He has always been able to do that. In the Book of Air, he got a job at a power plant where he was using lightning to produce power for Republic City.

I have a few gripes with the finale:

First, is how Zaheer goes from a non bender to damn near an airbending master (who can do something that only 1 other airbender in history has been able to do) in the matter of months.

Second, is how Zaheer couldn't take on Tenzen who was whipping his arse until he had numbers on his side with the rest of the Red Lotus yet he could take Korra on in the Avatar state.

Third, is how they take Korra from the previous season who took down Unalaq and Vaatu and make her struggle to fight Zaheer. Aang was a 12 year old boy fighting Fire Lord Ozai with Sozen's Comet making him exponentially more powerful without the Avatar state and still didn't look as weak as Korra did fighting Zaheer. Although this I can somewhat let go of since she was poisoned.

Fourth, speaking of the poison, how do they even know it is going to work. They develop a poison that is supposed to activate the Avatar state with only having one person in the world to test it on yet they obviously haven't been able to test it and it just works perfectly.

Finally, Korra goes into Avatar state due to the poison and rips the chains from the earth. Why didn't she just do this to begin with before they hit her with the poison?

As far as the action and intensity the finale was great. Especially having Korra dragged down as low as she can go, reminds me of Aang after he was shot with lightning from Azula. Ready to see her transformation next season along with the Air Nomads roaming the world assisting with the restoring of balance.

Oh and the woman that saved Korra's dad was definitely pushed too hard just to be some character that fades off after this episode.

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Posted by dawgfan24348

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Posted on 8/26/14 at 5:05 pm to Scrowe

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First, is how Zaheer goes from a non bender to damn near an airbending master (who can do something that only 1 other airbender in history has been able to do) in the matter of months.

He studied the Air Nomads all his life and was a strong follower in Guru Laghima. He also had only one attachment to the world and she died.

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Second, is how Zaheer couldn't take on Tenzen who was whipping his arse until he had numbers on his side with the rest of the Red Lotus yet he could take Korra on in the Avatar state.

Kind of hard to fight someone who is flying and Korra was quickly dying. She would have died had Suyin not saved her.

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Fourth, speaking of the poison, how do they even know it is going to work. They develop a poison that is supposed to activate the Avatar state with only having one person in the world to test it on yet they obviously haven't been able to test it and it just works perfectly.

You're thinking too much