City of Walls and Secrets

"City of Walls and Secrets"
Avatar: The Last Airbender episode
Ba Sing Se
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 14
Directed by	Lauren MacMullan
Written by	Tim Hedrick
Featured music	Ben Wynn Jeremy Zuckerman
Production code	214
Original air date	September 22, 2006 (2006-09-22)
Guest appearance
George Cheung as Pao
Episode chronology
← Previous "The Secret of the Fire Nation" Next → "The Tales of Ba Sing Se"
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"City of Walls and Secrets" is the fourteenth episode of the second season of the American animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, and the 34th episode overall. The show follows Aang (Zach Tyler Eisen), the last airbender and the “Avatar”, on his journey to bring balance to a war-torn world by mastering all four elements: air, water, earth, and fire. On his quest, he is joined by companions Katara (Mae Whitman), Sokka (Jack DeSena), and Toph Beifong (Jessie Flower), and hunted down by Fire Nation prince Zuko (Dante Basco) and princess Azula (Grey DeLisle). The episode was written by Tim Hedrick and directed by Lauren MacMullan.

The episode, written by Tim Hedrick and directed by Lauren MacMullan , follows Aang and his friends finally arriving in Ba Sing Se where they begin their search to look for Aang's missing bison Appa (Dee Bradley Baker), but they soon realize the city is not what it seems. Meanwhile, Freedom Fighter Jet tries to prove that Zuko and Iroh (Mako Imawatsu) are firebenders, taking drastic action to do so. The episode premiered on Nickelodeon on September 22, 2006, and received positive reviews with praise on how they handled its themes of utilitarianism and indoctrination.^[1]