The Legend of Korra
The Sting
TV Flash files “The Sting” as hour 18 of 52 in the TV Flash guide — The Legend of Korra (2012–2014) on Nickelodeon, season 2, episode 6, aired 2013-10-11, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E06: listed hour 18 of 52 in the The Legend of Korra guide, hour 6 of 14 in season 2. It aired 2013-10-11 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Peacekeepers” (S02E05). Next is “Beginnings (1)” (S02E07).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Future Industries may close up shop because of the threat Triad poses, so Mako does some research and stumbles upon a huge conspiracy at work.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Sting sit in the The Legend of Korra guide?
S02E06 is listed hour 18 of 52 — hour 6 of 14 in season 2, season 2 episode 6.
When did The Legend of Korra S02E06 air?
The Sting aired 2013-10-11 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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- Janet Varney as Korra
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- David Faustino as Mako
David Faustino’s Bud Bundy made Married… with Children a runt with a punchline — 1980s catalog Fox dysfunction, then The Legend of Korra stretching the voice into a bender’s politically edged sequel. TV Flash files him as the sitcom kid…
- P. J. Byrne as Bolin
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- Seychelle Gabriel as Asami Sato
Seychelle Gabriel's Asami Sato engineered The Legend of Korra into a landmark ending — the new Avatar inheriting civil unrest, pro-bending, anti-bending revolutions, a tougher spiritual curriculum. Book-by-book swings, Korra and Asami as…
- J. K. Simmons as Tenzin
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