

Aang, along with his flying six-legged sky bison, Appa, returns with Katara and Sokka to their village, where he amuses the villagers with his airbending. This surprises them, as airbenders were believed to be extinct for 100 years. Reception Film critics appreciated the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender because it attracted the attention of 'an audience beyond the children's market with crisp animation and layered storytelling.' As for the video and picture quality, Gord Lacey from claims 'the colors are bright, and the picture is nearly flawless.'

Additional supporting characters include Admiral Zhao voiced by, and Jet voiced. Cast Most of the show's main characters made their debut within most, if not all, of the first episodes: Zach Tyler Eisen provided Aang's voice, Mae Whitman as Katara's voice, Jack DeSena as Sokka's voice, Dante Basco as Zuko's voice, Mako as Iroh's voice, and Dee Bradley Baker as the voices of both. On June 14, 2010, the unaired pilot was made available with and without commentary for the first time via the.

The episode was released with audio commentary from the creators, which unlike commentary on other episodes in the season is not possible to disable on the DVD set. As the box set lacks extras, the episode was not made available on DVD in PAL regions.
