And, perhaps, a joke about how forgettable that episode was. Not that it's a bad episode. I just always forget it exists.

That Sokka line is a great example of how Jack DeSena makes the character. It's an awful joke, but he sells it.

Uh huh. But air bison are "extinct" too, but…

*Punch*

And he's talking about his uvula, not his tonsils.

I did not love this article. It's interesting, but I think it's pretty obvious that we are supposed to read that scene ambiguous, as evidence that Korra is naive and out of her element. I also think it's premised on the idea that technology = progress in a way that's ahistorical and simplistic.

I was worried about the static location as well, but these two episodes helped quell my fears. As I've said before, one of A:TLA's best runs was the back half of Book 2 (back half of Book 3 edges it out by a hair, in my opinion), where all of the action was in Ba Sing Se. I like to think that Republic City is that…

I went Friday night, but I got very drunk first. It helped, but the handheld camera work was extra puke-inducing.

That makes 1000 different kinds of sense. Fortunately, by Mockingjay, all the makeover stuff becomes a pretty cynical meditation on the artificiality of hegemonic femininity.

Ditto. It has a simple, intuitive feel. Between the color commentary and the action on screen, you could easily figure out how a match works without having Korra just listen to an exposition dump. I wasn't expecting the pro-bending fighting style—efficient use of energy and evasive tactics—to have such similarities to…

Loved Episode 2 even more than Episode 1. Between that neat airbending training thing and pro-bending, it has some of the neatest ideas they've ever come up with.

Holy shitballs, that's Sally Draper? I like her even more now.

Some people wanted a Book 4 rather than a whole new show.

I actually liked the little kids. I thought they were used in moderation, and the little Hermione type was charming. I'm never ever going to be able to remember their names, though.

@badlan

Also, there are thinly veiled references to drugs and sex that somehow managed to slip past the censors. One character spends an entire episode tripping on peyote. I am not kidding.

I've never actually puked in response to something on screen (Exorcist and Alien didn't bother me, at least partly because it all looked so fake), but the Mad Men episode "Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency," which I watched on DVR while eating breakfast the morning after it aired, left me feeling queasy for the…

I had a similar reaction, but I had a hard time putting it into words. I kept thinking, "Wow, the acting is really excellent," but then I realized that at least half of that reaction was based on the facial expressions and body language of the characters rather than the voice acting (which is also good).

Yeah. I appreciated that little moment where Tenzin and his kids arrive and she kind of hangs back. I know their adversarial mentor/student relationship is going to be big, so it was nice to see that despite her brashness, the writers have given her an appropriate level of respect and a mature understanding of…

I like the character a lot, and I was prepared to find her a touch annoying. She has the maturity of a Katara but the "fuck you" bravado and physical confidence of a Toph. I like how the episode never did anything to call attention to the fact that she's a girl.