I think the blue spirit is the best book one has to offer, Zuko and Aang's final interaction in that episode gives so much character information and development in such a small interaction. I love imprisoned as well though, it's a close second.
I don't have a set favorite. But if I could choose an episode I'd love for you to discuss it would be episode three 'The Southern Air Temple.' Between learning how devastating the loss of the Air Nomads was with our own eyes and learning more about Zuko's past. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the episode.
I love how Jet was a great example to show the gang what happens if they leave their sense of justice and hubris unchecked. It taught them very early on that even tho they are the good guys, that doesn’t make everything they do right, they can never lose their humanity or they will become just like the bad guys
That's true and, looking at the three books, this lessons acts as foreshadowing for the dillema that Aang had to deal when he fought the Firelord: how to defeat him without killing and going against his moral values? Episodes like these and the King of Omashu really develop Aang, showing him learning how to solve conflicts by choosing not the easy path, but the right one (in the words of Bumi, he end up having to think like a mad genius).
I think Jet is a perfect blend of all the best character traits from the the main 3, but corrupted by vengeance. Sokka's leadership is used to control his friends and corrupt their ideals; Aang's charm and confidence is used to manipulate those around him for his own gain; Katara's strength and unwavering morality is shaped into a tool of revenge against everything fire nation.
Honestly the fact that a Kids Show like Avatar really killed Jet pretty much shows how dark and how much it was pushing boundaries for a kids show and especially considering that Jet was like 15-16
Exactly the show even admitted it In Ember Island Player When they acted out jet dying Zuko asked Zuko: Did Jet just Die? Sokka: You know it was really unclear
Jet might be the most underrated character in the show. He did a great job showing the moral grayness of war and his interactions with zoku and iroh were great. His death was also arguably the best in the series just for the tragic irony of him being killed by the de facto leader of the nation he was trying to protect.
Yeah, espacially if you watched Avatar as a Kid, you were used to the classic good vs evil. Up until this point, the picture was similar: Fire Nation bad, everyone else good. and then this episode comes
'Jet' is what got me hooked to Avatar as a kid. It established Sokka's role in the group, and was the start of the show introducing darker themes *in its characters*. Avatar goes out of its way to show how war affects these kids, and Jet may be the most tragic of all of them.
Yeah, I love it when kids shows can deal with serious themes like revenge, death, and trauma effectively without compromising the child friendly nature of the show. It's why Avatar and Clone Wars are two of my favourite shows of all time.
@Mar Wolfking Honestly I think it was a good balance. There's a couple times that I think nickelodeon should have let them go darker, but overall it presents mature moments in a way that's engaging and not too jarring to kids.
I'm always glad to see any ATLA video that isn't rehashing how great Zuko's arc was. Everyone knows Zuko Arc is great, but sometimes it seems like people sometimes forget about the arcs that the rest of the cast goes through.
I have watched Avatar countless times, and it always strikes me how much every character changes. They even move and talk different. Seeing Aang and the gaang's progression is an amazing experience.
Jet is a victim of war. Just like Aang. He can't move on from what the fire nation did to him. I love that about him. Jet continues the cycle violence which will ensure that war keeps happening. Sokka is like Jet except Sokka acknwoledges the bad things that happened to him but Sokka doesn't let let his past make him harm civilians who he knows most likely had nothing to do with the violence that chases them on their journey with Aang. Typed this before watching the video.
I’m just realizing there’s so much missed potential for a dialogue between him and Iroh. Jet would never start listening, of course, but Iroh could easily point out the flawed logic in saying “you killed my son” and connect that to Jet.
Jet is justified in not moving on. The Fire Nation didn't stop being evil after they killed his parents. He's not just continuing some cycle of mindless violence, he is actively resisting an occupation force in a war. That is 100% justified. As Nelson Mandela once said the oppressor decides the nature of the struggle. In this case violent resistance. His careless disregard for civilians is another story and he was clearly blinded by hatred in his first episode.
My favourite exchange of the episode. Aang: We thought you were going to the dam. How come you went to the town instead? Katara: Lemme guess-your instincts told you. Sokka: Hey-sometimes they're right. Aang: Um... Sokka? You know we're going the wrong way, right? Sokka: ... And sometimes they're wrong.
Jet was great, I wish he and the other freedom fighters got more screen time, giving them more depth. I really loved Sokka's role in the episode, helping & gaining the trust of the old innocent man that Jet assaulted and then saving all the people from the village, that was great, really showing Sokka's empathy for other people and leadership skills, not just portraying him as a goofball. Maybe you could make a video about the live action netflix show now that almost the entire cast has been revealed? Say some things you hope the live action show will do different and that kinda stuff. I hope they dedicate more screen time to Jet and the other freedom fighters, give us more Ozai and give him more depth, and show more of the war and how it has affected every nation, because sometimes the war in the original show felt a bit small
I hated jet. But u agree about ozai, having mark Hamill voice the character icing on the cake and they criminally underused him, I want to see his dynamic with Iroh
Also it was shown many times Sokka was intelligent and studies show people with great senses of humor are often more intelligent than those without humor. He also helped designed the hot air balloons the fire nation stole. People sleep on sokka and his intelligence.
Guys, i think you guys kind of missed the point of ozai. I think he is meant to be a figurehead, a sort of representation of what the fire nation has becaome in the war. He isn’t supposed to be a very complex character, that’s why he has so little screen time. But I do agree that we should have more Ozai and Iroh interactions.
To me it's great how they showed the old firenation man showing compassion for others here. Showing him to be innocent. And then an episode later Haru is betrayed by an old earth nation man. Which clearly tells you that war is not black and white with all firenation people being bad and the rest being good.
It dawned on me recently that Jet is my favorite episode in Book 1. The Storm is objectively better, but Jet is my favorite. Just something about Jet’s character, the way he plays off of Sokka and Katara, and that moment where everything goes silent and they blow up the dam just gets me every time.
First good episode? The third episode was pretty good too imo. Aang discovering the fire nation killed his entire race and Zuko’s beef with Zhao, and also the fight between Zuko and Zhao was pretty great
One of the other aspects I loved about the episode Jet, was the animation. The action sequences between Jet vs Aang are so good and creative. It's a little taste of the greatness to come (action wise) from the series. Also fun fact this is one of 8 episodes Dave Filoni of recent Star Wars fame (producer/director of Clone Wars, Rebels, and Mandalorian) directed for Avatar TLA.
