TVOM: "Because I know a few people watching The Legend of Korra who haven’t seen Avatar: The Last Airbender, let’s take a moment to talk about “Korra Alone” within the context of both series (and without spoiling anything for viewers who plan on going back to the first series after Korra is done). One of the five or so best episodes of Avatar is “Zuko Alone,” which follows the episode’s title character through a rather tumultuous period. He is at a crossroads and struggles to find his identity in a world that doesn’t make as much sense as it used to. By titling today’s episode “Korra Alone,” Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko are doing a few things all at once. It’s impossible they wouldn’t know how successful “Zuko Alone” was for both Avatar‘s development and for fans who have gone on to rightfully canonize the episode. So, in some sense, they’re announcing an Important episode for Korra. And if that episode follows in the tradition of “Zuko Alone,” it will similarly push its main character around until she winds up in some state that will allow her to see and understand her circumstances for what they are (and, ideally, it will set her on the path she needs to travel). Most interesting to me, though, is that by virtue of having a “Korra Alone” episode, Korra is being compared not to the previous Avatar but to the character who begins Avatar as the antithesis of Aang. Throughout The Legend of Korra, Korra has deviated in personality and decision-making from previous Avatars; it’s what makes her interesting not just for us but for the world of the series. But thinking about Korra as the opposite of the Avatar is a wonderfully intriguing way of viewing this episode."
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