Legend of Korra Recap: Breath of Fresh Air / Rebirth

*Editor’s Note: I wanted to take some time off from recaps, recharge the batteries and all that but since Nickelodeon gave us a week notice and dropped the new season like Yonce was on the track list, I had to throw the cape off like James Brown and come back to finish my set. Hope you enjoy.* Book 3: Change / Part I & IISpoilers do not give a good gotdamn about your waterbending technique on spirits Breath of Fresh Air We kick things off with everyone’s favorite crazy ass uncle getting his spirit connection on and trying to up his crochet game. When he re-enacts that Charlotte takes a tumble out of the tree, he discovers he miraculously has air bending powers. Somewhere Cooper Manning (Peyton and Eli’s older brother) is sitting at home thinking “this is some ole bullshit!”

Our first look at Korra in Book 3 and she, wait, what, is that…is that an air glider. Ohhhhhhhhhh shit, that air glider finally got parole?!?! Aang putting them Makaveli mixtapes out and nobody told me?!? And what does Korra use it for in this first scene…landscaping like she on HGTV Curb Appeal or some shit. Maaaaan, listen. The Harmonic Convergence, which kind of did sound like a bad idea at the time, has led to these vines overgrowing Republic City. The capital lookin like Rise of the Planet of the Apes out chea. Korra been working on a solution for two weeks, but nothing works so she up and glides to let the people know. …and the people let her know she done fucked up. This is like if President Obam…