The Worst Episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender
Every episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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 bring peace to the world.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" is "The Great Divide", rated 6.8/10 from 6003 user votes. It was directed by Giancarlo Volpe and written by John O'Bryan, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko. "The Great Divide" aired on 5/20/2005 and is rated 0.5 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Avatar Day".
6.8/10 6,003 votes#1 - The Great Divide
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/20/2005
While on their way to the North Pole, Aang and his friends arrive at a giant canyon where two groups of refugees are bickering over who should get to go across. Aang decides to walk across with the two groups to ensure they don’t fight one another. However, he soon learns that the two tribes have been feuding for one hundred years and they both believe their actions are justified. But when the predators inside the canyon start to come out, Aang is stuck trying to defend both tribes from each other and the vicious wildlife.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: John O'Bryan, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
7.3/10 5,211 votes#2 - Avatar Day
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/28/2006
Aang and the gang discover an Earth town that celebrates something called "Avatar Day." But when they get there and learn the festival is of "anti-Avatar" sentiment and Aang is put on trial for a crime a past incarnation allegedly committed. Looking to clear the Avatar's good name, Katara and Sokka venture back to a familiar place to gather evidence and discover the truth.
Director: Lauren MacMullan
Writer: John O'Bryan, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
7.5/10 5,262 votes#3 - The Swamp
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/14/2006
A mysterious tornado pulls the kids into a supernatural swamp where Katara, Sokka and Aang have mysterious visions. Meanwhile, Momo and Appa are chased by rogue swamp dwellers and only Aang and the gang can save them.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Tim Hedrick
7.6/10 5,802 votes#4 - Jet
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/6/2005
While traveling towards the North Pole, the group almost gets captured by the Fire Nation. However, when a charismatic young man and his band of rebels attack the Fire Nation camp and rescue them, they learn that they are trying to resist the Fire Nation’s motives to expand their territory. Katara and Aang really enjoy their time with the band of rebels, but Sokka soon discovers that they aren’t as noble as meets the eye.
Director: Dave Filoni
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, James Eagan
7.6/10 5,350 votes#5 - Nightmares and Daydreams
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/2007
Four days prior the invasion, Aang becomes nervous over his soon-to-come confrontation with the Fire Lord. His anxiety gets the better of him as he begins to suffer from outrageous nightmares and hallucinations. Meanwhile, Zuko becomes upset to learn that he was not informed about a war meeting.
Director: Ethan Spaulding
Writer: John O'Bryan, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
7.7/10 5,525 votes#6 - The Fortuneteller
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/23/2005
When the group tries to help a man who is being attacked by a platypus-bear, they discover that the local town has a fortuneteller named Aunt Wu in it, who has been forecasting the town's fate for years. But when Sokka and Aang discover one of the fortuneteller's most vital predictions is dead wrong, they have to develop a plan to convince the stubborn townspeople that their beloved Aunt Wu was wrong.
Director: Dave Filoni
Writer: Aaron Ehasz, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
7.7/10 5,457 votes#7 - Bato of the Water Tribe
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/7/2005
Aang feels neglected as Katara and Sokka reunite with Bato, an old friend of their father’s from the South Pole. They begin to reminisce on their times in the past while they wait for a message to arrive from their father. Aang believes Katara and Sokka will abandon him and go out to find their father should the message arrive. However, when the messenger gives Aang the message to give to Bato, Aang betrays his friends in a way Katara or Sokka could never imagine. However, when Zuko recruits a bounty hunter named June to track Aang down, his friendship is put to the test as he must deal with the fact that he betrayed his friends while defending himself from yet another fight.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Ian Wilcox
7.8/10 5,968 votes#8 - Imprisoned
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/25/2005
In a nearby Earth Village, the gang meets a teenage earthbender named Haru. This village lives in fear of the Fire Nation, for soldiers there capture any earthbenders they can find.
Director: Dave Filoni
Writer: Aaron Ehasz, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Matt Hubbard
7.8/10 5,660 votes#9 - The Waterbending Scroll
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/29/2005
After Katara attempts to teach Aang waterbending, but realizes that he is learning it much faster than she is, she is desperate to improve her abilities. When Katara inadvertently stumbles across a waterbending scroll that can help improve her abilities at a pirate’s store, she decides to steal it, realizing that she couldn’t hope to afford it.
Director: Anthony Lioi
Writer: John O'Bryan, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
7.8/10 5,389 votes#10 - The Northern Air Temple
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/4/2005
When Aang and his friends hear rumors about surviving airbenders, they decide to stop by the Northern Air Temple on their way to the North Pole to see for themselves. What they find is a bunch of people who are not airbenders, but have mastered the art of gliding; though this upsets Aang because they have been defacing the temple. However, there was one part of the temple where nobody has been able to enter, and what Aang and his friends discover inside spells oncoming conflict.
Director: Dave Filoni
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Elizabeth Welch Ehasz
7.8/10 5,299 votes#11 - The Painted Lady
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2007
When the gang arrives at a suffering fishing village, a mysterious spirit appears to help the villagers.
