell he thinks will be big enough to hold Appa, when he opens. Inside his cell, Appa gets up as his cell door is opened. But it's not Jet who opened this door, but The Blue Spirit.
Meanwhile, the gang find themselves confronted by Long Feng and several Dai Li agents. A battle quickly breaks out. Long Feng starts to leave the room, with Aang and Jet in hot pursuit. Long Feng tries to make one last bargain with Aang, but he and Jet refuse. Instead, he extends the same invitation to Jet that he did to Joo Dee. Jet's eyes go blank, and he attacks Aang.

In Appa's Cell, The Blue Spirit (Zuko) is suddenly confronted by Iroh, who asks who could be behind that mask. Then, Iroh scolds Zuko for not planning ahead, particularly over the time when they were at the North Pole, in which he would have died had the Avatar's friends not come along. He pleads with Zuko to look inside himself for once, and find his own destiny, not the one forced on him by his father. Zuko throws his mask and swords to the ground in anger.
Elsewhere, Aang is trying to get Jet to snap out of his trance, while avoiding his attacks. He finally gets through to him by reminding him of his past as a Freedom Fighter. Jet recovers and Long Feng asks whats he is doing and tell him to finish Aang. Jet quickly hurls one of his hooked swords at Long Feng's head, who dodges and retaliates with a crushing blow. Long Feng escapes as the others enter the chamber. Katara tries to heal Jet, and realizes just how badly he was injured. Smellerbee asks them to go on ahead they'll be fine. Katara tells them that they can't just leave them there but Longshot speaks for the first time and tells Aang and his group that they should go an find Appa, and leave Jet to Smellerbee and himself. He's our leader. Jet tries to assure Katara that he'll be alright, but as they leave, Toph sorrowfully tells Sokka that Jet was lying.
They finally reach Appa's cell, only to find the chains broken, and Appa gone. Thinking that the Dai Li have taken him, they rush back to the surface, only to find themselves surrounded by Long Feng and Dai Li agents. Momo suddenly takes off into the sky, only to have Appa come down and break through two of the walls the Dai Li made and Appa taking out Long Feng by biting him. Toph and Aang take this opportunity to take out the remaining Dai Li on the middle wall and flings them into the lake. Long Feng tries to attack Appa, only to have his foot caught in Appa's mouth, and gets tossed into the lake Laogai, skipping across the surface. Aang and the others joyfully reunite with there Flying friend.
Meanwhile, Zuko and Iroh leave the base, barely missing the fighting. Zuko acknowledges his Uncles words, dropping the Blue Spirit mask into the water. He stands looking at it, as it sinks into the darkness.

Avatar Episode - Appa's Lost Days

This episode spans a period of four weeks, from the end of 'The Library' to just before 'Tales of Ba Sing Se', detailing Appa's adventures after he was captured by the Sandbenders outside of Wan Shi Tong's library.
The Episode begins with Appa's capture in the earlier episode. Sandbenders attack Appa with intent to capture him, while Toph, her hearing is hampered by the sand, and divided by the need to prevent the library from sinking, is unable to help.
The sandbenders drag Appa away, until Ghashiun, the leader of the group, orders Appa's saddle ransacked for any valuables, but nothing more valuable than Sokka's club is found. Appa tries to fight back once more, destroying one of the sand sailer's, but Ghashiun is unfaded, as that sailer had been stolen from another tribe in the first place. He tosses the supplies on the saddle away, and continues with his plan to sell Appa to a group of Earth Kingdom Merchants with beetle-like hats.
After a little debate, the merchants decide to buy Appa, giving the Sandbender's a small chest with the money. The merchants start to drag Appa into a position so they can secure him on a caged sled , but once Appa is fastened into the sled, Aang blows his whistle during his search for Appa. Appa hears the whistle and begins to struggle, lifting the entire sled off the ground. The merchants decided to shoot Appa with some Shirshu spit darts fired from a blowgun. The darts land in Appa's foot and he falls quickly to the ground. Before he is unconscious, he sees the giant cloud created by a frustrated Aang as he hears the two merchants discuss selling him for parts.

