Endgame

"Endgame" is the twelfth and final episode of season one of The Legend of Korra and the twelfth episode of the overall series. It debuted on June 23, 2012 on Nickelodeon, back-to-back along with episode eleven, "Skeletons in the Closet".

Overview
''The long-awaited duel between Amon and Korra is coming. ''

Synopsis
Bolin, Asami and Iroh travel on Naga towards the Equalist Airbase. Upon finding it, Iroh tells Bolin to use his earthbending to destroy the airstrips. They leave Naga and Pabu behind and head down to the base. But they get electrocuted by the wireless electrifying fence posts invented by Hiroshi and fall unconscious.

Meanwhile, all the Equalists have gathered in the Bending Arena for Amon's Rally, Mako and Korra also arrived, disguised as Chi-Blocker soldiers. Amon appears on stage and begins his speech by telling everyone about how a firebender killed his family and scarred his face. At that moment Korra interrupts, denounces him as a liar, reveals his true name while unmasking and revealing herself to the rally. Amon allows her to continue saying there is nothing to fear from her.

Korra tells the rally about everything they learned: that Amon had been lying to them and that he removes people's bending by bloodbending them. The crowd stirs at this and the Lieutenant asks Amon what Korra was talking about. Amon counters by saying that Korra is desperate and making up stories as a pathetic last resort. Korra goes on to tell everyone that Amon's family was not killed by a firebender but that he is Yakone's son and Tarrlok's brother, much to the crowd's surprise.

Amon counters by revealing his face, showing a red burn mark across it. The crowd begins to call Korra a liar. Korra tries to persuade them but is not successful anymore. Mako tells Korra that they said what they wanted to and should now leave. Amon's troops begin surrounding the platform Korra and Mako's on. Amon interrupts them and reveals that he had captured Tenzin's family. They are brought on stage much to Korra's surprise.

Asami and the others wake up in a prison cell. Hiroshi tells Asami that he is sorry for hurting her but that she will one day come to her senses and they will be a family again. Asami rejects his words and tells him that her mom would hate him for what he has done. Enraged, Hiroshi condemns his daughter and claims he is avenging his wife's death. At that moment, a chi-blocker informs him that the airplanes are ready for take-off. Hiroshi gives the order to annihilate the United Forces fleet, much to Iroh and Bolin's surprise. He then goes on to goad Iroh that they had intercepted his message to Bumi and now knew exactly where the fleet was. He leaves. Asami asks how they were gonna get out of there. Iroh queries Bolin if he could metalbend and he denies being able to, much to Iroh's chagrin.

Soon after, when everyone else seems to have left the building, Naga burst in and uses her strength to break the prison's bars. Bolin exclaims that who needs a metalbender when they have Naga. They race to the airstrip where the planes have already started taking off. Iroh goes after the planes, Bolin rides off with Naga and Asami boards one of the empty mecha tanks, finding it similar to a Future Industries' forklift.

Iroh uses his firebending to jet himself onto one of the planes in the middle of taking-off. He throws the pilot out of the cockpit and takes control, albeit his pilot skills are not that good. He soon figures out the rudimentary control of his craft and gives chase to the airborne planes.

Meanwhile, at the rally, Amon announces that he will rid the world of airbending forever. Korra tells him to let the airbenders go. But Amon taunts her telling her she is welcome to try and save them. Mako cautions Korra that Amon's baiting them but the situation does not give them any other options. Amon begins walking to the bound Airbenders. Mako bends lightning at Amon forcing him away from the Airbenders. Using firebending to give the supporting force, Mako and Korra run on the face of the adjacent wall and land on the stage, sending fire blasts to further push Amon and his forces back. Korra releases Tenzin while querying him on the location of Pema, their newly born baby and Beifong. Tenzin knows where Pema and the baby are imprisoned but is clueless as to where Beifong is. Released, Tenzin rushes to the front of the battle and Airbends blasts of wind that knock first the two remaining Equalist guards off the stage and finally Amon who had just narrowly avoided Mako's firebending blast. As this happened, Korra releases the three kids and they escape into a backstage corridor.

Upon reaching a fork in the corridor, Korra opts to stay behind and create a diversion as Tenzin and his family gets out. Tenzin and the kids go to rescue Pema. Korra and Mako turn back to see Amon enter the corridor. The two run off down the fork opposite the one Tenzin and the kids went. Korra firebends flame walls to slow Amon down and they enter one of the doors ahead. Undaunted Amon chases after them paying little heed to the flames. He almost goes past the room Korra and Mako hid within but notices the doors' swinging and enters as well.

Korra, hidden beneath a table watches Amon slowly walk past. He pauses, much to her fear, and then walks on. However, as soon as she sighs she is bended out from her hiding place. Yes... she was Bloodbended and dragged out, unable to resist. She is suspended in midair. Mako emerges from his hiding place and blasts fire towards Amon, but is quickly reduced to the same condition as Korra, suspended from midair and unable to resist, thanks to Amon's bloodbending. They are then both thrown to the ground. Korra in then bloodbended into position and Amon proceeds to take away her bending much to both Korra and Mako's devastation. Upon release, Korra collapses to the ground and Amon gloats in victory.

In the meantime, Iroh has been giving chase to the airplanes over the sky of Republic City. He bends lightning at the middle plane in the Equalists' formation and it crashes into the one on its immediate right, making it two down in one hit. The other planes scatter with Iroh chasing one of them. It releases a trap mechanism that entangles with Iroh's propeller stopping it. Iroh jumps off in midair just before the plane explodes. He then uses the air resistance to position himself and then uses Firebending to boost himself and navigate onto the wing of one of the remaining planes. He punches out a fire blast to destroy the plane right in front of him. He then rolls towards the cockpit, firebend-kicks the pilot out and falls into the recently vacated seat. The Equalist, just now so rudely ejected, manages to release his parachute. However, Iroh is not given much time to rest as a bomb falls on the left tip of his tail-wing. As he desperately tries to maintain control, the last airplane navigates directly above him and prepares to drop a bomb right onto Iroh's cockpit. Seeing this Iroh firebends a blast straight up into the opposing plane's bomb-bay and destroys it. Approaching the Equalist modified statue of Aang, Iroh gives up on regaining control and jumps off, grabbing on the the Equalist-emblemed cloth now hanging from the staff. The plane crashes into the Amon mask on the statue's face and Iroh witnesses the mask fall off revealing Aang's face once more. He then thanks Aang for looking out for him.

On the other hand, back at the airbase, Bolin's already rendered four of the five airstrips useless via his earthbending and proceeds to destroy the last one as the mecha-tanks approach him. They attack him with their cables just as he finishes. Luckily, Naga jumps in and garbs all three cables in her mouth. She then pulls on the cables and flips over the three mecha-tanks in one go. They fall and slide until they are a breath's distance from Bolin's face, much to his exclamation. He thanks Naga, who seems overjoyed to finally kick some Equalist Mecha-tank butt. Asami is within one of the hangars destroying the remaining planes with her newly acquired mecha-tank. Hiroshi appears in another mecha-tank and confronts her telling her that she is aiding the very people who killed her mother. Asami replies by telling him that he does not feel love for her mother anymore since there is only hatred in his heart. Angered, Hiroshi calls her an ungrateful and insolent child and begins to charge at her. Asami releases wires to entrap him but Hiroshi avoids them and takes this chance to ram his mecha-tank into hers, launching her away and onto her back. He then approaches the fallen mecha-tank and proceeds to bash-in Asami's cockpit. He says that he now sees that Asami can not be saved and prepares to land the final blow. Just then, rocks come flying and hit Hiroshi's mecha-tank forcing him away. It is Bolin. He charges on Naga's back, earthbend-throwing big rocks and yells at Hiroshi that he is a horrible father. Hiroshi is forced back further under this new onslaught. Asami takes this chance to get up and use her mecha-tank to rip of the arm of Hiroshi's mecha-tank and toss him several feet away, where he skids until the hangar wall. Asami approaches and tears off the door to his cockpit. But she hesitates at that moment. Seeing her hesitation, Hiroshi launches a cabled claw at her and uses the opening to climb out of the damaged mecha-tank and run away. Voicing her realization of Hiroshi really being a horrible father she launches one of the spinning wire traps and entangles Hiroshi into submission. She then bows her head and sheds a tear.

Meanwhile, Amon stands before the collapsed Korra and proclaims her finally powerless. Korra struggles to her knees and tries to bend at him to no avail. Her bending really does seem to be gone. But there is a small surprise for Amon, his Lieutenant had followed him. He confronts Amon telling him he saw him bloodbend the Avatar. He takes of his mask, throws it to the ground and stomps on it, crushing the in-built goggles. He them proclaims Amon a traitor, telling him that he dedicated his life to him. He then proceeds to attack but is predictably stopped by Amon's bloodbending. Amon tells him that he's served him well and then throws him into a pile of timber. Whether he is dead or unconscious is unknown. He then turns back to his two prey and walks past the now weakened Korra to approach Mako. He starts to bloodbend Mako into position but Mako manages to point his fingers towards Amon and launches a lightning attack that electrocutes him and flings him away into a corner of the room. He then, sluggishly, sends two fire blasts that cause the timber around Amon to fall on top of him. Knowing that it wouldn't be long before Amon recovers, he quickly but gently takes Korra in his arms and runs out into the corridor. Korra begins to tell Mako about her bending but Mako cuts her off telling everything will be alright and that they just need to get out of here. But then he is forced to stop again by Amon's bloodbending. Korra falls onto the floor and slides a little way off. Amon bloodbends Mako and slams him into the ceiling, the floor and the two walls on his sides. Mako collapses and Amon tells him that he's the first to get the better of him like that. He then forcibly bloodbends Mako into position saying that it's almost a shame to take away the bending of someone so talented, almost.

Korra sees him get ready to take Mako's bending, unable to see the one she loves experience a similar fate, she digs deep into her self for bending, any kind of bending, and throws a punch. A blast of wind forms around her fist and launches to hit Amon back away from Mako. It seems that though Amon was able to remove her waterbending, earthbending and firebending, he couldn't remove her airbending. Plus the lack of her usual three elements coupled together with her strong desire to protect Mako had allowed her to break through her spiritual block, thus enabling her to airbend. Amon doesn't believe that she could still airbend. And Korra realizes what she just did. She proclaims that she can airbend, regains her vigor and launches consecutive air-punches towards Amon. Amon is forced back to the window at the end of the corridor but manages to use bloodbending to ensnare Korra, it seems like the battle had once again turn in Amon's favor as Korra once again struggles seemingly in vain. However, Korra resists. She forces her leg up and forward and launches a powerful air-kick towards Amon who is blasted out the window and into the sea. His mask falls off in mid air and he splashes into the water before his Equalist supporters.

The supporters gather on the railing and witness Amon's mask float up but no Amon. The Equalist Activist begins stoking the crowd's anger by calling Korra a Tyrant and an Evil Avatar. Meanwhile, Amon, being unconscious, sinks deeper into the sea and red color starts to flow away from his face as his scar dissolves. He suddenly awakens and finding himself in danger from drowning he instinctively waterbends a spout to force himself up and out of the water. His "scar" now completely dissolved by the water and his face unblemished, he sees and is completely seen by his supporters. The supporters realize that everything the Avatar told them was the truth. Seeing that he's lost everything, Amon dives underwater and escapes.

