Avatar: The Last Airbender
Stuck the LandingFinale "Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang" scored 9.9, one of its highest-rated episodes.
RedemptionThe long road to earning back a lost self.This show: 9/10Deep worldbuildingDense lore that rewards immersion.This show: 9/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 9/10Tight writingNo wasted scenes, just disciplined storytelling.This show: 8/10HopefulPersistent optimism in the face of adversity.This show: 8/10High fantasyInvented worlds with magic and rules of their own.This show: 8/10Wonder & aweSpectacle and imagination that expand the world.This show: 8/10Found familyUnrelated people slowly becoming each other's family.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Dee Bradley BakerZach Tyler EisenMae WhitmanJack De SenaDante BascoMichaela Jill Murphy
Written by
Michael Dante DiMartinoBryan Konietzko
Starring
Dee Bradley BakerZach Tyler EisenMae WhitmanJack De SenaDante BascoMichaela Jill Murphy
Written by
Michael Dante DiMartinoBryan Konietzko
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Avatar: The Last Airbender Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | ||
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| S1 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 9.6 | ||
| S2 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.6 | ||
| S3 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
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About
"Kids' cartoon that quietly becomes prestige storytelling"
In a world split into four elemental nations, a young boy discovers he is the last surviving Airbender and the only one who can master all four elements to end a century-long war. What starts as a bright, episodic adventure with a talking lemur and goofy sibling banter steadily deepens into serialized storytelling about trauma, colonialism, and moral complexity. The humor stays intact even as the stakes rise, and the found-family core keeps every arc grounded. It's fast, funny, gorgeous to look at, and builds to genuinely earned emotional payoffs.
Watch it for
the way silly kids' adventure gradually earns real emotional and moral weight without losing its humor.
Maybe skip if
you can't tolerate early episodes that lean broad and comedic before the story tightens up.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Book One: Water2005
8.2176K208h 11m
Katara and Sokka (a brother and sister from the Southern Water Tribe) discover the Avatar (a 12-year-old Airbender boy named Aang) frozen in an iceberg. Together the three begin their journey to the North Pole to find a master waterbender so Aang can begin his Avatar training!
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Book Two: Earth2006
8.7168K208h 17m
Aang, along with Katara, Sokka, and their animal friends Appa and Momo, continues on his quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar. According to the Avatar cycle, the group must now enter the Earth Kingdom to search for a master earthbender to teach Aang.
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Book Three: Fire2007
9.1206K218h 21m
Aang wakes up from his battle with Azula to discover that Ba Sing Se has fallen and the world thinks he's dead. So he and his friends set off undercover across the Fire Nation to find Fire Lord Ozai before the Day of Black Sun. Prince Zuko returns home as the triumphant son, but soon finds the honor he so greatly craved from his father is worthless. New alliances are formed and Team Avatar forges a new plan to stop the Fire Lord. But will they find him in time?
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Dee Bradley Baker Appa, Momo, Additional Voices
Zach Tyler Eisen Aang, Additional Voices, Kid
Mae Whitman Katara, Additional Voices, Kya
Jack De Sena Sokka, Additional Voices
Dante Basco Prince Zuko, Additional Voices, Soldier #1
Michaela Jill Murphy Toph, Additional Voices, Meng
Mako Uncle, Additional Voices, Red Dragon
Grey DeLisle Azula, Additional Voices, Actress Katara
André Sogliuzzo Hakoda, Bumi, Captain
Cricket Leigh Mai
Crew
Michael Dante DiMartino
Bryan Konietzko
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