Steven Universe, Season 2

Greg:
I saw the spaceship starting to leave and then it crashed and I came back and— [sees Steven's black eye] Ugh, your eye... But you're okay! I guess those jerks were no match for the Crystal Gems!

Steven:
No way! They were super strong!

Greg:
But you were able to beat them back?

Steven:
No, they totally stomped us! This warrior Jasper was super beefy and knocked me unconscious. Then they abducted me onto the ship because they wanted to take me away forever, and then we crashed the ship and I almost died! [Greg freaks out]

Greg:
W-What do they want with you?!

Steven:
They think I'm Mom.

Greg:
Ar-are more Homeworld Gems gonna come after you?!

Steven:
I— uhh... I don't know. Maybe?

Greg:
Steven, I'm supportive and very proud of you... and I'll be right back. [runs into his van] Gotta calm down. Where's my— [brings a series of CDs up front] Where's my relaxing music CD?! This one? [inserts CD; starts blaring loud metal music] Wrong one!! Stop!! Eject!!

Ronaldo:
Oh! I see... You come up here to brood too!

Steven:
Brood?

Ronaldo:
Yes, Steven. That's just what people like us do. Suffer quietly, shouldering the knowledge no one else can bear.

Steven:
Hm.

Ronaldo:
As an aficionado of the weird yourself, you've probably noticed ordinary people fear the cold leaded anchor of the truth. The abyss is no Sunday swan ride.

Steven:
I know! My dad flipped out when I told him!

Ronaldo:
Sounds typical. But it's a good reminder. This is no easy path we've chosen here. There are... sacrifices. Look at them all down there, Steven. It's our duty to let those simple people live out their simple lives, without ever knowing the burden of being friends with us.

Steven:
At least we can be there for each other.

Ronaldo:
Is that giant hand from the sky sitting right in the middle of the beach?! I gotta get some of this for my blog!

Amethyst:
Aw, come on!

Garnet:
No whining. We need to start cleaning up the debris.

Pearl:
Garnet's right. People are already coming back into town!

Steven:
We've got to keep them off the beach. If any humans got access to Gem technology, [shuts blinds] they could really hurt themselves. Maybe we should shut them out... for good.

Pearl:
You know... we did once have a fence. Let's get a new one—with barbed wire!

Amethyst:
This time, let's build a moat. I could be... [shapeshifts her head] the crocodi-i-ile!! Jazz hands!

Garnet:
No.

Amethyst:
Why not?

Pearl:
You always say you'll be the crocodile, but you never commit!

Garnet:
No fence either.

Amethyst/Pearl:
Garnet!

Garnet:
Steven needs to see his father and his friends.

Steven:
No, I don't! I can't keep clinging to the vestiges of my humanity. It's time I got serious. [his phone starts ring-toning again] Errh!

Pearl:
Steven, why is your communication device playing that song?

Steven:
It's Connie, trying to call me... but I can't face her anymore.

Pearl:
So... you're just going to ignore her forever?

Steven:
It's the responsible thing to do.

Amethyst:
[sees thru blinds] It's gonna be hard, 'cause she's coming up the steps right now.

Steven:
What?!

Steven:
Family stuff is tricky.

Buck, Sour Cream, and Jenny:
Mmhm.

Steven:
A few months back, my dad and the Gems grounded me from TV.

Buck, Sour Cream, and Jenny:
That's the worst. / Bummer. / No way!

Steven:
And then I found out that the Gems are alien rebels and that there are other Gems out in space that want us dead 'cause they think we're traitors. And they tried to take me hostage 'cause they think I'm my mom. And... maybe I kinda am? [sighs] I wish I could talk to Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl about it, but... I think they kinda blame me for my mom not being around.

[Buck, Sour Cream and Jenny are in a state of shock for a beat. Jenny turns off the radio]

Jenny:
That's heavy.

Steven:
I guess.

Garnet:
Steven... you're ungrounded from TV.

Steven:
[taking a deep breath] Shield. [his gem glows; slowly opens his eyes, finding himself encased his bubble shield] No! Not bubble shield! [dispels his bubble and throws a little tantrum] What am I doing wrong? The Gems can all summon their weapons, why can't I? [desperately] Isn't there somebody who can help me?!

Steven:
Oh my gosh! Uncle Grandpa! You're really here, I can't believe it! I mean… I literally can't believe it. How is this even possible?!