Appa next wakes up inside a small cage, along with several other animals. A firebender talks to him and seems sympathize, but it immediately becomes apparent that he is an Animal Tamer, and intends to break Appa to his will. He begins by feeding the other animals, but not Appa. Instead, he lets out a Vulture Griffin and shows how Appa will "earn" his food by sending the Vulture Griffin through hoops. While the Animal Tamer is performing tricks, Appa slyly sucks in air, pulling the cabbages from the cart to his mouth. The Tamer furiously threatens Appa with fire.
That night, the circus is performing in a Fire Nation town. Appa tries to pull a bale of hay closer to him to eat, but it is much heavier than a cabbage. A small boy, waiting for his father to return with some "sizzle crisps," disobeys his father's orders not to move, and helps Appa by moving the hay close enough for him to eat. He stays with Appa, only leaving when the Animal Tamer comes back. The Animal Tamer speaks to the circus' Ringmaster of how Appa is not "ready" to perform and how he needs more time, but the Ringmaster tells him that a circus is, "the home of Fear and Danger," and that Appa will perform that night.
During the show, Appa is introduced as "The Wind Buffalo," and dressed in a garish costume and makeup. The crowd laughs at the sight of Appa, and the Animal Tamer attempts to get Appa to fly by shouting, "Up." Appa spins around, and the crowd laughs more, only infuriating the Animal Tamer, who strikes at Appa with a whip of flame. Appa flies up and goes through a burning hoop and stands up on a high-rising platform, then flies through another hoop. However, Appa's costume catches on fire, and he slaps the hoop to the ground, striking the Animal Tamer on the head and knocking him to the ground. The crowd laughs again. Appa lands, and sees the boy who helped him earlier, who reminds him of Aang. The boy yells at Appa, telling to escape, and as Appa flies up, the Animal Tamers gets back up and is about to strike Appa with the whip, only to have Appa send him flying through the Circus tent. Appa manages to slip through an airhole at the top side of the tent, and escapes, leaving behind his costume for the small boy to watch and smile.
Appa flies back to the spot where the library was, only to find it completely buried. He tries to dig it out, but decides it a futile effort, and flies off. Feeling hungry, Appa lands to find food. He starts to move towards a giant purple egg, and just as he is about to eat it, a bipedal lizard runs off with the egg held above his head. He then turns over and goes to eat a cactus, scaring away a jackalope in the process: However, Appa eats the whole cactus, and gets a mouth full of thorns for his trouble. Appa lifts off again, and finds himself in the Buzzard-Wasp nest that Aang and the gang travelled to, quickly earning the ire of its inhabitants. Appa manages to fight them off, and collapses in the sand, trying to get at the honey on his feet.

Avatar Episode - The Tales of Ba Sing Se

The Tale of Toph and Katara
The story opens at the location of the gang's house in Ba Sing Se, the whole group busily cleaning themselves up for the day aside from Toph who has yet to wake up. When Katara wakes her, Toph presents herself with her hair a mess and her body covered in dust, considering herself ready. Katara suggests they have a "Girl's Day Out," and takes her to the Fancy Lady Day Spa. Toph agrees, as long as they don't touch her feet. This is a denied request and Toph sends one of the attendants through the wall during a pedicure. The girls then take a mud bath where Toph uses her Earthbending to make creepy faces with the mud and scare away the attendant. The two then relax in a sauna, using their bending to both feed the fire and create the steam.
The girls leave the sauna now with make-up on their faces. Toph comments that while she does not usually do fancy things, it's not something she dislikes. As they cross a bridge, three older girls poke fun of Toph's makeup. Toph is upset by these remarks and Katara tries to urge her to ignore them. Toph, however, laughs back at the girls and then Earthbends the ground from under them sending them into the water below. Katara finishes with her own parting shot by washing the girls downstream.
Katara tries to console Toph as they continue walking on. Toph claims that because she is blind, she does not have to worry so much about personal appearance or the approval of others, the words of the girls still hurt her all the same, and she sheds a few tears. Katara compliments that Toph is not only confident and self-assured, but also pretty. Toph proclaims she would like to return the favor but has no idea what Katara looks like. Katara laughs at this and the story ends with Toph giving her a friendly punch on the arm.

