Writer:	Joshua Hamilton
Director:	Lauren MacMullan
Star:	Makoto Iwamatsu (Uncle Iroh),  Dante Basco (Prince Zuko),  Mae Whitman (Katara),  Zach Tyler Eisen (Aang),  Jack DeSena (Sokka),  Dee Bradley Baker (Appa/Momo/Various Others)
Guest Star:	Barbara Goodson (Mom),  Kim Mai Guest (Song),  Laraine Newman (Lily),  Derek Basco (Moku),  Dee Bradley Baker (Chong)

Translations:
-The sign over the entrance to the cave means 'Cave of the Lovers'
-The sign over the door in Song's clinic means 'doctor'
(edit) Character Debuts: Song, Lily, Chong, Moku (edit) Unlike most episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Dee Bradley Baker has a major speaking role as the guitar-playing nomad Chong. His usual roles are making the animal noises for Appa and Momo. (edit) It becomes very apparent within this episode that Aang's voice is deepening. This is likely due to the fact that as of now, his voice actor, Zachery Tyler Eisen, is 13-years-old and is experiencing puberty. However, unlike most cases, the probably unexpected vocal change for the time being coincides uncannily perfectly with both his character's maturation as well as the series' progression. (edit) It is revealed in this episode that Zuko and Iroh would rather be killed by the Earth Kingdom than to be captured by Azula and the Fire Nation. (edit)

Katara: (voice-over) They met on top of the mountain that divided their two villages. The villages were enemies so they could not be together, but their love was strong and they found a way. The two lovers learned Earthbending from the Badgermoles; they became the first Earthbenders. They built elaborate tunnels so they could meet secretly. Anyone who tried to follow them would be lost forever in the labyrinth. But one day the man didn't come; he died in the war between their two villages. Devastated, the woman unleashed a terrible display of her Earthbending power. She could have destroyed them all, but instead she declared the war over. Both villages helped her build a new city where they would live together in peace. The woman's name was Oma and the man's name was Shu. The great city was named Omashu as a monument to their love. (edit) Chong: Hey, I remember that line of the song! (gets his banjo and stands in the front of the cave and sings) AND DIE!! (edit) Chong: (singing) Two lovers, forbidden from one another, war divides their people, and the mountains divide them apart. Built a path to be together - (talking) Yeah, forget the next couple of lines but then it goes - (singing again, rocker style) SECRET TUNNEL! SECRET TUNNEL! Through the mountain! SECRET, SECRET, SECRET, SECRET TUNNEL! Yeah! (everyone claps) (edit) Aang: We're gonna run out of light any second now, aren't we?
Katara: I think so.
Aang: Then what are we gonna do?
Katara: What can we do? (they lean toward each other right when the lights go out) (edit) Aang: Hey, Sokka, you should hear some of these stories. These guys have been everywhere.
Chong: Well, not everywhere, Little Arrowhead, but where we haven't been we've heard about through stories and songs. (edit)

The two white bracelets on Chong's right arm vanish when Sokka sarcastically agrees that they should have listened to Chong. (edit) When Chong gives Sokka the flower necklace at the end, it disappears right away. (edit) Considering the fact that he has fought multiple enemies from all four nations and even retains a large facial scar himself, Zuko shock expression towards seeing someone scarred by the Fire is somewhat unreasonable. (edit) When the pile of rocks fell on Sokka, he did not show any sign of injury. He should have been in extreme pain for the rest of the episode. (edit) When Iroh turns his head around while covered in a rash after Zuko asks him about eating the plant, Iroh's shirt and pants turn into the yellow green robe we see him wear in Avatar Day. (edit)

The word Chong translates to 'bug' in Chinese. No doubt an obvious reference to his constant pestering of Sokka. (edit) When Chong says "All we need is love!" this could be seen as a allusion to the song All You Need Is Love by The Beatles off the Magical Mystery Tour album. (edit) The name of Chong's wife, Lily, translates to the Chinese word for the flower, b¨£i h¨¦ (°ÙºÏ), which means "hundreds unite." This is yet another reference to the characteristic activities related to a hippie. (edit) Upon discovery that the tunnels mysteriously change, Chong states that, "The tunnels, they're changin", a clear take on the title of American singer-songwriter/poet Bob Dylan's third album "The Times They Are a-Changin," released in 1964. The title track went gold and is one of Dylan's most famous, as many felt that it captured the spirit of social and political upheaveal that characterized the 1960s. (edit) The hat Zuko is wearing in this episode is called a coolie hat which is referred to in Chinese as "Li" or "Lee", while Iroh, who at the time was looking half-dead with a medicinal paste smeared over his sores, was given the name "Mushi", which translates to "grave corpse" in the same language. Mushi is also Japanese for insect. If you refer to someone as an insect, it means they are inferior to you or are a pest (edit)