{"id":884222,"date":"2026-10-16T10:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/884222\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:12:11","slug":"avatar-seven-havens-episodes-4-6-recap-and-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/884222\/","title":{"rendered":"Avatar: Seven Havens Episodes 4-6 Recap and Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warning: This review contains full spoilers for Avatar: Seven Havens <\/a>Season 1, Episodes 4-6!<\/p>\n

With the next batch of three episodes of Avatar: Seven Havens now on Paramount+, we\u2019re nearly halfway through the first season of the series. The show has clearly hit an episodic rhythm and is amping up the danger for our twin Avatars, Pavi (Saheli Kahn) and Nisha (Aishu Devan), as well as their supposed safe Haven of Ellora. But we\u2019re also still in Ellora, and other than a very menacing red diamond and a group of raiders called the Faceless, it\u2019s curious that we still don\u2019t quite have a sense of what the overall thrust of this story is as of yet.<\/p>\n

Read Last Week’s Review:<\/p>\n

Avatar: Seven Havens Episodes 1-3 Recap and Review<\/a><\/p>\n

Okay, that\u2019s not exactly true; the thrust of Book 1: Survival (the overarching name for the season) certainly seems to be Pavi and Nisha regaining the lost memories of their past while the tensions and distrust in Ellora bubble over to unbearable levels, mostly focused on the unseen threat of the Avatar \u2014 after all, we\u2019re told it was the previous Avatar, Korra, who broke the world two centuries ago, leading to what\u2019s left of humanity living in Seven Havens.<\/p>\n

The Long View<\/p>\n

But the real tense question for viewers watching the show is: When are they going to leave this One (1) Haven and explore the other Six (6) Havens, to make Seven total Havens? Look, it\u2019s gotta happen \u2014 probably \u2014 but this isn\u2019t the single-city focus that mostly consumed Legend of Korra. There, it made sense to spend a lot of time in Republic City; the steampunk-inspired home for all four types of benders and humans was a vast array of landscapes and social strata. Ellora, by design, is smaller and more in line with where we first met Aang with the Southern Water Tribe before heading off to explore the wide world of Avatar.<\/p>\n

In fact, if you look at a similar span of time on The Last Airbender, team Avatar had left the Southern Water Tribe by Episode 6, went to the Southern Air Temple, met the Kyoshi Warriors, headed to the Earth Kingdom of Omashu, and fought the at-the-time villainous Zuko multiple times. Not that Seven Havens needs to ape that formula, but the curiosity factor about the new landscape of the world after Korra\u2019s cataclysm (Korraclysm?) is high. We end Episode 6, \u201cNight of the Afflicted,\u201d with Ellora calling the other Havens for help; however, that likely means the other Havens are coming to Ellora, not Pavi and Nisha going to them.<\/p>\n

The show is lovely to look at on an episode-by-episode basis, adorably funny, and doing a nice job of slowly fleshing out the expansive cast.\u201c<\/p>\n

This would be much less of a problem if every episode didn\u2019t include the twins talking about how they want to go find their parents and see if they\u2019re alive. Yet not once does anyone say, \u201cokay, let\u2019s check outside Ellora,\u201d which is the last place they were seen. Yes, Ellora and its citizens are getting plenty of time in the sun, and they\u2019re all interesting in their own right. But at this point, it feels like Seven Havens is fighting against itself to keep our characters in town instead of following the quest structure the season seemed to be setting up.<\/p>\n

Those five paragraphs aside, let\u2019s not also forget that this is a very fun show and a great addition to the Avatar canon. While the season-long view raises some questions about the show\u2019s direction, it\u2019s still lovely to look at on an episode-by-episode basis, adorably funny, and doing a nice job of slowly fleshing out the expansive cast. And thanks to the news<\/a> out of New York Comic Con that the show will now run at least four seasons, there\u2019s a little bit more breathing room for Seven Havens to stay in Ellora before Pavi, Nisha, and presumably Jae (Major Curda) head out to repair this broken world. When they had just announced two seasons, you could hear the clock ticking away in the background; now, they can hang in Ellora for Season 1 but hopefully get on the road in Seasons 2-4.<\/p>\n

Avatar: Seven Havens Images\"\"The Episodes Close Up<\/p>\n

Okay, enough long view. To break down the plot more specifically, Episode 4, \u201cThe Faceless,\u201d focuses on what seemed to be the big threat last week. As it turns out, they\u2019re really raiders taking grain and other goods from Ellora \u2014 late in the episode they kidnap a herd of cameldillos. The smart thing this half-hour does is take this threat and pair it with a very small, personal quest for our three leads to find missing Bending Brigade member Uki (Kimberly Woods). Not only does this allow Pavi to get much weirder, building on her \u201cactually, I talk to rocks and they\u2019re my friends\u201d moment from Episode 3, but it gives us more of a chance to understand the increased fear and panic in Ellora that\u2019s caused or amplified by what was left behind by the red diamond.<\/p>\n