Can you talk about the episode The Desert? I think it's easily the most underrated and overlooked episode of the entire show, as it shows that the gaang can be lost without Appa in more ways than one. Not only do they have their own skills to carry them through the vast desert, but every character is at a new low. Toph can't see anything and is blamed for Appa's capture. Sokka and Momo trip on cactus juice. Aang is so emotionally distraught that he abandons and yells at his friends on multiple occasions, meaning Katara is the only one who can step into the leadership role by desperately holding the group together. The scene where a buzzard wasp (I think that's what they're called) captures Momo and Aang goes after it, only to go the extra mile to kill it out of anger, abandoning his pacifist principles, only highlight how lost Aang is mentally, physically, and emotionally without his oldest friend. And of course, we have the ending of the episode, in which Aang activates the avatar state on the sandbenders when he learns that Appa was sold and muzzled, causing everyone to flee out of fear for safety, except Katara. As she grabs the monstrous looking Aang's arm, the look on her face is just sad and tired. Tired of watching everyone, especially Aang, suffer so much from losing a member of their family. Their quiet hug and Aang leaning into Katara, sobbing, was such a beautiful and somber way to end the episode. Plus, it gave us build up to the White Lotus, and cactus juice, which will never not be funny. It's such an underrated and crucial episode in my opinion, and I think the rest of the fandom should give it the credit it deserves. Great video, by the way. Totally agree that Jet is a subtly essential episode, and I think all of your content (including Avatar) is pretty great. Keep up the good work, Captain!
Jet was a true guerrillero, he was the greatest example of what extreme conditions can do to a person and what theyll do for the greater good. Very good example of a morally grey person
Something I always think about with the character of Jet. His ultimate demise was a domino effect caused by Iroh heating up his tea. Just think about that for a sec. Jet was in the process of turning his life around with a new more sensible team of freedom fighters. Then Iroh does something that is both in and out of character. Like what was he thinking!? From then on it's a continuous spiral of bad decision that I can't even blame Jet for. I mean, from his perspective 2 fire benders just infiltrated the most impenetrable city. If he Just had a little more time to understand Zuko I'm like 90% positive they would have become best friends and Ba Sing Se wouldn't have fallen. All because Iroh wanted hot tea. A true tragedy.
A great episode taken as a standalone can never be AS great as an episode that has been built up. Maybe the episodes before it weren't the greatest thing ever put to animation but they serve as steps that allow the truly capital G great episodes to shine. Any show that is truly a classic for the ages has moments of life changingly great, built up to by entertainingly good.
I want you to cover lake laogai because I feel it is Jet's redemption for his character but it is also character development for zuko as it began the turning point later on in the series.
One of my favorite little moments of Book 1 is on Bato of the Water Tribe episode, the first act when Sokka thinks about his father, it's a truly beautiful moment, when he says "I don't understand" makes me cry (and after they reunite books after, it's just moving)
Yet more great observations from Captain Midnight. I would add that the way Jet is written makes him quite intriguing. Maybe you’re right that only someone inexperienced with, or particularly susceptible to manipulation (which, by the way, isn’t only the young, believe me) would have been enrolled in Jet’s scheme. But Jet read all three regular characters like a book, and played all but Sokka like a piano. He even made some headway with Sokka at first. The writers did a great job with Jet’s lines of dialog, and given how careful they usually were even with guest characters, perhaps they developed a more complex background for him than they gave us on screen. I’d love to know just how Jet learned to judge people and thereby deploy a strategy to get what he needs from them. It’s not at all dissimilar to young homeless people I’ve worked with, who have to learn how to survive - probably very much like Jet. It’s fascinating as well as tragic. Great stuff again Captain.
Love the choice of weapon for Jet since it's a weapon designed to counter *other weapons* by catching them with the hook and handle guard. Sells the whole "counter-insurgency" thing he has with the Freedom Fighters.
Something I really appreciate about Jet as a character in this story is how effectively his perspective and life experience influence our own perception of the Avatar world and help influence and shape the main characters. Even if he hadn't come back in S2, he still would have been one of the best side characters in the show because of how the story of this episode affects our understanding of the world and characers moving forward.
Nah probably not, his charming exterior was a bit of a facade and it seemed like Katara already sorta liked Aang and was just caught up in the whole robin hood rebel vibe.
Honestly I think they could have been, Jet would have had to have a true change of heart (like Zuko) but the way you see him build her up in that episode really says something. He showed Katara that she was stronger than she thought she was and encouraged her growth and independence. Between all the lies he believed in her and she was better for it. She gave him a safe place which anyone with out a family must have. When they were honest with each other it was good for both of them. Jet would have to change to a point he was no longer manipulative and cruel, but I think they would balance each other’s flaws well. That’s just my opinion though! I the show and how it ended! :)
5:00 Oh Aang and Katara are the least trusting of the group in season 3, they haven't just matured they have also grown a lot more jaded. In Sokka who may have given someone like Jet a chance in season 3. He'd have a backup plan if he was wrong but he's not paranoid. The world has made Sokka mature not bitter.
I like how Sokka becomes the de facto leader of the group in the show. My favorite is when he gets incapacitated by the cactus in the sand episode and we see in his incapacitation how important he is as a strong leader who can guide the groups emotions
I always be impressed with how this show grew up with us. We watched book one as if it were just another Saturday morning cartoon. But it pulled is in and taught us the same lessons as the Gaang, slowly shifting its tone and structure in books two and three.
He was the BEST side character in the series and he honestly deserves a lot more love, I mean his parents were burned alive by nasty firebenders so naturally he was consumed by vengeance and I think its fair, him involving innocent lives was hypocritical and wrong but every character make's mistakes and grows like Jet did since he decided to help Aang save Appa costing him his life. Azula is a fan favorite but she did horrible things too yet nobody criticizes her so people don't be biased because Jet is a GREAT character. Plus he had a cool design and cool hook swords in fact in the game I play called Shadow Fight 2 there's a weapon called "Shuang Gou" which is exactly like Jet's hooks swords.
I think the tragic part is Jet died (ambiguously) without being fully redeemed. He let his hatred of the fire nation consume him and destroy his chance for a new life in Ba Sing Se, and even though he helped Aang and overcame his brainwashing, it's tragic he died without resolving his hatred for the fire nation. I think the reason people give Azula a pass, she was written to be pure evil, but clearly has some deep rooted metal issues that drove her to become the monster she is. I can't explain it properly, but there's a great video of the psychology of Azula by Hello Future Me if your interested.
