8.7/103 votes#1 - Friendenemies
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 10/3/2016
When Tom vies for Marco's company instead of Star's, Marco becomes suspicious.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Amelia Lorenz
8.6/1037 votes#2 - Sozin's Comet: The Old Masters (2)
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 7/19/2008
While on the island, Aang seeks guidance from his past lives, but is not pleased with what he is told. The island, in fact, turns out to be a lion turtle from which Aang is given the guidance he had been seeking. After the tracker is unable to track Aang, the rest of the group decide they must find Iroh. Meanwhile, while tracking down Iroh, the group meets up with The Order of the White Lotus, a group that transcends the division of the four nations.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
8.6/1029 votes#3 - Nightsisters
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2011
Troubled by Asajj Ventress' growing prowess with the dark side of the Force, Darth Sidious commands Count Dooku to eliminate her. But Ventress survives Dooku's assassination attempt, and the jilted former apprentice vows to take revenge, enlisting the aid of her kinswomen -- the mystical Nightsisters -- in her sinister scheme. Mother Talzin, leader of the Nightsisters, veils Asajj and her fellow assassins in a cloak of invisibility, and they infiltrate Dooku's palace on Serenno. Though they fail to kill the Count, their use of captured Jedi lightsabers leads Dooku to mistakenly believe that the Jedi have tried to kill him. Interested in protection, he requests a new apprentice from Mother Talzin.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Katie Lucas
8.4/1010 votes#4 - Moonrise
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/2018
With night falling, Rayla and the princes race to share what they've found and stop the attack. But first they'll have to get past Claudia.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Devon Giehl
8.4/1030 votes#5 - Witches of the Mist
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/2011
Anakin and Obi-Wan, sent to track down the mysterious figure behind the deaths of several Jedi, soon find themselves on the trail of the monstrous apprentice that Ventress has created: Savage Opress, who has been trained in the ways of the Sith by Dooku. When Opress returns to Count Dooku after an unsuccessful assignment, Ventress strikes. With Opress at her side, she attacks Dooku. Opress' loyalty is fleeting, however, and Dooku and Ventress discover that this new apprentice has a will of his own. When Savage returns to Mother Talzin, she gives him a new task: To seek the Outer Rim for his long-lost brother....
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Katie Lucas
8.3/1039 votes#6 - Avatar Roku: Winter Solstice (2)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/15/2005
To contact the spirit of the previous Avatar, Aang must reach a temple in the Fire Nation before the sun sets on the following day. There he will learn what he must do to restore balance to the world. Zuko must defy his banishment to follow Aang.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
8.3/1034 votes#7 - Appa's Lost Days
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 10/13/2006
Appa's journey from being abducted in the desert to the present is explored.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino
8.3/1035 votes#8 - The Guru
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 12/1/2006
Aang travels to the Eastern Air temple to receive guidance from Guru Pathik while Sokka is reunited with his long-lost father. Meanwhile, Azula has something diabolical in store for her enemies in the Earth Kingdom, including Zuko and Iroh.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
8.3/1036 votes#9 - The Firebending Masters
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 7/15/2008
While teaching Aang firebending, Zuko realizes that he has lost all his firebending skills. To regain his powers, Zuko and Aang must seek the original source of firebending within the ruins of a lost civilization.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: John O'Bryan
8.3/103 votes#10 - Mr. Candle Cares
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/18/2016
Star rebels after the school guidance counselor, Mr. Candle, insists that her future is set in stone.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Le Tang
8.2/1035 votes#11 - The Chase
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 5/26/2006
Tired from trying to escape a machine that shows up every time they try to sleep, Aang and the gang have to escape Azula and her team, but their exhaustion leads to a tight situation. Meanwhile, Zuko must deal with something personal, and Iroh bonds with an unlikely individual.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino
8.1/1036 votes#12 - The Library
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 7/14/2006
When Aang and his friends find a professor who knows of a library that contains information about the world, Sokka decides to go there to hopefully find some information to use against the Fire Nation. The library is guarded by the knowledge spirit, Wan Shi Tong, who doesn't welcome humans into his library, because he believes they only seek information for evil purposes. When Wan Shi Tong discovers Sokka wasn't being truthful with him, he begins to sink the library, bringing the kids down with it.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: John O'Bryan
8.1/1032 votes#13 - The Drill
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 9/15/2006
