Tenzin cares about his family, that keeps him grounded.

All I'm going to say is the repetition of two words in the next episode made me simulaneously YAY and SAD :(.

"how much better this episode would have been if Bolin and Varrick were in charge of recapping all the stories."

… it's going to cut to her and Iroh having tea in the spirit world. You know it. I know it. We all know it.

THAT. God, next week cannot come soon enough.

I genuinely thought they were going to kill her in the finale. She was the only major character without major ties.