I feel like all of those same events could have happened with different pacing, and that would have fixed it for me. Really? Korra cries about losing her bending FOR THIRTY SECONDS and Aang shows up all "here you go!"? Bullshit.

(I still totally want my "Amon wins this battle" scenario, where the benders have to deal with not having bending for a significant amount of time and Pema learns 'em how to survive without whining.)

Also I am completely confused about Tarlok. Why you do this? Any of this?