The Tale of Iroh
While strolling through a market, Iroh stops and buys a few things at a street stand. Iroh purchases a picnic basket and when the owner asks, Iroh claims that it is for a special occasion. He then aids the shopkeeper by helping a Moon Flower bloom by moving it closer to the shade. Continuing his walk, he sees a small boy crying and his mother struggling to calm him. Iroh borrows a liuqin from a nearby shop and sings a song to the weeping child. The song tells the tale of a young soldier boy marching home from war. The boy stops crying as Iroh sings to him and he then proceeds to thank Iroh by pulling his beard and laughing.
In a small street alley, Iroh watches some boys play a form of soccer that employs Earthbending. The ball gets repelled of a rock and crashes through a window. He tells them that it is always best to admit your mistakes in order to restore honor. However, the owner appears in the window, massive in size and he retracts his comments and tells them to run. After running down an alley, he is threatened at knife point by a mugger. Unconcerned for his own safety, Iroh tells the mugger that his stance makes him weak to attacks and proves it by knocking him down and stealing his dagger. Iroh corrects the man's stance and comments that he does not look like a criminal. The man admits that he is confused with his life right now and has turned to crime. Iroh and the man share some tea as Iroh suggests that the man would become a good masseur. The man comments that no one has ever believed in him, to which Iroh comments that help from others can be a great blessing. Iroh gave the same wisdom to Toph in the episode "The Chase."
Iroh comes to rest upon a hill with a large tree. He sets up some rocks and pulls out materials from the basket he purchased earlier. The special occasion it was needed for was a memorial for Lu Ten's birthday (the son Iroh lost in the war). Iroh places a cloth out upon the ground along with a picture of Lu Ten. He then lights two incense sticks and places them in a holder. Iron says happy birthday to the image and confesses that he wished he could have helped his own son, as he had helped those along his way. Iroh then starts singing the song he had played earlier for the crying boy, though this time, it is broken up by tears as Iroh mourns Lu Ten's absence.
The Tale of Aang
Flying high over Ba Sing Se, Aang lands at a small zoo looking for Appa, Looking around; he sees a wide variety of animals, all of whom are miserable in their small cages. Many of them are also partially starved and hungry. The Zookeeper tells Aang that the zoo is no longer receiving funding from the Dai Li because it is no longer popular with the children. However in a circle of troubles, nobody comes to the zoo because it does not receive the funding and is quite filthy (one of the cages shows an animal lying near multiple piles of feces). The Keeper would like nothing more than to let his animals run wild in open spaces. Aang suggests moving the animals outside to an open area just outside the city.
The animals prove much more difficult to control than Aang originally thought and they end up running wild over the city, terrorizing the citizenry. Hog-monkies destroy a shop, various animals attack the citizens, and the Cabbage Merchant has his cabbages eaten by a Rabaroo. After trying to restore order, Aang pulls out his Bison whistle and blows a huge burst of air through it using Airbending. He then hops on an air-ball as the animals run after him.
Meanwhile, the Zookeeper frantically tries to get the guards to open the gate. The refuse until they see the oncoming stampede. Once the gates are open, Aang reaches the other side and hops on his air-ball again. Using his Earthbending, he creates a wall around the animals. He continues to Earthbend paths, secluded areas, and habitat accessories. The children and their families come flocking to the new Zoo and the Zookeeper thanks Aang for his help. The Zookeeper tells Aang he should have a job with animals. However, the zoo animals weren't the only creatures that followed the sound of the whistle, as many cats, dogs, and cat-dogs are also inside the animal pens. After that, the Zookeeper decides that Aang should stick to saving people.
