The Best Episodes Written By Bryan Konietzko

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.4/10(68 votes)

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

   S3:E217/19/2008

   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.

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   9.3/10(57 votes)

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

   S3:E207/19/2008

   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.

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   9.0/10(31 votes)

   #3 - Beginnings (2)

   S2:E810/18/2013

   Korra delves deeper into the Avatar's past and realizes what she must do in order to restore balance between the physical and spirit worlds.

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   9.0/10(58 votes)

   #4 - The Avatar and the Firelord

   S3:E610/26/2007

   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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   9.0/10(49 votes)

   #5 - The Siege of the North (2)

   S1:E2012/2/2005

   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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   8.9/10(55 votes)

   #6 - The Crossroads of Destiny

   S2:E2012/1/2006

   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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   8.9/10(30 votes)

   #7 - Endgame

   S1:E126/23/2012

   The duel between Amon and Korra - will Korra be powerful enough to beat Amon?

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8. 

   8.9/10(25 votes)

   #8 - Venom of the Red Lotus

   S3:E138/22/2014

   Korra battles Zaheer, while Bolin and Mako duel Ghazan and Ming-Hua. The captive members of the Air Nation escape and band together to help Korra.

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   8.9/10(55 votes)

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

   S3:E197/19/2008

   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. 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.

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10. 

    8.8/10(57 votes)

    #10 - Zuko Alone

    S2:E75/12/2006

    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.

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    8.8/10(53 votes)

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

    S3:E1111/30/2007

    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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12. 

    8.8/10(31 votes)

    #12 - Beginnings (1)

    S2:E710/18/2013

    Korra learns about the epic and mythic origins of the first Avatar.

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13. 

    8.8/10(56 votes)

    #13 - The Tales of Ba Sing Se

    S2:E159/29/2006

    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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14. 

    8.8/10(55 votes)

    #14 - The Puppetmaster

    S3:E811/9/2007

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

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15. 

    8.7/10(22 votes)

    #15 - Enter the Void

    S3:E128/22/2014

    When other plans fail, Korra suggests a brave idea to take on the Red Lotus and save the Air Nation.

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    8.7/10(56 votes)

    #16 - The Blue Spirit

    S1:E136/17/2005

    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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    8.7/10(21 votes)

    #17 - The Ultimatum

    S3:E118/15/2014

    Mako and Bolin deliver an ominous message from Zaheer.

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    8.7/10(58 votes)

    #18 - The Storm

    S1:E126/3/2005

    Sokka accepts a job for a fisherman who is looking for someone to help him out with his fishing. After the fisherman finds out Aang is the Avatar, Aang runs away in response to the fisherman's hostile reaction. When Katara finds Aang, he begins to reveal his life before he was frozen in the iceberg. Meanwhile, after Zuko gets into a fight with his crew, Iroh tells them about Zuko's complicated past, attempting to make both sides understand each other.

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    8.6/10(54 votes)

    #19 - The Firebending Masters

    S3:E137/15/2008

    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.

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    8.6/10(53 votes)

    #20 - The Boiling Rock (2)

    S3:E157/16/2008

    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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    8.6/10(53 votes)

    #21 - Lake Laogai

    S2:E1711/3/2006

    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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    8.6/10(53 votes)

    #22 - The Guru

    S2:E1912/1/2006

    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.

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    8.6/10(53 votes)

    #23 - The Blind Bandit

    S2:E65/5/2006

    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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    8.6/10(21 votes)

    #24 - Long Live the Queen

    S3:E108/8/2014

    Korra and Asami are stranded in the desert. The members of The Red Lotus negotiate with the Earth Queen.

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    8.6/10(55 votes)

    #25 - Avatar Roku: Winter Solstice (2)

    S1:E84/15/2005

    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.

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