Home > The Legend of Korra > Season 1 « TV Series Page The Legend of Korra: Season 1 (2012) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Want to see Episode List Season 1 The Legend of Korra Critics Consensus The Legend of Korra expands the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender with narrative substance and crisp animation -- and progresses the drama and action with a female lead. 100% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 10 89% Audience Score User Ratings: 278 NEW More Info × Close Want to see Super Reviewer Submit Super Reviewer Edit Review Episodes 1 Welcome to Republic City Air date: Apr 14, 2012 In the series premiere of this cartoon about a bold and rebellious teenage girl who undergoes training to become a fully realized Avatar, Korra arrives in Republic City and discovers it's a dangerous place for benders. More 2 A Leaf in the Wind Air date: Apr 14, 2012 Korra is thrilled to discover the city's Pro-bending Arena, where she meets two brothers who compete there. More 3 The Revelation Air date: Apr 21, 2012 Korra tries to gain access to the Equalist movement and its secretive leader. More 4 The Voice in the Night Air date: Apr 28, 2012 A task force recruits Korra to help them with their violent plan to remove Equalists. More 5 The Spirit of Competition Air date: May 5, 2012 Romantic rivalries disrupt the harmony on Korra's team. More 6 And the Winner Is... Air date: May 12, 2012 Korra prepares for the pro-bending championship while a sense of danger hovers over the arena. More 7 The Aftermath Air date: May 19, 2012 Korra worries that a friend is secretly aligned with the Equalists. More 8 When Extremes Meet Air date: Jun 2, 2012 Korra quarrels with Councilman Tarrlok in the midst of growing Equalist activity. More 9 Out of the Past Air date: Jun 9, 2012 Korra tries to analyze the mysterious visions she's been having. Meanwhile, Tenzin and Beifong look for Equalist hostages. More 10 Turning the Tides Air date: Jun 16, 2012 Republic City gets bombarded by the Equalists. More Show More Episodes Tv Season Info Genre: Animation Network: Nickelodeon Premiere Date: Apr 14, 2012 Episodes 1 Welcome to Republic City Air date: Apr 14, 2012 In the series premiere of this cartoon about a bold and rebellious teenage girl who undergoes training to become a fully realized Avatar, Korra arrives in Republic City and discovers it's a dangerous place for benders. More 2 A Leaf in the Wind Air date: Apr 14, 2012 Korra is thrilled to discover the city's Pro-bending Arena, where she meets two brothers who compete there. More 3 The Revelation Air date: Apr 21, 2012 Korra tries to gain access to the Equalist movement and its secretive leader. More 4 The Voice in the Night Air date: Apr 28, 2012 A task force recruits Korra to help them with their violent plan to remove Equalists. More 5 The Spirit of Competition Air date: May 5, 2012 Romantic rivalries disrupt the harmony on Korra's team. More 6 And the Winner Is... Air date: May 12, 2012 Korra prepares for the pro-bending championship while a sense of danger hovers over the arena. More 7 The Aftermath Air date: May 19, 2012 Korra worries that a friend is secretly aligned with the Equalists. More 8 When Extremes Meet Air date: Jun 2, 2012 Korra quarrels with Councilman Tarrlok in the midst of growing Equalist activity. More 9 Out of the Past Air date: Jun 9, 2012 Korra tries to analyze the mysterious visions she's been having. Meanwhile, Tenzin and Beifong look for Equalist hostages. More 10 Turning the Tides Air date: Jun 16, 2012 Republic City gets bombarded by the Equalists. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for The Legend of Korra Season 1 All Critics (10) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (0) Maybe having a 17-year-old girl run the world isn't as weird an idea as it sounds. In The Legend of Korra, it's sure entertaining watching her learn how. Sep 20, 2018 | Full Review… David Hinckley New York Daily News Top Critic [Avatar: The Last Airbender was] three seasons of dense mythology, solid comedy and amazing anime-inspired animation, followed up by "The Legend of Korra," a spin-off series which proved even more intriguing and progressive. Jul 5, 2018 | Full Review… Liz Shannon Miller indieWire Top Critic I've honestly loved that Korra was willing to go to continually sadder and harder to deal with places all season long.... sometimes, things suck and that's the way life is. Sep 21, 2018 | Full Review… Kaci Ferrell Den of Geek Continuing in the tradition of epic fiction established in Avatar: The Last Airbender, this series boasts a surprising level of substance for an action cartoon. Sep 21, 2018 | Full Review… Emily Ashby Common Sense Media I'm pretty sure Naga is the most impressive character in this show so far. Sep 20, 2018 | Full Review… Rebecca Pahle The Mary Sue I found the