The Tale of SokkaIn the peaceful city, Sokka is outside his element of war and battle. His boomerang has become a toy as he walks through the city. Sokka finds a haiku class full of pretty girls. While peeking through the window, enjoying the show, he is shoved from behind by an Ostrich Horse and winds up inside. While explaining the window to the girls he actually rhymes in haiku. The instructor becomes upset with the intrusion and disruption of the class. She is also disgusted with the common place message his haiku presents and presents the rules of haiku to him in a much more formal tone. Sokka soon gets into a contest with the teacher, both of which speak only in haiku. After each of Sokka's, the girls in the class breaks into giggling. After several bouts, with Sokka comically winning each one, he eventually messes up and adds an extra syllable to the final line, causing the class to become silent and hard faced. After counting the syllables, a very large guard throws him out of the class back on to the street. Sokka changed his mind about liking poetry in the end.
The Tale of Zuko
Working at the teahouse, Zuko is worried that a young girl has made him out as being from the Fire Nation. When he tells Iroh about it, Iroh realized that the girl, Jin, simply has a crush on Zuko. This is quickly proven correct when Jin comes to the counter and asks him out after paying. Iroh quickly accepts on his nephew's behalf. They meet after sundown outside the shop.
Zuko leaves the shop, polished in nice clothes and slicked hair that took Iroh ten minutes to fashion. Jin, however, messes it up before they leave. Zuko, not used to something as mundane as a date, is more than a little nervous, and makes a few missteps, but Jin seems to take it in stride. She asks Zuko about his life, which causes Zuko to make up a story that he and Iroh were part of a traveling circus before they came to Ba Sing Se. Jin asks him what he performed as, but she stops him, because she wanted to guess. When Jin guesses "juggling", Zuko flows with it. With encouragement from Jin, Zuko starts and gets himself covered in food claiming a lack of practice as the problem.
Jin pulls Zuko off to one of her favorite parts of the city, the Firelight Fountain. At night, the fountain is usually lit by lanterns in the evening and causes the water to sparkle. But when they get there, the lanterns are all dark and unlit. Sensing her disappointment, Zuko tells Jin to close her eyes. Then, making sure no one else is around to watch, he quietly lights all the lanterns with his Firebending. Jin and Zuko stare into the fountain and Jin reaches out and holds Zuko's hand. Slyly, Jin tries to give Zuko a kiss, but as she tries, Zuko holds up a coupon for a free tea between them and gives it to her. Nonplussed, she tells Zuko to close his eyes so she could present her gift to him. She then kisses him lightly and briefly. Zuko gives her a brief kiss in return, but quickly breaks away and leaves. When Jin asks him why, he simply says that it's complicated and continues to leave.
Back at his apartment, Iroh's query about the night is answered only by a slamming of the doors to Zuko's room. But Zuko opens the door slightly afterwards and tells him it was nice, and then slides the door closed.
The Tale of Momo
Momo dreams about eating fruit from a tree in the clouds with Appa, but wakes up when he is startled by a loud bang of thunder. He leaps into Sokka's bag and comes up with a tuft of white fur on his head. Smelling it, Momo realized that the fur is Appa's. Seeing an Appa-like shadow on the ground, he wraps the fur around his wrist and takes off after it, only to find a lone cloud. A similar sighting only turns out to be a cherry tree.
Disappointed, Momo decides to continue searching the city for Appa. Unfortunately, he soon draws the attention of a trio of Pygmy Pumas, which see him as a potential meal, Momo tries to escape, but the cats work together to try to bring him down. Momo manages to run into a crowd of people, but he is quickly grabbed by a man, fitted with a hat, and set out with a pair of dancing monkeys. The cats chase him out of the crowd and pin him to the ground, but all four of them suddenly find themselves captured.
The four animals are brought to a butcher and the man that captured them begins haggling with the owner. Momo frees himself using his opposable thumb and starts to run off. However, upon seeing the three pumas, he frees them from their cages and all four run off on the rooftops. As they sit on a roof, one of the pumas removes the fur tied to Momo and the three run off down an alley. The cats stop and place the fur in a large three-toed footprint belonging to Appa. Momo does not notice the print as he lands in it. He curls on top of the tuft of fur and falls asleep as rain starts to fall.