Uncle Grandpa:
Don't worry, bro. None of this is canon. [pulls a real cannon out of Belly Bag] But this is! [launches his head like a cannonball with smoke trails spelling "APRIL FOOLS" and crashes into a ship with Lars and Sadie on it]

Lars:
Oh, no!! Our ship!!

Amethyst:
Steven!

Pearl:
What's going on?! Who is this stranger?

Steven:
He's not a stranger, he's Uncle Grandpa!

[Uncle Grandpa honks his nose]

Amethyst:
Uncle… Grandpa?

Pearl:
So that would make him Greg's brother… and father?

Garnet:
That would explain a lot.

Pizza Steve:
Oh hey, it's just me, Pizza Steve—just the coolest and tastiest Steve who ever lived.

Steven:
Hi, Pizza Steve! I'm a Steve too! Steven Universe.

Pizza Steve:
Stee-ven Universe... [pops out on top of Steven's hair] Come on, Uncle G. I've got two rules—no more than 40 or 50 vans and only 1 Steve allowed!

Uncle Grandpa:
Yeah, but this Steven is special.

Mr. Gus:
Yeah. He's a Crystal Gem.

Uncle Grandpa:
Good mornin Mr. Gus.

Mr. Gus:
What's up, Uncle Grandpa?

Steven:
Whoa Mr. Gus! How do you know about me?

Mr. Gus:
I have a comprehensive knowledge of all magical denizens of the multiverse. I know all about the Crystal Gems. Come on, man, check this out. I even made my own Gemsona. [shows art of "Mr. Gusite"] My gem is on my tail and my weapon is a frying pan.

[The Gems run frantically across the plot hole many times, stop for a breather]

Garnet:
There's got to be some way out of here.

Pearl:
[Extremely panicked] WE'LL NEVER ESCAPE!! THIS IS OUR NEW HOME!

Garnet:
Pearl you're overreacting.

Pearl:
I'M NOT OVERREACTING!

[Pearl runs around screaming until she crashes into Amethyst]

Amethyst:
Hey, where's Steven? [Pizza Steve walks in dressed like Steven]

Pizza Steve:
Lookin' for me, Pizza Steven Universe? [Pearl gasps, cowers behind Garnet]

Pearl:
That's not my baby!

Amethyst:
Ah, nice! [eyes on Pizza Steve]

Pizza Steve:
Whoa, hold on!

Amethyst:
Pizzaaaaaa!! [chases Pizza Steve offscreen]

Pizza Steve:
Don't eat Pizza Steve! [munching noises]

[Amethyst walks back on, putting on Pizza Steve's sunglasses from out of her mouth]

Garnet:
Okay, I'm ready for this episode to end. [stomps her foot on the ground, causing the plot hole to crack and shatter, leaving them back at the beach]

[They see Steven, Uncle Grandpa, Lion, and Giant Realistic Flying Tiger having a tea party]

Uncle Grandpa:
[sighs] I'm sorry I couldn't help you learn to use your shield, Steven.

Steven:
It's okay, Uncle Grandpa. I had a lotta fun today.

Gems:
Steven!

Garnet:
Get away from that man!

Pearl:
He's a MONSTER!

[Amethyst hisses and growls]

Steven:
Hey, cut it out guys. He's done enough already.

Gems:
[diving towards Uncle Grandpa while beating him up] FINISH HIM!!!!!

Steven:
[rushing in as a chibi] No, don't hurt him! [lets out a small fart; in slow-motion] STOOOOP!!!!!! [his gem begins to glow and halts the Gems, in shock and surprise, with his shield] Whoa! [turns to Uncle Grandpa] I did it, Uncle Grandpa! I really did it!

Uncle Grandpa:
Yay.

Pearl:
Protecting HIM activated Steven's powers?!

Garnet:
He must really care about this stranger.

Amethyst:
I hope he didn't care about that pizza.

Steven:
Listen! It was a big, weird surprise when Uncle Grandpa showed up here today. We've never met anyone like Uncle Grandpa, but you can't just attack people you don't understand. You have to stick up for them, and listen to what they have to say. You guys always do that for me.

Pearl:
[blushing with tears in her eyes, feeling guilty and sorry] Steven, you're right. [cries emotionally] HOW CAN I BE SO BLIND?! I'M SORRY!

Amethyst:
I also apologize for Pearl.