season to be a delight to watch. The animation from Studio Mir is crisp, clean, and has a wonderful atmosphere. Sep 20, 2018 | Full Review… Noel Kirkpatrick TV.com The Legend of Korra, another slick-looking, anime-informed concept,... this [series] represents a bit more ambitious storytelling for older kids, and perhaps a few adults with the geek gene. Sep 20, 2018 | Full Review… Brian Lowry Variety Top Critic For both newcomers and fans alike, Season 1 gave us a memorable journey with dramatic highs and plenty of good-natured humor to back it up. Sep 20, 2018 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review… Max Nicholson IGN Movies [Non-benders vs. benders] seemed like the most interesting out of all the arcs. Sep 20, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Emily Guendelsberger AV Club Top Critic Its finale, in which Korra walked into the sunset not with any of the male characters she'd known throughout the show, but with her female friend Asami, was nothing short of groundbreaking for a franchise aimed, nominally at least, at kids. Aug 31, 2018 | Full Review… Laura Bradley Vanity Fair View All Critic Reviews (10) Audience Reviews for The Legend of Korra: Season 1 Jul 22, 2019 A worthy and darker successor to The Last Airbender. The animation and fight scenes are marvels, and the style and wit are the quality you'd expect from these writers, with added romance and grit. While as a whole the show can't beat its predecessor, what can? Henry D Mar 20, 2019 I'm not the target audience and while it's not among my favourite shows I can appriciate it. Tobias E Mar 08, 2019 This was terrible. Avatar: The LAST Airbender was fantastic and one of the greatest tv shows ever but this was woeful. Ang was an interesting, engaging, funny, colourful character on a spiritual journey, while Korra was bland, boring, humourless and dull. Scott R Oct 28, 2018 *lady gaga voice* talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, showstopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique Isabella M Oct 05, 2018 Very good continuation to Avatar: The Last Airbender and a nice flashback to the 1920's. The characters are good and the story Arc is completely different to what I'm used to. StookyDoo T Feb 14, 2018 Really good its a must watch! Jack H Dec 26, 2017 Korra can be a bit brash and hard to adjust to at first given how instantly likeable Aang had been, but I actually don't mind that--the creators didn't just retread the same ground as the past series, they took special care to make SURE that Legend of Korra was a new era with new characters. Korra isn't Aang. If anything she's the opposite--and while Aang had to learn to step up to the plate and fight Korra has to learn to step down and compromise. Both are powerful lessons. Anyway, overall it's an interesting season with interesting questions raised as to what it would be like being a nonbender in this world. Overall I quite like it (and particularly how well they build up the main villain). My main complaint with season 1 would be that the final episode sure wraps up quickly, but I don't blame the creators for that, Nickelodeon really messed with them during the making of Korra and its schedule--they thought it was the only season they could make and so they HAD to wrap it all up neatly. They later rectified this for season 4 and you get to see how they would have resolved it if they had been given time. Carlotta 4 Jun 20, 2017 I am a fan of ATLAB, so I wanted to see the same magic from that show in a sequel. Unfortunately this show is what we got. This was a missed opportunity to have a comedic series about the adventures of prince Zuko as he develops into the new fire lord and searches for his mother with the help of Aang and friends. This show is dark and not the light hearted romp that the ATLAB was and, as the series progresses, Korra comes off as an incompetent Avatar. Hiram R Jan 23, 2017 Great way to start of the series, really engaging and is really fun to watch. Jack H Jun 21, 2016 Worst Avatar show ever. 1. The hero is a temperamental hot head with no logic OR common scenes. Rushing into danger and never learning from it. She ruins the show and the avatar legacy. Basically every plot involves Korra losing her temper and making a reckless unrealistic decision. 2. Action is boring and predictable. Basically 3 shots are fired and the 3rd always hits. Spoiler 3. POOR WRITING: Unlikeable characters. They were anti-logical, puerile, and unintelligent. They even made the appearances of old characters from the original series unlikeable and uneventful. 4. Unbalanced unfunny humor. It just gots worst and worst. If you like the uncute things kids say, OR stupidly pointless and random humor you might like it. Chris A See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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