Avatar Episode : City of Walls and Secrets

As a reward for protecting Ba Sing Se from the Fire Nation attack, Aang, Katara, Sokka and Toph are allowed into the city and given a house in the inner ring. While the others are optimistic about having reached the city, Toph is none too thrilled- apparently she has been in Ba Sing Se before, and did not find it to her liking. Soon after they arrive, Aang and his friends are met by Joo Dee, a woman assigned to guide them around the city. Attempts by Sokka to try and get their guide to talk about the war and a possible audience with the Earth King are invariably ignored. As they see the many sections of Ba Sing Se, the kids soon find the segregation of rich and poor people is not to their liking. Aang recalls that this may be the reason why he didn't visit the city in the years before his being trapped in the iceberg. When a possible audience with the Earth King is finally mentioned, it is revealed that they will have to wait at least a month. It soon becomes apparent that within the walls of the city, no one wants to talk or even think about the war raging in the rest of the world. Even Aang's attempts to find Appa bears no fruit as no one seems willing to divulge any information to them, thanks to some meaningful glances from Joo Dee.

Meanwhile, Zuko and Iroh have found jobs in a tea house, where the former Fire Nation general soon becomes popular for his superior tea brews. Unknown to the two, Jet the freedom fighter is constantly watching them and waiting for either one to show signs of firebending.
When a notice arrives of a party being held in the palace, Katara decides its a good way to reach the Earth King. Toph says that since the gang are mostly commoners, they'd be spotted right away if they went to the event. In the end, Toph and Katara dress up in formal attire and head for the palace as Aang and Sokka wait. The girls are initially refused entry by a guard, who rejects even Toph's family seal. They eventually get inside by tagging along with an official named Long Feng.

Aang and Sokka arrive at the palace themselves and enter the side entrance as servants. All of the kids are soon discovered by Joo Dee, who appears very frightened that they have defied the orders and entered the palace. Aang is soon exposed as the Avatar and a commotion erupts. Sokka, Katara, Toph and Momo are soon gathered gently but forcefully by the guards. Aang himself is confronted by Long Feng, and taken to a room where the others are waiting.

Jet, getting impatient with waiting, finally charges into the tea restaurant where Iroh and Zuko are working. He accuses the two newcomers as Firebenders, but is met only by skepticism by the tea shop patrons. Angered, Jet draws his swords. Zuko draws his own double blades and the two start a prolonged duel. Despite taunts from Jet, Zuko holds his own without using his firebending. Zuko finally disarms Jet at the cost of one of his blades. Guards arrive at the scene and take Jet into custody. Smellerbee and Longshot watch as their friend and leader is taken away. Later, in a darkened room, a captive Jet appears to be subjected to a form of brainwashing.

Inside Long Feng's chamber, Aang and the rest try to talk about the coming Solar Eclipse, but are abruptly cut off by Feng. To preserve the culture and utopian life within the walls of Ba Sing Se, no mention of the war is permitted. It is also revealed that Feng, the Earth King's secretariat, is in charge of handling day-to-day affairs in the city, including all military matters. The King himself is no more than a figurehead, a beloved icon. When Aang threatens to talk and tell everyone about the war, Feng threatens them with expulsion from the city. He then goes on to say that if Aang persists, he may never see the missing Appa ever again.

As they are dismissed, Long Feng calls in Joo Dee to accompany them. Aang stares in disbelief as they all realize that a different woman has taken the place of Joo Dee.

Avatar Episode : The Drill

The episode begins with Fire Nation tanks moving towards the wall with the drill close behind. Several segments of the drill then extend out making the drill even larger. Steam comes out of pipes and spikes lodge into the ground around the drill. The command module then rises up into the sky attached to the drill like an antenna. Inside the command module is Mai, Ty Lee, Azula, War Minister Ching, and several fire nation soldiers operating the drill. War Minister Ching is bragging about the drill and how it will defeat Ba Sing Se. He says, "Nothing can stop us." Ty Lee then questions whether the earthbenders in the drill's way will stop it. Ching then replies, "The drill's metal shell is impervious to any earthbending attack." and hits the periscope Ty Lee was looking through. Azula doubts Ching and sends Mai and Ty Lee to take out the earthbenders. Mai sighs, "Finally, something to do." Then we see the family Toph, Katara, and Sokka are leading to Ba Sing Se with their new born baby: Hope. Aang flies down on his glider with Momo and lands in front of them. Katara asks what he's doing there. Aang answers Katara and then Toph and Aang are earthbending everyone up the wall. Sokka asks, "Now, what's so big that Appa has to wait?" Aang says, "That." The drill is shown briefly and then everyone is on top of the wall looking down at it with horror. The mother says that they're finally there and that no one is safe. Earthbender soldiers then ask what they are doing there. Aang says that he is the Avatar and asks them to take him to their leader. The general says that their help is not needed and goes on about how the wall is impenetrable.

