History Recap / AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheDeserter

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When Katara heals herself for the first time, Jeong-Jeong tells her that it's a rare ability for Waterbending. However, only two episodes later, it's established that Waterbending healing is commonly taught in the Northern Water Tribe for the women (However, Jeong-Jeong may simply be unaware of this, as his experience in the military likely means he has mostly faced warrior waterbenders, and since the Northern Tribe does not teach fighting techniques to women, Jeong-Jeong likely only have seen healers in action when raiding camps or the Northern Tribe city at most, giving him the false impression that the skill was rare).

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When Katara heals herself for the first time, Jeong-Jeong tells her that it's a rare ability for Waterbending. However, only two episodes later, it's established that Waterbending healing is commonly taught in the Northern Water Tribe for the women.

* AnAesop: The episode has a number of interwoven lessons concerning the importance of patience and self-control.
** When a teacher says you're not yet ready to try something, he's probably right. After all, why would you seek a master's knowledge if you're noting going to listen to what he has to say?
** When learning something new, it's important to be patient, rather than skip the necessary steps because you find them boring. Learning is a long process of tedious small steps that gradually build up skill and knowledge.
** Practice self-restraint, or through its lack you will hurt others as well as yourself.

''Aang:''' I don't know why, but I thought you'd be better than Zuko!