Welcome to Republic City

Writers: Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko

"Welcome to Republic City" is the first episode of The Legend of Korra. In this episode, Avatar Korra leaves the safety of her home in the Southern Water Tribe and travels to the heavily populated Republic City to begin her airbending training with Tenzin, son of the previous Avatar. She is shocked to find a big city full of dangers, including criminal bending gangs and a vocal anti-bending revolution.

Overview
Although very little detail has been released, what is known is that at some point in this episode, there is a flashback to the Order of the White Lotus traveling to the Southern Water Tribe and discovering Korra as the next Avatar.