02x07 - Something Broken

[bunniefuu]

[whimsical music playing]

[sky bisons grunting]

[dramatic music playing]

[sky bisons grunting]

Choose wisely, now.
A sky bison's a companion for life.

[sky bisons grunting softly]

[indistinct chatter]

[girl] I have an apple for you.

[girl 2] They're so beautiful!

- [grunts softly]
- [girl] Mmm.

[grunts softly]

[grunts]

Here you are.

- [girl 2] Catch!
- [boy 2] Wait for me!

[indistinct chatter]

[grunting]

[girl 2] He's matching me!

[boy] Here! Now down here!

[indistinct chatter]

[boy laughs]

[sky bison groans]

[whimpers]

[groans]

[laughs]

[grunts]

I guess this means
we'll always be together.

[grunts softly]

[roars]

[grunting]

Appa.

[mysterious music playing]

Where did he go?

Find him!

[tense music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

[boots squeaking]

As soon as I can move again,
you guys are in big trouble.

You with the creaky boots,
I'm gonna remember you.

And you too, mouth breather.

Too lazy to carry me to jail, huh?
Gotta drag me.

[panting]

Both of you inhuman g*ons!

What? No, come back! No!

You can't just…

You did.

You just left me like this.

Who is it?

Who's there?

[Sai] Sokka.

Sai?

You're alive?

Sokka! I thought I'd never see you again.

[chuckles] We've been looking
all over for you.

Have you seen Amita? Or heard from Teo?

No, they probably confiscate any letters.

But, Sokka, I'm so glad to see you.

So, so glad!

- [Sokka] Uh, Sai?
- Uh-huh?

Can you turn me over?

[Toph] So you're telling me
that you and Dad had no idea

you were building weapons
for the Fire Nation?

Did I know we had contracts
with the Fire Nation?

Yes.

But I promise you,
I thought they were for farming equipment.

- Business knows no--
- [Toph] No borders.

So I've been learning.

The contracts will be canceled.

Really?

[Lady Beifong] I'll take care of it
immediately.

I always hoped
you'd take over for us one day, so

you might as well start
shaping the business as you see fit.

I mean, as you

wish it to be.

I've heard you've turned the Avatar
into a fine Earthbender.

If you'd shared your talents
with me sooner,

I might not have reacted so strongly.

This isn't a business negotiation, Mom.

Why can't you just talk to me
like I'm your daughter? I…

I don't know how.

Just think of me as any other person.

But you're not any other person.

You're my fragile--

- Don't call me fragile.
- [Lady Beifong] Please.

Give me just a moment.

When you have a child,

you think… you're gonna guide them
through the world.

That you'll share what you learned
from your own life.

From the moment you were born,

I knew you were gonna have to deal with
things I could never imagine

because I have no idea
what it's like to be

blind.

After you left,

I wondered…

"Perhaps I am the fragile one."

You navigate the world with more strength,

confidence, and grace
than any Beifong before you.

I mean,

maybe not grace.

Why do you say that?

[Toph] I don't know. Uh…

Don't you ever feel like
people just assume

we're gonna act a certain way
because of our name?

My whole life.

I got into a fight with my friends.

The Avatar?

[Toph] Yeah.

I thought they understood me, but I don't…

I don't know.

Listen.

I know you want me to come home.

I do.

It's why I'm here.

I promise you,

things will be different.

[Toph sighs]

I'm just not ready.

I mean, I have to at least talk to them.

To make things right.

You have to do
what you think is right, of course.

I do have a carriage waiting, so…

- Whenever you're ready to go.
- [Toph] Don't…

Don't wait for me.

It may take some time.

[Lady Beifong] Hmm.

Take all the time you need.

[sinister music playing]

[Lady Beifong] Just let's finish
our tea together.

Like when you were little.

[Toph sighs]

[Lady Beifong chuckles]

[Toph] Mmm.

You would not believe
how many marriage proposals I've gotten

since arriving here.

