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#1: Sozins Comet - Part 4 - Avatar Aang (3.21):

Yes, I've made you folks wait 5 months to tell you that my favorite ep is the final one. Well, taking 5 months wasn't originally in the plan (I'm really sorry about it), but this being the #1 was.

Look, I'm just a sucker for great pay-offs. And holy shit. This episode is some pay-off. For 60 episodes, we heard tat Aang had to master the four elements to save the world. This was told us from a bunch of characters who had never seen the Avatar do that. Nobody knew why the Avatar was such a beacon of hope, except the creators of the show. We knew of course that bending 4 elements was a great asset, but that had never made Aang invincible. we had never gotten to see what being the Avatar actually meant.

Until now.

In a stroke of luck, Ozai hits Aang just in that spot Azula had hit one season ago that had prevented him from going into the Avatar State. And remember, Aang already mastered the AS in 2.20, having let go of emotions. This is the last time Ozai ever manages to hit anyone, as a few seconds later, a glowing hand grabs his beard.

What ensues next is amazing, glorious, cathartic asskicking. 9900 years of bending mastery rise into the sky, surround themselves by spinning 4 elements as some kind of religious figure, and procceed to beat the everlasting crap of Ozai. The tables have turned, and Ozai is being chased and running for his life, the opposite from the previous episode. I couldn't do much but post more adjectives. The scene makes the whole show worth it. All hail the Avatar.

And the other plots? They also deliver. Zuko is down, so now it's Katara vs Azula, and Katara seems outmatched against the what is probably world's most talented non-Toph bender. But the best battles allow for tactics and ingenuity, and Katara manages to trick Azula into running over a water drain, then immediately freezes, chains and captures her, in another very iconic scene. Atta girl.

Sokka, meanwhile, is struggling to take down those FN airships. But all works out as Sukki shows up for the rescue, the space sword and the boomerang are sacrificed and the day is saved.

And we also have room to see the end of out D-plot, the White Lotus finishing their asskicking and the Dragon of the West conquering Ba Sing Se once and for all.

Once the plots are over, we go back to the main fight, as Aang has the fire lord on his ropes. He then... pulls off a deus ex machina. Yes, I admit this plot is contrived. But you know what, I don't care. They could have build an ice prison for Ozai, like the one in Korra, for all I know. Aang uses this new bending form that has never been mentioned before, has a cool cinematic where his soul almost gets taken over by Ozai but then he comes back and wins it, and we get a pretty fun scene as Ozai is stripped from his powers and then gets humulliated by all the kids. Serves him right.

And good has won. The kids and uncle now get to relax in a FN palace before Zuko is conorated. The coronation itself is even more catharsis, because we know how much the kid has suffered, and we can feel what it's like to finally have peace in that world after 100 years. And to top it all, we get a very heartwarming kiss scene with Aang and Katara as some fantastic movie plays. An American movie cliche? Fuck yeah it is, and I loved it.

Finally, the show finishes with one of my favorite ending songs in fiction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iQU45_EV08

The best western cartoon ends with its best shot and I'm glad I was able to witness all of that.

Thanks for reading this topic, my friends.