Toph says that the Dragon of the West(Iroh) got in and the general responds saying that he was quickly removed. He makes a joke about the meaning of the word Ba Sing Se. Toph says that there is still the drill. The general says he has sent out a team of Earthbenders called the Tera Team. Sokka comments on the name being catchy. The Terra Team knocks one of the Fire Nation tanks into the air and out of their way. They bend earth spike-like columns to the drill from the ground. The drill extends again and the columns crumble. They all create earth shields protecting them from Mai's daggers. Ty Lee and Mai slide down the drill's side. Ty Lee swings off a rope onto the ground. She deftly takes out all the earthbenders in seconds. Ty Lee is standing over all the defeated benders. The general sees their defeat and exclaims, "We're doomed!" Sokka slaps him and tells him to get a hold of himself. The general apologizes. Toph asks him if he wants their help again. He turns to Aang and says," Yes, please." Katara, Toph, and Aang all look at Sokka for a plan. Iroh and Zuko are at the underground ferries. The ticket lady says their names and looks at them suspiciously. Iroh corrects her on the pronunciation of their names and she gets mad and asks him if he's telling her how to do her job. Then Iroh compliments her and says she's pretty. She likes it and compliments him back. The ticket lady stamps their tickets and welcomes them to Ba Sing Se. Zuko snatches his ticket out of Iroh's hand and says,"I'm gonna forget I saw that." Jet and Smellerbee talk about Lee(Zuko) joining the new Freedom Fighters. Smellerbee doesn't like the idea. Katara is using her healing powers on one of the Earthbenders that was attacked by Mai and Ty Lee. The general asks her what is wrong with him. She tells him that the earthbenders chi is blocked. Katara asks the earthbender who injured him and from the description Katara knows that it's Ty Lee. She is talking about Ty Lee and says "it's like she takes you down from the inside." Sokka face lights up and he waves his arms in excitement. Sokka says,"What you just said that's how we're gonna to take down the drill. The same way Ty Lee took down all these big earthbenders. Toph chimes in by saying,"By hitting its pressure points!" Aang summarizes what was just said. Toph earthbends a creating an enormous dust cloud for them to use as cover. Toph tells them to stay close. They all run into the cloud. Ty Lee sees the dust cloud through the periscope and says that it's poofy. Azula looks at War Minister Ching and he reassures her that it's nothing.
Everyone is running in the dust and Toph creates a tunnel and tells everyone to get in. Sokka says how it's a dark and Toph sarcastically says,"Oh no, what a nightmare." Sokka apologizes for being so careless. They all come out of the tunnel and are under the drill. Sokka sees an open hatch and Aang helps them all get into the drill. He tells Toph to get on and she explains that she wouldn't be able to see and that she'll help from the outside. Toph wedges a huge rock against the drill and to slow it down. Sokka says that he needs some schematics of the drill and Aang asks where they're going to get it. Sokka swings his machete taking off a wheel to a pipe. Steam starts to rush out of it. At first Aang and Katara don't get why he broke that but Sokka explains and they understand. A firebender engineer walks out of the mist and turns around. Katara freezes all of the steam and the engineer too. Sokka takes a schematic from the engineer and the gang run up some stairs. Sokka examines the schematic and explains that they need to cut through the braces that hold together the inner mechanism and the outer shell. Iroh and Zuko are sitting on a bench. Jet comes over and sits next to Zuko. Jet asks Zuko if he has any plans once in the city. A tea cart comes by and Iroh asks for some Jasmine. Iroh spits it out disgusted and complains that it's cold. Jet asks Zuko if he could talk to him. Zuko heavily sighs. Jet tries to convince Zuko to join the Freedom Fighters but Zuko declined. Jet sees Iroh drinking hot tea and then Jet is sure that he's a firebender. Zuko knocks the tea out of Iroh's hand and scolds Iroh for firebending his tea in public. Iroh says,"I know I'm not supposed to cry over spilled tea, but it's just so sad." Sokka, Katara, and Aang arrive to the braces. Sokka comments on the size of the braces. Aang and Katara slowly slice away at the brace. After half way through one brace both Aang and Katara are exhausted. Sokka tries to cheer them on and almost gets water whipped by Katara. They cut through one brace and they are both beat. Aang and Katara both don't know if they can make it in time. Suddenly, there is a loud rumbling and the