[Lady Beifong laughs]

Men are the worst, aren't they? [chuckles]

[mysterious music playing]

Like those two fools
your father sent after you.

Mom, I don't…

I feel weird.

I should've come after you myself.

[heartbeat]

[Toph grunting]

We could've done this a long time ago.

[Zuko grunts]

[Katara] I'm sorry.

It's my fault we're here.

Who are you?

You don't wanna know.

You got captured trying to help me.
Of course I wanna know.

I wanna thank you.

[Zuko] You won't.

Now you really need to turn around.

[Zuko sighs]

[Katara sighs]

Zuko?

[mysterious music playing]

[Katara gasps]

What do we do now? Fight to the death?

I'm not gonna fight you.

[scoffs] Oh, wow.

You.

You!

[scoffs]

- I'm such an idiot.
- You're not.

- And I thought you were good. I…
- I'm trying.

Aang was right.

They were all right.

Everything I did was stupid.

And selfish.

And I put us all in danger,
and this is what I deserve.

To be locked in a cave with a monster.

My friends,

you must be wondering why
I called you here today.

The Earth King has become aware of a plot

to undermine the security of the city.

His Majesty has ordered me
to weed out the conspirators,

some of whom are at this table.

Where is General Sung?

General Sung is under arrest for treason.

- Treason?
- Treason?

The Earth King has ordered the Dai Li
to take control of the military.

This is a coup!

- The Supreme Commander…
- Where is the king?

…has shown herself to be disloyal.

We demand to speak to the king.

Then we'll see who
really holds the power here, Long Feng.

Perhaps I can illuminate that for you.

What do the Kyoshi Warriors have to do
with the affairs of Ba Sing Se?

Nothing.

[lieutenant] No, wait!

[gasps]

[tense music playing]

I've changed my mind about our deal.

[music fades]

I'll take the fugitives.

And the Avatar.

And the city.

Ba Sing Se belongs to the Fire Nation now.

Did you have anything to say about that?

No,

Princess.

As you were.

What did we miss?

[coughs]

[indistinct chatter]

It's a good name.

Serene.

But fierce.

To name something
is to dream of its future

and the place it will hold in the world.

Bo! Yize!

Welcome to the Jasmine Dragon. Your usual?

I'll need the special, Mushi.
I barely slept last night.

Dai Li made an arrest outside my house.
They found the Painted Lady.

[Yize] And her sidekick.

[Bo] Yeah, that guy in the blue mask?
They got him too.

- That's what good deeds get you.
- Mushi, I'll take…

Mushi?

My tea.

[mysterious music playing]

Coast is clear.

For now.

[Momo squeaking]

[Aang grunts]

Thanks for hiding us.

[Amita] The Dai Li are everywhere today.

And I found out
the Painted Lady was arrested last night.

Katara?

[Amita] She is the only reason
why we're all still in this fight.

Also, Toph Beifong left the city
this morning with her mother.

She what?

I don't know.

What about Sokka?

No sign of him.

The Dai Li have
a secret prison underground.

Has to be where they're holding them.

One of us from Omashu
could tail a Dai Li agent.

We all wanna help.

It's too dangerous.

I moved from Senlin to Gaipan,

and the w*r followed.

Then I moved to Omashu,
and the w*r followed. Now we're here.

[somber music playing]

We can't escape the danger.

We have to face it.

Okay.

But I'll handle this one.

[sighs] Okay.

Just please… be careful, Aang.

Yeah.

And when you find Sai, just tell him…

Yeah.

I will.

Thank you.

[Long Feng] The Dai Li have taken over
military leadership of the wall guard,

which means the forces are now
under our com… your command.

We have also captured
all of the Avatar's companions,

but the Avatar himself eludes us.

He will come for his friends.

Someone else was captured last night.

He had these.

Where is he now?

Lake Laogai.

[ominous music playing]

[Ty Lee] She said she was gonna k*ll Zuko.

[Mai] Yes.

[Ty Lee] You brought her the swords.

[Mai] Yes.

You told her where Zuko was.

[indistinct chatter]

[Azula] I brought gifts…

Yes.

