This episode started out not promising too much, but once it got rolling it seriously made some big movements.
The main thing to note that it was basically line after crossed line for Tarrlok. It's not surprise that the new chief of police is in his pocket, but that was just the start of his feud with Korra. Tarrlok continues to prod Korra, and things take a turn for the worst when he tries to abuse all non-benders for being suspect of being equalist. Korra, being the hot-headed morally driven girl she is, tries to help the people, only to get her friends arrested. Then at the climax, Korra visits Tarrlok alone at night. It starts out like another one of their conversations going nowhere, but suddenly Tarrlok snaps at gets into a fight with Korra. And at the very last minute he shows that he knows how to bloodbend and locks Korra in a wagon. His last words are that she'll never see Republic City again.
These episodes just keep on adding bigger and bigger plotpoints. Whether Tarrlok is working for Amon or not, he's clearly branded himself as a villain now. We don't know what's in store for Korra, but she's got a lot of work to do now.
In this episode we also got to see the official formation of the new Team Avatar. Korra, Bolin, Mako, and Asami get into action and start taking down the equalists. I thought that Korra was supposed to be focusing on Airbending instead of fighting crime but I'm not complaining. We finally got to see Mako and Bolin in full offense mode which is something I've been waiting for. But it's clear that the most skilled fighter is Asami, which isn't too surprising.
I really liked Korra's attitude this episode. As usual she doesn't always think before acting, but that's what makes her so cool. She's ready to help out the nonbenders as soon as she sees how they're being treated. Then she takes the fight to Tarrlok personally. And when he tells her that he'll release her friends if she follows his rules, I was expecting her to reluctanly agree, but she tells him that she can't be controlled. Go Korra!
I have to say I am quite disappointed with Ikki, though. Just when that painful romantic plot was getting resolved, Ikki blurts out to Asami that Korra likes Mako. And later we see that it's Asami's turn to get jealous. Really? We already had Korra, Mako, and Bolin have dramatic reactions to this plot, while Asami remained pretty kind to everyone. And now she's going to get angry too. Thanks, Ikki.
But there were some funny parts in this episode too. My favorite part was Korra yelling at the corrupt police chief, "You are the worst police chief ever!" And it was immediately followed by Tenzin telling her to calm down, before adding, "You really are the worst...ever." Ah Tenzin, always good for a laugh.
With the end of this episode we've got a lot of questions and plots to resolve. Will Korra manage to get back to Republic City? Will her friends get out of jail? How will they deal with Amon? When are we going to see Beifong again? I seriously can't wait for the next episode!
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