This is a guest post from RAMcon5000
SPOILER ALERT
“Civil Wars Part 2” does a good job of tying up the loose ends from last weeks episode. We see the confrontations between Tenzin and his siblings, as well as Ikki and her family get resolved. But unlike last week’s episode the highlight of this episode was Korra.
Finally we see Korra really stand up for what she believes when her father is thrown in jail. The scene that follows is by far the greatest moment of the season. Korra chases the judge who gave the sentence down on Naga, her polar bear dog. After Naga rips the door off the car and Korra holds the judges head in Naga’s mouth she says, “it’s not about what I want, it’s about what Naga wants” does she learn the truth about her uncle. Of course that truth is that he is corrupt and planned out Tonraq’s banishment as well as his imprisonment. Korra saves her dad as well as the other prisoners from the fleeing ship after some impressive fire and water bending to get past the Northern Water Tribes blockade and under her father’s instruction makes plans to petition the President to assemble the United Forces in order to fight her uncle.
The episode overall was slow at the start but picked up half way through and gave us that golden moment with Korra getting things done her way. I found myself really laughing at the jokes involving Varrick in the platypus bear costume, and as juvenile as it was to have the bear “poop” money to cause a distraction I still loved it. Wrapping up Bolin’s escape from his forced engagement to Eska was very enjoyable with the crowning moment being Varrick’s advice of “The only way to deal with crazy women is to lie big and leave fast!” Which is simply a great secret to life that everyone should live by.
The downside to the episode was the conclusion to the Tenzin and family arc was very short and seemed rushed compared to the focus of last week’s episode. Also the “twist” of Unalaq being evil fell flat to me as the show was really going out of its way to make him appear untrustworthy from the start.