A symbol of unity between our people.

[King] Uh-huh.

Don't you kind of love Zuko?

Well, I love you.

But I would've k*lled you.

Yeah.

It's true.

[music fades]

[Momo purrs softly]

I could bend that open.

Wouldn't be too hard.

[mysterious music playing]

Maybe it'll be a little hard.

General Iroh.

What are you doing here?

I'm no general.

Not anymore.

I'm here for the same reason you are.
A rescue mission.

Okay.

We can help each other.

But this isn't gonna be easy.

Some new friends of mine
told me there's another way in.

A secret door put in by Avatar Kyoshi.

Okay. Let's go.

[Katara grunting]

You want help?

[Katara] Not from you.

That's never gonna get us out of here.

Oh, really?

It's not gonna get us out of the prison
that you deserve to be in and I don't.

I trusted you.

Was it always supposed to go this way?

Did you always know it was me?

Did you stalk me to find Aang,
and is this the trap?

You think he's gonna come down here
and save me

and then you'll finally have your prize.

That's a more elaborate plan
than I've ever come up with.

I had no plan.

When I saw the Dai Li attack you,
I didn't think. I just helped.

That's why I'm here.

Sure.

I'm supposed to believe that innocent act
from the son of the Fire Lord.

Spreading w*r and violence
and hatred is in your blood.

Whole generations have been lost
because of your family's lust for power.

Forests burned.

Families separated.

People that just don't exist anymore.

Because of you

and your father

and his father.

And all the little men
that go all the way back to Sozin.

Every Waterbender in my tribe
has been taken or k*lled.

Children taken.

Except for me.

I hid so I lived.

And I have to live
with the guilt of that every day.

I feel guilty because I lived.

What do you feel?

Nothing?

How dare you!

You have no idea
what this w*r has put me through.

Me personally.

The Fire Nation took my mother
away from me.

[whimpers]

[weeps]

I'm sorry.

[Katara sobs]

Something we have in common.

[Iroh] We'll be the first to use this door
in centuries.

[Aang] So how did Zuko get captured?

[Iroh sighs]

He was caught in the act
of doing something good.

I knew there was more to him.

Looking beneath the surface
is the insight of the Avatar.

I've only made it this far
because of my friends, but

I pushed them away, and they got captured.

That's the insight of the Avatar.

I'm sure it wasn't all your fault.

Oh, it was.

I was completely selfish.

Totally focused on what I needed.

But…

I'm gonna change.

I'm gonna do whatever it takes
to make things right with my friends.

To be whoever they need me to be.

[Iroh] No.

Not only should you not do that,
I'm pretty sure you cannot do that.

If you try, you won't help them.

And you'll lose yourself in the process.

Real friendships survive the truth.

The best ones even grow from it.

You must be who you are,

but you must also
let them be who they are.

But… what if
they don't like who I really am?

[Iroh sighs]

That's something you cannot control.

Have you been able to do that?

To be who you really are all this time?

[Iroh sighs]

It's a lifelong project.

I'm working on it right now.

[curious music playing]

[Iroh] Apparently,

Kyoshi used these same prisons in her time
hundreds of years ago.

[Aang] This is an Avatar door.

We need to bend all four elements
to open it.

Lucky we ran into each other, then.

[mysterious music playing]

[Aang] Wait here, Momo.

[Momo whimpers]

No, I know!

It was that flippy girl
with the Kyoshi disguise.

She did this jabbing musclebending thing.
That's why I can't move now.

- [Sai groans] Of course.
- Yeah.

- At least I'm here with you, Sai.
- That's true.

- And together we can get out of here.
- That's not possible.

What are you talking about?
Anything's possible for us. For you!

- You're the smartest guy I know.
- I've tried.

Nobly, valiantly.

[sighs] When they first arrested me,
they interrogated me at the palace,

but I gave nothing up.

So they locked me in the highest tower.

I demanded to see the king.

I understand royalty, of course.
I have some status.

They said, "You'll never see the king."

