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Legend of Korra Season 4 Episode 1 Legend of korra season 4 episode 1 Continue The Legend of KorraSeason 4Region 1 DVD cover artCountry OriginUnied States No. episodes13ReleaseOriginal networkNicktoonsNick.comOrligal releaseOctober 3 (2014-10-03) - December 19, 2014 (2014-12-19)Season timeline← Previous Season 3 List of Legends of Corra episodes Book 4: Balance is the fourth and final season of the animated series The Legend of Correa by Michael DiMartino and Brian Koniko. It consists of thirteen episodes (chapters), all animated Studios World. Episodes were available on the Nickelodeon website and other online editions every Friday starting October 3, 2014, and premiered on November 28, 2014 on Nicktoons. The critical reception of Book 4, throughout the series as a whole, was positive. Book 4 is set three years after the previous season. It is dedicated to The Avatar Corra's journey of self-discovery after the physical and psychological trauma she suffered in battle with zahir, and the riots in the Kingdom of the Earth, where Kuvira, a former security officer in the service of Suiin Biphonong, seeks to seize power by military force. The season is followed by the graphic novel trilogy Turf Wars, which gathers momentum immediately after the series finale. Production After Nickelodeon cut the budget for season 4 by about the amount needed for one episode, DiMartino and Konietzko decided to include a clip of the show's episode that reused the earlier production of animation, instead of allowing many of the creative staff to go. Inspired by an episode of Samuraja Champloo's music video show The Diaries of Disorder, they decided to frame a series of edited clips from previous seasons of The Legends of Corre with five minutes of new animation. Shown as episode 8, Remembrances, the clip show was also intended as a light-hearted romp, similar to an episode of Avatar: The Last Air Funder of Amber Island Players before the series enters its place. The reception season as a whole was well received by critics. Critics generally enjoyed the main villain Kuvira and thought that it complements Corra well. Max Nicholson of IGN felt that the overall plot of Kuvira's military campaign was not as ambitious as the previous seasons, although he still liked it. Nicholson also praised the season for its handling of topics such as war, dictatorship, weapons of mass destruction and post-traumatic stress disorder. The latest footage of the series, designed to show Asami and Corra becoming a romantic couple, was seen pushing the boundaries of LGBT representation on children's television. Korra Alone was rated by critics as one of the best episodes of the entire series, 56, described by Nicholson as masterful and heartbreaking. Day of the Colossus received positive reviews for its action sequences, described by Matt Patch as 22 minutes of magic scenery, featuring some of the most creative, actions I've ever seen. In contrast, the music video show Remembrances was highlighted as a weak spot in the season. In the final scene of the season and the series, Corra and Asami face each other holding hands. This scene is reminiscent of the previous wedding scene between Joo Li and Warrick, as well as the last shot of Avatar: The Last Balloon, in which Aang and Katara kiss. It has been the subject of discussion outside of the entertainment media, particularly after the creators of the series confirmed that the scene was meant to mean Corra and Asami becoming a romantic couple. According to Joanna Robinson for Vanity Fair, who described the series finale as the most disruptive television event of the year, it changed the side of TV by going further than any other children's television work in portraying same-sex relationships 13 - the score, Shared reviewers for TV.com, 14 Club A.V., 4 USA Today,15 IGN, Megan Farokhmanes of Polygon wrote that by portraying Korra and Asami bisexual, the series even avoided mistakes, suggesting sexual orientation, as many other TV series have done, to be a strict gap between gay and direct. In 2018, io9 ranked #55 in the list of 100 Most Important Pop Culture Moments of the Last 10 Years. Episodes Watch also: List of Legends of Corra episodes No.overallNo. inseasonTitleAnimated byDirected byWritten byOriginal Release DateProd.code401Head one: After all these years Studio MirColin HeckJoshua HamiltonOctober 3, 2014 (2014-10-03)214 Three years after the defeat by zahir, the conceited Prince Wu is about to be crowned The King of the Earth, McEvoy his assigned bodyguard. In the Land kingdom, Opal and Kai are trying to protect the community from gangsters with limited success. Kuvira, who now styles herself a Great Uniter, appears at the head of an army that includes Bolin, Warrick and his assistant Ju Li. It offers the governor supply and protection - if he subordinates his state to its sovereignty. The governor reluctantly agrees, and their conversation shows that this has become a regularity as Kuvira consolidates more and more of the Kingdom's Land under her leadership, which is beginning to seem increasingly oppressive. Elsewhere, a dull Corra fights and loses cage matches, apparently giving up his identity as Avatar. 