It only looks messy when we're plotting, I'm sure once we work things out it'll be better. So the first skip, Lin will just say she's found nothing except more cases of people losing bending. The final/second/whatever skip will be 3 weeks later and will have had public panic as people start getting bending too. Is that what you mean? Hmmm well then Asami probably shouldn't reveal her bending then yet since I kind of see them all together briefly. If Mako and Asami wanna meet up with Korra and Bolin after their date and she do some fire bending with Mako against them, while Korra and Bolin do earth bending, that may work easier...?