The BEST episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender season 3

Every episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender season 3!

With the Fire Nation on the brink of global domination, a young boy reawakens after a hundred-year absence. To save his war-torn world he must accept his destiny as the Avatar before it's too late.

Last Updated: 11/29/2024Network: NickelodeonStatus: Ended
Sozin's Comet: Avatar Aang (4)
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8.96
2067 votes

#1 - Sozin's Comet: Avatar Aang (4)

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/19/2008

Aang defeats the Fire Lord by bending the elements within the Fire Lord and removing his fire bending abilities. After Zuko is taken down protecting Katara from Azula, Katara fights and manages to restrain Azula. Afterwards, Zuko is crowned Fire Lord and promises a better future for the world. Aang takes his place as the next Avatar, changing his attire in the process. Katara finally shows her love for Aang as they kiss in the last scene.

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Sozin's Comet: Into the Inferno (3)
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8.64
1728 votes

#2 - Sozin's Comet: Into the Inferno (3)

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/19/2008

Sokka, Suki, and Toph try to stop the Fire Nation's air fleet. Meanwhile, Zuko and Azula duel in an Agni Kai and Aang confronts the Fire Lord. On the verge of losing, Aang gets hit in the back of his scar which sends him into the Avatar State.

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The Day of Black Sun: The Eclipse (2)
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8.36
1412 votes

#3 - The Day of Black Sun: The Eclipse (2)

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/2007

As the invasion force fights their way to the Fire Nation capital, the kids help Aang to find the Fire Lord in time for the eclipse. But there are a few surprises. Zuko confronts his father and tells him that he's going to join the Avatar.

Writer: Aaron Ehasz
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Sozin's Comet: The Phoenix King (1)
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8.36
1924 votes

#4 - Sozin's Comet: The Phoenix King (1)

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/19/2008

Aang struggles to decide whether or not he has to kill the Fire Lord and, during the night, is drawn toward an island which disappears before morning. Zuko leads the rest of the group to the Earth Kingdom to meet a tracker whom they hope can find Aang. The Fire Lord crowns himself Phoenix King and Aang awakens on the island not knowing where he is.

Directors: Ethan Spaulding
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The Avatar and the Firelord
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8.34
1992 votes

#5 - The Avatar and the Firelord

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/2007

The tale of Avatar Roku and Fire Lord Sozin is revealed to Aang and Zuko by different sources. Both learn about themselves and are shown the origins of the war.

Directors: Ethan Spaulding
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The Boiling Rock (2)
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8.30
1777 votes

#6 - The Boiling Rock (2)

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/14/2008

Zuko and Sokka make new plans to break out of the prison with Suki, Sokka's father and some others while a shocking twist leaves Azula none to happy with her two closest friends.

Directors: Ethan Spaulding
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The Puppetmaster
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8.29
2052 votes

#7 - The Puppetmaster

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/2007

The gang investigates the bizarre disappearances taking place within an eerie town.

Writer: Tim Hedrick
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Sozin's Comet: The Old Masters (2)
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8.24
1474 votes

#8 - Sozin's Comet: The Old Masters (2)

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/19/2008

While on the island, Aang seeks guidance from his past lives, but is not pleased with what he is told. The island, in fact, turns out to be a lion turtle from which Aang is given the guidance he had been seeking. After the tracker is unable to track Aang, the rest of the group decide they must find Iroh. Meanwhile, while tracking down Iroh, the group meets up with The Order of the White Lotus, a group that transcends the division of the four nations. After a discussion with Iroh the team decides to split up: Sokka, Suki, and Toph head to stop the Fire Nation's air fleet, the masters head to reclaim Ba Sing Se, and Katara, Zuko, and Appa head to defeat Azula.

Directors: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
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The Day of Black Sun: The Invasion (1)
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8.23
1723 votes

#9 - The Day of Black Sun: The Invasion (1)

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/2007

The day of the eclipse has arrived, and the invasion force gathers together to make last preparations. They infiltrate the island and the battle begins. Meanwhile, Aang searches for the Firelord.

Directors: Giancarlo Volpe
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The Western Air Temple
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8.21
1891 votes

#10 - The Western Air Temple

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/2007

Aang and the group arrive at the Western Air Temple, with Zuko in pursuit. Zuko only wishes to be accepted, and help the Avatar, but will the group allow him to teach Aang firebending?

