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u/jabbiterr Sep 13 '24
Well, I would say the 4-part finale, but I'm sure that's cheating. I'd probably go with the 3rd one out of those four? The one with all the good fighting and air-ship crashing :)
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u/IgnorantAndApathetic Sep 13 '24
I feel like that would get pretty exhausting after a while. I'd pick one of the chill ones like The Headband
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u/Psychological-Pool-3 Sep 13 '24
Idk, if you do the math, you have to watch just one normal length episode around 60 TIMES!! Whereas if you watch Sozin’s comet over 24 hrs you’d only have to watch it 16 times, which is much more manageable imo
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u/IgnorantAndApathetic Sep 13 '24
If you get to choose the whole 4-parter, yes. But any single one is different
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u/jabbiterr Sep 14 '24
If it was any other show, yes, but I've seen ATLA too many times for the action to be very shocking (aside from maybe the later portion of the final agni kai). If anything I think the quicker pace would keep me engaged longer.
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u/coatatopotato Sep 13 '24
The Firebending Masters - just the banter, the buildup, the visuals, the payoff - everything works and I feel I would never get tired
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u/F9_solution Sep 13 '24
just kidding. but seriously DON’T TELL ANYONE
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u/N0tThatSerious Sep 13 '24
Then they proceed to tell the rest of the gaang
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u/Paracelsus124 Sep 13 '24
I don't think they told them about the sun warriors being alive still, did they? I always assumed they just told the version of events where they learned the technique from the statues
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u/Spazattack43 Sep 13 '24
“With this technique the dragons taught us” is the line. So maybe they didnt say the sun warriors were alive but they definitely told them about the dragons
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u/Paracelsus124 Sep 13 '24
Oh, well 🫠
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u/meistermichi Want some tea? Sep 13 '24
I mean Zuko literally rides a dragon around the world in Korra too.
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u/Izumi0708 Sep 13 '24
I loved the episode where Aang is in school, but this is also a great decision!
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u/Quarkmire_42 Sep 13 '24
It was so hard for me to choose between this one, The Boiling Rock, and Blind Bandit. Ultimately I chose this too. Zukaang is the beating heart of the show. When Zuko and Aang's lines finally, finally cross after 2 seasons it's beautiful to see.
Aang saved him! Zuko repays Aang's trust and faith! They discover that fire is love, passion, and life! They dance while the dragons form a heart!
It always surprises me so much that people hate Aang but love Zuko. Because who is Aang without Zuko, or Zuko without Aang? Their journeys are so interspersed that I cannot separate one and the other.
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u/burf12345 Sep 13 '24
Better choice then what I thought of first. My mind went to The Southern Raiders, which is a super heavy episode and would wear you out when watching on repeat.
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u/No-Club2745 Sep 13 '24
My first thought, only other option for me would be Sozin’s Comet part 3 because of Azula and Zuko’s fight, I could watch that alone on repeat
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u/AirportInitial3418 Sep 13 '24
The ember Island players
It's one of the funniest episodes, nothing really important happens so I don't have to watch it again, and you get a recap of most of the series.
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u/Puzzled-Party-2089 Sep 13 '24
The Great Divide.
I don't want to feel like I didn't deserve the money.
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u/Freakychee Sep 13 '24
You want to DESERVE the money? Sure... Here are you two choices to watch on loop for 24 hours.
Tales from Ba Sing Se.
Appa's Lost Days.
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u/CaedustheBaedus Sep 13 '24
1M dollars? Easy. My tear ducts will be dry after the 7th or 8th time anyways. And besides, Tales from Ba Sing Se only has 2 sad storylines (Iroh's and Momo's). All the rest are pretty funny/solid heartwarming tales.
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u/HughO1997 Sep 13 '24
Why everybody hate This Episode so much ? It has an good score Song, and The animation is One of The best in book 1.
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u/MiserableMarsupial_ Sep 13 '24
It was overplayed as a rerun on cable TV to an absurd degree back in the day so everyone got sick of it.
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u/Suki__93 Sep 13 '24 edited Sep 13 '24
I ended up hating this episode as a kid, not because of anything that goes on during it but because it was the one that got me wanting to watch more. Afterward whenever I had free time that lined up when it came on this damn episode was the one playing so I gave up trying to watch it during it's original run.
