The Legend of Korra
Rebel Spirit
TV Flash files “Rebel Spirit” as a desk essential hour — The Legend of Korra (2012–2014) on Nickelodeon, season 2, episode 1, aired 2013-09-13, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 13 of 52 in the The Legend of Korra guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 2013-09-13 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Endgame” (S01E12). Next is “The Southern Lights” (S02E02).
Essential hour: “Rebel Spirit”. Rebel Spirit turns anti-bending weather into spirit weather — book-two curriculum still harder than the last war.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Korra attends the Southern Water Tribe Festival, where she tries to connect to the spirit world.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Rebel Spirit sit in the The Legend of Korra guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 13 of 52 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did The Legend of Korra S02E01 air?
Rebel Spirit aired 2013-09-13 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need Avatar: The Last Airbender first?
The sequel assumes the world's bending rules and the previous war as history. You can start on Korra; purist lore wars will be louder if you already love Aang's map.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The new Avatar inherits civil unrest, pro-bending, anti-bending revolutions, and a tougher spiritual curriculum than her predecessor. Book-by-book swings, Korra and Asami's ending as a landmark. Kids' action television that got politically edged — a legacy sequel that earned independence instead of tracing Airbender's map.
So about the lore wars with Airbender purists: they never quite ended, and the group chat is still in session. (I said spoiler-free. Book 4's heart is the spoiler people actually mean.) Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino's Nickelodeon sequel (2012–2014) hands Janet Varney's Korra a tougher spiritual curriculum than her predecessor: civil unrest, pro-bending, anti-bending revolutions, a city that will not stay simple. David Faustino, P.J. Byrne, Seychelle Gabriel's Asami, J.K. Simmons's Tenzin. Lana can…
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- J. K. Simmons as Tenzin
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