Ozai: "Get out! Get out of my sight right now if you know what's good for you!" Zuko: "That's another thing. I'm not taking orders from you anymore." Ozai: "You will obey me, or this defiant breath will be your last!" Zuko: "Think again. I am going to speak my mind, and you are going to listen."
LET'S GOOO!!!
Zuko: "For so long, all I wanted was for you to love me, to accept me. I thought it was my honor I wanted, but really, I was just trying to please you. You, my father, who banished me just for talking out of turn. My father, who challenged me, a thirteen-year-old boy, to an Agni Kai. How could you possibly justify a duel with a child?" OzaI: "It was to teach you respect!" Zuko: "It was cruel! And it was wrong." Ozai: "Then you have learned nothing!" Zuko: "No, I've learned everything! And I've had to learn it on my own! Growing up, we were taught that the Fire Nation was the greatest civilization in history. And somehow, the War was our way of sharing our greatness with the rest of the world. What an amazing lie that was. The people of the world are terrified by the Fire Nation. They don't see our greatness. They hate us! And we deserve it! We've created an era of fear in the world. And if we don't want the world to destroy itself we need to replace it with an era of peace and kindness." Ozai: [Laughs.] "Your uncle has gotten to you, hasn't he?" Zuko: "Yes." [Smiles proudly.] "He has."
CHILLS. THIS IS THE MOST CATHARTIC MOMENT IN HISTORY
Zuko: "Where is my uncle?" Warden: "He's gone. He busted himself out. I've never seen anything like it, he was like a one-man army!"
Bato: "The youngest of our group should go with you. The adults will stay behind."
Bye-bye adults :(
Ay, Zuko is following Team Avatar! :D
The parts with Zuko may be the finest bits of storytelling I've ever seen. Unfortunately, the episode frames it more as a B-plot, so I didn't really feel its full impact. I kinda wish we got a full episode with Zuko coming to grips with his dissatisfaction, similar to "Zuko Alone". This is still the rawest most cathartic dialogue I've ever heard though.
Review by Clobby ClobstersBlockedParentSpoilers2021-09-19T04:41:38Z
The parts with Zuko may be the finest bits of storytelling I've ever seen. Unfortunately, the episode frames it more as a B-plot, so I didn't really feel its full impact. I kinda wish we got a full episode with Zuko coming to grips with his dissatisfaction, similar to "Zuko Alone". This is still the rawest most cathartic dialogue I've ever heard though.
8/10