Having made it to the outer wall of Ba Sing Se, the kids confront a Fire Nation army that is driving a massive Fire Nation drill, which poses an imminent threat to the last Earth Kingdom stronghold. Meanwhile, Zuko and Iroh make crucial mistakes which begin to attract Jet's suspicions.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
8.1/1034 votes#14 - The Day of Black Sun: The Invasion (1)
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/2007
The day of the eclipse has arrived, and the invasion force gathers together to make last preparations. They infiltrate the island and the battle begins. Meanwhile, Aang searches for the Fire Lord.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
8.1/1029 votes#15 - Grievous Intrigue
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 1/1/2010
Jedi Master Eeth Koth is taken hostage and tortured by General Grievous. Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Adi Gallia devise a daring rescue plan, but they soon realize the General has a plan of his own. The Jedi Knights and the Separatist general try to outmaneuver each other in a ship-to-ship and hand-to-hand battle high over the planet Saleucami.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Ben Edlund
8.0/1037 votes#16 - The Waterbending Master
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/18/2005
When Aang tries to find the north pole, he is found by the north pole instead. As they are taken there, Aang and Katara are eager to find a waterbending master, only to discover that girls are not allowed to learn waterbending.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
8.0/1029 votes#17 - Lightsaber Lost
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/22/2010
During an assignment in the Coruscant underworld, a wily pickpocket steals Ahsoka's lightsaber. Ahsoka enlists the help of an ancient Jedi, Tera Sinube, to track down her weapon and reclaim her honor.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Drew Z. Greenberg
7.9/1035 votes#18 - The Awakening
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2007
Aang awakens to find himself aboard a captured Fire Nation ship with a full head of hair and sustaining serious injuries from the previous battle for Ba Sing Se. At his side are Katara, Sokka, and their father Hakoda who recount the events that led the four to the ship and contemplate their next move. Aang struggles to fight his own desire to face the Fire Lord before he is ready. Meanwhile, Zuko deals with his own issues as he makes his long-awaited journey home, with the fear of his father's rejection hanging over his head.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
7.9/1036 votes#19 - Sokka's Master
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2007
Feeling as though he isn't contributing enough to the group, Sokka seeks out an elusive swordsmaster from whom he can learn the ways of the blade.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino
7.9/1036 votes#20 - The Runaway
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/2007
When Katara expresses her disapproval of Toph's new way to make quick cash, the group finds her too motherly and tension grows between Katara and Toph. When Katara finally decides to participate in this scam to disprove Toph's accusations, they are left vulnerable and are forced to face the dire consequences.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino
7.9/1013 votes#21 - Echoes of Thunder
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/2018
As the human kingdom of Katolis braces for an attack by Moonshadow elves, King Harrow makes plans to send sons Callum and Ezran away to a safe place.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
7.9/1029 votes#22 - Weapons Factory
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2009
Anakin, Ahsoka, Luminara Unduli and her Padawan, Barriss Offee, lead a mission to destroy a droid factory on Geonosis. But Poggle the Lesser has other plans as he deploys his newest weapon, the indestructible super tanks. Desperate to accomplish their mission before the foundry comes online, the Jedi devise a daring plan in which Anakin and Luminara will act as decoys, diverting the super tanks, while Ahsoka and Barriss infiltrate the plant via a labyrinth of catacombs beneath the city. The plan is risky. The stakes are high. It's their only option, but are the Padawans up to the challenge?
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Brian Larsen
7.8/1037 votes#23 - The Avatar State
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/17/2006
Plagued with nightmares featuring the devastating power of his Avatar State, Aang and the gang meet an Earth Kingdom general who has big plans for defeating the Fire Nation. Meanwhile, Zuko and Iroh, having survived the failed attack on the North Water Tribe, have a surprise visit from Zuko's sister with seemingly good news.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
7.8/1036 votes#24 - The Ember Island Players
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 7/18/2008
A play recounting the gang's adventures does not sit well with Aang and his friends, except for Toph who enjoys it very much. Meanwhile, Aang confesses his love to Katara, but the response is ambiguous.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino
7.8/1012 votes#25 - What Is Done
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/2018
Determined to make up for her mistake, Rayla sneaks into the castle and corners Callum. Lord Viren offers the king a way to survive the attack.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
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"Friendenemies" is the best rated episode directed by Giancarlo Volpe. It scored 8.7/10 based on 3 votes. It was written by Amelia Lorenz. It aired on 10/3/2016 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Sozin's Comet: The Old Masters (2)".