Imagine how amazing jet’s character development could have been if he lived. I really feel like if jet had a older figure to guide him like iroh did to zuko, he wouldn’t have been as messed up as he was, or hurt innocent people. And maybe he wouldn’t have had such a tragic, and kind of ironic end. He’s actually one of my favorite characters too. And he’s the reminder to not let your hatred blind you .
My biggest gripe with Jet is how his feature episode plays like the typical episode in a kids show where a cool new character appears that is "secretly evil". It's a trope that has been used so many times. But I do with they made him justice in Book 2, which they more or less do, but not really. You never get anything satisfying other than him "snapping out" of the brainwashing and taking a stone to the face and possibly dying (it is never confirmed in the show, but yeah).
Would love to see you do a collab with Overanalyzing Avatar. Though he's almost done the original series, and has a more comedic tone, I'm curious to see what takes the two of you would bring to an episode. Like the Ember Island Players or one of the most well known episodes not yet covered on this channel.
My all-time favorite episode is season 2 episode 11 "the desert". It really has everything from aang turning to the dark side, sokka being sokka and katara just tries to the best of her abilites (except development for zuko although the pai sho scene is amazing). It was a turning point for me as a viewer to see aang that angry and hopeless. I will never forget the look on toph's face as aang goes into the avatar state and sokka dragging her out of aang's side while katara just stands there... just perfect.
You know, out of all episodes I've watched of Avatar, many years ago when it was original airing. I remember this episode the most out of all that I can remember. Its very strange to me... That somehow I can remember what mostly happened in this episode then the rest of the series. Maybe it struck a chord with me when I was younger? It's hard to said...
rewatching jet reminds of lord of the flies a bit similar to peter pan but much darker and how it plays out with the freedom fighters is so interesting and how jet was mocking sakka this whole interaction along with how he talks to sakka is so mind-blowing like I didn't think his twisted way of looking at sakka was there.
Jet was the first time where Sokka actually felt older than Katara, and Jet really is a tragic character. He did everything he did against the Fire Nation only to be taken out by the Earth Kingdom, his own people
That whole X-Files comparison is really apt, because of The Great Divide. It's definitely one of the more frowned upon episodes of ATLA, especially by older fans, because when it was on TV, it was constantly played out of context and re-ran independently from the rest of the series. Not only did that make people sick of it, but it is genuinely one of the worst episodes of the series, for its character breaks, its barebones easy moral and its lack of much else. Now, I'm not saying putting it in a full run-through of the series makes it better... but it makes it weigh less, than if it was your only episode for the day, or god forbid, your introduction to the series.
Jet is what team avatar could have become if they fully embraced blind hatred for the fire nation. He was as chill and carefree as team avatar in a calm setting. But Jet saw the fire nation on its own as an enemy. He would have definitely slaughtered Fire Lord Ozai. He tried on innocent villagers. Aang refused to killl that same person and struggled with it. Jet was a great villain, because he embodied an extrema that team avatar could have reached fairly quickly, if the right things went wrong.
I think there is something so tragic about Jet's character(apart from the obvious). He grew up hating anything that had to do with the Fire Nation because they killed his family, and burned down his village, from what that one flashback showed us. He was just a teenager trying to live in world full of war with only his vengeance and anger to guide him and even when he made it to Ba Sing Se saying he had changed, that anger won over. And there is just something so tragic indeed about him swearing up and down that the Fire Nation is the true evil of his world and yet it was the Earth Kingdom that killed him.
Jet is recieiving a lot of love in these comments but in a lot spaces of the fandom he gets a lot of undeserved/unreasonable hate and I'll never understand it.
100% To me it is indeed the first solid, subtle, mature episode for the reasons you mention. Jet is one of many youth in the show who experiences war trauma, but his response is darker than others and totally human. He doesn't reappear until deep into season 2, but the themes of the cost of war and how victims respond (Ba Sing Se's suppression, General Fong's attempt to compel Aang into the Avatar State, etc.) we see throughout. This episode is a major part of the show's moral core.
i often forget just how good book 1 can be. i often say that avatar really picks up in book 2, and it definitely does, but i feel that really degrades book 1. book 1 may have a lot more goofy episodic adventures, but i often forget it's groundwork with setting up the characters and fleshing out the world. looking back (it's been a whole YEAR, time whizzes by) since i first watched atla. i rarely rewatched book 1 episodes and the few that i did were the finale, the episodes in the northern water tribe leading up to it, and the storm and blue spirit. i remember watching the jet episode for the first time and loving the feel of the episode, especially with the autumn colors, the towering forests, orange sunlight streaming through the trees, the nature path, and the sense of adventure that i felt from the episode and watching these kids be free. i also loved how the show creators and writers made sokka the intelligent one here and expanded on his character other than being the comic relief.
Jet is by far the most under appreciated character in the series. You’ll have a bunch of people sympathizing with Zuko and Azula but for some reason Jet is beyond repair why is that? Killing him off was a big risk for a kid’s show and I think did a good job showing not everyone is able to have their “redemption arcs” he was getting there sucks it had to end that way.
Jet definitely could have turned his life around. It's a textbook example of a genuinely tragic character who was almost there but was denied redemption by the real villain.
I think its because trying to commit genocide is farther than what either have been shown to try to do on-screen. Edit: Actually remembered azula advising to burn earth kingdom to ground.
Jet is more tragic than both Zuko and Azula. As sad as it was to see Azulas downfall, it is nowhere near as terrible as Jets demise. Jet was a good kid. He cared for his group. It is understandable why he was the way he was. He lost everything and ended up all alone in the world, and started from nothing. Even more heartbreaking is revelation in the rift comic trilogy that the group responsible for destroying Jets village Rough Rhinos are not facing any consequence and instead hired as a security for the Earthen Fire refinery which will evolve eventually into Republic City. I do hope Rough Rhinos will face trial for war crimes at some point.
