The midnight premier of the season finale of Korra starts off with hopelessness and despair and ends with a satisfying victory with boundless possibilities.
"Darkness Falls" really holds up to it`s title, with Korra really trying her best to put Vatuu back in his place. Korra trying to dig deep and over come each life threatening moment and blow after another. And the sight of the legacy of the Avatar begin ripped to shreds piece by piece and evil`s ultimate triumph really gives of an emotional resonance.That despite their efforts darkness prevailed and our heroes lay in utter defeat. 
But not everything was dark in this episode as it provided a Tenzin subplot in the midst of all this end of this battle for the world. Tenzin, Kaya and Bumi were very reminiscent of the original avatar team. Tenzin being the spiritual leader like his father, Bumi being comic relief non-bender like Sokka and Kaya bearing similarities with her mother in terms of comparison and calm personality. This only helped with the guest appearance and Tenzin`s strange plan to find his daughter. Making further comparison to the previous team and Tenzin and his siblings. 
And on another surprising not the episode tries to insert some happy, heart warming vibes with the reveal of Bolin`s true feelings. Makes one wonder if indecisiveness runs in Mako and Bolin`s family.
Despite some flops with the animation it could not degrade the world-at-stake battle between Vatuu and Rava, never letting the suspense die for even a second. And the ending to this episode all the more crushing and soul shattering.
"Light In The Dark" was the perfect continuation from the last episode, feeling like a perfect rise from the hopelessness and dread of last episode. Providing some very provocative and insightful philosophy as the overall solution to defeat Vatuu and some last minute but very insightful character development for Tenzin and for Korra. That it is not what they are that defines these characters but who they are, allowing them to dig deeper and overcome this ultimate darkness. Demonstrating the more outstanding qualities of the show, how this series can both entertain and teach.
The fight was very surprising and might as well put "Siege of the North" to shame, since it was combined with a deeper meaning and with higher stakes. Gigantic amazon spirit Korra beats Godzilla fish Aang. Even giving Jinora even more time to shine in this fight, literally.
Relationships between the characters also ends on a sad note, while they could have had some chance to develop now have been dropped due to various circumstances. Such as Bolin and Eska`s heart warming, newly rekindled love as well as Mako and Korra`s sadly but needed to be ended relationship.
Despite the losses the series ends with boundless possibilities and new ideas as a new spiritual era. And despite the faults of our current team Avatar it leave more to be explored or even corrected in book 3.
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