Directors: Ethan Spaulding
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The Firebending Masters
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8.07
1862 votes

#11 - The Firebending Masters

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/2008

While teaching Aang firebending, Zuko finds that he has lost all his firebending skills. Now to regain his powers, Zuko and Aang must seek the original source of firebending within the ruins of a lost civilization.

Directors: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: John O'Bryan
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Sokka's Master
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8.06
1925 votes

#12 - Sokka's Master

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2007

Feeling as though he isn't contributing enough to the group, Sokka seeks out an elusive swordsmaster from whom he can learn the ways of the blade.

Directors: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Tim Hedrick
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The Southern Raiders
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8.04
1953 votes

#13 - The Southern Raiders

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/17/2008

Katara decides to confront the Fire Nation soldier responsible for her mother's death. Aang tries to talk her out of it, and Katara later realizes he was right and learns a lesson about life and herself.

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The Ember Island Players
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7.97
1861 votes

#14 - The Ember Island Players

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/18/2008

A play recounting the gang's adventures does not sit well with Aang and his friends, except for Toph who enjoys it very much. Meanwhile, Aang confesses his love to Katara, but the response is ambiguous.

Directors: Giancarlo Volpe
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The Awakening
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7.92
1917 votes

#15 - The Awakening

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2007

Aang awakens to find himself aboard a captured Fire Nation ship with a full head of hair and sustaining serious injuries from the previous battle for Ba Sing Se. At his side are Katara, Sokka, and their father Hakoda who recount the events that led the four to the ship and contemplate their next move. Aang struggles to fight his own desire to face the Fire Lord before he is ready. Meanwhile, the once exiled Prince Zuko deals with his own issues as he makes his long-awaited journey home, with the fear of his father's rejection hanging over his head.

Directors: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
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The Headband
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7.82
1952 votes

#16 - The Headband

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2007

To better blend in as Fire Nation citizens, Aang enrolls in a Fire Nation school, giving himself an opportunity to learn more about the Nation while at the same enjoy life as a normal kid for the first time since he discovered he was the Avatar. Meanwhile Zuko, growing more and more paranoid about the Avatar's false demise, brings himself to confronts his imprisoned uncle.

Writer: John O'Bryan
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The Runaway
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7.80
1866 votes

#17 - The Runaway

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/2007

When Katara expresses her disapproval to Toph's new way to make quick cash, the group finds her too motherly and tension grows between Katara and Toph. When Katara finally decides to participate in this scam to disprove Toph's accusations, they are left vulnerable and are forced to face the dire consequences.

Directors: Giancarlo Volpe
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The Boiling Rock (1)
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7.78
1816 votes

#18 - The Boiling Rock (1)

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/14/2008

Sokka wants to break his father out of jail and askes Zuko for information on Fire nation prisons. Sokka and Zuko go to the "Boiling Rock" Prison which is in the middle of a volcano to rescue Sokka's father. When Sokka doesn't find him, he feels like he has failed... again... then his hopes are raised when he finds Suki. Sokka, Zuko, Suki and some unexpected allies attempt to escape the prison, but some unexpected surprises come along the way.

Writer: May Chan
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The Painted Lady
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7.70
1820 votes

#19 - The Painted Lady

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2007

When the gang arrives at a suffering fishing village, a mysterious spirit appears to help the villagers.

Directors: Ethan Spaulding
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The Beach
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7.66
1897 votes

#20 - The Beach

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/2007

Zuko, Azula, Mai and Ty Lee take a vacation to ember island. In the process, they come to learn more about themselves and each other as well as their desires for the future. Elsewhere, Aang and others face off against a new adversary.

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Nightmares and Daydreams
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7.41
1757 votes

#21 - Nightmares and Daydreams

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/2007

Four days prior the invasion, Aang becomes nervous over his soon-to-come confrontation with the Fire Lord. His anxiety gets the better of him as he begins to suffer from outrageous nightmares and hallucinations. Meanwhile, Zuko becomes upset to learn that he was not informed about a war meeting.

Directors: Ethan Spaulding
Writer: John O'Bryan
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