Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 RT Audience Score Debuts To Negative Record

Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 is not bending scores to the right side.

Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of the biggest animated series of all time. Due to that, there are a lot of eyes on how Netflix’s live-action version of the story changes what the original did. Over the years, live-action remakes of anime and animated series have more often than not left something to be desired. Given the stature of the project it is adapting, the Netflix fantasy series has to fire on all cylinders at all times, otherwise it risks sparking heavy criticism. Well, it seems like Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 did not quite stick the landing.

Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2’s audience score on Rotten Tomatoes has just been revealed, with the returning Netflix series standing at a decent 67% at the time of writing. While that might not seem all that negative at face value, the score becomes a problem when compared to the rest of the iconic fantasy franchise. At 67%, the new season of the live-action Netflix series carries the worst audience score to date when taking into account season 1 and all three seasons of the original animated series. It overtakes season 1’s Rotten Tomatoes audience score to hold that negative record.

Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender season 1 holds a slightly higher 70% audience score. Both seasons of the live-action fantasy series have performed decently, just not on the same level as the original animated series. The beloved show had three near-perfect seasons in a row. The animated Avatar: The Last Airbender season 1 boasts a stellar 97% audience score, with season 2 at an even better 99%, and season 3 at an equal 99%. As can be seen, the general audience’s consensus on the live-action series is that it is a decent show, not necessarily bad, but the original is a masterpiece.

The new season of the Netflix series has also landed lower than the three seasons of the original animated Avatar: The Last Airbender in terms of its critics’ score. On Rotten Tomatoes, the cartoon boasts a pitch-perfect 100% critics’ score for all three of its seasons, which is quite a rare feat. While Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 might have failed to match the animated series in both scores, it did mark a step-up for the show where critics are concerned. Season 2’s current 71% critics’ score, which could still fluctuate, beats season 1’s 62%.

In ScreenRant’s Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 review, Lewis Glazebrook gave the fantasy series a 7 out of 10 score. According to the writer, the show’s cast remains a mixed bag, with actors like Aang star Gordon Cormier and Katara actress Kiawentiio being “underserved by Netflix’s scripts.” Glazebrook praised Miyako’s debut as Toph, claiming she is the perfect translation from animation to live-action. Avatar: The Last Airbender season 3, which has already been filmed, will serve as the final season of the Netflix series, bringing the story that originated in the animated show to an end.