@@FreshZCORD Sadly this is how elites of imperialist states historically viewed anyone who opposes them. It is not just Azula but the mentality of the Fire Nation Elites. Let us not forget that Fire Nation did wipe out the Air Nomads, and reduced the southern water tribe to a small village. Fire Nation brought the Kataras home to near extinction. It is not just one single individual here. If not Azula someone else would have advised this. And notice that much of the people in the meeting room cheered on this plan. Also Zuko tried to commit genocide when he sent an assassin after Aang. As long as Aang was alive the air nomad people can be brought back. If in one of those encounters combustion man succeeded then all of the hope for the Air nomands would have died. And it was selfish and evil act. Zuko has seen what the war did to people, and he knew his sister lied to him in the past. And yet he still chose consciously to be in his fathers good graces.
I think an interesting part of this episode that isnt too focused on is that out hero's really do still lose while yes everyone in the town did survive there homes were still destoryed
Great episode, great character but you said they have to build like 5x. Telling us even more about Jet..and his character Arc as a whole is warranted and for anyone who has seen the show knows the 1st couple of shows are written with intent to portray them as kids for the upcoming “Coming of Age” story all the Main character’s go through.
I am no I am late to the party with recommendations. But season 3, episode 16 "Southern Raiders" Is an excellent pair with this episode. Hama and the rest of the southern water tribe's waterbenders being captured. She learned a terrible ability and used it on the innocent population of the fire nation. Hate drove her just as much as Jet.
Personally, I’d love to see you talk about the legend of korra more! But another book 1 Alta episode I’d love for you to take a look at is the blue spirit
All I know is the kid is seems to be inspired by Spike Spiegelfrom Cowboy Bebop. That’s enough for me. Also, the creators confirmed in Avatar Extras that Jet was Katara’s first kiss. Gotta have some props for being the main character’s main love interest’s first smooch
4:31 what do you mean "he's not fooling anyone"?? He did meet Suki before this episode and they kissed in that. It's another instance of him being actually correct but not being taken seriously.
Hey man, I love your content and have been watching you since 2019. Just a request... could you please in the future talk about The Legend Of Korra. I recently re-watched it and seems like not alot of people like the show but to me it really advances the world that was introduced in Avatar The Last Airbender. Anyway, sending love from Thailand
Jet and Katara are alike in that they're both leaders, both confident, proactive, charismatic and they're both fighters. They have both experienced losing a parent/parents and they both want to take revenge on the fire nation. Initially, you feel sympathy for Jet just like you do with Katara and Sokka. Obviously, the difference with Jet is that he took his revenge to the extreme, where he was so lazer focused on getting his revenge that he ended up being as corrupt and wicked as the fire nation by wanting to destroy that innocent village. I think this is where a lot of people lose sympathy for him. I think Jet is misunderstood in a lot of ways. If he just had the support and guidance like Katara and Sokka, imagine what kind of man he would have become. This made his death even more tragic for me. I appreciate that the creators of the show decided to have this character as he was integral for the 3 main characters to learn. It's a shame how people can experience the same things but turn out completely different. It's also ironic that the city he was trying to protect killed him and not by the fire nation
You should consider doing a video on Smiling Friends. I’d love to see your take on it. imo Best adult animated show in years that actually takes advantage of the fact that it’s animated unlike the laziness that’s become the norm.
What's your favorite episode of Book 1?
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I think the blue spirit is the best book one has to offer, Zuko and Aang's final interaction in that episode gives so much character information and development in such a small interaction. I love imprisoned as well though, it's a close second.
I actually really like The Deserter (the one we meet Jeong Jeong). Roku’s line about learning the elements is one of my favorite lines in the series.
I don't have a set favorite. But if I could choose an episode I'd love for you to discuss it would be episode three 'The Southern Air Temple.' Between learning how devastating the loss of the Air Nomads was with our own eyes and learning more about Zuko's past. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the episode.
I love how Jet was a great example to show the gang what happens if they leave their sense of justice and hubris unchecked. It taught them very early on that even tho they are the good guys, that doesn’t make everything they do right, they can never lose their humanity or they will become just like the bad guys
That's true and, looking at the three books, this lessons acts as foreshadowing for the dillema that Aang had to deal when he fought the Firelord: how to defeat him without killing and going against his moral values? Episodes like these and the King of Omashu really develop Aang, showing him learning how to solve conflicts by choosing not the easy path, but the right one (in the words of Bumi, he end up having to think like a mad genius).
I think Jet is a perfect blend of all the best character traits from the the main 3, but corrupted by vengeance. Sokka's leadership is used to control his friends and corrupt their ideals; Aang's charm and confidence is used to manipulate those around him for his own gain; Katara's strength and unwavering morality is shaped into a tool of revenge against everything fire nation.
@@RegalFrog42 I like that
Yep Jet is sokka if he took his hate for the fire nation at the time too far and jet also relies on his instincts
Honestly the fact that a Kids Show like Avatar really killed Jet pretty much shows how dark and how much it was pushing boundaries for a kids show and especially considering that Jet was like 15-16
They didnt kill jet, it was ambiguous
If you support Trump, say he did die.
Exactly the show even admitted it
In Ember Island Player When they acted out jet dying Zuko asked
Zuko: Did Jet just Die?
Sokka: You know it was really unclear
@@SkankHunt42isback true, but he is still canonically dead
@@SkankHunt42isback Jet did die, just not onscreen.
@@joaobeltrao8420 he is not dead because he was never alive. Its a character in a cartoon.
Jet might be the most underrated character in the show. He did a great job showing the moral grayness of war and his interactions with zoku and iroh were great. His death was also arguably the best in the series just for the tragic irony of him being killed by the de facto leader of the nation he was trying to protect.
Yeah, espacially if you watched Avatar as a Kid, you were used to the classic good vs evil. Up until this point, the picture was similar: Fire Nation bad, everyone else good. and then this episode comes
I think if they had a episode for jet's backstory instead of just slight mentions and showings here and there, he wouldn't be so underrated.
'Jet' is what got me hooked to Avatar as a kid. It established Sokka's role in the group, and was the start of the show introducing darker themes *in its characters*. Avatar goes out of its way to show how war affects these kids, and Jet may be the most tragic of all of them.
Yeah, I love it when kids shows can deal with serious themes like revenge, death, and trauma effectively without compromising the child friendly nature of the show. It's why Avatar and Clone Wars are two of my favourite shows of all time.
@Mar Wolfking Honestly I think it was a good balance. There's a couple times that I think nickelodeon should have let them go darker, but overall it presents mature moments in a way that's engaging and not too jarring to kids.
Hehe hooked. Because Jet had hook swords
I'm always glad to see any ATLA video that isn't rehashing how great Zuko's arc was. Everyone knows Zuko Arc is great, but sometimes it seems like people sometimes forget about the arcs that the rest of the cast goes through.
