Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series) Jet (2005) User Reviews

Jet

[mipfel · 7/10 · 4 September 2022]

This Episode introduces Jet, a character that's widely hated due to his very extreme approach against the fire nation, risking innocent lives just to deal a blow against the fire nation. But that's what war does to some people, especially after being traumatised as a little kid. You don't have to like Jet but his actions are understandable, not justified, but understandable.

It's definitely not my favourite episode or anything like that but it has some cool fighting scenes and cool shots, especially when the dam is blown up. I don't like Jet (the character) either, that's the whole point. Don't let your hate for Jet distract you from the Episode itself, it shows you what war can do (to people).

Jet is a chump

[poseyfan · 7/10 · 21 June 2022]

This has never been my favorite episode but it has some decent moments. I liked the darker undertones about war and the like.

Jet honestly makes me want to punch the screen but i think it's designed that way. And i liked how Smellerbee and the Duke just ran into the traps that were very visible.

Overall, it was alright 6.5/10.

Finally, a Sokka episode

[matitya-33937 · 10/10 · 11 February 2024]

Jet's a bad guy. (On the off chance that surprises you, this is a spoiler review.) Katara loves Jet. Aang hero worships him. Sokka envies him. Plot twist, he's a terrorist. Aang, Sokka and Katara have to stop him. That might sound too generic to you but

1) Sokka is also cocky, arrogant and violent (and casually prejudiced against Firebenders so Jet is what he would be without his morality 2) Katara is generally quite trusting due to her idealistic nature and this is the first time we see the possibility of negative consequences to that 3) It's nice to see that a kids' show about war is capable of handling the subject matter with complexity and nuance 4) Sokka actually has great intuition. He instinctively distrusted Aang during their first encounter and Aang genuinely was keeping secrets from him and Katara and even though it wasn't intentional either time, Aang signalled the Fire Nation twice within that same episode. Now we finally get to see Sokka's instincts get the credit they deserve

I also like how the old man Sokka saved is a foil to the old man Haru saved. And the fact that Sokka's right that Prince Zuko tracks Aang by following Appa. (Zuko might not physically appear in this episode but his presence is felt.) While Jet has a suitably sympathetic and tragic backstory which nevertheless doesn't justify his evils.

This was a great episode and I love the fact that it's almost entirely about Sokka.

Yikes

[hornsbyhavoc · 3/10 · 16 August 2017]

Oh Jet, you grass blade-chewing psycho. This is an episode that could have been interesting, introducing a host of cool and driven characters with their vigilante ways of dispensing justice, but squanders its potential and is mostly useless. Characters suddenly act differently, nothing feels natural, and it begins the worst 45 minute run of Avatar as one of its only two bad episodes.

While journeying through the woods, the crew are ambushed by Fire Nation troops. These troops are in turn ambushed by some renegade tree-dwelling warriors, led by the charismatic Jet. The interesting bunch have all been wronged by the Fire Nation and seek to make them pay. After charming Aang and Katara, Jet's true personality is revealed when he brutally attacks an old man purely for being part of the Fire Nation. Sokka's the only one who sees, and thus Aang and Katara don't believe him and are happy to help Jet by unknowingly using their Waterbending powers to play a key role in drowning a whole town, some of whom are Fire Nation but mostly innocents. Surprise, surprise, they find out the truth, defeat Jet, and Sokka saves the town with help from the old man.

I hate this episode. I hate, hate, HATE this episode. I usually don't talk cultural issues in reviews so bear with me. Katara instantly falls for the dashing Jet and immediately refuses to hear any criticism of him, and mocks Sokka when he tries to tell the truth. For a show so progressive in many of its episodes, this yanks Katara into the old "women let emotions get in the way of their logic" trope. Aang, a kid, is likewise gullible (another reason why the romance they're setting up between Aang and Katara is stupid: HE IS A CHILD) beyond all reason. These characters have been mistrustful of everyone else they've met. Why do they just immediately trust this tool? Who knows. Some subplot involving Sokka's "instincts" is here and it's terrible too. I give it three stars for the great animation and interesting supporting characters, but make no mistake: this is a rare slip-up for the Avatar franchise and arguably the worst episode of the whole show. To make matters even worse, the next episode doesn't help.