All language subtitles for The Legend of Korra S04E05 - Enemy at the Gates.en

Earth.

Fire.

Air.

Water.

Only the Avatar can
master all four elements

and bring balance to the world.

After three years, Kuvira has united

the former Earth Kingdom states

under her new Earth empire banner.

But one holdout remains: Zaofu.

During that same time,

Asami rebuilt the
company her father created

and helped redesign the
city's infrastructure.

And most recently, the
airbender kids found the Avatar.

Korra rid herself of the
residual poison in her body

and is ready to return to action.

We have an emergency.

I'll contact President Raiko.

He'll send the united forces.

Call whomever you want, but
they'll never make it in time.

Kuvira's already here, and
she brought her entire army.

By this time tomorrow,

my mother will have signed our treaty,

and the Earth empire
will finally be united.

Don't get ahead of yourself.

Securing your hometown won't
be like every other city.

Zaofu stopped being my home long ago.

I'm ready to take it by force.

No.

The eyes of the world are on us now.

We must do this right.

That's why we need Bolin.

Do you really think we can rely on him?

Su trusts him.

She'll listen to him.

Are you sure we should be going to Zaofu?

Dad wanted us to bring
you back to Republic City.

If Kuvira's heading to Zaofu, so am I.

She needs to know that the Avatar is back.

The world needs to know.

Whoo-hoo!

Avatar fight!

This is going to be awesome!

Meelo, there's not gonna be a fight.

Kuvira saved my dad.

She was a Captain in Su's guard.

I think she can be reasoned with.

What? No fight?

Why did we go through all
that trouble to save you

if you're not going to beat someone up?

Zhu Li, is this thing on?

We're rolling, sir.

Okay, I'm Varrick of Varrick
industries international,

and this is spirit vine experiment 3-02

hand me the thing.

In this stasis capsule is a
preserved spirit vine sample

weighing approximately two Zhu Lis.

I have postulated that these spirit vines

are a form of pure energy that's unstable

in what we call "typical Earth conditions."

This machine should transfer
the energy from the vine

into a battery using electrical currents,

reverse magnetic polarity,

and a little-known phenomenon
I call the Varri-effect.

It's working.

It's registering five Varricks of power...

Now seven Varricks.

Whoa. What is this?

What's going on?

Oh!

Ahh!

Zhu Li, shut it down.

There are too many Varricks.

Ahh!

Ahh!

Sir...

You're too heavy.

You know, you could stand
to lose a few Zhu Lis.

I think you're just weak, sir.

Pull harder.

Ahh!

Varrick, you saved me.

Of course I saved you.

I can't clean this place up by myself.

Grab a broom.

What happened? Were we attacked?

No, we were spirit-vined, but don't worry.

I'm putting the kibosh on this project.

No, you're not.

Do you realize what we can
do with this kind of power?

Yes, I do.

And that's why we've
got to put an end to it.

What if it fell into the wrong hands?

Since when does that matter to you?

I know. It's not like me, right?

Usually, I look at a project like this,

and all I think is, "wow, I can
make a ton of money off this."

But recently, I've been having
these strange feelings inside.

It's like I'm... concerned with others.

And there's this nagging voice in my head

constantly telling me
what's right from wrong.

I believe that voice
is your conscience, sir.

Well, I'm the other voice in your head,

and I'm telling you, you
will continue this project.

Sorry, no.

I just really got to stand
my ground on this one.

Whoa!

Now there's a voice in my head telling me

to drop you on the tracks.

Should I listen?

No, no.

Head voices are liars.
What do head voices know?

I'll work on the project.

Please don't drop me.

Ahh!

Asami, you came.

I'm here to return these.

You never opened them.

Stop writing me.

I never want to see or hear from you again.

Please, just let me say one thing,

then I'll never contact you again.

I can't forgive myself for all
the horrible things I've done,

and I never expect you to forgive me.

I tore our family apart
and destroyed our good name.

But in a life of regret,

you're the one thing I look
back on that makes me smile.

I just want you to know
I'm so proud of you, Asami.

You are the greatest thing I ever created.

Am I in trouble?

No. In fact, I have good news.

We want you to be part of our inner circle.

Inner circle! No way! Yes!

Ahem, that is a great honor.

What does it mean, exactly?

It means you've proven your worth.

We're so close to uniting the empire,

but Su has some resentment
towards me and Baatar

that might cloud her judgment

and stop her from making a wise decision.

We believe you can help her see clearly.

I can do that.

By the time I'm finished telling her

all the great things we've
done, she'll be begging to join.

Good, because we're here.

Aren't all these troops
gonna send the wrong message?

The army is here to project strength.

You're here to present peace.

Opal, you're here too.

No, you've chosen your side.

Sides? There shouldn't be sides.

I know, why don't we all
stand in a circle, huh,

maybe hold hands?

I'm not giving up Zaofu.

I don't care if you
brought your entire army.