I have watched Avatar countless times, and it always strikes me how much every character changes. They even move and talk different. Seeing Aang and the gaang's progression is an amazing experience.
I love zuko and I can agree with this
Jet is a victim of war. Just like Aang. He can't move on from what the fire nation did to him. I love that about him. Jet continues the cycle violence which will ensure that war keeps happening. Sokka is like Jet except Sokka acknwoledges the bad things that happened to him but Sokka doesn't let let his past make him harm civilians who he knows most likely had nothing to do with the violence that chases them on their journey with Aang. Typed this before watching the video.
I’m just realizing there’s so much missed potential for a dialogue between him and Iroh. Jet would never start listening, of course, but Iroh could easily point out the flawed logic in saying “you killed my son” and connect that to Jet.
Jet is justified in not moving on. The Fire Nation didn't stop being evil after they killed his parents. He's not just continuing some cycle of mindless violence, he is actively resisting an occupation force in a war. That is 100% justified. As Nelson Mandela once said the oppressor decides the nature of the struggle. In this case violent resistance. His careless disregard for civilians is another story and he was clearly blinded by hatred in his first episode.
@michaeld4861 he is a victim, yes, but if he killed civilians who most likely dont even know half of what's happening? Then he's the bad guy
My favourite exchange of the episode.
Aang:
We thought you were going to the dam. How come you went to the town instead?
Katara:
Lemme guess-your instincts told you.
Sokka:
Hey-sometimes they're right.
Aang:
Um... Sokka? You know we're going the wrong way, right?
Sokka:
... And sometimes they're wrong.
I really liked Jet's character design
And his voice, Crawford Wilson was only 14 years old when he voiced him, he's amazing (and he also looks a bit like him...)
Based on Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop
@@TheShockVox don't you dare forget Mugen
younger spike
Jet was great, I wish he and the other freedom fighters got more screen time, giving them more depth. I really loved Sokka's role in the episode, helping & gaining the trust of the old innocent man that Jet assaulted and then saving all the people from the village, that was great, really showing Sokka's empathy for other people and leadership skills, not just portraying him as a goofball. Maybe you could make a video about the live action netflix show now that almost the entire cast has been revealed? Say some things you hope the live action show will do different and that kinda stuff. I hope they dedicate more screen time to Jet and the other freedom fighters, give us more Ozai and give him more depth, and show more of the war and how it has affected every nation, because sometimes the war in the original show felt a bit small
I hated jet. But u agree about ozai, having mark Hamill voice the character icing on the cake and they criminally underused him, I want to see his dynamic with Iroh
@@TheHonoredMadman Yah and we need to see why Ozai is the strongest fire bender before the comet
I also hoe he does a video about the new series
Also it was shown many times Sokka was intelligent and studies show people with great senses of humor are often more intelligent than those without humor. He also helped designed the hot air balloons the fire nation stole. People sleep on sokka and his intelligence.
Guys, i think you guys kind of missed the point of ozai. I think he is meant to be a figurehead, a sort of representation of what the fire nation has becaome in the war. He isn’t supposed to be a very complex character, that’s why he has so little screen time. But I do agree that we should have more Ozai and Iroh interactions.
To me it's great how they showed the old firenation man showing compassion for others here. Showing him to be innocent.
And then an episode later Haru is betrayed by an old earth nation man.
Which clearly tells you that war is not black and white with all firenation people being bad and the rest being good.
They also did that too by having fire nation soldiers act like normal people, like the guy who was happy about the captain remembering his birthday.
@@FreshZCORD Right before getting dropped into the open ocean.
Jet was always one of my favorite characters, and I remember being really shocked that he was actually killed, when I watched as a kid.
shit I watched it as an adult and his death shocked me
It dawned on me recently that Jet is my favorite episode in Book 1. The Storm is objectively better, but Jet is my favorite. Just something about Jet’s character, the way he plays off of Sokka and Katara, and that moment where everything goes silent and they blow up the dam just gets me every time.
First good episode? The third episode was pretty good too imo. Aang discovering the fire nation killed his entire race and Zuko’s beef with Zhao, and also the fight between Zuko and Zhao was pretty great
One of the other aspects I loved about the episode Jet, was the animation. The action sequences between Jet vs Aang are so good and creative. It's a little taste of the greatness to come (action wise) from the series.
Also fun fact this is one of 8 episodes Dave Filoni of recent Star Wars fame (producer/director of Clone Wars, Rebels, and Mandalorian) directed for Avatar TLA.
"The Storm" is a great episode, but the first good one? I'd say that's the first episode, The Boy In The Iceberg. It was a great introduction.
Exactly, It deals with complex and important themes since the first episode with unique fighting styles.
Can you talk about the episode The Desert? I think it's easily the most underrated and overlooked episode of the entire show, as it shows that the gaang can be lost without Appa in more ways than one. Not only do they have their own skills to carry them through the vast desert, but every character is at a new low. Toph can't see anything and is blamed for Appa's capture. Sokka and Momo trip on cactus juice. Aang is so emotionally distraught that he abandons and yells at his friends on multiple occasions, meaning Katara is the only one who can step into the leadership role by desperately holding the group together. The scene where a buzzard wasp (I think that's what they're called) captures Momo and Aang goes after it, only to go the extra mile to kill it out of anger, abandoning his pacifist principles, only highlight how lost Aang is mentally, physically, and emotionally without his oldest friend. And of course, we have the ending of the episode, in which Aang activates the avatar state on the sandbenders when he learns that Appa was sold and muzzled, causing everyone to flee out of fear for safety, except Katara. As she grabs the monstrous looking Aang's arm, the look on her face is just sad and tired. Tired of watching everyone, especially Aang, suffer so much from losing a member of their family. Their quiet hug and Aang leaning into Katara, sobbing, was such a beautiful and somber way to end the episode. Plus, it gave us build up to the White Lotus, and cactus juice, which will never not be funny. It's such an underrated and crucial episode in my opinion, and I think the rest of the fandom should give it the credit it deserves.
Great video, by the way. Totally agree that Jet is a subtly essential episode, and I think all of your content (including Avatar) is pretty great. Keep up the good work, Captain!
Agree! Initially I read this as The Deserter, which he should also do a video on!
I fully agree with you.
"The Desert" is one of my favorite episodes of the entire show.