Garnet:
Thank you, you taught us a valuable lesson, Uncle Grandpa.

Uncle Grandpa:
Boy, that sure makes my eyes hurt. Now let's see here... [Grab a checklist revealing several other Cartoon Network protagonists] Dexter, Dee-dee, Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Ed, Edd, Eddy, Billy, Mandy, Mac, Juniper Lee, Swat Kats, Flapjack, Finn, Oh! Steven! [checks off Steven's name] Now who's next? [Clarence's name is shown at the bottom of the list]

[Steven rushes to the Beach House]

Steven:
Garnet! Amethyst! Pearl!

Garnet:
Steven!

Pearl:
What is it?!

Amethyst:
Whoa, where's the fire?

Steven:
It's an emergency! You have to help me take down all the shirts and stop Buck from making more!

Pearl:
Have the shirts come to life and and possessed the bodies of their wearers?!

Steven:
Uh, no! They just—

Amethyst:
Are people catching on fire when they put on the magic shirts?

Steven:
No! No, they're just—

Pearl:
Are the shirts destroying the wearer's will to continue on in this mortal coil, thereby shutting down Beach City!?!

Steven:
NOOOOO!!! They're— they're just... using my art in a way I don't agree with.

Pearl:
Oh. [all Gems sit down]

Garnet:
Ah, we'll pass.

Steven:
What?! But— but I really need your help!

Pearl:
Steven, this sounds like a very abstract problem.

Amethyst:
It's not something we can punch!

Garnet:
You must learn to help yourself. That's how you become stronger. [shades sparkle]

Amethyst/Pearl:
Good point, good point. / Oh, absolutely.

Steven:
But..!

Amethyst:
You figure something out, Steven!

Pearl:
Yes! Why not dust off those conflict resolution skills?

Garnet:
Let your problem be known, then you can work towards an understanding.

Steven:
Oh... I'll make them understand. I'll make them all understand... [leaves]

Amethyst:
Eh, he'll be fine.

[Steven and Connie meet Jamie sitting on a log in the beach]

Steven:
Jamie!

Jamie:
Oh, hey, Connie and Steven. You guys come out here to stare at the ocean and think about life too?

Connie:
Uhh, no...? We came to, uh—

Jamie:
Yeah, life is crazy. One day, you're right here in Beach City delivering mail and then the next thing you know... you're on a bus to Kansas, following your dreams of becoming an actor. "Follow your dreams," they said. But no one said anything about all the rejection and sadness there was to be found. So many auditions day after day... So much rejection day after day... That's why I came back. [two seagulls crash into each other and fall into the sea] One more rejection would have destroyed my fragile heart. [sobs, chuckles] Sorry... sometimes I get caught up in the drama zone, you know?

Steven:
Yeah, right... Drama zone.

Connie:
Oh, by the way, we have something for yo—

Steven:
No, we don't!

Garnet:
I didn't mean to upset you.

Jamie:
Then will you go out with me?

Garnet:
No!

Jamie:
But I've loved you since the moment I saw you.

Garnet:
Love at first sight doesn't exist. Love takes time and love takes work. At the very least, you have to know the other person. And you literally have no idea who or what I am. [shades glimmer]

Jamie:
But I bloom for you like— like a... camellia... under moonlight?

Garnet:
No, you don't! [long beat] You make a very convincing lovesick fool. You convinced these children. [adjusts her shades] You even convinced yourself. [smiling] You're a fantastic actor.

Jamie:
[beat] ..What am I supposed to do now?

Garnet:
Start with local theater. [slaps Jamie's back, then walks away. Connie and Steven walk closer to him]

Connie:
Are you okay?

Jamie:
Yeah. That was some pretty solid advice.

Steven:
Were those more letters you wrote to Garnet?

Jamie:
No. That was the mail I was supposed to deliver on my last route.

Steven:
[beat] We'll help you pick it all up.

Jamie:
Thanks.

Garnet:
This is not a good choice for your form.

Amethyst:
Lighten up, Garnet. Can't you take a joke?

Garnet:
It's not funny. You've made yourself ridiculous.

Amethyst:
RIDICULOUS?!?!

Garnet:
Keep your voice down! The creature...

Amethyst:
Hrrr... You wanted me to be more like Pearl, and now I am!!

Garnet:
[low voice] Pearl would've taken her regeneration seriously!

Amethyst:
WHAT DO YOU CARE!?! MY FORM IS MY BUSINESS!!

