The Legend of Korra/Recap/B1/E09 Out of the Past: Difference between revisions

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Tarrlok arrives in the mountains and locks Korra in a metal box, then leaves her to herself.

Tarrlok finds Korra, who correctly infers that his bloodbending secret is out. Tarrlok admits that his father Yakone tried to rule Republic City from the criminal underworld and that Tarrlok was going to do so as a Councilman instead. He decides to escape and start a new life but meets Amon and and Equalists upstairs. Amon is unhappy to be accused of something he didn't do, yet. The Equalists succumb to bloodbending, but Amon powers through it, to Tarrlok's horror. He removes Tarrlok's bending and orders his men to electrocute the box and take Korra. Korra is able to avoid being shocked by hanging from the box's ceiling. She firebends and escapes, catching a glimpse of Amon putting Tarrlok's body in a truck. Korra successfully evades Amon but collides with a tree on the ride downhill. Naga finds an unconscious Korra, wakes her up, and takes her back to Republic City, where they rejoin with the group. Mako cradles Korra and lays her on Oogi.

 

* {{spoiler|[[Big Damn Villains]]: ''Amon'' and his Equalists show up to bail Korra out. Subverted in that they plan to capture her for themselves. It doesn't work, though.}}

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Or in this case Chekhov's polar bear-dog. We're told that Naga is missing at the beginning of the episode. {{spoiler|She appears at the end to pick up Korra from the snow.}}

** Also {{spoiler|Tarrlok's secretary.}}

* [[Continuity Nod]]:

** Toph still calls Aang "Twinkletoes," despite his being 40 years old.

** Before Aang spiritbends Yakone, he encases him in earth just like he did with Ozai. He also says "it's over" afterwards.

* [[Courtroom Antic]]: Yakone responds to his conviction by {{spoiler|bloodbending everyone in the entire courtroom, then running off}}.

* [[Great Escape]]: Lin uses Metalbending to bust Bolin, Asami, and Mako out of prison. Later, the group free the metalbending cops from the prison in the Equalists' hideout.

* [[Irony]]: So much irony when you compare Yakone and Tarrlok. {{spoiler|Especially how they are both beaten.}}

* [[A Father to His Men|A Mother To Her Men]]: Lin's very direct with Tenzin and the members of Team Avatar, but when she rescues her metalbending cops {{spoiler|and states that their bending must have been taken away already}} her voice and expression are gentler than we've ever seen her before.

* [[The Nicknamer]]: Toph still calls Aang Twinkletoes even after 28 years.

* [[Off-Model]]: Toph has six fingers again.

* [[Oh Crap]]:

** {{spoiler|Yakone too, when Aang went into the Avatar State}}.

* [[Scream Discretion Shot]]: Korra hears Tarrlok screaming {{spoiler|as he gets stripped of his bending power}}.

* [[This Cannot Be!]]: {{spoiler|Tarrlok when Amon powers through his bloodbending.}}

* [[Unreliable Voiceover]]: As Tarrlok relates his false story to Tenzin, a flashback shows him doctoring the crime scene.

* [[Wham! Episode]]: Not only is Korra captured and imprisoned but {{spoiler|Lin breaks out Team Avatar from prison, the Team infiltrates an Equalist base, rescues Lin's soldiers (who have already been de-bended), Korra contacts Aang and learns about Yakone and Tarrlok, while Amon resists bloodbending, de-bends Tarrlok, and inadvertently allows Korra to escape. And, to top it all off, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|there's significant Makorra Ship Tease]]}}.

{{spoiler|'''Amon:''' I am the solution.}} }}

** [[Played for Laughs]] when Lin slaps Tenzin {{spoiler|to wake him up after being bloodbent into unconsciousness by Tarrlok.}}

* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: The ending of the episode makes it clear that Mako still has feelings for Korra.

** [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: And Asami seems to be picking up on it.