While the first five episodes of the season has the Gaang twiddling their thumbs with these adventures, Zuko and Iroh undergo their own adventure as exiles that contains some of the best stories in the series. While Avatar Kyoshi is one of the baddest bosses in the Avatar universe, the tale behind how she created Kyoshi Island would be far more appropriate during the first season's "The Kyoshi Warriors" than in Book 2, where the Gaang meets a new town that barely matters and goes through the motions of a trial just as inconsequential. Part of what makes the world of Avatar so interesting is the rich history constantly hinted at throughout the series, but "Avatar Day" spends far too long giving the audience far too little.
The problem is that those core plot points could be established more elegantly elsewhere.īook 1 already spent ample time establishing the mechanics and limitations of the Avatar State in episodes like the two-parter "Winter Solstice," and would later receive further fleshing-out in Book 2's "The Guru." Stopping the story periodically to hash and rehash how the Avatar State works may have been a necessity in the original series where the creators did not have it perfectly plotted out from the start, and by cutting the episode, Netflix could provide more room for the far more consequential introduction of Azula. Aang's mastery of the Avatar State is a core plot point in the series, providing the power boost he needs to fulfill his destiny and defeat the Fire Lord by the series end. The first episode of the series' second season has a lot of weight to pull in setting up its story, but "The Avatar State" has an even harder job considering it took the original series a full season to fully figure out how its world works and where its story is going.
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