5.4/10. This one was pretty dire. I cannot believe that in an episode about two warring tribes (and a literal snobs vs. slob conflict), they actually uttered the words "I guess we're not so different after all." Sometimes I forget that this is a kids show, and it's nice to have lessons here and there. But this was just the most predictable, generic story about two different communities finding ground imaginable. (Even if it does include the voice of Odo from Deep Space 9!) The one tribe being fastidious proper folks and the other being slovenly warriors is the laziest kind of divide, and the whole "learning to appreciate one another through overcoming a joint obstacles" was hokey as all get out.
The only real saving grace are the competing legend stories of the two communities. While the different perspective on the same event bit has been done to death, I appreciated the fact that the episode used different art styles for each retelling of it as a way to accentuate the different views of the different groups. It's a nice touch. And Aang lying and saying he knew the two patrons who started this whole thing 100 years ago, and that it was nothing, is at least an interesting twist.
But the most part this is just a paint-by-numbers kids show episode, teaching everyone a low-level lesson about differences being skin deep among common mistrustful communities (and shoehorning a rushed dispute and resolution for Katara and Sokka on the same terms.) Pretty weak.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2016-11-19T21:04:55Z
5.4/10. This one was pretty dire. I cannot believe that in an episode about two warring tribes (and a literal snobs vs. slob conflict), they actually uttered the words "I guess we're not so different after all." Sometimes I forget that this is a kids show, and it's nice to have lessons here and there. But this was just the most predictable, generic story about two different communities finding ground imaginable. (Even if it does include the voice of Odo from Deep Space 9!) The one tribe being fastidious proper folks and the other being slovenly warriors is the laziest kind of divide, and the whole "learning to appreciate one another through overcoming a joint obstacles" was hokey as all get out.
The only real saving grace are the competing legend stories of the two communities. While the different perspective on the same event bit has been done to death, I appreciated the fact that the episode used different art styles for each retelling of it as a way to accentuate the different views of the different groups. It's a nice touch. And Aang lying and saying he knew the two patrons who started this whole thing 100 years ago, and that it was nothing, is at least an interesting twist.
But the most part this is just a paint-by-numbers kids show episode, teaching everyone a low-level lesson about differences being skin deep among common mistrustful communities (and shoehorning a rushed dispute and resolution for Katara and Sokka on the same terms.) Pretty weak.