Well, Zuko is a changed person. He himself betrayed the fire nation many times including giving the Avatar back his Sky Bison.

Aang and Katara kissed but Katara got pissed right afterward. And the crystals only light up in the dark, not in the pressence of true love. Remember the riddle "love is brightest in the dark."

In the finale, Katara and Zuko were in a lit up area, not a dark cave. I've only seen the preview once, but I think they were in a grove or something.

Gran-Gran might have meant that Katara was supposed to teach him Water Bending. Or, by traveling with the avatar, Katara would gain something. Like she's traveled the world, become a Bending Master and she's now an adivsor to the Earth King.

Besides, Aang is WAY too old for Katara. He's old enough to be here great great great grandfather.

Overall, I enjoyed it a lot but I definitely found some things very troubling.

Enjoyed:
- Toph's reaction to flying without a saddle. Too funny. ;D
- "I'm with Sweetness" Toph's name for Katara. Being a longtime Chicago Bears fan, it brought back memories of the greatest running back in history, Walter Payton. But, Sweetness suits Katara just fine.
- The team's attack on the palace. Some great bending by all.
- Going back to the outer wall to see the drill.
- Katara kisses Aang goodbye.
- Zuko's spiritual journey. I think we will be seeing a nicer, gentler Zuko.

Troubling:
- Sokka's happy dance when Katara told him he could go to their father. It was just plain embarrassing.
- Sokka interrupting Aang telling Katara he loves her. So formulaic and predictable it was maddening.
- Seeing Azula, Mai and Tai Li dressed as the Kyoshi Warriors, made my heart break for Sokka.
- Toph being captured. Will she be able to escape?
- And the most troubling thing of all, the preview of the season finale with Zuko and Katara...... NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

What will be really so totally unfair is if Katara and Zuko end up falling for each other without Katara ever knowing how Aang feels for her. That's just not right. It would be so unfair to Aang. It's one thing if Katara knows she has two guys that love her and she chooses one over the other, even if it is Zuko over Aang but for her to choose Zuko while never knowing Aang loves her so, that's just criminal. I hope that doesn't happen.

5 Months till the 3rd season!!!

I can't wait to see the last two episodes of this season, how the heck am I going to wait 5 months??

While the theories on what Ozai's Angels and Long Feng's Dai Li buddies are going to do, I don't think they're 100% accurate. Everyone seems to be hitting the mark, but I think things will play out a little differently...

For one, I don't think Azula's cover is going to be blown immediately. In fact, I think it will continue to work just fine; and she, Mai, and Ty Lee will learn about Long Feng.

Now, look back at every episode that took place with Long Feng. The man obviously loves controlling the city and being in power. The Dai Li are everywhere and know about everything going on in the city. Azula obviously wants the Earth King dethroned and the city to fall. And as powerful as her and her friends are, they cannot defeat / take over an entire city on their own. So, what's the most logical course of action to take?

To free Long Feng and strike a bargain. More than likely; that in exchange for aiding in the overthrow of the Earth King and likely capturing Katara (and promising to get the remaining members of "Team Avatar"), Long Feng will be permitted to be the Fire Nation-appointed governor of Ba Sing Se after a successful coup.

As for Zutara ... who knows. The two ARE scheduled to meet up however, and all the evidence indicates Zuko will aid Aang and company; which in turn suggests he might not be so arrogant and hostile toward everyone. Katara included. So it's definitely possible, but we won't really know for sure. Guess we just have to wait for December 1st for the Crossroads of Destiny episode ^^

Sorry about that Kita, I rewatched Cave of Two Lover's and I realize I got my timeline mixed up. Aang said something about being dead is worse than kissing you and that's when Katara got angry. I thought that came after they lit up the crystals, not before. I retract my previous statements about the cave. But still, I think Zutara is better because their's less of an age difference.

I loved this episode. It is now my most favoritest ever. It was so amazing!!!
But I think the some of the things in the Earth King should have been on the season finale instead. Like Toph's capture, and Azula Kyoshi thing. 'Cause that would have been really really good, but I would be sooooo impatient to wait for the season premiere though.
I can't wait for the next ep. It is going to be great, there is also going to be a little Zutara action. Even though I'm more of a Kataang person Zutara will be interesting. Back to the Kyoshi girls, they probably are gone or most of them anyway.

to speak truthfully, when i first heard that robotic kind of speaking azula used, i thought she was a brainwashed kyoshi warrior. but then i realized it was Azula.

anyways, i think azula will team up with long feng, but at some point they will double-cross eachother. katara may not recognize her because of the make-up. plus, she may claim to be a new recruit. but if katara keeps her eyes and ears peeled, she should notice the brunette kyoshi warrior is always happy, one of the black-haired ones is always depressed, and the third sounds like azula


On the subject of falsified documents:

Toph's letter was faked by the two earthbenders. The Guru's letter came from him which was revealed in "Appa's Lost Days." The intelligence report about Hakota was information Long Feng attained. it was true. as was the guru's letter.



the light of the crystal's is not generated by love. its simply means that in the dark, you can see your way. its a riddle. its supposed to be make you think one thing, when really, it means the other. aang and katara were never actually seen making lip to lip contact in the cave of two lovers. zuko and katara were talking about emotions. I believe the dialogue was something like this:
Katara: The fire nation took away my mother from me.
Zuko: thats something we have in common.

