Episodes
Thursday Dec 17, 2015
Episode 9 - Zuko Alone / The Chase / Bitter Work
Thursday Dec 17, 2015
Thursday Dec 17, 2015
A rare celestial event on The Avatar Returns this week as all three hosts agree on all three chapters. In what could conceivably be dubbed the Zuko Cycle, chapters 207-209, “Zuko Alone,” “The Chase,” and “Bitter Work” focus almost exclusively on everyone’s favorite banished emo prince as he pulls a Caine from Kung Fu and walks the Earth…Kingdom. The boys talk about the obvious homages to classic westerns like Shane and High Noon, the care and transport of Jesus lizards, and the dramatic heft of characters with deeply emotionally rooted conflicts like Zuko and Azula. Fears that perhaps Book Two might flounder under the sophomore slump turn out to be unwarranted!
Next: we take a month off to wage war on Christmas like Fire Lord Ozai. Once the holidays are over, we pick up right where we left off, continuing Book Two with chapters 210-212, “The Library,” “The Desert,” and “The Serpent’s Pass.”
The Breakdown
- Intro / Banter (00:00 - 05:14)
- Main Topic (05:14 - 1:07:12)
- Outro / Next (1:07:12 - 1:09:43)
Tuesday Dec 01, 2015
Episode 8 - The Swamp / Avatar Day / The Blind Bandit
Tuesday Dec 01, 2015
Tuesday Dec 01, 2015
Man, rednecks ruin everything! This week, Avatar: The Last Airbender goes all Deliverance on us, and at least two of our hosts ain't down for that. Chapter 204 takes us to "The Swamp," and introduces us to the Duck Dynasty of the Avatar world. Then we drain the muck our of our boots and celebrate "Avatar Day" with Sokka Holmes and some really friendly townsfolk in chapter 205. And finally, the episode Paul has been waiting for since the beginning is here at last as chapter 206 brings the Boulder-breaking debut of "The Blind Bandit." There's some talk about whether the show and/or the characters are treading a bit of water at the moment (complete with all the terrible puns you'd expect from that). And we close it all out talking about which bending style we each imagine ourselves practicing.
The Breakdown
- Intro / Banter (00:00 - 02:15)
- Main Topic (02:15 - 1:00:45)
- Outro / Next (1:00:45 - 1:05:12)