Not to compare and contrast two extremely different shows, but take a look at Lanterns over on HBO, which spent a lot of time telling us how nervous the people of the town of Rushville, Nebraska were, while only showing us those people one or two times in eight episodes. Meanwhile, Seven Havens depicts this on multiple levels, from those in the ruling class to citizens in a delicious looking bakery to Uki\u2019s insanely large family, who are worried not just about her but the city itself. As viewers, this gives us a specific emotional tie versus Pavi and Nisha riding their cat-monkeys through a town of, er, faceless nobodies. This storyline is all about panic and fear of the unknown, something extremely relevant to our modern world. The almost-riot in Episode 5, \u201cThe One Left Behind,\u201d and the pseudo-zombie attacks in Episode 6, \u201cNight of the Afflicted,\u201d wouldn\u2019t be as effective if we didn\u2019t care about the regular people of Ellora.<\/p>\n

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And now a quick side-trip to theory town (and scroll down for a very big theory that borders on possible spoilers): We\u2019re all agreed that the Faceless aren\u2019t bad guys; they\u2019re people trying to survive outside the Haven, right? And given the \u201cyou should join us\u201d moment at the beginning of the episode, by the time Jae finds Uki again, she\u2019ll understand the Faceless point of view? Okay, cool.<\/p>\n

To jump into Episode 5, now that city guard Molin (Osric Chau) is possessed by the red entity and knows (or thinks he knows) the Avatar is in town, tensions are unbearably high. What works nicely about the animation here is that the expressions convey the real pain and terror everyone is feeling as the Guards work to track down the Avatar. Meanwhile, Jae and Bending Brigade Commander Karthik (Akshay Khanna) try to alleviate fears despite knowing there isn\u2019t just one but two Avatars in Ellora.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot to like about this episode. Shouts to Seven Havens for doubling down on the relationship between Jae and Datu (Topher Ngo). There\u2019s the funniest moment they\u2019ve had so far, with an old woman responding to Jae\u2019s impassioned pleas with a raspberry, then being haughtily carried away by a large man. And of course, Karthik has a secret closet full of artifacts, aka Avatar easter eggs, which we\u2019ll get into more after the recap. But the biggest plus is again keeping things focused on emotion while spooling out the plot. Here, thanks to a rediscovered bracelet paired with Pavi\u2019s brooch, we discover that Nisha and Pavi\u2019s parents were trying to hide them and contacted the Order of the White Lotus, but when Karthik arrived, he only found Nisha alone in the wasteland. There are strong shades of Rey\u2019s story from Star Wars: The Last Jedi here, though clearly our twin Avatars\u2019 parents know a whole lot more about the world breaking than we\u2019re aware of at the moment.<\/p>\n

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And then there\u2019s Episode 6, which has Ellora getting its fears amplified by the crystalline structures left behind by the red diamond, with the evil diamond returning not to attack but to show Pavi and Nisha another vision of their mother and father. Perhaps most importantly, Pavi calms down Molin by sticking him in a \u201ccozy wall,\u201d which counts as number two after Raspberry Lady in the list of funniest moments in this batch of episodes. Not to sound like a broken record, but once again this episode pairs the fear zombie plot (the big story) with Pavi\u2019s own fears that she won\u2019t be good enough thanks to the loss of her leg (ostensibly the little story). There\u2019s clearly more to tell there, but the animation conveys her pain and frustration as she tries to help Nisha and Jae quell the madness, and the ultimate delivery of a new prosthetic from an extremely kindly doctor is joyful, as Pavi bounces around the room.<\/p>\n

As with The Last Airbender and later seasons of The Legend of Korra, the focus is on characters and emotion\u00a0first.\u201c<\/p>\n

Naturally, the mysteries here \u2014 Why are there two Avatars? What\u2019s up with the red diamond? Is it really the wrath of the spirit world, or something else? What about those other six Havens? \u2014 are great to theorize about. But as with The Last Airbender and later seasons of The Legend of Korra (they made the mistake of going a little too plot- and exposition-heavy in the first season), the focus is on characters and emotion first.<\/p>\n

This does tie neatly into The Big Theory we\u2019ll get into below, and while there is a bit of the \u201cwhen are they going to get to the fireworks factory<\/a>\u201d in regards to those other Six Havens in this week\u2019s batch of episodes, Seven Havens is doing a bang-up job of making us care not just about Pavi and Nisha, but all of Ellora. There\u2019s a kindness and empathy running through this series that is rare even for animated shows. In short? Avatar: Seven Havens is like sitting inside a nice, cozy wall for 60ish minutes every week.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Avatar Easter Eggs, References, And Connections<\/p>\n

Before we get into specific easter eggs, here\u2019s that theory we mentioned \u2014 and while it is just a fan theory posted on Reddit<\/a>, it\u2019s the sort of thing that feels so correct, it may have figured out the whole show after the first week. So possible future spoilers on: The Seven Havens are the Seven Chakras. That\u2019s the short version, but if you don\u2019t recall \u2014 back in The Last Airbender Season 2, Aang learned about the seven chakras that, when unlocked, allow him to enter the all-powerful Avatar State. He initially was unable to unlock them due to not letting go of attachments, and was later badly hurt due to Azula\u2019s lightning bending.<\/p>\n

