Few things feel more grown-up than dealing with the consequences of your actions. Whether you stay up too late and still have to get up the next day or make a mistake at work and have to answer for it, adulthood means no one’s coming to fix things. For the most part, it’s all up to you.

The Legend of Korra has been the subject of much criticism over the years, but it’s always been a show about its young hero Korra (Janet Varney) growing from a feisty teen into a relatively less feisty adult. It’s not until season 3 that she experiences her biggest change, dealing with the consequences of one of her biggest decisions: leaving the spirit world portals open.

It’s one of the best decisions Korra makes, but it also creates her most thought-provoking villain.

Season 3 is appropriately titled “Book 3: Change,” and it picks up after the Harmonic Convergence, the planetary alignment that flooded the world with spiritual energy. After a great battle (literally, Korra becomes a kaiju via astral projection), Korra leaves the portals open, believing that people and the spirits should live in harmony together. It’s a decision with vast ramifications, from spirits adorably popping up throughout Republic City to the awakening of air-bending skills in random people, reviving a culture that had been nearly lost.

One of these new benders is Zaheer (Henry Rollins), a member of the Red Lotus, which is a secret anarchist organization whose mission is to disrupt world order and eliminate the Avatar cycle.

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