It's amazing what you can discover (or in this case rediscover) on Netflix. There I was scrolling through the shows and there I found something from my childhood Avatar the Last Airbender which I loved when it first came on, I watched season 1&2 in their entirety but missed a few episodes of season 3 and as I don't like leaving things unfinished I watched season 1-3 over the weekend. Now I was expecting the same thing that happened when I watched some Power Ranger episodes that it is actually not that good and should have just left it alone, not tainting the perfect image in my head. However I can say with no doubt that this show is timeless and a must watch for any child as well as being thoroughly entertaining for grown ups. This show lends it self to both a young and old audience (the season 2 and 3 do this the best) There are characters, story arcs, plot points and jokes that I found just as interesting (and humorous) as I did when I first watched it 10 years ago. The story set in this fantastically created fictional world where there are four nations the fire nation (the baddies of the show) the water tribes of the North and south poles) the earth Kingdom and the air temples of the North, East south and west. And in these four nations are these people who can bend the elements of there respected nation. It is about this boy Aang who is the next avatar (someone who can bend all four elements) who after a shocking discovery leaves his home in the southern air temple and ends up getting frozen in ice for a hundred years. He is then discovered by brother and sister Katara and Sokka who are from the southern water tribe and after he is awakened from his 100 year slumber he discovers that the fire nation have been at war with the world for a 100 years and that his people have disappeared. He return is soon picked up by Prince Zuko of the fire nation who has been banished only to return when he captures the avatar and is accompanied by his Uncle Iroh. Aang also learns that he must master all four elements to stop the fire nations plan that will destroy the balance of the world. The story itself is great expanding epic but it's some of the smaller plot lines that can either be intriguing, funny or even emotionally evoking. And the characters are fantastic, Aang has a sort of captain America vibe to him in the sense that the world has changed so much from what he remembered it and he has to adapt to that but he also if fun carefree (most of the time) and has a strong bond with his friends and his pets Appa ( a flying bison with six legs...no really) and momo a mischievous flying lemur. Katara is a very strong female character which is not surprising since she and her brother lost their mother at a young age and their father is now fighting in the war as well as her being the last water bender from the South Pole. She and Aang also have a will they won't they romantic storyline that is very sweet and doesn't feel too cheesy or forced. Sokka is a bit of a screw up and the comic relief but he is also trying to fill his fathers shoes and be a great leader like him. Later on in season two we get many more characters on both sides like toph a young female blind earth bender who is funny and forthright, Azula who is Zukos sister and favoured child of their father and many more. All are great but two who really stand out for me are Zuko and uncle Iroh. Zuko as a villain for the majority of the show isn't doing this for purely evil reasons, he wants to capture the avatar because he wants to return home and have his glory and more importantly his fathers love returned to him, making him very interesting and conflicted in the later series. And Iroh is a old wise war veteran who is absolutely hilarious at some points, badass at others and tear jerking at others and there relationship is a very strong bond, the father/son I never had type that is very well done. In fact this show is very well made in general though it does suffer from a couple of episodes that aren't really necessary and only there to make it X amount of episodes, but since breaking bad and game of thrones also suffer from that it's not really a bit complaint. All in all this show was meant for kids and yes there are elements of that with some character moments, story arcs and so on but even those are still enjoyable to an older audience. When I finished this show late on Sunday night I felt this mixture of sadness and happiness that I only feel when I finish something so great that even though I understand that it had to finished at some point I still wanted more. 10/10 Also if your off put from watching this due to that atrocious film by M. Nightshamaladingdong then let me tell you that has nothing on this show may as well just forget it all together.