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19 Years Later, a Perfect Avatar Episode Redefined the Show's Greatest Rivalry

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19 Years Later, a Perfect Avatar Episode Redefined the Show's Greatest Rivalry

Aang wasn’t the only one with the power to save the world

One of the things that makes the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender so rich is how much thought series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko put into its history. The introduction to every episode explains the beginnings of the Hundred Year War, where the Fire Nation disrupted the harmony between the Four Nations, and the Avatar wasn’t there to stop them. The show’s plot is primarily focused on the new Avatar, Aang (Zach Tyler Eisen), as he attempts to fulfill the destiny he once fled from and restore balance to the world. But, 19 years ago, one of the show’s best episodes redefined that core conflict.

The season 3 episode “The Avatar and the Fire Lord” tells the same story from two perspectives. Avatar Roku (James Garrett) reaches out to Aang through the spirit world to tell him about his own life and death in the Fire Nation while Prince Zuko (Dante Basco) follows a mysterious message to learn the secret history of his great-grandfather, Fire Lord Sozin (Ron Perlman). The episode, which was written by Elizabeth Welch and directed by Ethan Spaulding, shows both Roku and Sozin in a new light.

One of Avatar’s greatest strengths is its ability to blend the playful and the serious, and that mix is particularly striking when Sozen and Roku are shown playfully sparring. Sozin messes with his clumsy friend by sprinkling blades of grass on his face while he lies flopped on the ground.


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