Zuko Alone

"Zuko Alone"
Avatar: The Last Airbender episode
A scene where Zuko protects the village.
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 7
Directed by	Lauren MacMullan
Written by	Elizabeth Welch
Story by	Michael Dante DiMartino Bryan Konietzko
Featured music	Jeremy Zuckerman
Original air date	May 12, 2006 (2006-05-12)
Running time	25 minutes
Guest appearances
Jen Cohn as Ursa Gary Sturgis as Gow Elijah Runcorn as young Zuko Walker Edmiston as Azulon Susan Eisenberg as Sela Brian O'Neill as Gansu Robby Bruce as Lee
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"Zuko Alone" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, and the 27th episode overall. Written by Elizabeth Welch and directed by Lauren MacMullan, it aired in the United States on Nickelodeon on May 12, 2006. The only episode in the series to not feature Zach Tyler Eisen as Aang, it follows Zuko as he comes across an Earth Kingdom village and meets a family whose eldest son is in the war. The episode also contains flashbacks to five years prior to the series' start showing how Zuko's father, Ozai, became Firelord.

The episode received critical acclaim and is regarded as one of Avatar: The Last Airbender's best.