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1. Avatar the legend of korra season 4 episode 1 full#
2. Avatar the legend of korra season 4 episode 1 series#

Kuvira’s Gambit is the beginning of the end as Book 4: Balance embraced its final action-packed story arc by introducing a giant mecha suit made of platinum with the previous spirit beam threat strapped on to the right arm. It was only a matter of time before Kuvira would make one swift calculated strike directly at the only piece of land cut off from the rest of the Earth Kingdom’s territories. Enemy at the Gates is just a necessary episode that has to take a few falls for the longevity of the season. On its own, it suffers from a lack of payoff despite containing tense decision-making and clever devil’s advocate yet it stands as a notable entry on the list for its daring ideas.

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Enemy at the Gates remains intriguing during its full runtime as the show explores the rising tensions between Kuvira’s new united empire and the Beifong family’s home of metalbenders, but outside of its ending it really does not push the narrative forward to much. While this is certainly not necessarily a negative critique, it ultimately creates a chapter that has little excitement yet a lot of interesting ideas to unfold in the future. On its own, however, it can fall a bit short as here we have another episode with a lot of exposition and politics. Paired with The Battle of Zaofu, Enemy at the Gates should be considered a great episode for its dramatic buildup towards the epic fight between Korra and Kuvira. It is an exciting opening chapter that builds a ton of character, while not accomplishing too much. Everyone is placed into their overarching story positions this episode, but in comparison to the other book premieres, it falls quite short in building mystery and anticipation. Opal and Kai’s focus on stopping robberies in the State of Yi while Kuvira begins to take the land with a manipulative iron grip is definitely the chapter’s most fascinating arc, but our supposed villain is the real reason as to why. The formal introduction of Zaofu top security guard Kuvira steals the show as audiences get to see her overwhelming combat skills without even having to actually make physical contact with an opponent. Republic City is now learning to co-exists with the spirits, a new Earth King is being inducted to the throne, the Avatar is far from home, and so much more information is jam-packed into this short opening season episode. Three years is a massive time jump by Korra standards and After All These Years resonates with that fact. At least the Varrick and Bolin section is humorous with a standout villains reunion- ever notice Unalaq had three hands though? 12. It is certainly nothing like the fan-favorite penultimate play episode to The Last Airbender’s story arc, but for the longtime fans of Korra, it does serve as an interesting recap for the show.

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In a last-minute effort by the showrunners to ensure that no one working on the series was laid off for the final season, the writers got to work on a clip show to keep the budget intact that turned out slightly better than what you would have expected after hearing about the episode’s origins. While it is indeed not terrible by television standards, this is a chapter that struggled through development as it had to replace a Kuvira origins episode due to cut funding from the head studio- in other words, blame Nickelodeon once again for their mistreatment towards the Avatar franchise. The history behind this chapter is just as depressing as its miserable execution.

Without further ado, it’s time we “do the thing” before of course looking over every chapter the series had to offer… While The Legend of Korra may not have ended off on an incredibly high note akin to its universally loved predecessor, Book 4: Balance was still one of the best seasons of the series as the show held on to pleasing fans under the pressure of stubborn studio executives.

The series might have been tormented by Nickelodeon higher-ups since the show’s inception, but it at least managed to receive a proper sendoff- although it did include one major hiccup that we will get to in literally two sentences. The Legend of Korra Ranking All of Book 4: BalanceĪfter looking over ninety-nine episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra combined, it is time to rank the final thirteen chapters in the franchise with Book 4: Balance.