petergedye 1 year ago (Uploader)

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sokka and zuko work together to get into the prison on boiling rock. who'd of thought that.

this episode is soooo cool, when sokka asked zoku where the fire nation would take prisoners, i couldn't belive it when he said he was going to try and get into the prison but with zuko helping him, you would think the last thing zuko would want is to go near a fire nation prison.
its great that they found suki there, but when zuko is found out, the warden turns out to be mai's uncle, and hates zuko for leaving his neice. when they attempt to break out of the prison they find that another war prisoner has been sent there, is it someone familliar?...

petergedye 1 year ago (Uploader)

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The name and design of this prison is almost certainly a reference to Alcatraz Penitentiary, a real-world island prison, which was nicknamed "The Rock."

The episode opens up with Zuko giving them all tea, and a lame joke which would sound funny with Uncle Iroh saying it. Meanwhile, Sokka is a bit disturbed. He asks Zuko privately about what prison Fire Nation criminals would be placed at, and Zuko, hesitantly, answers that the place would be a prison out in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of the ocean, where the gang might have passed through while they were on their way to the Western Air Temple. The prison is called the Boiling Rock. Zuko is suspicious on why Sokka would ask such thing, to which the latter denies of going there. The next scene proves he lied, as he sneaked to Appa in the middle of the night. As he reached the saddle, he was caught by Zuko. Zuko, however, decides to go along with Sokka, not with Appa, but with a war balloon whom Zuko used as a transportation to the Western Air Temple. The next morning, the gang finds a note written by Zuko, who fabricates in the writing, saying that he and Sokka has gone fishing, and to remind Aang to do some workout for Firebending practice, much to his dismay. As Zuko and Sokka are on their way, they make it to the prison at night. They see a whole bunch of steam emitting from the volcano. Because of the steam, the fire supporting the war balloon dies out and they are forced to crash land, meaning there is no way off of the prison. The next morning, the duo dons Fire Nation guard uniforms. Meanwhile, there's a quarrel going on outside. Chit Sang, a firebending prisoner, "broke" the rule of "Not bowing down to a prison guard." After Chit Sang defies his rule, the guard walks away and makes a fire whip and uses it against Chit Sang. However, the latter parries this, making him really break a rule. Firebending is prohibited in the prison and is sentenced to a cooler, where the firebenders are freezing until they can't firebend for a while. Meanwhile, Zuko, at lunch break for the guards, asks some guards where dangerous criminals are confined at (Water Tribes, for instance). Zuko and Sokka meets up later on and Zuko tells Sokka that Water Tribe prisoners are not located in this prison, much to Sokka's sorrow. Sokka believes he failed, yet again, but Zuko tries to cheer him up with one of Iroh's wise sayings. Sokka does get cheered up, not by Zuko's attempt, but at the sight of Suki, who is returning to her prison cell. Sokka locates her cell and confronts her. Suki believes Sokka to be a Fire Nation guard and pushes him with full force, thus removing Sokka's helmet. Suki is overjoyed to see him and vice versa, then the two kiss. Zuko spots a guard coming and warns Sokka with some knocks on the door of the cell Sokka is in. Zuko tries to stall the guard, while Sokka escapes, but the guard noticing Sokka (in disguise) asks for help. Sokka is left with no other choice but to arrest Zuko. But while Zuko is in his prison cell, he is confronted by the warden, who knows Zuko because the warden is Mai's uncle. The warden states that Zuko had broken Mai's heart after Zuko left the Fire Nation. Soon, Zuko and Suki are up to mopping duty where Suki recognized Zuko from The Warriors of Kyoshi. Sokka gathers the both of them for a plan, later Chit Sang is involved as well. They plan to use a cooler to ride their way out like a boat. First, someone will need to screw a cooler cell free. Zuko volunteers. Zuko pretends to mop and bump into Chit Sang. Then, the both of them are fighting and Zuko firebends. After that, he is sent to a cooler cell and Sokka finds him. Zuko, having used his fire breath to keep warm, was successful in unscrewing the cooler free. However, guards pass by and the both of them hide and overhear information Sokka wanted: War prisoners would be coming the next day and Sokka thinks he'll see his father, Hakoda. That night, they bring the loose cooler cell and Chit Sang brings two of his accomplices. Sokka, knowing about the new arrivals of new prisoners tomorrow, stays at the prison to break his father out. Suki and Zuko agrees to stay, while Chit Sang leaves with his friends. At dawn, Chit Sang and his friends are burning in the cell, so Chit Sang breaks a piece of metal to use it as an oar, but unfortunately, he is burned by the steaming water and yells out in pain. The Fire Nation guards are now aware of an escape attempt and catches the cooler cell drifting away. Meanwhile, Sokka, Suki, and Zuko hides while watching the prisoners come out of the lift used to transport prisoners. After a few come out, Sokka loses hope of seeing his father, until one last person is called out: Hakoda.