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The Best Episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender

Every episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender!

The Best Episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender

In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and...

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  1. Background image for Sozin's Comet: Avatar Aang (4)
    9.9/10(20.1k votes)

    #1 - Sozin's Comet: Avatar Aang (4)

    S3:E21

    Aang defeats the Fire Lord by bending the elements within the Fire Lord and removing his firebending abilities. After Zuko is taken down protecting Katara from Azula, Katara joins the fight and manages to restrain Azula. Afterwards, Zuko is crowned Fire Lord and promises a better future for the world, while Aang takes his place as the next Avatar. Katara finally shows her love for Aang as they kiss under the setting sun.

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  2. Background image for Sozin's Comet: Into the Inferno (3)
    9.8/10(12.0k votes)

    #2 - Sozin's Comet: Into the Inferno (3)

    S3:E20

    Sokka, Suki, and Toph try to stop the Fire Nation's air fleet. Meanwhile, Zuko and Azula duel in an Agni Kai and Aang confronts the Fire Lord. On the verge of losing, Aang gets hit in the back of his scar which sends him into the Avatar State.

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  3. Background image for The Siege of the North (2)
    9.6/10(7.3k votes)

    #3 - The Siege of the North (2)

    S1:E20

    Aang returns from the spirit world to a big surprise. Meanwhile, Zhao and his forces continue to press deeper into the Northern Water Tribe. Iroh makes a powerful stand and Zuko struggles to keep his plan intact.

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  4. Background image for The Crossroads of Destiny
    9.6/10(8.4k votes)

    #4 - The Crossroads of Destiny

    S2:E20

    Everyone races against time to stop Azula's sinister plan. Zuko finds companionship in an unlikely source. Aang's destiny hangs in the balance—and so does Zuko's, as Iroh tells him it's time to make a choice.

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  5. Background image for Zuko Alone
    9.5/10(9.0k votes)

    #5 - Zuko Alone

    S2:E7

    Zuko travels by himself to an Earth Kingdom town were he meets a local boy. The two almost become friends, while Zuko suffers from flashbacks of his past.

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  6. Background image for The Avatar and the Firelord
    9.5/10(7.8k votes)

    #6 - The Avatar and the Firelord

    S3:E6

    The tale of Avatar Roku and Fire Lord Sozin is revealed to Aang and Zuko by different sources. Both learn about themselves and are shown the origins of the war.

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  8. Background image for Sozin's Comet: The Old Masters (2)
    9.5/10(7.9k votes)

    #7 - Sozin's Comet: The Old Masters (2)

    S3:E19

    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.

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  9. Background image for The Day of Black Sun: The Eclipse (2)
    9.4/10(6.9k votes)

    #8 - The Day of Black Sun: The Eclipse (2)

    S3:E11

    As the invasion force fights their way to the Fire Nation capital, the kids help Aang find the Fire Lord in time for the eclipse. Zuko confronts his father with shocking news.

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  10. Background image for The Siege of the North (1)
    9.3/10(7.4k votes)

    #9 - The Siege of the North (1)

    S1:E19

    Zhao begins to launch his attack against the Northern Water Tribe. As the walls of the prestiged city begin to fall, the Avatar taps into the spirit world and seeks the help of one of the oldest spirits, in hopes of saving one of the most prominent areas of the world.

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  11. Background image for The Tales of Ba Sing Se
    9.3/10(8.8k votes)

    #10 - The Tales of Ba Sing Se

    S2:E15

    A series of short stories, highlighting different characters and their individual adventures in the city. Tales of Katara and Toph, Iroh, Sokka, Aang, Zuko, and Momo.

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  12. Background image for The Firebending Masters
    9.2/10(6.9k votes)

    #11 - The Firebending Masters

    S3:E13

    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.

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  13. Background image for The Boiling Rock (2)
    9.2/10(6.4k votes)

    #12 - The Boiling Rock (2)

    S3:E15

    Zuko and Sokka make new plans to break out of the prison with Suki, Sokka's father and some others while a shocking twist leaves Azula none too happy with her two closest friends.