I'm always surprised to realize how overlooked it truly is.
one of katara's best episodes definitely
Jet was the first sympathetic villain I ever experienced
Jet was a true guerrillero, he was the greatest example of what extreme conditions can do to a person and what theyll do for the greater good. Very good example of a morally grey person
Something I always think about with the character of Jet. His ultimate demise was a domino effect caused by Iroh heating up his tea. Just think about that for a sec. Jet was in the process of turning his life around with a new more sensible team of freedom fighters. Then Iroh does something that is both in and out of character. Like what was he thinking!? From then on it's a continuous spiral of bad decision that I can't even blame Jet for. I mean, from his perspective 2 fire benders just infiltrated the most impenetrable city. If he Just had a little more time to understand Zuko I'm like 90% positive they would have become best friends and Ba Sing Se wouldn't have fallen. All because Iroh wanted hot tea. A true tragedy.
I know you're not supposed to cry over spilled tea but...it's just so sad.
The Dragon of the West finally completed his victory… too bad he switched sides already.
They was gaslighting the heck of Jet!
Poor baby he wasn't crazy at all
A great episode taken as a standalone can never be AS great as an episode that has been built up. Maybe the episodes before it weren't the greatest thing ever put to animation but they serve as steps that allow the truly capital G great episodes to shine. Any show that is truly a classic for the ages has moments of life changingly great, built up to by entertainingly good.
I want you to cover lake laogai because I feel it is Jet's redemption for his character but it is also character development for zuko as it began the turning point later on in the series.
He's the reason season 2 is my favorite. I love his storyline in Ba Sing Se.
One of my favorite little moments of Book 1 is on Bato of the Water Tribe episode, the first act when Sokka thinks about his father, it's a truly beautiful moment, when he says "I don't understand" makes me cry (and after they reunite books after, it's just moving)
Yet more great observations from Captain Midnight. I would add that the way Jet is written makes him quite intriguing. Maybe you’re right that only someone inexperienced with, or particularly susceptible to manipulation (which, by the way, isn’t only the young, believe me) would have been enrolled in Jet’s scheme. But Jet read all three regular characters like a book, and played all but Sokka like a piano. He even made some headway with Sokka at first. The writers did a great job with Jet’s lines of dialog, and given how careful they usually were even with guest characters, perhaps they developed a more complex background for him than they gave us on screen. I’d love to know just how Jet learned to judge people and thereby deploy a strategy to get what he needs from them. It’s not at all dissimilar to young homeless people I’ve worked with, who have to learn how to survive - probably very much like Jet. It’s fascinating as well as tragic.
Great stuff again Captain.
The 'cool hook weapons' are called the 'shuang-gou'
Love the choice of weapon for Jet since it's a weapon designed to counter *other weapons* by catching them with the hook and handle guard. Sells the whole "counter-insurgency" thing he has with the Freedom Fighters.
Something I really appreciate about Jet as a character in this story is how effectively his perspective and life experience influence our own perception of the Avatar world and help influence and shape the main characters. Even if he hadn't come back in S2, he still would have been one of the best side characters in the show because of how the story of this episode affects our understanding of the world and characers moving forward.
Exactly before Jet the conflict was black and white. fire nation=bad everyone else =good
If Jet let go of his revenge and never attempted to destroy a village, would he and Katara be together?
I hope not. He's disturbingly manipulative.
@@Verbose_Mode later on he wasn't really tho.
We was manipulative for the greater good. In his head thi
Nah probably not, his charming exterior was a bit of a facade and it seemed like Katara already sorta liked Aang and was just caught up in the whole robin hood rebel vibe.
Jet got packed up in ba sing se
Honestly I think they could have been, Jet would have had to have a true change of heart (like Zuko) but the way you see him build her up in that episode really says something. He showed Katara that she was stronger than she thought she was and encouraged her growth and independence. Between all the lies he believed in her and she was better for it. She gave him a safe place which anyone with out a family must have. When they were honest with each other it was good for both of them. Jet would have to change to a point he was no longer manipulative and cruel, but I think they would balance each other’s flaws well.
That’s just my opinion though! I the show and how it ended! :)
Jet is really an Underrated Character. He shows what happens when doing things for a the sake Justice goes too far.
5:00 Oh Aang and Katara are the least trusting of the group in season 3, they haven't just matured they have also grown a lot more jaded.
In Sokka who may have given someone like Jet a chance in season 3. He'd have a backup plan if he was wrong but he's not paranoid. The world has made Sokka mature not bitter.
I like how Sokka becomes the de facto leader of the group in the show.
My favorite is when he gets incapacitated by the cactus in the sand episode and we see in his incapacitation how important he is as a strong leader who can guide the groups emotions
Imagine Jet meeting Mai and Ty Lee.
Episode 3 was my hook. Specifically, the line ' Remember your basics, Zuko. Break his root!'
I always be impressed with how this show grew up with us. We watched book one as if it were just another Saturday morning cartoon. But it pulled is in and taught us the same lessons as the Gaang, slowly shifting its tone and structure in books two and three.
There were some beautiful scenes in this episode as well! Very cinematic shots of appa in the trees
He was the BEST side character in the series and he honestly deserves a lot more love, I mean his parents were burned alive by nasty firebenders so naturally he was consumed by vengeance and I think its fair, him involving innocent lives was hypocritical and wrong but every character make's mistakes and grows like Jet did since he decided to help Aang save Appa costing him his life. Azula is a fan favorite but she did horrible things too yet nobody criticizes her so people don't be biased because Jet is a GREAT character. Plus he had a cool design and cool hook swords in fact in the game I play called Shadow Fight 2 there's a weapon called "Shuang Gou" which is exactly like Jet's hooks swords.
I think the tragic part is Jet died (ambiguously) without being fully redeemed. He let his hatred of the fire nation consume him and destroy his chance for a new life in Ba Sing Se, and even though he helped Aang and overcame his brainwashing, it's tragic he died without resolving his hatred for the fire nation. I think the reason people give Azula a pass, she was written to be pure evil, but clearly has some deep rooted metal issues that drove her to become the monster she is. I can't explain it properly, but there's a great video of the psychology of Azula by Hello Future Me if your interested.
Imagine how amazing jet’s character development could have been if he lived. I really feel like if jet had a older figure to guide him like iroh did to zuko, he wouldn’t have been as messed up as he was, or hurt innocent people. And maybe he wouldn’t have had such a tragic, and kind of ironic end. He’s actually one of my favorite characters too. And he’s the reminder to not let your hatred blind you .
