Aang, Toph, and Sokka came into Ozai's throne room. Ozai stood up and removed his robes, showing off his hardcore six pack, "So, you are alive? Let us begin-"

He was restrained by Toph earthbending some walls around him, "What?!"

Aang used airbending to jump above Ozai and then used it to send him towards the ceiling. As Ozai started to fall, Aang kicked some of the earth at him and sent him flying towards the wall. He crashed and fell on the floor, "Impossible."

Sokka knocked him out with his boomerang, ending the conflict. It was almost like they had no reason not to do so.

Book 3 is my least favorite season of the show.

The first half has some of the weakest stuff.

It has solid episodes, but it can be a slog to get to the Eclipse.

The beach episode is the best episode of the season because of it's good character work with Zuko, Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee.

We get episodes like Sokka's Master, which made me realize how much Sokka actually kinda sucks.

No really. I don't think he has a single victory throughout the entire show. Most of his wins are either insignificant or someone else wins it for him.

But enough about that.

Let's talk about The Day of the Black Sun. It's a good two part episode.

I have two problems with it.

They both involve Ozai.

WHY DIDN'T ZUKO JUST TAKE DOWN OZAI THERE AND THEN?!

No seriously, I want a good anwer. 'Aang needs to do it' is not a good answer.

It's just so stupid and I'll get into why next chapter.

Next issue I have is that Aang, Sokka, and Toph didn't go to confront Ozai. Why the hell not?!

Aang, Sokka, and Toph should be more than enough to do the job and they were already there. There was no reason to fall back.

But Day of the Black Sun is a great episode and is probably in my top ten of the show.

I'm mixed on how Zuko is developed. It is good stuff and well done, but I always felt like it should have played out differently. Aside from the 'he should have tried to beat Ozai' thing.

Maybe I'm just thinking about something that isn't there, but I feel like it was kind of a stupid move on Zuko's part to go after the Gaang without thinking they would be distrustful.

I feel like they should have handled how he went back differently. Maybe it's some kind of misunderstanding.

I just feel like the scene where he confronts Ozai comes out of left field. He was morally confused, but there really wasn't anything that felt it would have shaken Zuko off the Fire Nation side.

The things he says to Ozai makes sense, from the perspective that people have with him.

I do not like the interpretation that Zuko 'thought he was the good guy.'

I feel like those people just see the superficial stuff regarding Zuko. This is the guy who threatened to harm innocent people if Aang didn't reveal himself, tried to out right burn down a village, helped his sister enslave Ba Sing Se, and sent a bounty hunter to outright kill someone who, IN HIS WORDS, is just a kid.

Zuko didn't care about morality. He just cared about his honor and only his honor. (While I disagree that the show is problematic now, I will agree that it is very stereotypical.)

Sure, in The Storm, he did save one of his men, but that could have just been a pragmatic thing.

Also, and this might just be a me thing, but I HATE how the show tried to make the connection between Aang and Zuko.

In the first episode of Book 3 Aang makes a VERY forced statement about 'reclaiming his honor.' Even though Aang never cared about honor throughout the entire show. There's also an equally forced bit with Sokka reclaiming his honor after the Eclipse Two Parter.

Speaking of the first episode, Aang said that he 'refuses to hide his arrows' even though he did hide them in previous episodes.

But I do like Zuko's arc and think it was very well done.

The Southern Raiders is probably my favorite episode of the entire show. It shows Katara's character at it's best.

It's just a great episode and you should watch it if you haven't already.

The action is really at its peak with this season. It's just really good.

I admit. I wish that the comedy episodes….didn't exist because they were the weakest of this season. With the exception of the Ember Island Players. That was the only funny episode of Season 3.

But overall, Book three is a very solid experience. It's first half is weak, but the second half and the few good episodes of the first half make this season worth it.

Next time, we tackle the finale. Look forward to it.