Director: Ethan Spaulding
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Joshua Hamilton
7.9/10 7,177 votes#12 - The Boy in the Iceberg
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/21/2005
Two teenage siblings (Sokka and Katara) living in the South Pole discover a very strange boy (Aang), along with his pet flying bison Appa, in an iceberg. But can they trust him when he accidentally draws the war to their village's doorstep?
Director: Dave Filoni
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
8.0/10 6,181 votes#13 - The Warriors of Kyoshi
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/4/2005
The gang arrives at Kyoshi Island and are captured by some Kyoshi warriors. When Aang reveals that he is the avatar, news quickly spreads out, eventually reaching Zuko, who then goes to Kyoshi Island to capture him.
Director: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Nick Malis, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
8.0/10 6,150 votes#14 - The King of Omashu
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/2005
Aang's abilities as an airbender are challenged by a king.
Director: Anthony Lioi
Writer: John O'Bryan, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
8.0/10 5,809 votes#15 - The Spirit World: Winter Solstice (1)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/8/2005
Aang and friends visit a village being terrorized by an angry spirit. Iroh is captured by Earth Kingdom soldiers.
Director: Lauren MacMullan
Writer: Aaron Ehasz, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
8.1/10 6,478 votes#16 - The Avatar Returns
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/21/2005
Katara and Sokka discover that Aang is the long-lost Avatar and must rescue him when a Firebending prince named Zuko kidnaps him.
Director: Dave Filoni
Writer: Aaron Ehasz, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
8.1/10 5,443 votes#17 - The Cave of Two Lovers
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/24/2006
On their way to Omashu, Aang, Katara, and Sokka meet a group of nomads who show them a shortcut through the "Cave of Two Lovers". But when the group becomes trapped in the cave, it's up to Aang and Katara to save the group by trusting in love, possibly questioning their relationship. Meanwhile, Iroh gets a lethal rash so Zuko and Iroh head to a small Earth Kingdom town for help, hoping their real identities will not be discovered.
Director: Lauren MacMullan
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Joshua Hamilton
8.1/10 5,009 votes#18 - 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, Bryan Konietzko, Joshua Hamilton
8.2/10 5,138 votes#19 - Return to Omashu
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/2006
Despite the shocking news the gang have just discovered, Aang insists on trying to find King Bumi within Omashu's borders, even with the dangers that will await him and his friends if his real identity is discovered. Meanwhile Azula goes in search of old friends to help her with her mission.
Director: Ethan Spaulding
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Elizabeth Welch Ehasz
8.3/10 5,015 votes#20 - The Serpent's Pass
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 9/15/2006
When Aang and the gang meet up with a group of refugees, they tell the gang where they can get on a ferry to Ba Sing Se. But after a series of events they have to take a deadly route called the serpent's pass with the help of an old friend, Suki. Meanwhile Zuko and Iroh meet up with a boy named Jet and his freedom fighters.
Director: Ethan Spaulding
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Joshua Hamilton
8.3/10 5,304 votes#21 - The Headband
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2007
To better blend in as Fire Nation citizens, Aang enrolls in a Fire Nation school, giving himself an opportunity to learn more about the Nation and to enjoy life as a normal kid for the first time since he discovered he was the Avatar. Meanwhile Zuko, growing more and more paranoid about the Avatar's false demise, brings himself to confront the imprisoned Iroh.
Director: Joaquim Dos Santos
Writer: John O'Bryan, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
8.4/10 6,352 votes#22 - The Southern Air Temple
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/25/2005
Aang is excited about going home for the first time in one hundred years, but he is shocked to find out that the temple is deserted. Aang tells Sokka and Katara about his childhood as they explore the temple, but they soon discover something that Aang never expected. Meanwhile, Zuko must make repairs to his ship and the only way he can do it is to dock his ship at his rival's naval base.
Director: Lauren MacMullan
Writer: Aaron Ehasz, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
8.4/10 5,528 votes#23 - The Deserter
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/21/2005
Aang and his friends go to a Fire Nation town so that Aang can witness some firebending, but their plan soon goes awry when it’s discovered that he is the Avatar. Fortunately, he's rescued by an individual who serves a firebending master named Jeong Jeong who has abandoned the Fire Nation, so Aang decides to use this time to attempt to learn firebending. The firebending master, however, seems reluctant to teach Aang.
Director: Lauren MacMullan
Writer: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Tim Hedrick
8.5/10 5,207 votes#24 - Bitter Work
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 6/2/2006
Toph's instructing abilities come into question when Aang cannot seem to overcome a block that keeps him from earthbending. Sokka gets himself in a jam, while befriending what was, moments before, his next meal, and Iroh and Zuko begin training utilizing new philosophies and methods that originate from the other elements.
Director: Ethan Spaulding
Writer: Aaron Ehasz, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko
8.5/10 4,999 votes#25 - The Earth King
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 11/17/2006
The kids battle Long Feng and the Dai Li when they attempt to show the Earth King the vast conspiracy taking place in his city. Zuko becomes seriously ill and has feverish dreams as he faces a spiritual crisis.
Director: Ethan Spaulding
Writer: John O'Bryan, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko