The Great Divide

I was enjoying the whole thing (and I didn't find it's boring) until Aang said he made up that story. I really don't want to see Avatar lies. Why did they decide to write such things?

A terrific allegory on the pettiness of superficial prejudice (and its long-lasting consequences) based on miscommunication, misinformation and different interpretations of cultural lore. It works as a stand-alone episode so some people that are hungry for more long-term plot candy don't give it the love it deserves for just solid ethics building for adolescents.

It was a nice allegory for how conflict in reality starts, just between a hunch and miscommunication, but it really lost me in the pacing and the ending. I found myself getting bored at the meaningless conflict between Katara and Sokka, and the ending just makes the episode meaningless plot wise.

I would probably rank it higher if these tribes were actually important to understand there conflict, or maybe they had come back later in the series, but they just don't. And this is solidified when the conflict that was apparently ongoing for decades, just ends as some child they don't know says he saw something different. It doesn't make sense why they would believe him and it doesn't make sense why Aang would bother lying, especially as it seems sort of out of character for him to lie like that.

Only episode I skip when rewatching.

Genuinely one of the worst episodes or might as well be the worst episode that has ever been a part of the avatar series. I mean, literally, the show literally pokes fun at it by Skipping it LOL. I understand how the episode does its take on familial conflict or conflicts between generations can be mistranslated and create a grudge on other people, but the take on here is super weak and the even the main cast feel their most flat yet.

I'm in the middle of watching Avatar: The Last Airbender since I have heard of its status as one of the greatest cartoons ever made, and it's anime-style animation. At first, I was a bit skeptical about watching The Great Divide, since I was aware that it is regarded as the show's worst episode, but after watching it, my feelings on the episode is pretty... mixed. Honestly, I can't think of a complete mix of feelings, as I have mostly positives, but not that many negatives. For example, Aang was still his heroic self, even if that infamous lie he told at the end of the episode wasn't necessarily justified, as he was trying his hardest to stop the tribes from arguing and bickering, even if it got him frustrated, something that I've normally haven't seen much in his character yet. I get that lying can be "the worst thing a human can do", according to my mum, but I personally don't agree, as that example with Aang's lie is that he just wanted the two factions to stop fighting, and to resolve their issues. This episode is mostly positives, very few negatives for me, as even though some of Aang and Katara's actions were a bit out of character, it was still a pretty good episode.