The big bads of this season of The Legend of Korra made an awesome impression in this bend-ful episode of The Legend of Korra season 3.

The Legend of Korra season 3, episode 8, “The Terror Within,” GIF recap

The episode opens as Korra and Bolin spar with Su’s twins. While Mako makes fun of Bolin skills, Korra shows off her adeptness at Metalbending.

At dinner, Opal and Bolin say their goodbyes.

She’s heading off to the Northern Air Temple to train with Tenzin. Varrick shows off his “Airbender finder.” Unfortunately, it doesn’t work until someone uses airbending. Su calls for a toast for Opal, asking that she helps to lead society into a new era.

As Opal leaves via airship, Lin tells Korra that they’re leaving in the morning from Zaofu. That night, the Red Lotus (Zaheer’s evil crew) sneak past guards. Pabu sees what’s happening, and attempts to warn Bolin. Ming opens up Korra’s window, and soon enough, both Korra and Naga are tranquilized. Pabu finally wakes up Bolin, who calls Mako to action to save the Avatar.

Alarms sound as Mako and Bolin are overtaken by the Red Louts. Suddenly, Lin and Su create a metal cage for the Red Lotus, but the cage is lava-bent. Zaheer’s air glider is ripped from his hands as he tries to make an escape.

Some guards show that there’s no way to cross the lava moat, leading Lin and Su to making a plan to attack from above.

With Bolin set to disable P’Li’s combustion, he’s forced to take he by surprise at the last minute.

Lin makes off with Korra, with Zaheer in tow. Su cuts holes into his air glider, forcing the Red Lotus to retreat. Su orders her guards to check the estate for them.

Korra is nursed back to health while Lin and Su argue over how this happened at Zaofu. Korra suggests that one of the guards must’ve let the Red Lotus in, leaving Su with no choice but to investigate her own crew. Varrick is the final one investigated, giving the Krew no leads. Lin asks that Su be investigated, but the younger of the sister passes the test. A guard by the name of Hung Lee is finally found guilty of helping the Red Lotus.

The Krew searches Hung’s apartment, and find all the evidence they need to convict him. The guard is given some time to sweat it out, much to the incredulousness of Mako. Varrick suggests that Hung was set up, similar to how Varrick set up Mako in the last season.

Mako makes a deduction that Aiwei, the Earthbender conducting the interviews, was the only person who could’ve hid the plan so well.

The Krew sneaks into Aiwei’s home to look for evidence to convince Su of his bad intentions. Mako discovers a hidden passage behind a bookcase, just as Aiwei arrives home. When confronted, the Krew is offered to talk over tea. Aiwei, onto the Krew’s intentions, notices that his bookcase was opened. A metal wall is put up to allow Aiwei’s escape that Korra promptly bends a hole in. Suddenly, a bomb nearly kills the Krew, but Korra protects them in an air sphere.

Lin and Su arrive, with Su becoming distraught that her trust was broken. Lin orders a guard to find Aiwei, who is now a fugitive. It’s reported back that he’s escaped on a vehicle. Korra makes a plan to find Aiwei, but Lin refuses to allow her to go into such a dangerous situation. Later that night, Su gives Korra keys to a jeep so that the Krew can track down Aiwei. With Naga using Aiwei’s scent as a guide, the Krew gallops off into the night.

Preview for ‘The Legend of Korra’ season 3, episode 9, ‘The Stakeout.’

The remainder of The Legend of Korra season 3 will be uploaded every week on multiple online platforms, such as Nick.com, Amazon Instant, and Hulu. Nick has opted strictly for a digital release, as opposed to keeping The Legend of Korra in its scheduled lineup.

‘The Legend of Korra’ season 3 online’

Fans can watch more of The Legend of Korra online as of today, when Nick released episodes 1-5 for free streaming on their website. The first two seasons of The Legend of Korra season 3 are also still available to watch online on Nick’s website.

There are plans for all of the episodes of season 3 available in this and various other formats, such as Amazon Instant and Hulu.