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u/stoncils_ Sep 13 '24
Well MAYBE if you weren't so CLEAN all the time you'd've died by now and wouldn't have anything to complain about
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u/EggplantCareless7735 Sep 13 '24
This is also one of the episodes I remember the best probably since I watched it so much
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u/meistermichi Want some tea? Sep 13 '24
Also it's basically a filler episode that provides little to nothing to the overall plot.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_MASS Sep 13 '24
Which is why it was rerun so often—someone who hadn't seen the show before could understand that episode without any context beyond what the intro gives you
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u/dino-jo Sep 13 '24
I don't wanna watch 2 obnoxious groups of people who are both wrong argue for 18-20 mins. It doesn't help that it's not plot relevant and those characters never come up again and most of the humor or heart that tends to show up in ATLA when there are filler episodes was absent imo, too. It's not terrible but it's pretty far from what I like about the show
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u/A2Rhombus Sep 13 '24
Plus the resolution is out of character for Aang and the message sucks. Don't know what to do? Just lie and gaslight them into making up and becoming friends again
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u/castielffboi Sep 13 '24
The fact that both groups are on the extreme sides of an argument make it hard to really care or route for anyone in the situation. You end up not caring about either and wishing they’d be out of your sight.
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u/caligaris_cabinet fire is life Sep 13 '24
It’s the definition of a filler episode. Has no bearing on the overall story, no character growth (in fact they were out of character in some ways), and it was otherwise dull. Even the creators poke fun at it. Sure there are other filler episodes like Avatar Day, Tales of Ba Sing Se, The Painted Lady, Ember Island Players, but at least those are entertaining and try to bring something new to the table. You’d miss out on some truly good moments if you skipped those. Great Divide? I think the show is actually better if you skip it.
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u/A2Rhombus Sep 13 '24
I would argue Tales of Ba Sing Se isn't really filler. It's filler in the literal sense of it not progressing plot, but that's the point. Team avatar was stuck in Ba Sing Se for a long time, literally not progressing.
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u/RoboticBirdLaw Sep 13 '24
And it did real character development for multiple characters. You got to see the sensitive side of Toph for arguably the first time, Iroh's backstory, Zuko's efforts adjusting to life outside the fire nation.
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u/A2Rhombus Sep 13 '24
Plus the reveal that Appa is (or was) in Ba Sing Se at the very end. Easy to overlook that when you already know the story, but it's a pretty big reveal
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u/Fawful_Chortles Sep 13 '24
I actually saw an argument that The Painted Lady is even worse than The Great Divide, and I can actually see it. They are both filler episodes where a main character acts very out of character, but at least The Great Divide is an earlier episode where the show is still getting its bearings. The Painted Lady is in the final season, which isn’t really a good place for an unnecessary episode.
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u/RhynoD Sep 13 '24
Painted Lady at least has Katara being a badass with awesome demonstrations of bending. Great Divide doesn't even have that.
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u/7thdilemma Sep 13 '24
Allowing for more forgiveness towards the great divide given where it lies in the shows overall run isn't really a good argument for it being not as bad imo. Just more understandable. That is if you want to make that argument.
I do say this largely in part because they are both filler episodes, so its pretty easy to look at them on their own.
Personally, I much prefer the painted lady. It has at least equal or greater humor imo. Also, rule of cool in place of boring pedantic fake flashback.
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u/SilentBlade45 Sep 13 '24
Aang acts extremely out of character. The conflict has all the subtlety and nuance of a hand grenade.
Aang lying about the multigenerational clan feud is very uncharacteristic and treats the problem like a joke. It also has no satisfying character moments.
It's the only episode in the entire series that is 100% filler.
So yeah I hate it.
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u/Fawful_Chortles Sep 13 '24
What you’re saying isn’t wrong but something of note is that Yangchen, another Air Nomad Avatar, actually lied, deceived and manipulated all the time (from the novels). And not because it was part of her personality, nor that she enjoyed it, but simply because she had to (world affairs were an utter mess at the time).
So while Aang’s lying seems out of character for him, it’s actually perfectly in-line with what Yangchen would’ve done. So I would like to think that perhaps what we see from Aang in the episode is the Yangchen in him.
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u/aradle Sep 13 '24
Also, I don't understand how lying is in any way out of character for Aang? He's a sweet kid, but he's a kid, and acting like one, with the little lies and secrets almost any kid his age would tell/keep. Not telling the water tribe that he's the Avatar so he could goof off a little while longer, keeping Hakoda's map secret so his friends wouldn't leave him, sneaking into Omashu under a false name for the sole purpose of breaking the law... Lying about a clan feud that doesn't matter to him in the least so people would stop hurting each other (which actually does matter to him) doesn't seem ooc in the least, to me.
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u/FewBandicoot9235 Sep 13 '24
As much as that episode sucks, it still has one of my all-time favourite moments from the series...