Each chakra has a color and an associated emotion, and the colors of the Seven Havens all coincide exactly with the colors of the various chakras. Ellora, you may not be surprised to learn, is depicted as red in the opening credits, and the red chakra or Root Chakra, is blocked by fear. The title of the season finale of Seven Havens\u2019 first season? \u201cThe Root Chakra.\u201d<\/p>\n

While not exactly \u201ccase closed,\u201d the theory continues that Korra either did something or was trying to prevent something from happening (and failed) that broke the chakras of the world. So once Pavi and Nisha figure this out, they won\u2019t be going on a journey to figure out bending \u00e0 la Aang and Korra since they\u2019ve already mastered all four elements, but rather to unlock the seven chakras of the world and restore balance. The weird weather? That\u2019s because the chakras are blocked; it would also explain why the red diamond isn\u2019t evil. It just needs Pavi and Nisha to do something to unblock Ellora\u2019s fear.<\/p>\n

If this is indeed a journey to restore the chakras, the place where Korra probably made her last stand would definitely be her home from Legend of Korra.\u201c<\/p>\n

One additional aspect of this theory, by the way, is that intrepid fans have already laid the map of the Seven Havens from the opening credits over the known map of the Avatar world. While some places are unknown or guesses, it seems almost a given that one of the Havens is Ba Sing Se, while the likely final one is none other than Republic City. Again, this makes a lot of sense; if this is indeed a journey to restore the chakras, the place where Korra probably made her last stand would definitely be her home from Legend of Korra.<\/p>\n

Is this all true? Just wild guesses? We\u2019ll find out as the show continues, but let\u2019s get into some easter eggs and references we do know for sure.<\/p>\n

To work backwards (because pretty much everything we need to talk about is in Episode 5), it\u2019s neat to see lightning bending again, aka the coolest bending. We also get to see Pavi and Nisha do energy bending to \u201cbanish\u201d the red diamond, which stuns Karthik. While the above Big Theory seems more plausible, this could throw a little more fire on the \u201cAang did something when he removed Fire Lord Ozai\u2019s bending\u201d theory, since that also involved energy bending.<\/p>\n

Okay, fine, Episode 5. Right at the beginning, we get a fun little mention of \u201cCommander Bountan once told me he saw a dancing lemur-man in the harshlands.\u201d While there\u2019s no way Bountan actually saw this, it\u2019s clear this is a reference to Momo\u2019s iconic dancing in The Last Airbender Season 2, \u201cTales of Ba Sing Se,\u201d where he danced with some monkeys while trying to find the missing Appa.<\/p>\n

\u2026And then Pavi and Nisha end up in Karthik\u2019s secret room, a treasure trove of artifacts collected by the Order of the White Lotus. Look, full disclosure: We\u2019re definitely going to miss things here because there is so much, so sound off in the comments below if you catch something we don\u2019t. But a partial list of artifacts includes:<\/p>\n

Sokka\u2019s club, which Pavi uses as a backscratcher and pulls a classic Sokka face as she doesIt looks like they might also have Sokka\u2019s sword on one of the higher shelvesA fan from one of the Kyoshi WarriorsThe Avatar Relics, aka the toys used to identify Avatars. At the very least, there\u2019s the hand drum, wooden hog monkey, and pull-string propeller used with Aang seen in the foreground as Nisha enters the roomThe map of the world as seen in the opening title sequence of The Last AirbenderZuko\u2019s Blue Spirit mask from when he went undercover as a vigilanteNisha picks up an object with the three swirls indicating the Air NationThere\u2019s a musical instrument on the wall that, shapewise, looks closest to Chong\u2019s instrument \u2014 the dramyin \u2014 from The Last Airbender Season 2\u2019s \u201cThe Cave of Two Lovers\u201dAny radios are going to be from the Legend of Korra era, since the tech hadn\u2019t been developed in the time of The Last Airbender. It\u2019s possible one of these might be Bumi\u2019s portable radio, or based on it in some wayAs Pavi accidentally turns on the radio and becomes terrified, we see a red umbrella, which is likely the same one Aang got as a present in The Last Airbender Season 1, Episode 14, \u201cThe Fortuneteller\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201clantern\u201d Pavi excitedly calls out definitely seems to be something, so feel free to make fun of us for not figuring out what it is; same for the purple robe with long sleeves in the back, which looks like something Princess Yue would wear but is not. Probably. Regardless, there\u2019s a lot there to freeze frame and comb through, and it makes sense that they wouldn\u2019t have many relics from Korra\u2019s era since they, you know, hate Korra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warning: This review contains full spoilers for Avatar: Seven Havens Season 1, Episodes 4-6! With the next batch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":["post-884222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}