I said, "I have important info
that could save the world."

And they laughed in my face.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

And then slammed the door with bending,
so it was extremely loud and unsettling.

But then I asked myself,
what would Teo do?

And despite my low morale,
I made a bold escape attempt.

How?

Bedsheets tied together
and flung out the window.

- Brilliant. Use what's around you.
- Disastrous.

- I miscalculated the distance.
- No.

But then I tried again,
this time with expl*sives.

- [Sokka] Blasting jelly?
- More homemade

It was a little too homemade.
My eyebrows just started growing back.

Oh. Then what?

Inspiration struck.

- A disguise.
- Yes!

- I was caught immediately.
- No!

[chuckles]

Yeah, apparently,
I'm quite distinct-looking. It's…

- Oh, Sai. A little help!
- I got you!

[Sokka sighs]

Well…

Then you came up with a new plan, right?

No.

Then they moved me down here.

And I gave in to despair.

[sighs]

My son is out there fighting a w*r.

[sighs]

Amita.

And we just found each other,
and now I've lost her.

And then when you and the Avatar
needed me…

I failed.

But that's good science.

You failed.

Every failure is an opportunity to learn.

You have to fail a hundred times
to find one thing that works.

Then you have to fail a hundred more
to find the next piece.

You have to fail a thousand times,
and only then you can succeed.

Look around you.

The walls are stone. The doors are metal.

We aren't Benders.

We're gonna die here.

The walls aren't pure stone.
There are crystals too.

You're right. It's not all stone.

The crystals have different
chemical properties than stone?

- Yes. Yes, yes.
- Yes!

We can find a way to dissolve them.

- Then maybe find a way out of here.
- Yes! Yes! Let's get to work!

Sokka, you are my best student.

Maybe my best teacher.

- All right, come. Come on. Ah, ah…
- Yes!

My mother was good.

She saw the best in people.

Even in me.

She was gone before I looked like this.

This scar.

Everyone who sees it
makes assumptions about me.

They make up stories,
so it's easy to pass in the Earth Kingdom.

I look like a victim.

No story they come up with is

anywhere near as terrible as the truth.

[somber music playing]

My father did this to me.

Do you know how hard it is
for a Firebender to get burned?

Really burned.

Scarred

for life.

He has to let down his basic defenses,

instincts he's born with.

It's like a Waterbender drowning.

My father may have scarred me…

but deep down…

some part of me

believed I deserved it.

That part of me let him.

[sighs]

Because my father hates me,

everybody else does too.

Those Fire Nation defectors?

They would hate me if they knew who I was.

Why were you defending them?

Because they were helpless.

Why were you?

Same reason.

For so long,
when I saw the face of the enemy…

it was your face.

No matter how much

you hate this face, Katara…

I hate it more.

It's not what I see now.

I see someone in pain.

[Zuko scoffs]

[Katara] Someone who needs healing.

This is water from the Spirit Oasis.

It's been known to cure the deepest
and most dire of wounds.

Maybe even those
that reach back generations.

Can I…

try to heal you?

[indistinct chatter]

I am expecting full regalia
for all officers.

There you are, Cultural Minister.

This is General Vinh Tran.

He will be the steward of Ba Sing Se
in my absence.

Speak to him as you would me.

Hmm?

Cultural Minister,

let's ensure that all thoroughfares
are clear of debris

and that any mobile vendors
will be kept away.

[distorted] We don't want any disruptions
when our forces enter the streets.

Cultural Minister?

I'll see to it.

[Tran] When our forces arrive, I expect
your men to be deferential to mine.

From the highest rank to the lowest.

[Joo Dee] There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

[man] There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

[Joo Dee] There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

[man] There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

[Joo Dee] There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

[man] There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

[Joo Dee] There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

[man] No.

There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

[tapping]

There is no w*r

in Ba Sing Se.

There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se.

There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se!

Looks like you could use
a little more time down here.

[weeping] Please!

Please don't leave me here!

Please! Please!

I can do anything
or any jobs for the minister!