Garnet:
It's my business when it affects the strength of the team!!

Amethyst:
..So what?! I'm not strong enough?! [gets dragged by the Slinker]

Steven:
Amethyst!

Amethyst:
ARE YOU SAYING... I'M WEAK?!?! [poofs again; Steven catches her gemstone]

Steven:
Is it weird I'm getting numbed to this?

Connie:
[fights off seagulls with her violin bow] Run back to your masters! Tell them we're not afraid of your kind!

Steven:
[chuckles] Thanks for saving my jam snack. Unfortunately, it's not safe from me. [munches it] You're such a good sword fighter, Connie.

Connie:
Really? I was just swinging this thing around. I don't really know what I'm doing, but I'd love to learn how to use a real sword!

Steven:
Oh! [gulps snack; starry eyes] Steven has an idea!

[back at the Beach House]

Pearl:
You want me to do what?!

Steven:
You should teach Connie to sword fight, she's already so good!

Connie:
Steven!

Steven:
But you are! Y-You helped me fight the robot floaty-thing, she took down that evil clone of herself, uh... those mean seagulls just now?

Pearl:
You're awfully young to begin something like this. But I suppose I was only a few thousand years old when I began fighting alongside Rose Quartz. [Connie raises her hand] Yes, Connie?

Connie:
Please! I want to learn! I mean, I don't know what'll happen in the future. But if something dangerous comes along... I don't wanna be a burden, I wanna help! I want to be there for Steven to fight by his side! The Earth is my home too. Can't I help protect it? [Pearl starts watering tears of joy]

Pearl:
Oh... okay... If that's how you feel... we should get started!

Steven:
Woo-hoo! [runs after her laughing]

Connie:
Wait, now?

Pearl:
All right, everything begins with your stance. Remember:

[singing] You do it for him, and you would do it again

You do it for her, that is to say, you'll do it for him.

Connie:
Keep my stance wide ("Good.")

Keep my body lowered ("Right.")

As I'm moving forward

Pearl:
Concentrate! Don't you want him to live?!

Connie:
Right foot, left foot

Pearl:
Yes, but put your whole body into it!

Everything you have, everything you are

You've got to give.

Connie:
Deep down, I know that I'm just a human ("True.")

Both:
But I/you know that I/you can draw my/your sword and fight

Connie:
With my short existence, ("Good.") I can make a difference ("Yes, excellent!")

I can be there for him, I can be his knight.

Connie:
I can do it for him

Both:
You'd do it for her

Pearl:
Okay, now do that again ("Yes, ma'am.")

You do it for her, and now you say

Connie:
I'll do it for him.

Amethyst:
[belly laughs] Wow, Garnet! That is the funniest thing I've ever heard!

Garnet:
Garnet, master of comedy.

Amethyst:
Hehehe... Yo, Steven. [pretend-yells] WHY ARE YOU STANDING THERE ALL SAD LIKE THAT?!?!

Steven:
W-well... Connie is taking sword fighting lessons from Pearl, but I think it's getting a little too serious. She wants Connie to do all this dangerous stuff for me.

Garnet:
That makes sense.

Steven:
What do you mean?

Garnet:
Back during the war, Pearl took pride in risking her destruction for your mother. She put Rose Quartz over everything — over logic, over consequence, over her own life.

[Pearl and Rose switch to Connie and Steven, respectively. She charges at the enemy before cutting to Steven's horrified face]

Amethyst:
You okay, dude?

Steven:
I have to do something!! Thanks for telling me that, bye!!

RonaIdo:
I am now going to attempt to make contact with the mysterious, reclusive, [Steven comes out] and—ahh!

Steven:
Hi, Ronaldo! Uh, hi, Peedee. Is that a camera?

Peedee:
Yeah. We're making a movie about—

RonaIdo:
It's an investigative report, shot camera vérité.

Steven:
Cool!

RonaIdo:
So... you wanna participate in a groundbreaking interview?

Steven:
Hmm. Only if you participate in a glass of fresh-squeezed lemonade! [walks back inside]

[cue Ronaldo and Steven in the Beach House]

Steven:
Ohh, that giant hand? It was a spaceship coming to get us.

RonaIdo:
Us?! I knew it! Steven, we know too much!

Steven:
No, not "us" us. I-I meant me and the Crystal Gems.