Something about that seems emotion enough to get them to start making out.

they wont take toph out of the show. shes probably the funniest character. she even beats boomi, sokka, and iroh. why take the funniest character out? WHY?! shes gonna kick the punks asses and return. or she may form a band of fighters to score the country-side, liberating towns of the firenation until aang finds her. I can see it now:

A guard says, "Lady Toph will see you now!" Aang and co go to the throne room in omashu and toph and boomi are casually eating. And Toph says, "Sup." this of course, is highly unlikely, but i am confident she will stay in the show.

im outta stuff to say until yall say sum more stupid stuff. And yes, i do realize my horrid grammar in my most recent sentence.

I loved the episode but I saw most of the stuff coming a few seconds after but thats just me. But that didn't stop me from enjoying some of the surpises. Zuko without his scare but with the arrow tatoo like killed me and brought me back to life. Not to mention some of the scenes that Sokka did stupid things, like try to kick down the big fancy door but simply got flooped. Made my insides sore from all the laughter. I liked the earth king too. Funny, clueless and just plain cool. Not as cool as Boomi but still cool.

Earth King: You call yourselves friends after you assault my palace, defeaten my gaurds, and burst down my big fancy door."
Toph: He's gotta point.

I think that Toph will find a way to escape and join up with the rest of the group, Katara might get captured by either the Dai-Lee, Azula and gang, or by the earth king himself, considering that he might take an assault from what is considered friends of the avatar. Hint, hint. I think the Aang will get to learn how to control the avatar state but then again, he might have to decide between learning this or saving his comrades! Sokka I think will get to see his father, but I think that the rough Rhinos will come in and ruin the moment. Azula and gang will try and kill the king and they might succeed unless Zuko interfers. I think Zuko will finally beable to do lightening and kick Azula's arse! BUt he might get arrested. Long Feng will probally form an allaince with Azula but if they do they will certainly try and stab them in the back. Suki and her gang are probally dead, cause I don't see why Azula wouldn't finish her off when she could just very well unravel her plan and I don't see how she could escape while wounded and her foes having mounts.

And thats my copper for your thoughts mates.

I tend not to look at the relationships cause I think they are something that noone can predict accurately. Currently I can't place my money on either Aang or Zuko getting Katara, so since I can't predict it I tend not to speak of it. Some may consider me either weird or sane but I consider myself making a safe bet.

Interesting theory Kita, though I doubt that is what will happen cause I think Zuko will change for the better. His old self will not beable to get back cause he will be someone entirely new, from a perspective. Thats my dime for my thoughts.

The reason Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee would try to take the city is because that's precisely what they were trying to do with the drill ... and it seems like an awful waste of time to go through all the effort to make the drill, get inside the city, find out that there's a conspiracy and potential coup going on, and then to turn around and abandon the whole idea. Yes they are very likely after the Avatar, but it's far more to their strategic advantage to take over the city once they find out Aang is gone. After all, they'd likely find out he would be returning eventually; what better trap than to have an entire city full of Dai Li waiting for him? Plus, Ba Sing Se is the last remaining Earth Kingdom stronghold; they may as well capture it while they have the chance.

Also as much as I favor Zutara over Kataang; they are not in the Cave of Two Lovers. For one, that's back at Omashu. Which is, for those of you who haven't looked at the maps, on the other side of the bloody continent. Seems like one hell of a trip without a flying bison.

And in case that's not enough to convince you people: the creators themselves have announced at a panel that it is NOT the Cave of Two Lovers.

I have a question about the Kyoshi costumes, how did Azula and co. get them?

Timeline of the Events in Question:
The Library-Appa is Stolen
Appa's Lost Days-We see Azula attack the Kyoshi Warriors
Appa's Lost Days-We see Appa being Captured
The Drill-Ba Sing Se is attacked
The Drill-The Drill is flooded with Slurry and taken out of action
The Earth King-Azula and Co. arrive in the Earth King's temple

Now, if Azula defeated the Kyoshi warriors before they attacked with the drill, then where did they get the costumes? The drill was completeley flooded with slurry and wouldn't the costumes have been destroyed? Even though it's a stupid question, it's bugging me.

I realize that but Appa was stolen at the end of The Library and Appa's Lost Days was a flashback episode. The events within it occured in the past. If Appa's Lost Days occured at that time then Azula left Ba Sing Se, then turned around randomly until she found the Kyoshi Warriors no where near the city . She should've met the Kyoshi Warriors before the Drill