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A new home by the sea and a family’s loss
Spoilers for Avatar: The Way of Water: Lo’ak, Payakan and the Sullys’ search for safety.
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When Quaritch returns in a new body with his former memories, Jake Sully fears his presence endangers the Omatikaya. He takes Neytiri and their children to seek shelter with the sea-dwelling Metkayina.
Learning to belong by the sea
The children learn to swim and hold their breath. After other youths leave Lo’ak beyond the reef, the exiled tulkun Payakan saves him. Their friendship grows from a shared sense of being judged as outsiders.
The pursuit reaches the water
Quaritch uses Spider, the human biological son of the original Quaritch, to help navigate Na’vi language and customs. He joins tulkun hunters to draw Jake out. When the Sully children go to warn Payakan, they are captured, bringing the conflict to the hunting vessel.
Neteyam does not come home
Neteyam is fatally shot while helping Lo’ak and Spider escape. Payakan attacks the ship, Lo’ak helps Jake escape the sinking wreck, and Kiri uses her connection with sea life to help Neytiri and Tuk. Spider saves the unconscious Quaritch from drowning, then returns to the Sullys.
Staying with the Metkayina
The Metkayina accept the Sullys as part of their clan. After Neteyam’s funeral Jake and Neytiri connect to the spirit tree and experience a memory of him. Jake decides to stay. Their new home offers belonging while leaving the family to live with a loss that cannot simply be undone.
After watching
- What did Lo’ak and Payakan’s friendship say to you about being an outsider?
- How did you interpret Spider saving Quaritch?
Before watching
Science-fiction adventure with battle violence, animal hunting and family loss.
Keep the conversation going
Who dies in the final battle?
Neteyam, Jake and Neytiri’s eldest son, is shot while helping his siblings and Spider.