entire drill shakes. They think that they finished the drill but then War Minister Ching comes over the announcement system and explains that they have made contact with the wall. Sokka is uselessly pushing as hard as he can against the brace Katara and Aang cut through. Katara says that this is bad. Sokka then says how they're putting everything they have into cutting down the braces. Aang then explains that they don't need to cut all the way through the braces just enough and then he'll give the final blow. Aang reminds them that everyone in Ba Sing Se is depending on them. Toph is still slowing down the drill painstakingly. Aang and Katara are still cutting away at the braces. Earthbenders on the wall are throwing tons of boulders at the drill but to no avail. A soldier informs the war minister that the engineer was ambushed, and another tells him that a brace was cut clean through. Azula says,"Let's go ladies." Aang and Katara are still cutting through the braces. Sokka is in the middle of cheering them on when a blue fire ball comes down. He dodges and screams. Ty Lee exclaims,"Wow, Azula you were right it is the Avatar... and friends." Sokka waves and says,"Hey." Katara pulled him away. Ty Lee dove towards Aang and he airbended her away. They split up and Katara gives her water sack to Aang. Mai and Ty Lee follow Katara and Sokka. Azula follows Aang and says that the Avatar is hers. Sokka and Katara come to a hatch that reads: "slurry pipeline". Katara asks what it means and Sokka says that it's their way out. They jump down into the muddy water and get carried away. Ty Lee and Mai look down into the pipe. Ty Lee tries to get Mai to go with her but Mai persistently refuses. Ty Lee shrugs and jumps in. Mai closes the hatch after her. Aang speeds past numerous engineers and control rooms with Momo on his back. He goes up a ladder to deliver the final blow. Katara and Sokka end up outside of the drill covered in wall sludge with Ty Lee close behind. Katara bends the water in the mud creating a plug with Ty Lee in it. Sokka tells her to keep it up so that when Aang delivers the final blow it'll be ready to pop. Aang picks a spot on the top of the drill to deliver the final blow to. Suddenly, several boulders fall from the sky. One of the boulders nearly hits Aang. Aang tries to tell the general to stop shooting rocks and then right after the general says,"Soldiers, whatever you do, don't stop shooting rocks down there!" Aang uses the water to weaken the spot where he is going to deliver the final blow. Katara is still holding back the slurry to build up pressure. Sokka is cheering her on and she finally gets fed up and pushes him down with slurry. Toph asks if they need any help and Katara asks her to help plug up the drain. Toph earthbends the earth causing the pipes to be about to burst. Aang is still working on weakening the spot and stops to say,"What I'd give to be metal bender." Momo shrieks and they turn around to see a blue fire blast shooting towards them. Aang dodges it. Aang sends Momo away for his fight with Azula. Azula shoots several balls of fire at him. Aang dodges them and shoots an airbending blast back. He uses his water whip to knock Azula's blasts off target. She kicks two fierce blasts and Aang tries to block them with water but it evaporates while he is knocked back. Several boulders start falling again and Aang takes the opportunity to shoot one at Azula. She ducks in time and shoots a fire ball. Aang creates a wall of rubble and shoots rocks from the wall at Azula. She kicks them away and almost gets Aang's head with a kick of flames. Azula somersaults in the air and does a really powerful fire blast destroying his wall. Aang hurtled into the wall and falls unconscious on to the ground. The drill extends again and Azula walks over to Aang to deliver the final blow. Azula picks Aang up and holds him against the wall. She forms a blue flame in her hand while Aang is coming to. He quickly makes an earth glove and blocks her attack which knocks her several feet back. Slurry spews from the wall which causes them to lose their balance and crash into each other. They both begin sliding off the drill. Azula is able to stop herself and Momo helps Aang back on his feet. Aang thanks Momo and runs to the weakened spot. A rock falls right next to him. Aang shapes it into a nail and goes high up on the wall on an air scooter. He races down the wall and successfully gives the final blow just missing getting hit by a fire ball by Azula.
Toph makes an island blocking them from the flood of slurry. Iroh and Zuko are on a train with Hope's family heading into Ba Sing Se. And Zuko still wants to go after the avatar. Sokka still tries to give the team a name but gets no one's approval.