![]() Tenzin and Korra’s arcs have always been tied together, and now even moreso considering he was one of the last airbenders just as Korra is the last Avatar of her spiritual cycle. That entire sequence with the raid at the Northern Air Temple was so well done and had the high emotional stakes that were sorely lacking in Book 2. For a second, I thought they were about to kill Tenzin off, considering at that point the show had already already proven it isn’t afraid of killing people. He could have held his own against any one of the four Red Lotus members, but was bested by all of them together. Having such a calm and even comedic Tenzin for the first few episodes makes it easy to forget what a skilled fighter he is. What completely sold me about this season was the focus on character for everyone, even the villains.Īnd with that, let’s once again go through this one by one. Everything was structured so that even the newer characters introduced, like Kai, Opal, and the other airbenders, became important parts of the season as a whole and were given arcs that turned them into pretty likeable characters. And this season, there were plenty of both. One of my issues with Book 3 is that we needed even more of these moments of them together.Īll of our characters played a central role this time and got their chances to shine, both in kickass form in battle and in the emotional moments. The lead-up from the investigation at Zaofu to the hotel stakeout was so much fun, because for the first time since Book 1, we got to see our core foursome working together quite well. Also, any episode where a noisy Pabu is MVP is a good one for me. We got to see everyone other than Korra show their stuff, all in nothing but their pajamas. The "shoot-out" sequence against the Red Lotus in Zaofu was one of my favorite moments in the series so far. Two of my favorite episodes were the really fun back-to-back The Terror Within and The Stakeout. The stop at Zaofu may have even been a good point to do an episode similar to ATLA’s The Tales of Ba Sing Se. As cute as the chibi-style montage was with Tenzin wonderfully failing at recruiting airbenders ("Your best friend will be a giant bison!"), I would have preferred this be extended by an episode or two, so we could really enjoy the feeling of being on an adventure with our team and get to see them being friends and not just teammates. I was actually hoping for more low-key character-building filler really fleshing out this crew (or Krew) that we've come to know for the past two seasons. In fact, this is the first time I really cared for our main four as a team. ![]() But more importantly, it kept our Team Avatar together, and not scattered about on aimless subplots. We finally got to really see this post-ATLA world outside of Republic City, and I wish we had gotten the chance to travel even more. The world-hopping adventure looking for stray airbenders was such a great way to start the season. ![]() What I enjoyed about Book 3 is that it actually takes the time to have some fun, which I felt the show hasn't done since the early pro-bending days. I liked that the whole plot of this season tied into the events of Book 2, so that for whatever issues we may have with that season, it ended up being quite instrumental to the future of the show. But the main focus this season isn’t on the union of spirits and humans like I thought it would be, but on the sudden revival of the airbenders thanks to Harmonic Convergence. Korra has left the portal to the Spirit World open, and now humans and spirits are living together… or at least trying. ![]() ![]() The fantastic first episode of the season, appropriately titled A Breath of Fresh Air, picks up two weeks after the events of the Book 2 finale. ![]()
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