412Head two: Korra AloneThe Studio Mirian GramMaihael Dante DiMartino10 October 2014 (2014-10-10)215 Over the past three years, the dull Corra has been slowly regaining his health through physical therapy and healing imposed by Katara at the South Pole, following her torture and poisoning by the hands of the Red Lotus. However, the consequences of the attack and the other suffering and loss she faced left her psychologically traumatized, and haunted by doubts that she ever be the same again, and she wasn't in Avatar State after the attack. By deceiving her family and friends into believing that she is back in the Republic City, she is actually wandering aimlessly around the world, isolating herself as much as possible from human contact. She pursues a dark vision of herself as she appears in the fight against zahir, who seems to look at her wherever she goes. Spirit leads her into the banyan swamps that were previously featured in Avatar: The Last Air Exchange, where her twin ghost chases her down and attacks her, and she suffers a hallucination of drowning, but regains consciousness in the abode of Toff Beifong. 423Head 3: Coronation Studio MirMelchior TsvirTim HedrickOctober 17, 2014 (2014-10-17)216 At Wu's coronation in the Republican city, Kuvira refuses to cede power to him, instead announcing that she will consolidate territory under her control into the new Empire of the Earth. This creates a rift between her and other world leaders, including Souyun, as well as between Bolin and Mako, who must protect the unpopular Wu from Kuvira's angry supporters. Meanwhile, in the Banyan swamp, Tof agrees to help Corra regain her strength, though her methodology largely consists of browbeating Corra and beating her with still formidable earthbending. She finds residual metal poison inside the Corra but can't remove it - Corra subconsciously resists, scarring from her previous injuries. Meanwhile, Tenzin sends Ginora, Ikki, and Melo in search of Corra, and Warrick experiments on spiritual vines for Kuvira. 434Head 4: Invocation Studio MirColin HeckKatie MattilaOctober 24, 2014 (2014-10-24)217 While young pilots look far and wide for Corra, Ikki is briefly captured by two soldiers of the Earth Empire. Based on what they say, Ikki leads the trio to the Misty Swamp. There, Korra is still haunted by the vision that she has suffered from her past enemies, but she manages to connect with her brothers and sisters through the roots of the great Banyan Grove tree. After they implore her to resume her Avatar duties to face Kuvira, Tofa's advice helps Corre let go of her fears, bend the rest of the poison out of herself and re-enter the Avatar state. 445Head 5: The Enemy at the Gates Studio Mirian GraemeJoshua Hamilton31 October 2014 (2014-10-31)218 As the Kuvira army marches through Saofu, Souyun refuses to allow his city to join the new empire, and Corra tries in vain to negotiate a peace exodus. Varrik and Bolin realized the totalitarian nature of Kuvira's rule, but their escape was thwarted by Kuvira's fiance, the son of Suiin Baatar Jr. (Todd Haberkorn). While Joo Lee swears allegiance to Kuvira, Warrick is forced to arm the wind vines for her, and Bolin must be sent to a re-education camp. In the Republican city of Asami reunites with his father, who was imprisoned, Hiroshi. 456Head 6: Battle AofuTudiofustudio After Soyun and her twin sons were captured while infiltrating Kuvira's camp to get her out, Kuvira agrees to a duel with Corra to decide control of Theofu. Although currently free from the effects of Red Lotus poison, Corra remains off-balance and Kuvira goads her to gain further advantage by consistently outmaneuvering Corra. Unable to otherwise gain an advantage, Corra enters the Avatar state and prepares to strike a crushing blow until he hallucinates a vision of his dark ghost in Kuvira's place and collapses to the ground. Opal, Ginora, Ikki and Meelo rescue Corra and run with her on the back of an air bison. Meanwhile, Warrick and Bolin escape after Warrick impistes a bomb with a vine. Kuvira forces the citizens of Saofu to obey, and Baatar Jr. and Ju Li continue to work on the superweapon of grapes. 467Head 7: MirColin HeckMichael Reunion Studio Dante DiMartino November 14, 2014 (2014-11-14)220 As Corra reunites with his friends in the Republican city, Wu is kidnapped on Kuvira's orders.
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