Now this episode was just stuffed to the brim with everything. With a series so short it's necessary to get things moving fast and this episode was another huge leap. Surprisingly, Korra was not the center of attention this time, instead the two major plots focused on her friends trying to find her, and a flash of Aang dealing with the criminal, Yakone.
Having the action build again was really amazing. While Team Avatar has normally been on the defensive, this time they finally attacked the Equalists. Bei Fong, being the true badass that she is, took the lead to breaking into the headquarters, rescuing her men, and taking out anyone they ran into. Together the entire group never really had too much trouble with their assault; it just goes to show how amazing they can be when they work together.
The second part of their plot involved confronting Tarrlok. This is where it starts to get a little iffy for me. The Equalists tell the group that they didn't attack and kidnap Korra, so Tenzin immediately concludes that Tarrlok had her kidnapped and lied. I mean, I know Tarrlok is shady and he actually is guilty, but how could Tenzin make an assumption just like that? Their confrontation with Tarrlok would must likely have failed as they had absolutely no proof against him. However, in an awesome moment, Tarrlok's assistant that we saw briefly last time revealed the truth about him. Seeing Tarrlok completely break down was pretty cool too, considering how he's been a smug jerk all this time.
The other side of this episode involved Korra meditating to find out what Aang was trying to tell her. We finally see the story of how Aang and Toph arrested Yakone. After just getting glimpses it's really nice to have it all straightened up and explained. Yakone could definitely rival Amon in creepiness. He remains calm for the most part, and when he's sentenced to prison, he proceeds to bloodbend everyone in the room. There are so many things that are disturbing with these signs: Yakone's constant calm, the sickening sound that comes with bloodbending, the struggling movements of the victims, and then there's the fact that Yakone was doing this in a full room instead of waiting until he was alone. Aang eventually takes away his bending for good, which definitely made the connection with Amon.
As the episode wraps up we learn that Tarrlok is Yakone's son, predictably enough. However, here's another moment I'm not too keen on. Just after Korra concludes that Aang's been trying to warn her about Tarrlok all this time, Tarrlok himself is attacked and depowered by Amon. So we have all this build up to Tarrlok being a major threat, and he's just disposed of by the bigger bad? Korra never even got a shot of him after he imprisoned her. I'm hoping that he's not done yet, but with the finale fast approaching, it doesn't seem too likely.
After that, though, we soon return to the awesome. Korra manages to keep herself safe from electrocution by using her wristband to suspend herself. She then takes out the Equalists and manages to escape from Amon. At the end she is reunited with her relieved friends.
One more thing I'd like to mention about this episode is Asami. I liked her before because of her level-headedness, yet now it seems like she's letting the romantic drama get to her. I was hoping this was all behind us after the drama between Korra, Bolin, and Mako, but apparently Asami wants to have her turn now. Throughout the episode she commented on how Mako was so obsessed with finding Korra. Maybe afterwards she could worry about it, but right now her friend has been kidnapped and that's what she chooses to complain about? I suspect that they'll resolve all this drama in the episode before the finale, so hopefully everyone can work it out.
Overall it was a good episode with a couple of questionable points. Like I said the finale is almost here, so if it continues to build, you know it'll be huge.
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