LISTEN MAKORRA WAS SO IMPORTANT OK THEY WERE SO IMPORTANT TO ONE ANOTHER, MAKO WAS SO IMPORTANT TO KORRA ALL THE WAY THRU. FROM “I DON’T CARE IF YOU’RE THE AVATAR OR NOT” TO “I’VE GOT YOUR BACK AND I ALWAYS WILL” HE NEVER STOPPED BEING A MAJOR PART OF KORRA’S NARRATIVE. WITH EVERY HUG AND WORD AND GLANCE THEY SHARED, EVERY BATTLE FOUGHT TOGETHER, EVERY PLAN THEY HATCHED, THESE TWO WERE MADE FOR EACH OTHER. KORRA HELPING HIM SAVE BOLIN, WORKING TOGETHER TO BETTER THEMSELVES THRU PROBENDING, MAKO LOSING HIS SHIT AFTER KORRA GETS TAKEN, MAKO NEEDING TO GO WITH HER AS UNDERCOVER EQUALISTS, MAKO LITERALLY BREAKING OUT OF AMON’S HOLD TO GET HER AWAY FROM THERE, KORRA LITERALLY UNLOCKING AIRBENDING ITSELF JUST TO SAVE MAKO, MAKO TRYING HIS BEST TO COMFORT KORRA AS SHE NAVIGATES HER AVATAR RESPONSIBILITIES, MAKO BURSTING THRU THE SPIRIT PORTAL AND HAVING HIS DISTRAUGHT FACE IMMEDIATELY FRAMED WHEN HE SEES KORRA LYING THERE, THEM LITERALLY KISSING EACH OTHER EVEN AS THEY’RE BREAKING UP, KORRA WANTING MAKO TO COME WITH TO FIND THE NEW AIRBENDERS, KORRA AND MAKO FOCUSING ON THE STAKE OUT WHILE BOLIN AND ASAMI PLAY PI SHO, MAKO BEING THE ONE TO TAKE INITIATIVE TO GET KORRA OUT OF THERE WHEN THE RED LOTUS SHOWED UP, MAKO LEAPING OUT OF BED AS KORRA IS BEING KIDNAPPED, “WE CAN’T LET THEM TAKE HER”, THE HUGE SWELL OF MUSIC AND CENTRALIZED CINEMATIC FRAMING AS KORRA HUGS MAKO BEFORE SURRENDERING HERSELF TO ZAHEER, MAKO AND KORRA TALKING OVER THE RADIO AS THE PLAN TO SAVE THE AIRBENDERS IS HATCHED, MAKO BEING. THE. ONE. TO. GO. WITH. KORRA. AS SHE FINALLY CONFRONTS ZAHEER, MAKO TELLING HER THAT NO MATTER WHAT HE’LL ALWAYS HAVE HER BACK, EVEN IF SHE FALLS AGAIN, THAT HE’LL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR HER, THAT HE’S LOOKING AHEAD AND MOVING FORWARD WITH HER, WHICH IS WHAT. SHE. NEEDS!!! BECAUSE SHE NEEDS TO FIND SECURITY IN BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND NOT BE REMORSING OVER THE PAST, IT’S WHAT SHE’S NEEDED THE WHOLE SEASON, GDI I LOVE MAKORRA.