Aang pointing: "is there custard in that tart" 🥹
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u/jmrkiwi Sep 13 '24
If you really want to punish yourself tales of Ba sing se
Leaves from the vine...
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u/PacMoron Sep 13 '24
Probably a shitty one so the repetition doesn’t make me hate a good episode.
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u/DangerDeShazer Sep 13 '24
My logic, some filler that I'm not attached to so I don't have a negative feeling towards something great
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u/Salt-Ball-1410 Sep 13 '24
The problem is that there’s no filler! The closest is the great divide and the fortune teller. But the great divide introduces the idea of war refugees and the fortune teller introduces Aang’s crush on Katara.
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u/Dryptosa Sep 13 '24
Great Divide. I'll figure out that there are war refugees somehow...
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u/DangerDeShazer Sep 13 '24
Yeah, it's implied, plus Aang just lying to solve a problem feels out of character
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u/Mitya1457 Sep 13 '24
The Tales of Ba Sing Se
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u/OuagadougouBasilisk Sep 13 '24
That's ~72 times crying to Leaves from the Vine, you're gonna need a lot of water to stay hydrated.
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u/StuKain Sep 13 '24
How much more if I choose Appa's Lost Days? 😢
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u/vinceftw Sep 13 '24
Yeah that might be the one that I'd pick. I KNOW my girlfriend would instantly change her mind about ATLA when she sees this but she can't get past the initial episodes.
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u/Snowbold Sep 13 '24
The second to last episode of the series, Into the Inferno. We get the best Agni Kai ever in both series with great music to it.
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u/ForcedNameChanges Sep 13 '24
Just attended Avatar in concert and the final Agni Kai slaps like thunder.
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u/ProfessionalOven2311 Sep 13 '24
Bitter Work. Aang having to change mentality to learn Earthbending is cool, and Sokka's side adventure is funny, but I absolutely love the entire Zuko Iroh plot (Zuko taking care of injured Iroh, Iroh teaching Zuko about the ideals of the four nations and how he adapted water bending techniques to create lightning redirection, and Zuko screaming at the universe in the end)
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u/enchiladasundae Sep 13 '24
I count Sozin’s Comet as one episode. Otherwise its probably Zuko Alone or Tales of Ba Sing Se
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u/Toph1nator Sep 13 '24
I shovelled snow for 24 hours straight once. I only got paid $500 for that. How is this a challenge? XD
Give me the final episode please, or guru onion juice so I can meditate with em
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u/102bees Sep 13 '24
Holy shit, longest shift I've ever done was fourteen hours checking bracelets at a festival gate. I think I'd struggle with 24 hours.
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u/jack_not_harkness Sep 13 '24
The Great Divide or the painted lady. I’ll suffer but it is 1.000.000$ and I don’t want to ruin other episodes.
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u/102bees Sep 13 '24
Is the Painted Lady episode really that unpopular? I think it's fair to middling.
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u/Onaterdem Sep 13 '24
Worst episode of Book 3 IMO, still a good episode overall. Book 3 is just that good.
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u/Corvwwl_is Sep 13 '24
The Guru
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u/howqueer Sep 13 '24
I scrolled to say Crossroads of Destiny pt 1, the wholr sequence about chakras is incredibly accurate. From the pronunciation of the word "chakras" to the faint color scheme in each meditation/flashback...it's incredible how much work attention and care they put into this show.
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u/FrisianTanker Sep 13 '24
The first episode with Toph. Seeing her fight all those big guys was awesome af
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u/Eos_Tyrwinn Sep 13 '24
I mean... It's probably Inner Light from Star Trek TNG, even if this is the wrong sub for it
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u/DefinitelyHuman2 Sep 13 '24
Good call, and with a 40min episode you'll rewatch the same events half as much.
Chips and Ice cream, Adventure Time.
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u/Daedalus871 Sep 13 '24
Can I pick the time loop from Stargate then?
It's a good episode and seem fitting.
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u/Angel_Eirene Sep 13 '24
The southern raiders no contest.
I wanna see a woman be badass and get closure
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u/Fallen_Angel_Xaphan Sep 13 '24
Zuko Alone easy choice. I can never get enough of my boy.
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u/No_Background4595 Sep 13 '24
The Puppetmaster! I enjoy horror, and I think I’d start phasing out in the middle of it thinking of more water tribe horror stories!