Dave Filoni, director of the 2008 clone wars series, directed this episode.
THE Filoni?
@@falconeshield Yes.
He directed multiple episodes in Book 1.
My biggest gripe with Jet is how his feature episode plays like the typical episode in a kids show where a cool new character appears that is "secretly evil". It's a trope that has been used so many times. But I do with they made him justice in Book 2, which they more or less do, but not really. You never get anything satisfying other than him "snapping out" of the brainwashing and taking a stone to the face and possibly dying (it is never confirmed in the show, but yeah).
Would love to see you do a collab with Overanalyzing Avatar. Though he's almost done the original series, and has a more comedic tone, I'm curious to see what takes the two of you would bring to an episode. Like the Ember Island Players or one of the most well known episodes not yet covered on this channel.
I think your underrating the Winter Solstice episodes too. The scene where Roku destroys the temple still gives me chills.
My all-time favorite episode is season 2 episode 11 "the desert". It really has everything from aang turning to the dark side, sokka being sokka and katara just tries to the best of her abilites (except development for zuko although the pai sho scene is amazing). It was a turning point for me as a viewer to see aang that angry and hopeless. I will never forget the look on toph's face as aang goes into the avatar state and sokka dragging her out of aang's side while katara just stands there... just perfect.
Jet was so charismatic that he made someone’s own sister turn against them 💀
If she breathes. .
@@Mysterey101 she belongs to streets
@@Mysterey101 Aang:
Don't forget how gorgeous this episode is too
I've always loved this episode so much, even as a kid I saw this episode and was like "OH. This show is DIFFERENT"
You know, out of all episodes I've watched of Avatar, many years ago when it was original airing. I remember this episode the most out of all that I can remember.
Its very strange to me...
That somehow I can remember what mostly happened in this episode then the rest of the series. Maybe it struck a chord with me when I was younger? It's hard to said...
rewatching jet reminds of lord of the flies a bit similar to peter pan but much darker and how it plays out with the freedom fighters is so interesting and how jet was mocking sakka this whole interaction along with how he talks to sakka is so mind-blowing like I didn't think his twisted way of looking at sakka was there.
As far as freedom fighters go, Jet started out like Guy Fawkes, and then he slowly transformed into Robin Hood.
Nah, it's more like he started as a terrorist.
Robin Hood? Nah, dude crossed the line into legit terrorism.
@@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929 That’s who Guy Fawkes was.
@@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929 Fawkes is famous for trying to assassinate the king by blowing up the House of Lords with a bunch of gunpowder.
I think it's more the opposite
Great video! I really enjoy your ATLA content. I'd love to see you do a Hama episode and explore how her story added to or changed Avatar.
Avatar topics I think you should cover:
Anything.
Jet was the first time where Sokka actually felt older than Katara, and Jet really is a tragic character. He did everything he did against the Fire Nation only to be taken out by the Earth Kingdom, his own people
That whole X-Files comparison is really apt, because of The Great Divide.
It's definitely one of the more frowned upon episodes of ATLA, especially by older fans, because when it was on TV, it was constantly played out of context and re-ran independently from the rest of the series. Not only did that make people sick of it, but it is genuinely one of the worst episodes of the series, for its character breaks, its barebones easy moral and its lack of much else.
Now, I'm not saying putting it in a full run-through of the series makes it better... but it makes it weigh less, than if it was your only episode for the day, or god forbid, your introduction to the series.
Jet is what team avatar could have become if they fully embraced blind hatred for the fire nation. He was as chill and carefree as team avatar in a calm setting. But Jet saw the fire nation on its own as an enemy. He would have definitely slaughtered Fire Lord Ozai. He tried on innocent villagers. Aang refused to killl that same person and struggled with it. Jet was a great villain, because he embodied an extrema that team avatar could have reached fairly quickly, if the right things went wrong.
Always up for another Avatar video!!
I think there is something so tragic about Jet's character(apart from the obvious). He grew up hating anything that had to do with the Fire Nation because they killed his family, and burned down his village, from what that one flashback showed us. He was just a teenager trying to live in world full of war with only his vengeance and anger to guide him and even when he made it to Ba Sing Se saying he had changed, that anger won over. And there is just something so tragic indeed about him swearing up and down that the Fire Nation is the true evil of his world and yet it was the Earth Kingdom that killed him.
Jet is recieiving a lot of love in these comments but in a lot spaces of the fandom he gets a lot of undeserved/unreasonable hate and I'll never understand it.
Most of the old audience were kids themselves. Jet betrayed them and the Gaang
100% To me it is indeed the first solid, subtle, mature episode for the reasons you mention. Jet is one of many youth in the show who experiences war trauma, but his response is darker than others and totally human. He doesn't reappear until deep into season 2, but the themes of the cost of war and how victims respond (Ba Sing Se's suppression, General Fong's attempt to compel Aang into the Avatar State, etc.) we see throughout. This episode is a major part of the show's moral core.
Rock + Jet + Sokka + Vagueness + Zuko =
Zuko: Did Jet just… die?
Sokka: Y’know it was really unclear.
My favourite character. It sucks that most fans don’t really understand him.
Great video Captain Midnight :D
i often forget just how good book 1 can be. i often say that avatar really picks up in book 2, and it definitely does, but i feel that really degrades book 1. book 1 may have a lot more goofy episodic adventures, but i often forget it's groundwork with setting up the characters and fleshing out the world. looking back (it's been a whole YEAR, time whizzes by) since i first watched atla. i rarely rewatched book 1 episodes and the few that i did were the finale, the episodes in the northern water tribe leading up to it, and the storm and blue spirit. i remember watching the jet episode for the first time and loving the feel of the episode, especially with the autumn colors, the towering forests, orange sunlight streaming through the trees, the nature path, and the sense of adventure that i felt from the episode and watching these kids be free. i also loved how the show creators and writers made sokka the intelligent one here and expanded on his character other than being the comic relief.
Jet is one of my favorite characters in the series. I honestly wish we got to see how he would’ve worked in book 3.
Jet showed a lot of potential as a major character, I really hated how they killed him off.
“Did Jet just die?”
The Rise of Kyoshi books was so freaking amazing, I wish they do more books of past Avatars and explore them more!!!!!
