Avatar: TLA Book 3, Volume 3 DVD on sale May 6
 

So, when the hell are the episodes that are on it, that haven't aired yet, going to air?

I'm guessing they'll be doing 2 2-parter 'movies'. 11+12 possibly on the 18 (already leaked online) and 13+14 the following week (MIA).

Spoilerish
There's also a book about the finale of the series. It's coming out on May 20! It looks like it's aimed at a young reading level, so who knows.

Sorry if that was information that was already going to be covered in what will follow.

The Wandering God

From my whole big ass sources:

Avatar will officially end in May. The last four episodes will be shown in the same day on a special. Yes, episodes 18, 19, 20 and 21, all in a row. Amazing, huh? And that'll be in the last week of may, thus, starting in the last week of April, the US will start getting one episode per week. I think that's a big enough infodump to revive the Avatar threads.

More like the dumbest thing ever. They should have shown those episodes during these last few months, not dumping them at the end of the season like an afterthought.

Does anyone know why the fuck did we have this unnanounced hiatus?

same reason they always do. Because they hate people that enjoy well made animated series. Its their way of punishing us for have brains.

Geez, Iunno, I liked the "go out with a bang" four-episodes-on-a-day thing.

First off, the pun in the title is just godawful.

Second-
Didn't they release 10-11 The Day of Black Sun episodes already in the U.S.? And after checking with Wikipedia, 13 has been released in some capacity online, while we're still waiting on 14 and beyond.

I really hope they step up their shit for the last leg of this, what should have been the best, season. I'm kind of hopeful, because there aren't many more plots from the first season they can pass off as new.
While it might sound appealing, I'm reminded that that's how Arrested Development was put down. Generally it means that the studio wants to be done with the series as soon as possible. Of course, it might just be a four-part, two-hour series finale, so that's the optimistic outlook I'll take up.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Avatar supposed to end in this season ? >_>

Well, I try.

Got my numbering mixed up. The Volume 3 DVD will have *episode title spoilers*
Episode 11: Day of Black Sun Part II: The Eclipse
Ep 12: The Western Air Temple
Ep 13: The Firebending Masters
Ep 14: The Boiling Rock Part I
Ep 15: The Boiling Rock Part II
And since, in the US anyway, 4 of those haven't aired yet, I was trying to figure out if they would air before they were sold on the DVD. Which won't be the case, according to Ryong.
I think the season is shaping up pretty great so far actually. But I don't think they are trying to pass off old plots as new or whatever.

And yes, this is the last season of the original plot that the creators had in mind from the beginning. However, they (and others) have made comments that led me to believe that they will continue to use the Avatar world and themes in other ways. How that will turn out is anyone's guess.

The Wandering God

Whatever their reason I despise them for not finishing the series already. Its like cutting out the last 30mins of a movie and telling everyone "ok you'll get to see the rest in about 3 months."

Sokka: Katara, I don't think we can afford to spend a lot of time helping these people escape the oppression of the Fire Nation.
Katara: Yeah, that makes sense, except, I'm gonna go off and help them anyway. Oh, and I'm gonna make you guys help.

Quick, without checking, does that describe either (A) The Painted Lady or (B) Imprisoned?

Even then, The Painted Lady's only true offense is that is takes up a valuable third-season episode spot to do a storyline we've already seen before. "Sokka's Master", on the other hand, is just a re-doing of "The Warriors of Kyoshi", except that after that it goes on to shit all over the original episode, along with much of the character building that came before it. I know that there was a great big nerdgasm over "OMG Sokka roxzorz teh sword", but I think it was just a huge waste. Sokka was already a formidable warrior with his bitchin' club-and-rang skills, and yet it takes an old guy and a sword to really solidify that he's of use to the team? Besides the pretty sword, the only thing of actual continuity obtained from that episode was the Pai-Sho piece...whoop-de-doo.

But that might be the bitching of a fan who's been cock-blocked from new episodes for so long he's watched what's been given one too many times.