Episode
Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Blind Bandit
Overview
In search for an earthbending teacher for Aang, the kids go to an underground earthbending tournament called Earth Rumble 6, where they encounter Toph, a blind but powerful earthbending girl. After seeing her unique style of earthbending, Aang wants Toph to become his teacher, but there are complications with Toph's family.
Details
- Series
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2006-05-05
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Blind Bandit is Episode 6 in Book Two: Earth of Avatar: The Last Airbender. It aired on 2006-05-05. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 5: Avatar Day
Aang and the gang discover an Earth town that celebrates something called "Avatar Day." But when they get there and learn the festival is of "anti-Avatar" sentiment and Aang is put on trial for a crime a past incarnation allegedly committed. Looking to clear the Avatar's good name, Katara and Sokka venture back to a familiar place to gather evidence and discover the truth.
Episode 7: Zuko Alone
Zuko travels by himself to an Earth Kingdom town where he meets a local boy. The two almost become friends, while Zuko suffers from flashbacks of his past.
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Episode 8: The Chase
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Episode 3: Return to Omashu
Despite the shocking news the gang have just discovered, Aang insists on trying to find Bumi within Omashu's borders, even with the dangers that will await him and his friends if his real identity is discovered. Meanwhile Azula goes in search of old friends to help her with her mission.
Episode 9: Bitter Work
Toph's instructing abilities come into question when Aang cannot seem to overcome a block that keeps him from earthbending. Sokka gets himself in a jam, while befriending what was, moments before, his next meal, and Iroh and Zuko begin training utilizing new philosophies and methods that originate from the other elements.
Episode 2: The Cave of Two Lovers
On their way to Omashu, Aang, Katara, and Sokka meet a group of nomads who show them a shortcut through the "Cave of Two Lovers". But when the group becomes trapped in the cave, it's up to Aang and Katara to save the group by trusting in love, possibly questioning their relationship. Meanwhile, Iroh gets a lethal rash so Zuko and Iroh head to a small Earth Kingdom town for help, hoping their real identities will not be discovered.
Episode 10: The Library
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Episode 11: The Desert
Aang searches for Appa while Katara struggles to keep everyone together to survive in the vast desert. Meanwhile, Iroh and Zuko seek help from an ancient secret society.
Episode 12: The Serpent's Pass
When Aang and the gang meet up with a group of refugees, they tell the gang where they can get on a ferry to Ba Sing Se. But after a series of events they have to take a deadly route called the serpent's pass with the help of an old friend, Suki. Meanwhile, Zuko and Iroh meet up with a boy named Jet and his freedom fighters.
Episode 13: The Drill
Having made it to the outer wall of Ba Sing Se, the kids confront a Fire Nation army that is driving a massive Fire Nation drill, which poses an imminent threat to the last Earth Kingdom stronghold. Meanwhile, Zuko and Iroh make crucial mistakes which begin to attract Jet's suspicions.