Written by Elizabeth Welch and directed by Lauren MacMullan, it aired in the United States on Nickelodeon on May 12, 2006.

The only episode in the series to not feature Zach Tyler Eisen as Aang, it follows Zuko as he comes across an Earth Kingdom village and meets a family whose eldest son is in the war.

The episode also contains flashbacks to five years prior to the series' start showing how Zuko's father, Ozai, became Firelord.

Zuko, after travelling alone for many days, comes across an Earth Kingdom village where the soldiers meant to be protecting the people are instead behaving like criminals.

Five years earlier, Zuko and his mother Ursa receive a letter from Iroh stating that he has broken through the Outer Wall of Ba Sing Se.

Azulon, enraged by the proposition of betraying Iroh after the demise of his only child Lu Ten, orders Ozai to kill Zuko to feel the pain of losing a son.

Zuko wakes up from his vision and uses Firebending to defeat the final soldier, causing Lee and the villagers to become terrified and horrified.

He proclaims to the village that he is the son of Ursa and Fire Lord Ozai and heir to the throne, causing the whole town, including Lee, to furiously turn against him.

Guest actors in the episode include Jen Cohn as Ursa, Walker Edmiston as Azulon and Mark Hamill as Ozai.