I wish we came back to Jet, he had such an interesting story
this episode also had hands down some of the prettiest backgrounds and choreography/animation of season 1
Jet is by far the most under appreciated character in the series. You’ll have a bunch of people sympathizing with Zuko and Azula but for some reason Jet is beyond repair why is that?
Killing him off was a big risk for a kid’s show and I think did a good job showing not everyone is able to have their “redemption arcs” he was getting there sucks it had to end that way.
Jet definitely could have turned his life around. It's a textbook example of a genuinely tragic character who was almost there but was denied redemption by the real villain.
I think its because trying to commit genocide is farther than what either have been shown to try to do on-screen. Edit: Actually remembered azula advising to burn earth kingdom to ground.
Jet is more tragic than both Zuko and Azula. As sad as it was to see Azulas downfall, it is nowhere near as terrible as Jets demise. Jet was a good kid. He cared for his group. It is understandable why he was the way he was. He lost everything and ended up all alone in the world, and started from nothing. Even more heartbreaking is revelation in the rift comic trilogy that the group responsible for destroying Jets village Rough Rhinos are not facing any consequence and instead hired as a security for the Earthen Fire refinery which will evolve eventually into Republic City. I do hope Rough Rhinos will face trial for war crimes at some point.
@@FreshZCORD Sadly this is how elites of imperialist states historically viewed anyone who opposes them. It is not just Azula but the mentality of the Fire Nation Elites. Let us not forget that Fire Nation did wipe out the Air Nomads, and reduced the southern water tribe to a small village. Fire Nation brought the Kataras home to near extinction. It is not just one single individual here. If not Azula someone else would have advised this. And notice that much of the people in the meeting room cheered on this plan.
Also Zuko tried to commit genocide when he sent an assassin after Aang. As long as Aang was alive the air nomad people can be brought back. If in one of those encounters combustion man succeeded then all of the hope for the Air nomands would have died. And it was selfish and evil act. Zuko has seen what the war did to people, and he knew his sister lied to him in the past. And yet he still chose consciously to be in his fathers good graces.
I might add that at least Zuko had his mother and uncle Iroh as difficult as his childhood and life was. Jet really had no one.
Season 1 is overall really underrated. There are only two sub-Avatar standard episodes. The first two episodes and The Great Divide.
I think an interesting part of this episode that isnt too focused on is that out hero's really do still lose while yes everyone in the town did survive there homes were still destoryed
4:40, though for the record, Sokka might have been telling the truth, if he were talking about Suki for example.
He was getting gaslit SO bad during his time in Ba Sing Se.
Poor baby, everybody made him feel like he was crazy 😩
Great episode, great character but you said they have to build like 5x. Telling us even more about Jet..and his character Arc as a whole is warranted and for anyone who has seen the show knows the 1st couple of shows are written with intent to portray them as kids for the upcoming “Coming of Age” story all the Main character’s go through.
I am no I am late to the party with recommendations. But season 3, episode 16 "Southern Raiders" Is an excellent pair with this episode. Hama and the rest of the southern water tribe's waterbenders being captured. She learned a terrible ability and used it on the innocent population of the fire nation. Hate drove her just as much as Jet.
I've NEVER cared for promotion and commercials by TH-camrs. But when you brought up rise of Kiyoshi, son of a B. You got yourself a damn deal
This so crazy I just started rewatching Avatar a couple days ago
I just watched the episode where jet dies like an hour ago and then this was the first thing TH-cam suggested when I opened it. Crazy
Gotta love how alive this fanbase is 13 years later
Personally, I’d love to see you talk about the legend of korra more! But another book 1 Alta episode I’d love for you to take a look at is the blue spirit
Was that footage from the 2006 ATLA game? Was not expecting that today
You have to tell us what that clip you inserted with Haru riding on the cart with them in Omashu is from.
Can we get an update on your thoughts of on legend of Korra in a video?
I´m definitely hoping for more Avatar content!!!!
All I know is the kid is seems to be inspired by Spike Spiegelfrom Cowboy Bebop. That’s enough for me. Also, the creators confirmed in Avatar Extras that Jet was Katara’s first kiss. Gotta have some props for being the main character’s main love interest’s first smooch
Don't worry, everyone underrates him (as a character).
4:31 what do you mean "he's not fooling anyone"?? He did meet Suki before this episode and they kissed in that. It's another instance of him being actually correct but not being taken seriously.
Jet is basically a kid friendly version of the punisher
7:33 Uhhhh, was there an Avatar game for the PS1 that I'm unaware of?
Hook and the ewok village in star wars
Curious as to what you might have to say about the episode between Jet and The Storm, the infamous 11th episode, The Great Divide
Hey man, I love your content and have been watching you since 2019. Just a request... could you please in the future talk about The Legend Of Korra. I recently re-watched it and seems like not alot of people like the show but to me it really advances the world that was introduced in Avatar The Last Airbender. Anyway, sending love from Thailand
Love these Avatar episodes! The original show is 10/10 would watch again 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
-So is he underrated?
-You know, it was really unclear
As someone called Jet irl and has midnight in my YT username, I can confirm I am super important.
I made a video a year back touching on how jet was handled and his importance
"Those Hook weapons."
Oh you mean the Hook Swords.
Jet and Katara are alike in that they're both leaders, both confident, proactive, charismatic and they're both fighters. They have both experienced losing a parent/parents and they both want to take revenge on the fire nation. Initially, you feel sympathy for Jet just like you do with Katara and Sokka. Obviously, the difference with Jet is that he took his revenge to the extreme, where he was so lazer focused on getting his revenge that he ended up being as corrupt and wicked as the fire nation by wanting to destroy that innocent village. I think this is where a lot of people lose sympathy for him. I think Jet is misunderstood in a lot of ways. If he just had the support and guidance like Katara and Sokka, imagine what kind of man he would have become. This made his death even more tragic for me. I appreciate that the creators of the show decided to have this character as he was integral for the 3 main characters to learn. It's a shame how people can experience the same things but turn out completely different. It's also ironic that the city he was trying to protect killed him and not by the fire nation
I hope they expand this episode in the live action.
You should consider doing a video on Smiling Friends. I’d love to see your take on it. imo Best adult animated show in years that actually takes advantage of the fact that it’s animated unlike the laziness that’s become the norm.
Can you make a video on the season 1 finale of LOK and how it fundamentally mishandles Aang as a character?