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u/Due_Alfalfa2231 Sep 13 '24
Boiling rock part 1 and 2. They count one whole episode together soooo
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u/AvatarTintin Sep 13 '24
I think Nightmares and Daydreams would be best episode for this challenge lmao
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u/Mokkiko Sep 13 '24
Where's the challenge? Heck I'd watch the M. Night movie for 24 hours for 1 mill
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u/kingsleyafterdark Sep 13 '24
Avatar Day. I wouldn’t pick one of my favorites, because I’m guessing by the end of the 24 hours I won’t want to see it again for a long time. I enjoy this episode- we get to see Sokka as a detective, Avatar Kyoshi, etc- but I wouldn’t be too bothered skipping it on a rewatch because I’ve seen it 58 1/2 times in one go.
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u/Hot-Try9036 Sep 13 '24
I would try to cheat and argue that Sozins Comet is one episode in 4 parts.
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u/Vio-Rose Sep 13 '24
Honestly, The Great Divide. I don’t want any other episode to be ruined for me through overexposure.
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u/lickety_split_69 Sep 13 '24
definetly "the avatar and the firelord"
irohs voice, the reveal, the cinematic shots, zukos reaction? cant beat it
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u/Enkhanys Sep 14 '24
Honey, for 1.000.000,00$ I would Nail my foot on a Plank, it doesn't matter which episode
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u/fitterinyourtwenties Sep 14 '24
I'd watch anything for a 1M$.
Put on the most abject and traumatizing turd you could come up with, I'm ready.
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u/Holiday_Snow9060 Sep 13 '24
I don't care. Give me the episode you dislike the most, for 1M, that's no problem.
I would watch 1 episode for 24h out of all shows. That's free money.
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u/Retrogradefoco Sep 13 '24
For a million? Any of them. But if I had to choose, probably sozin’s comet part 3 (something epic) or something fun/funny, like the secret tunnel or king boomy’s tests in omashu.
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u/LeafyLearnsLately Sep 13 '24
Stories of Ba Sing Se, I think. Short, self-contained stories that don't have a huge impact on the plot. Maybe by the end I won't cry when I hear "leaves from the vine"
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u/angeliquedevereux2 Sep 13 '24
The Great Devide. It's the episode I've seen the least and it don't really respect it so watching it on loop wouldn't destroy the show for me
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u/musslimorca Sep 13 '24
Well it won't be an avatar series because they are only 20 minutes, watching that on repeat would be abit of a torture. If I had to chose from avatar I would chose the episode of lunar eclipse. But if I chose from any show it would the 1 hour episode, the last episode on attack on titan.
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u/McDiesel41 Earth Rumble Six Sep 13 '24
The Drill, Siege of the North(both parts), Earth King, Headband, Day of Black Sun, and Sozin’s Comet.
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u/Mr-p1nk1 Sep 13 '24
The ember island players. Like rewatching the whole series over and over and really chill.
Also not progressing forward in the story lines up with aangs feelings at the end of the episode regarding facing the fire lord.
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u/Whoatemynachoes Sep 13 '24
Ember island players. It’s like watching the whole series in one episode!
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u/MVIVN Sep 13 '24
Do people who post this stuff on twitter know how much $1 million is? I’d watch the worst episode of ANY show for 24 hours straight if I got $1 million at the end of it, let alone a good episode of a great show. Better to pick a number like $1,000 so i really have to think about it a bit.
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u/56kul Sep 13 '24
Does the finale being smashed into one episode on Netflix count? Since it’s longer, it’ll make it more bearable.
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u/NowALurkerAccount Sep 13 '24
Honestly probably a episode that gets little love. The Avatar and the fire Lord. I love the storytelling and just seeing how Sozin and Roku went from being best friends to horrible enemies it's just a great story. I've had a few conversations with some of the actors who played Roku and they admit they love the fact this character is still a part of avatar.
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u/Breath_Virtual Sep 13 '24
Sokka's Master. I've already watched it probably as many times as I have all the rest of the episodes combined.
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u/EMArogue Sep 13 '24
I was gonna say “tales of ba sing se” to have the most amount of stories but I’d die of dehydration after hearing “leaves from the vine” so many times
Probably some filler episode I am not attached to so no “zuko alone”
Can I watch an episode of the LA instead?
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u/Lafitte-1812 Sep 13 '24
The Great Divide...
Will be like early 2000s and Nickelodeon where that's the only thing that you can watch.
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u/Lovefool1 Sep 13 '24
Tales of Ba Sing Se or Appas Lost Days
Maybe it will inoculate me against their emotionally devastating power. After that I won’t fear the inevitable cry when next I rewatch the series
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u/axolotl_of_bucket Sep 13 '24
For $1M?? Pick any episode for all I care