While I'd imagine a lot of people were frustrated with the way Korra was fighting this episode, I thought it was a really effective way of showing how she's still struggling with her psychological trauma.

There's a weird visual imbalance, most critically because of Roy getting a costume and not Dig. It was never an issue with The Canary because she came in as a fully-trained, heightened character that clearly outclassed Diggle. But Roy came in with less training than Diggle, and now all of a sudden he gets a costume.…

Why thank you!

BTW, Jinora's bison Pepper has freckles on her(?) nose. That's too freakin' cute.

That's my running theory at the moment. Zaheer is the only villain still alive, and Korra recalls the moment he almost killed her more than even Amon and Unalaq's attempts. That's a thread the writer in me would never leave untouched, and I don't think Bryke would either.

Toph wasn't telling Korra to let go of the past. "That fight is over. Let go of your fear." Toph recognized that Korra was spending too much time fighting her memories and her fears. Korra couldn't look at the deeper meaning of her encounters: the ideologies that her enemies believed in and what Korra could take away…

I do agree with Oliver in that the show does need to return to its action roots. But I think this episode did a fantastic job of tying together all of the show's seasons and villains from a thematic perspective. I take no credit for this observation and don't even recall who made it originally, but the Avatar's role…

I really wish Oliver would stop considering Korra's absence from the Earth Empire plot a problem. If it weren't for her absence, we wouldn't have gotten her wonderful standalone episode last week, and we wouldn't have her hilarious interactions with Toph. And Kuvira's rapid rise to power wouldn't feel as alarming as…

I think the idea was that Laurel used her crusade against the Arrow to avoid all of her internal grief and guilt. When she realized what she was doing, she just completely cracked and went off the deep end. YMMV on whether this was in any realistic (I'm leaning towards no) but I think the end result was a more…

To Laurel's credit, she ignored all of Ollie's warnings. After all, she knew that in the reverse, Sara would have killed Komodo in heartbeat and not even Ollie could have stopped her.

This is why I don't agree with Alasdair's assessment of Laurel's grief. We know that in the wake of death, Laurel tends to find destructive ways to cope. Tommy's death drove her to pursue the Arrow, and when that was no longer feasible, she spiraled into alcoholism and lashed out at everyone she could. And Laurel's…

Babies named after dead characters always gets me. Charlie Hume on LOST, now Sara Diggle.

Still waiting for a "Fastest Man Alive" sex joke. Where's Hawkgirl when you need her?

Few action shows/dramas get me to audibly react during fight sequences. Those are: The Legend of Korra, Game of Thrones, and Arrow. After more than a season of mediocre to decent action sequences (save for perhaps Ward vs. May in the finale), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. finally got me completely and unabashedly giddy with…

Observations:

When the AV Club was talking about getting ARROW'D, I certainly wasn't expecting it to be Sara.

It's rather indicative of how far this show has come when you compare how the show suffered when it split Team Avatar apart in Book 2, but in Book 4 it's much more keenly felt and adds to the narrative tension. I can't see the show going out on anything other than a thunderous high note.

It's in the show!

I've seen Conan rehearsing. It is, in fact, very cool.

A random Fire Avatar seen during "Winter Solstice: Part 2" and Kyoshi have both bent lava.