Recap / Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender is an action-adventure animated series, revolving around the Avatar Aang, supposed master of the four elements of water, earth, fire and air, who must learn to embrace his status and end the Fire Nation's terror. The show ran on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008.

The recap for the sequel series, The Legend of Korra, can be found here, the recap for the Netflix adaptation, Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024), can be found here.

Book 1: Water (2005)

1. "The Boy in the Iceberg"
2. "The Avatar Returns"
3. "The Southern Air Temple"
4. "The Warriors of Kyoshi"
5. "The King of Omashu"
6. "Imprisoned"
7. "The Spirit World (The Winter Solstice, Part 1)"
8. "Avatar Roku (The Winter Solstice, Part 2)"
9. "The Waterbending Scroll"
10. "Jet"
11. "The Great Divide"
12. "The Storm"
13. "The Blue Spirit"
14. "The Fortuneteller"
15. "Bato of the Water Tribe"
16. "The Deserter"
17. "The Northern Air Temple"
18. "The Waterbending Master"
19. "The Siege of the North, Part 1"
20. "The Siege of the North, Part 2"

Book 2: Earth (2006)

1. "The Avatar State"
2. "The Cave of Two Lovers"
3. "Return to Omashu"
4. "The Swamp"
5. "Avatar Day"
6. "The Blind Bandit"
7. "Zuko Alone"
8. "The Chase"
9. "Bitter Work"
10. "The Library"^note On the original premiere, this episode and "The Desert" were combined and renamed into "The Fury of Aang". However, they are separate on streaming sites.
11. "The Desert"
12. "The Serpent's Pass"^note On the original premiere and on streaming sites, this episode and "The Drill" are combined and renamed into "The Secret of the Fire Nation".
13. "The Drill"
14. "City of Walls and Secrets"
15. "Tales of Ba Sing Se"
16. "Appa's Lost Days"
17. "Lake Laogai"
18. "The Earth King"
19. "The Guru"^note On the original premiere and streaming sites, this episode and "The Crossroads of Destiny" are combined.
20. "The Crossroads of Destiny"

Book 3: Fire (2007-2008)

1. "The Awakening"
2. "The Headband"
3. "The Painted Lady"
4. "Sokka's Master"
5. "The Beach"
6. "The Avatar and the Fire Lord"
7. "The Runaway"
8. "The Puppetmaster"
9. "Nightmares and Daydreams"
10. "The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion"^note On the original premiere and streaming sites, both halves of "The Day of Black Sun" are combined into a single episode
11. "The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse"
12. "The Western Air Temple"
13. "The Firebending Masters"
14. "The Boiling Rock, Part 1"^note On the original premiere and streaming sites, both parts of "The Boiling Rock" are a single episode
15. "The Boiling Rock, Part 2"
16. "The Southern Raiders"
17. "The Ember Island Players"
18. "Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King"^note On the original premiere and streaming sites, all four parts of "Sozin's Comet" are played as huge special
19. "Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters"
20. "Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno"
21. "Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang"

• Super Deformed Shorts

• Unaired Pilot

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