Episode 9: Out of the Past

Tarrlok hides Korra in a remote mountain cabin, publicly claiming that Equalists abducted her. In response, Lin Beifong breaks Korra's friends out of jail and, with Tenzin, they infiltrate the Equalist hideout, only finding Lin's de-bended police officers. After escaping the Equalists and realizing the truth, the group confronts Tarrlok before his aide confirms their notion while revealing that he is a Bloodbender, forcing Tarrlok to escape to his cabin. There, locked in a platinium box, Korra has been meditating to gain a more complete vision of Aang's past: Forty-two years ago, a mobster named Yakone was brought to court on charges of Bloodbending his victims, able to perform the technique without reliance on a full moon. Found guilty, Yakone bloodbends the court into submission before attempting to escape, only for Aang to recapture him and remove his bending. Upon returning to his cabin, Tarrlok confirms Korra's deduction that he is Yakone's son and had attempted to rule Republic City from a political standpoint. But with his scheme ruined, Tarrlok is preparing to leave town to start fresh somewhere else with Korra as his hostage. However, the Equalists arrive at the cabin and Tarrlok's bloodbending proves ineffective against Amon. After removing a horrified Tarrlok's bending, Amon knocks him out to be placed in a truck while having his men get Korra. But Korra barely escapes the Equalists, losing consciousness in the woods as she is found by Naga and carried back to Republic City where her friends find her.