Writer:	Michael Dante DiMartino
Director:	Giancarlo Volpe
Star:	Zach Tyler Eisen (Aang),  Mae Whitman (Katara),  Dante Basco (Prince Zuko),  Jack DeSena (Sokka),  Jessie Flower (Toph),  Dee Bradley Baker (Appa/Momo/Various Others)
Guest Star:	Carlos Alazraqui (Tho, Due),  William Bassett (Huu),  André Sogliuzzo (Hakoda),  Kevin Michael Richardson (Tyro: Haru's Father, The Hippo),  Michael Dow (Haru),  Daniel Samonas (Teo),  Rene Auberjonois (Mechanist),  Mick Foley (The Boulder),  Wayne Duvall (Warden Poon),  Serena Williams (Ming)

Haru's father is voiced by the same person that did the voice acting for Jolee Bindo in the game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. (edit) This is the second appearance of Haru, Teo, Tho, Due, Huu, Tyro, and The Mechanist. (edit) This is the second time we see Haru and the first time we see Haru with a goatee but his father hasn't aged a bit since the last time he was seen. (edit) This episode was animated by JM Animation. (edit) The scene when Zuko leaves Mai a note is similar to a scene seen in the episode, The Storm, when Aang leaves Gyatso a note for an explanation. (edit)

Aang: What if I don't come back?
Katara: Aang, don't say that, of course you'll... (Aang kisses her) (edit) Katara: (Seeing a cloud of fog approaching) Oh no, Sokka do you think the fog will delay the invasion?
Sokka: No, that is the invasion! (edit) Toph: What's your strategy? Gonna get a little glow on and hit him with a little avatar state action?
Aang: I can't. When Azula shot me with lightning, my seventh chakra was locked, cutting off my connection to all the cosmic energy in the universe.
Toph: You know what I just heard? Bla bla, spiritual mumbo-jumbo, bla bla, something about space. (edit) Due (Excited and full of energy): Whooo-wheee. This place ain’t nothing like a swamp. (Points to a rock) What’d you reckon that is, Tho? Some sort of exploding Fire Nation exploding trap that would eat ya?
Tho: It’s just a rock, Due.
Due: Well, I’ll be.
(edit) (After Sokka fails at laying out the invasion plan)
Sokka: I'm sorry, let me start at the beginning. (Very quickly) Katara and I discovered Aang frozen in an iceberg. Now I didn't like Aang at first, but I grew to love him over time. Then we went to the Southern Air Temple where Aang use to live, and then we met some Kyoshi Warriors...
(Sokka keeps rambling on)
Katara: Wow, when he says beginning he means the beginning beginning. (edit)

Wooden arm and leg guards, a wooden breast plate, a leaf hat, and loin cloths are incredibly poor and stupid choices for armor in a battle against the Fire Nation army and navy- especially since only some of them have the armor and even then it scarcely covers their chest let alone the rest of their bodies. (edit) While Due is scratching his head during Sokka's speech, his left arm guard is missing. (edit) As Katara tells Sokka that she thinks he's crazy you can clearly see that her hair loopies are missing the beads at the ends which connect them to her bun. (edit) Look closely:
During the break for air before the subs land on the beach, Aang, Toph, Sokka and Katara all hug. However, before and after the hug, Toph is seen with an Earth Kingdom green shawl, yet during the hug, all that can be seen is her yellow top. It vanished for the closeup. (edit) The Fire Nation seems to have a very egalitarian military. They have officers and foot soldiers of both genders in all positions. (edit)

The shot of Aang with his new staff and the koala-sheep beside him could be an allusion to shepherd Jesus, seeing as Aang is the "messiah" of his world. (edit) It is revealed that the Fire Lord has a underground bunker under the capital. This seems to be somewhat of a illusion to the Führerbunker that Hitler spent most of his last days during the end of World War II. (edit) The Earth Kingdom demolition trucks seem to be modeled after the ones found in the computer game Command & Conquer: Red Alert. (edit) The Earth Kingdom tanks seem to be modeled after caterpillars. (edit) Iroh was being nice to the jail keeper, a tactic taught by militaries in case of capture. (edit)