Thematically it made sense she was committing suicide considering the 2 deaths right before.

That means God from the God, doesn't it? I think he meant deux ex machina. And I was fine with the phoenix since it was shown earlier.

Agreed, those are good points. Especially that it's harder for her to get a handle on that rage with something she can't physically punch. It just still angered me that she attacked those woodchucky things for almost no reason and Jinora was lost because of it. I love Jinora.

One thing I really loved about Avatar is that it would have been really easy to have Aang appear weak and naive for refusing to kill. Indeed I felt that way for a little while. But you know what? He never sat on his ass and refused to do anything. He fought hard to win the war and actually worked even harder to…

I really hope that it's number one. I hope that the last four episodes show this season had a really well-thought out plan, but I just have a hard time believing that. I'd forgotten about the Civil War until I discussed the episode with a friend, so that right there shows how convoluted this season has gotten.

Why would they do that? At least leave it open to that awesome interpretation.

The library was in the physical world when it sank with the professor inside it. I guess the owl brought it back to the spirit world.

I agree, Korra's like Kyoshi (my favorite Avatar). She'll definitely kill someone if they don't surrender and stand in her way.

The corpse was my favorite part of the episode. When the owl said that the professor was still there, I really thought they were going to do the typical kids' show reveal and show that he had survived. I loved that Korra went the other direction and simply confirmed that he had died. I love that this show can go…

I'm fairly okay with Iroh being in the spirit world; it's the least of my concerns. After all, he was one of the only mortals to enter the spirit world when alive, so it stands to reason he might be able to do so in death. Roku was an Avatar, though, so he should be in the spirit world. I think all the Avatars go…

Maybe I am overthinking it. It's just that for all of Avatar and the first season of Korra, the Spirit World was a very mysterious thing. It was rarely entered and when it was it was creepy and unknown. Now in the span of 3 or 4 episodes we've been given TONS of exposition and brand new rules for the spirit world…

I would be totally fine with her learning to be less hotheaded, but it should be done by now. I thought her learning of the Avatar's past was supposed to be the resolution to that part of her arc. Indeed she did seem much calmer last episode.

Invading the South turned her against him, though. Wouldn't it have been easier (and avoided risking his countrymen's lives) to simply manipulate Korra further? Keep staying on her good side?

That's a fair argument. But Gizmo's point connects to a larger issue of the Spirit World having very loose rules. We've been given tons of new ideas and concepts without too much explanation. Why does Korra turn into a child in the Spirit World? Why did Raava fuse with Wan when he touched the portal? Why is Iroh…

I just think this season's writing is a mess. I love the animation, voice acting, and I still enjoy watching the show, but this season just seems all over the place. Season one had two main plots: pro-bending and Hamon. This season has a civil war which hasn't been a focus point in a half dozen episodes, Asami and…

I agree it's an issue. Like I said, I think Korra's taken a big leap backwards from season one. She was always a fiery character, but in season one she worked well with others and came up with solid plans. This year she is increasingly violent, angry, and incompetent. There's a line between having a flawed…

I hadn't considered that. That's actually fairly obvious now; I should have realized.

I think they made her a child so that we feel more sympathetic towards Korra, since I personally feel she's become an irritating character.

For a different opinion, here are my major problems with this episode and season so far:

I gave it a B-. Carol's actions just don't make much sense. Almost no disease is 100% fatal and they had no knowledge of this flu other than it killed 2 or 3 people. David and Karen were already isolated; killing them did nothing more to help the group. And why didn't Bob grab any medicine in his bag? If he wants…