19 Years Later, a Perfect Avatar Episode Redefined the Show's Greatest Rivalry

The season 3 episode “The Avatar and the Fire Lord” tells the same story from two perspectives. Avatar Roku (James Garrett) reaches out to Aang through the spirit world to tell him about his own life and death in the Fire Nation while Prince Zuko (Dante Basco) follows a mysterious message to learn the secret history of his great-grandfather, Fire Lord Sozin (Ron Perlman). The episode, which was written by Elizabeth Welch and directed by Ethan Spaulding, shows both Roku and Sozin in a new light.