There's no w*r in Ba Sing Se!

There is no w*r in Ba Sing Se!

Okay, be precise or lose an eye.

We just need a chunk of crystal
so we can analyze and experiment

with whatever we have on hand.

[Sokka] Great.

Yeah.

Is this a good idea?

It's the best one we have.

- [Aang] Sokka!
- Not now, Aang!

- Aang!
- Aang?

[Sokka chuckles]

- I'm so glad to see you, man!
- [Aang] Me too.

- Sokka…
- I know.

It's good. We're… we're good.
We're good, right?

He's with us on our mission. Trust me.

Zuko was also taken.

I know it's hard to believe,
but my nephew, there's good inside him.

Let me know
when there's good outside of him.

Sokka,

Katara is down here.

If you can help us find our friends
and get out of here,

I'll believe whatever.

All right, let's go.

I wonder if this is the reason
I was given this water in the first place.

Because it was meant for you.

I don't deserve it.

You will.

Hey, get away from her!

Sokka! Stop! He helped me.
That's why he got arrested.

He what?

Get your hands off me
before I burn them off.

Zuko. Both of you.

He's been helping people. I've seen it.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Iroh grunts]

- I'm sorry.
- I'm sorry.

[Katara grunts]

- Gotcha.
- [Katara chuckles]

The coast is clear. Is this everyone,
or do we have more rescuing to do?

Toph left the city with her mother,
but Appa's in a cell somewhere down here,

and we're gonna get him.

What are you two gonna do?

He helped me find you.

We should all get out of here.

Katara…

I just need to say I'm sorry.

I was being really unfair.
And I never should've pushed you away.

It's okay.

I'm sorry too.

- But we better go.
- [Aang] Please, just… just wait.

I need to say this.

If you took all of this away,
and I wasn't the Avatar,

and you weren't a Waterbender,
and we didn't need to save the world,

I…

We would still be friends.

Of course we would.

No argument could ever change that.

Yeah.

[Aang] I can feel him. Appa's this way.

[Katara] Guards.

[Sokka] Go, go, go!

[indistinct chatter]

Joo Dee.

Hey, we can get you out of here.

You can come with us.

The Avatar's here! Don't let him get away!

The Avatar is here!

He's over here!

[Aang grunting]

[intense music playing]

[guards grunt]

[guard] Separate them!

[grunts]

[Toph] You… you poisoned me!

It's crested lark poppy.

I use it for beauty sleep.
Don't be so dramatic.

[Toph] I'm your daughter,
and you kidnapped me?

Yes.

You're my daughter.

I'm glad you realize that.

After a time, you'll be grateful
for what I did for you today.

The planning, the excuses,

the lengths I've gone
to protect my only daughter from herself.

[Toph scoffs]

I'm not your property!

- [sighs]
- [Toph] You lied!

You lied!

You don't care.

You never did.

You never wanted me.

[scoffs]

You're ashamed of me.

I mean, why?

[scoffs] I mean, you don't even know me.

You don't even know me.

They do.

They do.

They know who I am.

[dramatic music playing]

I know who I am!

[gasps]

That's… that's impossible!

I'm Toph Beifong,
and I invented Metalbending.

[gasps]

[creatures yelping]

[chuckles]

I'm the greatest Earthbender in the world!

[panting]

[rumbling]

[Long Feng] He's through there.

[mysterious music playing]

I've kept an eye on him.

We can all get out of here together.

What?

Princess Azula
has taken control of the city.

Azula?

Azula, here?

How?

[Long Feng] She came here for you.

I did what I could
to protect you from her.

The military is destroyed.

And she's going to open the gates,

and the Fire Nation
will march on the palace.

Our only hope now

is to run and fight another day.

Did you really think
I would ever trust you again?

You betrayed us all.

If Azula took over, it's your fault.

I did what was needed to protect the city,
to keep the w*r outside the walls!

Everyone in Ba Sing Se lives in peace
because of me!

I shoulder the burden!
I do what must be done!

And you understand that.

No.

