Avatar: The Last Airbender

Five Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “The Earth King”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Sep 20, 2018 | Television

Welcome back for another weekly review of Avatar! This week, our team finally reaches the Earth King. Read on to see how the episode holds up! 1. WHAM BAM BIG OPENING FIGHT!! Unlike most episodes which wait until the third act to deliver the climactic action scene, this episode’s big fight kicks off almost immediately. […]

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Five Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “Lake Laogai”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Sep 13, 2018 | Television

Welcome back for another weekly review of Avatar! This week, the Earth King has invited us to Lake Laogai, and we are honored to accept his invitation. Read on to see how the visit went. 1. Endings and beginnings and middles. By this point in the show, there are tons of characters and subplots that, […]

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Five Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “Appa’s Lost Days”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Sep 6, 2018 | Television

Welcome back for another weekly review of Avatar! This week, we finally find out what Appa’s been up to for the last few episodes. Read on to see how the episode holds up. 1. Spotlight on Appa! I’ve written about this in the past, but Avatar’s treatment of animals is really something special. I don’t […]

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Five Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “Tales of Ba Sing Se”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Aug 30, 2018 | Television

Welcome back for another weekly review of Avatar! This week, we get some down-time with individual shorts about the ensemble cast. Read on to see how the episode holds up! 1. A much needed respite. Ever since Toph’s introduction ten episodes ago, we’ve had non-stop progression of both plot and character in every episode. Now […]

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Five Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “City of Walls and Secrets”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Aug 23, 2018 | Television

Welcome back for another weekly review of Avatar! This week, we arrive in Ba Sing Se, where the gleaming city of potential is revealed to be hiding something dark and sinister. Read on to see how the episode holds up! 1. Genre-bending. This has always been my favorite episode of the show. Hands down. I […]

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Five Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “The Drill”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Aug 16, 2018 | Television

Welcome back for another weekly review of Avatar! This week, our team goes up against the Fire Nation’s drill at the Great Wall of Ba Sing Se. Read on to see how the episode holds up! 1. End of season 2, act 2. In really trying to dig deep and analyze the structure of each […]

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Five Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “The Serpent’s Pass”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Aug 9, 2018 | Television

Welcome back for another weekly review of Avatar! This week, we take a trip through the deadly Serpent’s Pass. Read on to see how the episode holds up! 1. Jet and Suki return! Earlier in the season, we returned to Omashu and met up with King Bumi, and then we briefly visited Kyoshi Island again. […]

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Five Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “The Desert”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Aug 2, 2018 | Television

Welcome back for another weekly review of Avatar! This week, our heroes find themselves stranded in a desert. Read on to see how the episode holds up. 1. Trapped and Useless. The set-up for this episode happens fairly quickly: the team is stuck in a desert because Appa is gone. Now they have to get […]

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Five Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “The Library”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Jul 26, 2018 | Television

Welcome back for another weekly review of Avatar! This week, we take a vacation to the library, where we introduce some information that keeps us moving through the rest of the show. Read on to see why! 1. The Halfway Point. As the middle episode of the middle season, “The Library” serves as the official […]

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Five Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “Bitter Work”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Jul 19, 2018 | Television

Welcome back for another weekly review of Avatar! This week, Aang starts to learn earthbending! Read on to see how the episode holds up. 1. Training time! Now that we’ve added an earthbending teacher to the group and gotten some time to pause from the adventuring, Aang can finally start to learn earthbending! And, at […]

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Five Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “The Chase”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Jul 12, 2018 | Television

Welcome back for another weekly review of Avatar! This week, the season’s three separate character groups finally converge during “The Chase.” How does the episode hold up? Here are my thoughts. 1. “We’ve Been Up All Night with No Sleep!” This is one of my favorite episodes, and part of that reason has to do […]

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Five Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender’s “Zuko Alone”

By Nicholas Palmieri | Jul 5, 2018 | Television

Welcome back for another weekly review of Avatar! This week, we travel with Zuko and learn some details about the terrible family he was born into. How does the episode hold up? Here are my thoughts. 1. Mommy issues. Almost halfway through the show, we finally learn that Zuko’s past isn’t limited to daddy issues; […]

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