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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!

Best episode
S3E21 Sozin's Comet: Avatar Aang (4)
9.930,148 votes
Worst episode
S2E5 Avatar Day
7.37,914 votes
Top season
Season 3
8.9avg
Binge time
16h 47m
41 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Episode 21 - Sozin's Comet: Avatar Aang (4)
    9.9/10(30148 votes)

    S3:E21

    Aang is on the offensive after getting hit in the back of his scar and triggering the Avatar State. Meanwhile, after Zuko seems to have the upper hand against Azula, Katara is forced to join the fight when Azula resorts to desperate measures.

    Director:Joaquim Dos Santos
    Writers:Aaron Ehasz, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino

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  2. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Episode 20 - Sozin's Comet: Into the Inferno (3)
    9.8/10(16958 votes)

    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.

    Director:Joaquim Dos Santos
    Writers:Aaron Ehasz, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino

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  3. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 Episode 7 - Zuko Alone
    9.6/10(12403 votes)

    S2:E7

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

    Director:Lauren MacMullan
    Writers:Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Elizabeth Welch Ehasz

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  4. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 Episode 20 - The Crossroads of Destiny
    9.6/10(11385 votes)

    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.

    Director:Michael Dante DiMartino
    Writers:Aaron Ehasz, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino

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  5. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Episode 19 - Sozin's Comet: The Old Masters (2)
    9.5/10(11032 votes)

    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. Meanwhile, after the tracker is unable to track Aang, the rest of the group decide they must find Iroh. While tracking him down, the group meets up with The Order of the White Lotus, a group that transcends the division of the four nations.

    Director:Giancarlo Volpe
    Writers:Aaron Ehasz, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino

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  6. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Episode 6 - The Avatar and the Firelord
    9.5/10(10624 votes)

    S3:E6

    The Avatar and The Firelord The world's power was split between the Earth, Fire, Water and Air nations. Only Aang could save it.

    Director:Ethan Spaulding
    Writers:Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Elizabeth Welch Ehasz

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  7. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Episode 11 - The Day of Black Sun: The Eclipse (2)
    9.5/10(9587 votes)

    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.

    Director:Joaquim Dos Santos
    Writers:Aaron Ehasz, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino

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  8. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 Episode 15 - The Tales of Ba Sing Se
    9.3/10(11951 votes)

    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.

    Director:Ethan Spaulding
    Writers:Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Joann Estoesta

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  9. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Episode 13 - The Firebending Masters
    9.3/10(9585 votes)

    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.

    Director:Giancarlo Volpe
    Writers:John O'Bryan, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino

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  10. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Episode 15 - The Boiling Rock (2)
    9.3/10(8848 votes)

    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.

    Director:Ethan Spaulding
    Writers:Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Joshua Hamilton

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  11. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 Episode 6 - The Blind Bandit
    9.2/10(9646 votes)

    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.

    Director:Ethan Spaulding
    Writers:Aaron Ehasz, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino

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  12. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Episode 8 - The Puppetmaster
    9.1/10(9422 votes)

    S3:E8

    The kids investigate mysterious disappearances in a spooky town. Katara makes a special connection.

    Director:Joaquim Dos Santos
    Writers:Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Tim Hedrick

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  13. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Episode 10 - The Day of Black Sun: The Invasion (1)
    9.1/10(8654 votes)

    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.

    Director:Giancarlo Volpe
    Writers:Aaron Ehasz, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino

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  14. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 Episode 17 - Lake Laogai
    9.1/10(8554 votes)

    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.

    Director:Lauren MacMullan
    Writers:Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Tim Hedrick

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  15. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Episode 18 - Sozin's Comet: The Phoenix King (1)
    9.0/10(9632 votes)

    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.

    Director:Ethan Spaulding
    Writers:Aaron Ehasz, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino

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  16. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 Episode 8 - The Chase
    9.0/10(8779 votes)

    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.

    Director:Giancarlo Volpe
    Writers:Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Joshua Hamilton

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  17. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 Episode 19 - The Guru
    9.0/10(8558 votes)

    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.

    Director:Giancarlo Volpe
    Writers:Aaron Ehasz, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino

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  18. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 Episode 16 - Appa's Lost Days
    8.9/10(8764 votes)

    S2:E16

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

    Director:Giancarlo Volpe
    Writers:Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Elizabeth Welch Ehasz

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  19. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Episode 16 - The Southern Raiders
    8.9/10(8662 votes)

    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.

    Director:Joaquim Dos Santos
    Writers:Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Elizabeth Welch Ehasz

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  20. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Episode 12 - The Western Air Temple
    8.9/10(8441 votes)

    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.

    Director:Ethan Spaulding
    Writers:Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Elizabeth Welch Ehasz

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  21. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 Episode 13 - The Drill
    8.9/10(8285 votes)

    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.

    Director:Giancarlo Volpe
    Writers:Aaron Ehasz, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino

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  22. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Episode 4 - Sokka's Master
    8.8/10(8607 votes)

    S3:E4

    When Sokka feels he's not contributing enough to the group, he seeks out a mysterious master to teach him the ways of the sword.

    Director:Giancarlo Volpe
    Writers:Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Tim Hedrick

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  23. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 Episode 14 - The Boiling Rock (1)
    8.7/10(8084 votes)

    S3:E14

    Sokka wants to break his father out of jail and asks Zuko for information on Fire Nation prisons. Sokka and Zuko head for the Boiling Rock, a prison located in the middle of a volcano, to rescue Sokka's father.

    Director:Joaquim Dos Santos
    Writers:Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, May Chan

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  24. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 Episode 11 - The Desert
    8.7/10(8142 votes)

    S2:E11

    Aang searches for Appa while Katara struggles to keep everyone together to survive in the vast desert. Meanwhile, Iroh and Zuko seek help from an ancient secret society.

    Director:Lauren MacMullan
    Writers:Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Tim Hedrick

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  25. Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 Episode 10 - The Library
    8.7/10(8350 votes)

    S2:E10

    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 unfortunately doesn't welcome humans into his library, because he believes they only seek information for evil purposes.

    Director:Giancarlo Volpe
    Writers:John O'Bryan, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino

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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 from 30,148 votes. Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos and written by Aaron Ehasz, Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, it aired on July 19, 2008. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Sozin's Comet: Into the Inferno (3)".

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