“Skeletons in the Closet/Endgame” In the finale of Book 1, Korra gave us in microcosm everything that was good and bad about the entire season.  It was exhilarating, beautiful, powerful, exasperating and ultimately disappointing.  If you take the glass half-full approach this was practically Romanee-Conti ‘37 – the finale was […] Read more

“Turning the Tides” I’m finding my reaction to “Korra” remarkably consistent.  I find the plot fascinating, and the character stuff tedious.  That’s usually a recipe for disaster for me, but in this case it’s working out OK because the plot has been the main focus about 80% of the time.  […] Read more

“Out of the Past” Damn, things sure move fast in this series, don’t they?  It’s certainly a marked difference to the first series, which spent much more time on world-building and character development in the first season.  There are pluses and minuses to each approach – the major drawback to […] Read more

“When Extremes Meet” MeeSami is born? Smooth Man, smooth – “You’re pretty, can I have some of your hair?” is surely the perfect pickup line.  Will this beautiful lady be able to resist Meelo’s charms?   Indeed, I thought all of the Tenzin children were quite humorous and charming this week […] Read more

“The Aftermath” Bryke have always been able to mine their own mythology for humor with considerable skill, but “No – not my Cabbage Corp!” was probably my biggest laugh line of “Korra” so far.  You had to figure the Cabbage Merchant was going to make his appearance sooner or later, […] Read more

“And the Winner is…” My apologies for the LQ caps this week, but the weekend is going to be a crazy one and time was of the essence in getting this post up.  It was certainly an interesting episode, a little slow in the first half when dealing with the […] Read more