Su, I didn't bring my army to threaten you.

I wanted to show you
all that your son and I

have accomplished.

You must realize what you're doing

goes against everything your
father and I tried to teach you.

Son, you belong here.

Why?

So that I can go on living in your shadow?

Don't say that.

Can't you see she's brainwashed you.

Ha, I didn't brainwash him.

I set him free.

And now he's accomplished more with me

than he ever could have with you.

Okay, guys, obviously,
there's a lot of personal,

painful history here.

So what do say we just all
forget about that stuff, huh?

I mean, that's the past.

Right, Wing? Right, Wei?

You guys know what I'm talking about.

High five.

All right. No, it's cool.

You know what I think we need to do?

Focus on the future.

And the future is bright. Let me tell you.

I've seen it. Yeah, saw it last month.

We went to this town that had nothing.

Most of the people
there had never even seen

a satomobile before.

But now they have two satomobiles,

running water, and a magnet train

that goes right through their town.

I mean, how awesome is that?

They might have been happy
when you first arrived,

but I've seen what happens after you leave.

Citizens are forced to work as slave labor.

Dissenters are sent off to who knows where.

You're wrong, Opal.

Now, I don't know what
you think you've seen,

but I'm giving you the 100% Bolin guarantee

that we're making the Earth Empire

a better place to live.

I can't believe you brought Bolin here

to try to sway us.

Leave.

Zaofu will never accept
you as their leader.

Then you leave me no choice.

You have 24 hours to
agree to join the empire,

or we take the city by force.

I see it. Zaofu.

We made it.

And a bunch of other people are here too.

Oh, no.

I hope we're not too late.

Korra?

I can't believe it. Where have you been?

You disappeared. Everyone was so worried.

I'll tell you the whole story later.

Right now, I want to help you stop Kuvira.

What can I do?

You were just bluffing, right?

I mean, you're not really going
to attack Zaofu... Are you?

When people don't cooperate,
we must find other ways

of convincing them to join.

Other ways?

How many times have we
used these other ways

in the past?

It's not for you to worry about.

So... What does happen

to all of those towns and
villages after we leave?

I just realized I've never really gone back

and checked on them.

Those people are my loyal subjects,

and they contribute to the
empire however I see fit.

Now that you're in the inner circle,

you're going to have to
accept some hard truths.

Maybe I'm not really an
inner-circle kind of guy.

Or... or maybe we don't take over Zaofu.

We could just let them be on their own,

then yay, the empire's united.

Congratulations to us.

I didn't know your
personal feelings for Opal

were stronger than your loyalty to me.

Zaofu will join us.

The only thing I'm second-guessing

is the decision to bring you along.

Maybe you need to spend some
time in a reeducation camp.

I thought that's where we send people

to learn new trade skills.

Hard truths, Bolin.

Your loyalty seems to be wavering.

No, no, I'm totally on your side,

completely 100% loyal.

How did things get so bad
between you and Kuvira?

I thought she was your protege?

She was more than that.

She was like a daughter to me.

I took her in when she was eight years old

and nourished her talents.

Kuvira was smart, a natural leader,

and quickly rose through the ranks.

I saw myself in her.

What happened?

Three years ago, after the
fall of the Earth Queen,

Raiko and Tenzin came to see me.

The Earth kingdom is in chaos.

There's a vacuum of power,
and I'm concerned about

what will happen if
someone doesn't take control

of the situation.

And do you think I should be the one?

You're the perfect person to take charge.

The world leaders trust
you, and as a Beifong,

you have credibility in the Earth kingdom.

I'm honored that you thought of me,

but I'm not interested
in imposing my ideals

on an entire nation.

I'm afraid I can't help you.

Suyin, I know this isn't my place,

but I think you should do this.

Zaofu has always been a
beacon of modern progress,

and now you can share that with everyone.

What would you have me do,

march into Ba sing Se with an army?

We'd be seen as conquerors

and greeted with nothing but war.

There are already wars.

The Earth Queen nearly
destroyed our nation.

This is our opportunity to change things.

It's not going to happen.

I didn't realize at the time,

but that moment created a rift between us.

Kuvira turned my own son against me.

And together they plotted behind my back.

What do you think you're doing?

We're doing what you
don't have the guts to do.

We're going to Ba Sing Se
to help bring order back

to the Earth Kingdom.

No. You will stay here.

And who's going to stop me?

Your security force was more than happy

to join my cause.

They're some of the best
fighters in the world,

and they are tired of being treated

like exotic birds in your cage.

If you leave now, you will
never be welcomed back.

When I choose to return,
it will be on my own terms.

Kuvira and Baatar left
that day with Varrick,

my security force, and a few
of Zaofu's wealthiest citizens.

After Kuvira proved herself
by stabilizing Ba Sing Se,

Raiko and the other world leaders made her

the provisional head of the Earth Kingdom.

Once she refused to step down,

I knew it was only a matter of time

until she made her way back here.

