In the words of Hatorri Hanzo , "Revenge is never a straight line, it is a forest, and like a forest it is easy to lose your way, to get lost, forget where you came in."
This is one of my favorite episodes of the show and in general. This is a Katara story and it's probably my favorite for one from of my favorite characters.
I really like how the whole episode is sort of a revenge/ manhunt thriller, not just is it interesting in seeing both Katara and Zuko working together, but both of them are mainly playing detective roles as we see them go from one place to another getting answers to traces the perpetrator responsible for the death of Katara's mom. We even get a glimpse of the perpetrator and he's just someone I just plain hate. You really understand where he comes from but it's no excuse, wrong is wrong and you pay the consequences one way or the other.
Katara was just at her emotional best in this episode. Really like a little of the animation on Katara where we see her eyes it's obviously she hasn't slept much but are also deep ongoing pain and stone cold hardened; this just shows how restless she truly is, won't stop for nothing and no one until her mission is complete. But also shows sweet kind Katara has checked out and The Punisher has checked in.
You really feels heavy pathos for Katara, there is a deep layered suspense where you really want Katara to succeed in her hunt but you don't' know what the end result is going to be and how she'll feel about it. Katara has every right to feel what she feels, to me the path to vengeance is a choice whatever happens happens. But also, the thing about revenge isn't a matter of whether you shouldn't, but whether you should.
In the tide of Vengeance, it always moves either way.
Rating: 4 stars.