If you’re a fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender, I hope you’re watching the latest season of the live-action adaptation on Netflix, because I need the studio to know we want more shows in the action-fantasy realm. In some ways, the second season of Avatar is better than the first, in that it deepens the characters and strengthens the lore of the overarching story. Season 2 is a little lighter on action. Still, I’m cool with that, as the bonding of Team Avatar alongside Prince Zuko and Uncle Iroh’s reckoning with the Fire Nation’s horrific actions is Avatar’s bread and butter. While Netflix plans to end the series after Season 3, creative forces behind the show say they’re keeping ideas “in their back pocket” to continue the story.
Netflix ultimately decides if a series continues
Recently, ScreenRant‘s Tatiana Hullender interviewed executive producer/writer Christine Boylan and executive producer/director Jabbar Raisani for the second season of Avatar: The Last Airbender. During their chat, Boylan addressed the show’s finality, saying, “we never get to make those decisions.” However, from a creative standpoint, the team is “always think[ing] a little bit outside of what the lines are.”
Season 4 is a possibility if Netflix wants it
Boylan, who’s a huge fan of the Avatar novels, thinks there’s plenty of material to adapt if Netflix decides to continue the series beyond its Season 3 finale. Boyland said that while trying to incorporate some of the material from the novels, they were too deep in the Avatar weeds to touch on themes covered in the books. Still, if the opportunity to introduce elements of the books comes to pass, she’d be game, saying, “I love the idea of what happens after the war is won, and all of these kids’ lives go on after the show is over. It’s not the end. I always think about after the scene, after the show, after this and that and the other. But that’s a great question to ask Netflix!”
Thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2
In my review for Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2, I summed up the new batch of episodes by saying, “Overall, Avatar: The Last Airbender remains the best live-action version of Aang’s story, and it’s not even close. The show continues to wash away the stink of M. Night Shyamalan’s horrific adaptation. It celebrates the animated series with nuanced characters, an epic story, and genuine emotion that makes a fantasy world more relatable to our own than most real-world dramas.” Make sure you check out the new season, with all episodes available to watch on Netflix now.
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