- I want to fix this.
- You can.

Go into the Avatar state
and demolish her army.

Remove Kuvira from power once and for all.

Fighting is something the old me would do,

but that always made things worse.

Let me talk with Kuvira.

Maybe I can reason with her.

Kuvira doesn't listen to reason.

I can't believe Kuvira locked me in here

like a prisoner.

I'm not feeling well.

I think I'm running out of air.

Zhu Li, hold your breath.

I'm not holding my breath.

Great. Now we're both gonna die.

Varrick.

Varrick.

Ugh, and the head voices are back.

Bolin, thank goodness you're here.

Where did that hatch come
from? Forget the hatch.

There's something important
I've got to tell you.

Well, there's something important

I've got to tell you too.

Kuvira's crazy.

How'd you find out?

When I refused to build her a super weapon,

she threatened my life.

She threatened me too, and
she's threatening Zaofu.

And it turns out she's
been threatening villages

this whole time.

We've got to get out of here.

I couldn't agree more, kid.

We have an unexpected guest.

The Avatar is here to see you.

Korra, it's such an honor to see you again.

The last I heard, you were
still healing in the South pole.

Well, I'm feeling much better now.

That's wonderful news.

I'm here to ask you to back down.

Please, take your army and leave.

I think we both know
that's not going to happen.

I can't let you take Zaofu.

Look, I was tasked with bringing stability

to the Earth Kingdom.

Zaofu is the last holdout.

Why should I treat it differently

than any other state?

What you're doing isn't right.

I understand you're just
trying to do Su a favor,

but you can't come to
me as I'm on the verge

of reuniting my nation and tell me to stop.

The world was descending into
chaos while you were gone.

In order to fix it, I had
to make some tough decisions.

I know what that's like.

I've had plenty of people mad at me

about decisions I've made.

Exactly.

Korra, if you really want to help,

go back to Su and try to
talk some sense into her.

Let's call a temporary truce.

I won't make any moves
until you talk to her

and get back to me.

Maybe that will be for the best.

Have you seen Bolin?

He came by to see Varrick,
but we turned him away.

Open the door.

We have some fugitives to catch.

Okay, I say we go up
and around the mountains

and sneak into Zaofu from the rear.

We're not going to Zaofu.

That place is doomed.

We've got to head to Republic City.

What? No. No, no, no.
We've got to help here.

We'll be helping by warning the world

about Kuvira's potential super weapon.

Well, that is helping,

but it's a completely
different type of helping.

Hmm, let me think about this.

Ahh!

Argh!

Ahh!

Argh!

Ahh! Ahh!

That's not the flamethrower.

What idiot designed these things?

You did, sir.

Less lecturing, more saving my life.

Ugh!

Ahh!

Argh!

Oh!

Argh!

Ahh!

Ugh.

Ahh!

Argh!

Argh!

Hey, I think I figured it out.

Ahh!

Sir, you're making this very difficult.

Ahh!

Argh!

Yah!

Augh!

Ahh!

Argh!

Argh!

Augh!

Ahh!

Ahh!

Ahh-ahh!

Argh!

Stop.

Turn yourself over or else.

Thanks a lot, Zhu Li.

You came back.

When I first came here,

it was because I wanted
to tell you face-to-face

that I never wanted to
see or hear from you again.

I wanted my words to hurt you,

so that you would know how you hurt me.

I'm sorry.

But when I saw you, it wasn't anger I felt.

It was sadness.

You tainted our past and
destroyed our future together.

I want to make amends.

I'm not sure I'll ever
be able to forgive you,

but that doesn't mean I shouldn't try.

I thought we could play some Pai Sho,

like we used to.

Nothing would make me happier.

Augh!

Don't torture us.

Send these three away on the next train.

Bolin and Zhu Li will be
going to the reeducation camp

for our most severe dissenters.

And you will continue work
on the spirit energy project

under close, armed supervision.

I want it weaponized immediately.

Please, have mercy on me.

Don't send me away. Take me back.

Why would I?

Because my only mistake was
being loyal to the wrong person.

I was blindly devoted to Varrick,

and I looked past all
the times he ridiculed me

or ordered me around or made
me clean his disgusting feet,

because I thought he possessed
the most brilliant mind

in the world, but when I met you,

I realized I was wrong.

Compared to you, Varrick's a fool.

Hey, come on. I'm right here.

I believe in everything you've done,

and I believe in your vision.

I want to devote my life to you.

I pledge my allegiance
to you, great uniter.

You two could learn something from her.

Rise, Zhu Li.

I'll give you another chance.

Think about what you're doing.

We're partners.

We have history.

I did everything you ever asked of me,

and you never appreciated it.

Guards, do the thing.

No, not the thing.

Zhu Li.

Where's Su? I have to talk to her.

She's not here.

She took Wing and Wei.

They're going to sneak into Kuvira's camp

and put an end to this.

No.