Writer:	Aaron Ehasz
Director:	Giancarlo Volpe
Star:	Cricket Leigh (Mai),  Dante Basco (Prince Zuko),  Dee Bradley Baker (Appa/Momo/Various Others),  Grey DeLisle (Princess Azula),  Jack DeSena (Sokka),  Jessie Flower (Toph),  Mae Whitman (Katara),  Zach Tyler Eisen (Aang)
Recurring Role:	Mark Hamill (Fire Lord Ozai),  James Garrett (Avatar Roku)
Guest Star:	Richard McGonagle (Bato),  Takayo Fisher (Lo/Li),  Johanna Braddy (Princess Yue),  Sterling Young (Pipsqueak),  André Sogliuzzo (Hakoda)

This is Yue's first appearance since The Swamp. She appears as a spirit in this episode. (edit) This episode was animated by Moi Animation. This is the first episode done by Moi, and they are the third company to animate episodes of the show. (edit) This episode is available in Book 3: Fire Volume 1 DVD, along with, The Headband, The Painted Lady, Sokka's Master, and The Beach. (edit) In UK, this episode first aired on October 21, 2007. (edit) New Creature: Sealguanas (Seals and Iguanas) These creatures inhabit the Fire Nations outlying islands. They love the hot, humid weather and swimming. They make a melodius call. Sailors used to believe that the sealguanas were mermaids. (edit)

(Aang has asked Katara to leave the room, for he is angry at himself)
Katara: Is there anything you need?
Aang: I need to redeem myself. I need my honor back. (edit) Zuko: No. There's no way he could've survived.
Azula: Well, then I'm sure you have nothing to worry about. (edit) Toph: Hey, what's... (Grabs Aang's dismantled glider from the water) Oh... it's your glider.
Aang: That's okay. If someone saw it, it would give away my identity. It's better for now that no one knows I'm alive. (Spins glider and slams it into the lava. He leaves, and soon after the torn glider burns away.) (edit) (As Aang is clinging to driftwood)
Aang: I'm not gonna make it. I failed.
(Lightning strikes and Roku's spirit appears)
Aang: Roku?
Roku: You haven't failed, Aang.
Aang: But everyone thinks I'm dead again. They think I've abandoned them...and I'm losing this war. I'm letting the whole world down.
Roku: If anyone is to blame for the state of the world, it is me. I should have seen this war coming and prevented it. You inherited my problems...and my mistakes. But I believe you are destined to redeem me and save the world.
(As Aang looks away)
Aang: I dunno...
(Moonlight floods the screen and Yue's voice speaks)
Yue: You already saved the world. (She appears before the moon as Aang looks to her) And you'll save the world again. But you can't give up. (She descends to Aang and he becomes resolute)
Aang: You're right. I won't give up.
(He creates a wave and Yue helps intensify it, sending him forward on his journey to the Fire Nation.) (edit) Lo: Your Princess Azula, clever and beautiful...
Li: ...disguised herself as the enemy and entered the Earth Kingdom's capital.
Lo: In Ba Sing Se she found her brother Zuko, and together they faced the Avatar.
Lo and Li (shout together): And the Avatar fell. And the Earth Kingdom fell!
Li (said while showing the Dai Li taking down the wall): Azula's agents quickly over took the entire city.
Lo:They went to Ba Sing Se's great walls...
Lo and Li (said together): And brought them down!
(The Dai Li take down a huge section of the wall allowing the Fire Nation to enter)
Li: The armies of the Fire Nation surged through the walls and swarmed over Ba Sing Se. Securing our victory!
(Fire Nation troops march through the city. Ying and Than are shown with crying baby Hope. Fire Nation tanks roll up to the palace.)
Lo and Li (said together): Now the heroes have returned home!
Lo (Azula walks to the edge of the balcony): Your Princess Azula!
Li: And after 3 long years, your Prince has returned.
Lo and Li (shout together): Zuko!
(Zuko walks to the balcony edge and looks down at the army) (edit)

Look Hard: After the spirits of Avatar Roku and Princess Yue give Aang hope that he indeed can save the world, Aang rides a tidal wave to shore. If you look closely, you can see that Yue is actually moving her arms, controlling the waves, which makes sense since she has essentially become the moon spirit and the moon creates waves. Furthermore, the moon is the source and origin of all waterbending. (edit) Zuko kneeled down at least twice distance between two pillars away from his dad, but later he appeared to be much closer, only about half the distance between two pillars. (edit) At the beginning when Katara was talking to her dad, her height was only about her dad's neck, but later she suddenly grew higher and reached her dad's mouth. (edit) There were two cups on the left of the table of Aang's room, but later when Katara re-enter the room, there was only one cup on the table. (edit) There was a carpet appeared on the left of the door in Aang's room, but later it appeared to be on the right. (edit)

Once Aang has washed up onto the beach, Momo comes and licks him awake. This appears to be an allusion to the The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which had one scene where Aragorn's horse licks him awake while he was lying on the bank of a river. (edit) The way the giant serpent attacked the ship by wrapping itself around it is similar to the old stories and paintings about the giant sea monsters in the unknown waters. (edit) When Aang uses his glider and a piece of driftwood to travel across the water, it bears a strong resemblance to modern windsurfing. (edit) The clips of the Fire Nation army marching though Ba Sing Se seem to be a allusion to World War II newsreels that showed German, and later American troops moving though Paris, France. (edit)