Because I care about the people.

All you care about is having power
and using it to save yourself.

I would never help you escape.

And I'm not gonna run.

I'm gonna stay here and stop Azula.

You will never defeat her.

You are too kind,

and that makes you weak.

[sighs]

You will see that I was right, Aang.

You can't win.

Run. Run while you still have a chance.

[Appa grunting]

Appa!

[dramatic music playing]

I missed you so much.

[Appa grunting]

I know.

[Appa grunting]

[Aang grunts]

[Momo chitters]

[Appa grunts]

I need to go save the others.

And I'll be right there behind you.

We're together forever.

[Appa grunts]

Promise.

[Appa purring]

[Aang] I'll be okay.

Appa.

Go.

[roars]

[grunts]

[intense music playing]

[Zuko grunts]

[grunting]

[Zuko panting]

Why couldn't you have stayed in your room
like a good boy?

[grunting]

[fire roaring]

[Zuko grunts]

[panting]

[yells]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Sai panting]

Okay. I surrender. I surrender.

- [Sokka grunts]
- [guards grunt]

Boomerang!

You do always come back.

Sh. Someone else is coming.

Aang! Oh, you're safe. Where's Appa?

I sent him up to the surface with Momo.

- Where's Iroh and Zuko?
- We were separated. It's been eventful.

We need to get out.
They can take care of themselves.

No. The city's not safe.

Azula and the Fire Nation have taken over.
And we need to stop her now.

Azula?

There you are. I think I found a way out.

Let's go.

[Katara] Okay.

[grunting]

[Azula panting]

[somber music playing]

[Zuko panting]

How long are we gonna
keep doing this, Zuko?

How long are we gonna
keep playing his game?

Fighting each other.

Until one of us wins.

Mother always thought I was a monster.

Don't talk about her. Ever.

[Azula sighs]

Maybe it wouldn't have come to this
if she hadn't been taken.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I couldn't stay quiet
that night in the carriage.

It's my fault.

But she told us to stay together.

That we would always have each other.

Maybe we could, Zuko.

I've taken the city.

Our forces are marching
through the streets at this very moment.

The Earth Kingdom is going to fall.

It's a glorious day
in our nation's history.

We could share it.

But I'm not going to force you
to come home if you don't want to.

The choice is yours.

[dramatic music playing]

[Aang] This is the way out.

I can feel it.

I'm gonna get Sai out of here!

[suspenseful music playing]

Get down!

[tense music playing]

[Aang grunts]

[panting]

[suspenseful music playing]

[exhales]

- [Zuko grunts]
- [tense music playing]

[grunting]

Thankfully your limbs are operational.

- I know. The drop helped. Yeah.
- Yeah.

[Sokka] Okay.

[sighs] Oh no, it's locked.

[bang on door]

[Sokka] Oh.

[creaking]

[mysterious music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

[Toph] Hmm.

Miss me, Snoozles?

You bent metal?

We can talk about how much I rule later.

Let's go. Appa's waiting outside.

Snoozle?

I'll tell you later.

[grunting]

I thought you had changed!

[Zuko grunting]

[panting]

I have changed.

[tense action music playing]

[grunts]

[grunts]

[Azula] Surrender, Avatar.

I've already won.

The question is,
how much are you willing to lose?

[distorted] I won't lose anyone.

[mystical whirring]

[dramatic music playing]

[Katara gasps]

[grunts]

[grunting]

[Azula gasps]

[grunting]

[Yangchen] If you die in the Avatar State,

the cycle will cease,

and the world
will fall out of balance forever.

[somber music playing]

[distorted thud]

[Katara weeping]

Get him out of here!

[Iroh grunts]

[sighs]

[mysterious music playing]

[birds chirping]

[Appa grunting in distance]

[foreboding music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[grunts softly]

[mysterious music playing]

[Katara gasps]

[Momo squeaking]

[mystical whirring]

Aang.

[Katara sighs]

Aang?

[Katara whimpers]

Aang!

Aang!

Aang!

[somber music playing]