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  14. Background image for The Blue Spirit
    9.1/10(7.3k votes)

    #13 - The Blue Spirit

    S1:E13

    While Aang, Katara and Sokka are traveling, Sokka gets a fever. Katara and Aang try to help Sokka, when Katara also catches the fever. It's up to Aang to go up on his own to save his two friends. But before he can get the medicine he is captured by the newly promoted Admiral Zhao and put in Zhao's fortress.

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  15. Background image for The Blind Bandit
    9.1/10(7.0k votes)

    #14 - The Blind Bandit

    S2:E6

    In search for an Earthbending teacher for Aang, the kids go to an underground Earthbending tournament called Earth Rumble 6, where they encounter Toph, a blind but powerful Earthbending girl. After seeing her unique style of Earthbending, Aang wants Toph to become his teacher, but there are complications with Toph's family.

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  16. Background image for Lake Laogai
    9.1/10(6.2k votes)

    #15 - Lake Laogai

    S2:E17

    Aang and his friends continue to search for Appa and, unbeknownst to them, they aren't the only ones looking for him. During their search, the kids meet up with Jet, whom they are understandably reluctant to trust. The kids soon realize that the Dai Li are doing their best to thwart the kids' efforts to find Appa. Meanwhile, Iroh is offered his own tea shop in the upper ring, and Zuko discovers the avatar is in the city.

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  17. Background image for The Puppetmaster
    9.1/10(6.8k votes)

    #16 - The Puppetmaster

    S3:E8

    The gang investigates the bizarre disappearances taking place within an eerie town.

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  18. Background image for The Day of Black Sun: The Invasion (1)
    9.1/10(6.3k votes)

    #17 - The Day of Black Sun: The Invasion (1)

    S3:E10

    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.

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  19. Background image for The Storm
    9.0/10(7.2k votes)

    #18 - The Storm

    S1:E12

    Aang, Katara and Sokka have run out of money. Katara suggests Sokka get a job, and coincidentally, they meet a fisherman who is looking for someone to help him out with his fishing. But when the fisherman recognizes Aang as the Avatar, he blames Aang's absence for all of the troubles of the last 100 years, and Aang runs away on his glider. Katara follows on Appa, and when she finds him, Aang begins to reveal his life before he was frozen in the iceberg. Meanwhile, Zuko and Lieutenant Jee get into a fight, but Iroh breaks it up. Soon thereafter, the Lieutenant and the rest of the crew gain a newfound respect for their leader after learning of his past.

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  20. Background image for The Chase
    9.0/10(6.4k votes)

    #19 - The Chase

    S2:E8

    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.

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  21. Background image for The Guru
    9.0/10(6.2k votes)

    #20 - The Guru

    S2:E19

    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.

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  22. Background image for Sozin's Comet: The Phoenix King (1)
    9.0/10(7.0k votes)

    #21 - Sozin's Comet: The Phoenix King (1)

    S3:E18

    Aang struggles to decide whether or not he has to kill the Fire Lord and, during the night, is drawn toward an island which disappears before morning. Zuko leads the rest of the group to the Earth Kingdom to meet a tracker whom they hope can find Aang. The Fire Lord crowns himself Phoenix King and Aang awakens on the island not knowing where he is.

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  23. Background image for The Drill
    8.9/10(6.0k votes)

    #22 - The Drill

    S2:E13

    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.

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  24. Background image for Appa's Lost Days
    8.9/10(6.3k votes)

    #23 - Appa's Lost Days

    S2:E16

    Appa's journey from being abducted in the desert to the present is explored.

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  25. Background image for The Western Air Temple
    8.9/10(6.1k votes)

    #24 - The Western Air Temple

    S3:E12

    Aang and the group arrive at the Western Air Temple, with Zuko in pursuit. Zuko wishes to help the Avatar end the war by teaching him firebending.

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  26. Background image for The Southern Raiders
    8.9/10(6.3k votes)

    #25 - The Southern Raiders

    S3:E16

    Katara decides to confront the Fire Nation soldier responsible for her mother's death. Aang tries to talk her out of it, but she doesn't listen.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Sozin's Comet: Avatar Aang (4)" is the best rated episode of "Avatar: The Last Airbender". It scored 9.9/10 based on 20102 votes. Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos and written by Aaron Ehasz, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, it aired on 7/19/2008. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Sozin's Comet: Into the Inferno (3)".