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(Note this review has spoilers, so turn back now if you don't want to be spoiled or haven't caught up)

Show: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Episode: 48
Year: 2007

Writer(s): Tim Hedrick, Aaron Ehasz (head writer)
Director(s): Joaquin Dos Santos

Episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender are hard to talk about without going into spoilers, so unless you've seen the series as a whole, it'd be best to turn back now!
This particular episode is the closest thing Avatar has ever gotten to a Halloween episode. Much like Samurai Jack's "Jack and the Haunted House", this is an episode that really knows how to do horror really well. The gangs are camping out near a Fire Nation village when they meet up with an old woman named Hama there after they learn of a string of kidnappings that have been occurring during every full moon. Our group learns that Hama is a Waterbender, and that she's the only one that managed to escape during the Fire Nation raid of the South Pole 60 years prior. Katara, happy to meet another southern Waterbender after so long, learns new and very innovative techniques from Hama.

As it turns out, Waterbending is more of an offensive technique than initially thought; even in areas that appear to have no water, you can find it in places you wouldn't think to look otherwise, such as the plants and trees. The atmosphere of this episode just keeps building and building; you know there's something off about Hama, but you never know what's coming until the big reveal of her being a Bloodbender. Bloodbending is perhaps one of the most horrifying things to ever come out of the series, and definitely one of the most brutal things Nickelodeon has ever shown. Turns out Hama developed the technique while rotting in a Fire Nation prison for quite some time. It's much like that one moment in Star Wars with Luke and Darth Vader when Hama and Katara go head to head. Hama is a very interesting villain: her motives are completely understandable and even somewhat sympathetic; it's just that the particular people she's going after are simple villagers, not ruthless Fire Nation soldiers. If you've watched the episode "The Painted Lady", you'll understand a bit more about the Fire Nation. At the end of this horror show, Katara is left with the horrid knowledge that whether she likes it or not, she has learned Hama's evil technique. This is an episode that can leave you in both tears AND fears.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is owned by Nickelodeon and Viacom.

1001 animations is from Mr. Enter.

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Description
(Note this review has spoilers, so turn back now if you don't want to be spoiled or haven't caught up)

Show: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Episode: 48
Year: 2007

Writer(s): Tim Hedrick, Aaron Ehasz (head writer)
Director(s): Joaquin Dos Santos

Episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender are hard to talk about without going into spoilers, so unless you've seen the series as a whole, it'd be best to turn back now!
This particular episode is the closest thing Avatar has ever gotten to a Halloween episode. Much like Samurai Jack's "Jack and the Haunted House", this is an episode that really knows how to do horror really well. The gangs are camping out near a Fire Nation village when they meet up with an old woman named Hama there after they learn of a string of kidnappings that have been occurring during every full moon. Our group learns that Hama is a Waterbender, and that she's the only one that managed to escape during the Fire Nation raid of the South Pole 60 years prior. Katara, happy to meet another southern Waterbender after so long, learns new and very innovative techniques from Hama.

As it turns out, Waterbending is more of an offensive technique than initially thought; even in areas that appear to have no water, you can find it in places you wouldn't think to look otherwise, such as the plants and trees. The atmosphere of this episode just keeps building and building; you know there's something off about Hama, but you never know what's coming until the big reveal of her being a Bloodbender. Bloodbending is perhaps one of the most horrifying things to ever come out of the series, and definitely one of the most brutal things Nickelodeon has ever shown. Turns out Hama developed the technique while rotting in a Fire Nation prison for quite some time. It's much like that one moment in Star Wars with Luke and Darth Vader when Hama and Katara go head to head. Hama is a very interesting villain: her motives are completely understandable and even somewhat sympathetic; it's just that the particular people she's going after are simple villagers, not ruthless Fire Nation soldiers. If you've watched the episode "The Painted Lady", you'll understand a bit more about the Fire Nation. At the end of this horror show, Katara is left with the horrid knowledge that whether she likes it or not, she has learned Hama's evil technique. This is an episode that can leave you in both tears AND fears.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is owned by Nickelodeon and Viacom.

1001 animations is from Mr. Enter.

Artisanking101