"The Ember Island Players" | |
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Avatar: The Last Airbender episode | |
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Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 17 |
Directed by | Giancarlo Volpe |
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Production code | 317 |
Original air date | July 18, 2008 |
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"The Ember Island Players" is the seventeenth episode of the third season of the American animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, and the 57th 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), Toph Beifong (Jessie Flower), Suki (Jennie Kwan), and Zuko (Dante Basco), and hunted down by Fire Nation princess Azula (Grey DeLisle).
The episode, written by Tim Hedrick, Joshua Hamilton and John O'Bryan, and directed by Giancarlo Volpe, follows Aang and his friends attending a play about them, only to find it has major inconsistences with reality. The episode serves as a recap episode of the story so far, while also leading into the series finale "Sozin's Comet", which would air the following day. The episode released on Nickelodeon on July 18, 2008, and was watched by 4.53 million viewers.[1] The episode received positive reviews.