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The Avatar Returns

Episode two: Zuko comes for the Avatar.

"The Avatar Returns" is the second episode of the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Directed by Dave Filoni and written by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, it aired on Nickelodeon on February 21, 2005, together with "The Boy in the Iceberg".

Quick Facts

Series
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Season
1
Episode
2
Director
Dave Filoni
Writer
Michael Dante DiMartino; Bryan Konietzko
Production
102
Air date
21 February 2005
Length
23 minutes

Lore & Background

After Aang and Katara accidentally set off a flare that alerts Zuko, Sokka banishes Aang from the village, and Katara stays with her family. Zuko's ship breaks through the village wall; he easily defeats Sokka and demands the Avatar, until Aang returns and knocks him off his feet.

More in Story & Timeline

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Elsewhere in Avatar The Last Airbender

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