Credits

 * Written by:
 * Michael Dante DiMartino
 * Bryan Konietzko


 * Directed by:
 * Joaquim Dos Santos
 * Ki Hyun Ryu


 * Starring:
 * Janet Varney - Korra
 * David Faustino - Mako
 * P. J. Byrne - Bolin
 * Seychelle Gabriel - Asami
 * J.K. Simmons - Tenzin
 * Mindy Sterling - Beifong
 * Steve Blum - Amon
 * Dee Bradley Baker:
 * Tarrlok
 * Naga
 * Pabu
 * Oogi


 * Also starring:
 * Dante Basco - General Iroh
 * Logan Wells - Meelo
 * Darcy Rose Byrnes - Ikki
 * Daniel Dae Kim - Hiroshi
 * Lance Henriksen - Lieutenant
 * D.B. Sweeney - Aang
 * Carlos Alazraqui - Protester
 * Jeff Bennett - Radio broadcaster


 * Additional voices:
 * Dee Bradley Baker
 * J.K. Simmons
 * Clancy Brown
 * Jeff Bennett


 * Special guest star:
 * Eva Marie Saint - Katara

Series continuity

 * Korra uses airbending for the first time.
 * Korra talks to Aang for the first time, and enters the Avatar State for the first time.
 * Aang grants Korra energybending abilities.
 * Korra uses energybending to give Lin back her earthbending and, ostensibly, her metalbending.
 * Tarrlok destroys his and Noatak's boat, presumably killing both of them.
 * Pema and Rohan are found safe and sound.
 * Bumi is shown for the first time.
 * Korra and Mako admit they love each other and kiss.
 * Tarrlok acknowledges the fact that Amon removed his bending in the episode "Out of the Past".
 * Amon takes Korra's bending away, except her airbending, but she then recovers it when her past lives intervene and restore her abilities via energybending.

Goofs

 * After attacking Amon in the Pro-bending Arena, Korra tells the kids to follow her but in the next frame when they run out of the door she is behind them. This could only be a goof if the door from the stage in the arena led directly into the corridor where the confrontation between Amon and Korra begins, otherwise it is likely that Korra and Co. regrouped in a different room. On the other hand, it is possible that she was in the lead untill the door and then opened it while holding the handle in order to usher the others through.
 * While Amon is bloodbending, the fingernails on his right hand are missing.
 * When Hiroshi attacks Asami, he breaks Asami's mecha-tank window but Asami's mecha-tank is later fixed like nothing happened to it at all.
 * When the Lieutenant finds out that Amon is a bloodbender, he takes off his mask and stomps it into the ground, then Amon throws him to the side with bloodbending, but in the next frame, the remains of Lieutenant's mask are not there.
 * After Korra discovers she can airbend, she fires two air-blasts at Amon, but in the next frame only one hits him, and the second has disappeared.
 * In the scene where most of the characters were waiting while Katara tried to heal Korra, Lin Beifong was seen wearing her metal police uniform. The uniform requires metalbending to get into, thus Lin could not have done so after her bending was removed. This is in relation to Lin's once-captured police officers, whom she found in "Out of the Past", stripped of their metal armors.
 * When Amon is following Korra, Korra creates walls of fire. However, after Amon jumps through the second wall, in the next frame the fire disappears.
 * Following the destruction of Iroh's plane, two other planes were in front of him, but in the next frame they are below his exploding plane.
 * After Amon waterbends in front of of the Pro-Bending Arena, it shows statue of Aang without the flag of Equalists, despite the fact it was never shown being destroyed.
 * When Iroh is using lightning to attack the other planes in front of his own, the lightning goes past the propeller and does not affect his plane at all.
 * When Tarrlok unscrews the cap in the boat, the spirals are shown going the wrong way as the cap should've tightened the way he turned it.

Trivia

 * This episode is part of the second set of episodes shown back-to-back in The Legend of Korra, the first being "Welcome to Republic City" and "A Leaf in the Wind"
 * Bending removed with bloodbending can be restored through Energybending.
 * This is the first episode in The Legend of Korra in which the episode's title is only one word. The first series contains only two episodes like this: "Imprisoned" and "Jet".
 * This is also one of two episodes, the other being "Out of the Past", that contains "Aang's Theme" from the original series, heard as Korra enters the Avatar State.
 * When Korra bent all four elements while in the Avatar State, she summoned the elements in a fashion that was in reverse order of the Avatar Cycle: air, fire, earth and water.
 * In this episode we can see Amon crying for the first time.
 * In this episode, It was the first time ever as Avatar's past lives appeared like normal people and not as spirits look.

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