RonaIdo:
Wait. So the hand wasn't here to snatch up humans for a human zoo? Or interfere with our subsidized Beach City wind farm?! Or thaw the cryogenically frozen pets of the one percent!?!

Steven:
Uh... no, I'm pretty sure it came to Beach City for me and the Crystal Gems.

RonaIdo:
Oh. So, if you and the Crystal Gems weren't here, we wouldn't have been attacked by the giant hand?

Steven:
Ohh-hoh-hoh! Definitely not.

Pearl:
Garnet, you don't think Peridot would come looking for us, do you?

Garnet:
We weren't her priority. She was sent here to do something in the Kindergarten.

Pearl:
Do you think she's still going to try to reactivate it?

Garnet:
Mm. If she gets it back up and running, the Injectors will turn back on.

Steven:
Injectors? What're those?

Pearl:
You've already seen them. [projects hologram from her gemstone] Well, you've seen them disabled. If Peridot reactivates them, they'll pick right up where they left off, planting gems in the crust of the Earth, where they'll incubate and suck the life right out of the ground. We can't let Peridot restart Gem production here. If we do... [sighs] the entire planet will become…

Garnet:
Janked.

Amethyst:
Garnet! [laughs] That mouth! [sniggers]

Garnet:
Don't worry. We'll stop her.

Peridot:
Log Date 6-5-2. This is Peridot updating status. Still stuck on miserable planet. The fusion experiments are developing properly. A few have even emerged early- [spots Steven and shrieks; Steven stares silently at her as she looks around; whispers to him] Are the other ones with you? [Steven slowly shakes his head no and nods yes quickly, shrugging] Of course. Why not?

Garnet:
[off-screen] PERIDOT!

Pearl:
THERE SHE IS!

Steven:
We did it! Garnet?

Garnet/Ruby:
So this is what Homeworld thinks of fusion.

Garnet/Sapphire:
We couldn't have known they would do this.

Garnet/Ruby:
This is where they've been…all the ones we couldn't find… they've been here the whole time!

Garnet/Sapphire:
Rose couldn't have known.

Garnet/Ruby:
This is punishment for the rebellion!

Garnet/Sapphire:
[breaking down] It's not our fault!

Steven:
Garnet!

Garnet:
S-Steven.

Amethyst:
[sliding down with Pearl] Yo! We're back.

Pearl:
Garnet, we lost Peridot. Her fingers were too fast for us. [two fused hands climb up on Amethyst and grabs them] Um… what are these things?

Garnet:
PUT THEM DOWN!

Steven:
Uh!

Pearl:
Wha...? [throws the hands away]

Garnet:
We need to poof and bubble all of them. We can't let any escape. [She poofs the hands as the screen turns black]

Garnet:
What Homeworld did… taking the shattered parts of fallen Gems and combining them—those Gems weren't asked permission. Fusion is a choice. Those Gems weren't given a choice. It isn't right. It isn't fusion!

[Steven looks at Garnet as he takes the clothes out the dryer into the basket]

Steven:
What's it like... being a fusion?

Garnet:
You fused.

Steven:
I mean, like, all the time. Do you forget who you used to be?

Garnet:
You forget you were ever alone. You know when you fuse, you don't feel like two people. You feel like one being. And your old names might as well be names for your left arm, and your right.

Steven:
When you split up, is it like you disappear?

Garnet:
I embody my— I mean, Ruby and Sapphire's love. I always exist in them, even if I split apart. But the strength of that love keeps me together, so I can stay Garnet for a very long time.

Steven:
That's why you're so great!

Garnet:
[smiles] Ha. [Steven starts laughing, with a light blue colored sock being blown away]

Steven:
Oh, no! [Garnet catches it]

Garnet:
Don't wanna break up a pair.

Steven:
[holds peach colored sock] Yeah, you're right. [Garnet folds socks into basket] They belong together.

[Greg re-watches Pearl and Rose's fusion dance, practices and falls down]

Greg:
Ah, geez! How'd she get her legs to do that? [groans]

Amethyst:
Hey! [looks at face-to-face with Garnet] Are you dead?

Greg:
Wha? Uh, no, no. I'm alive.

Amethyst:
Whoa, cool! [jumps over Greg, runs to the TV] It's us from before!

Greg:
Yeah, I was just... trying to get my head around this fusion dance.

Amethyst:
A fusion dance ain't about your head! [laughs out loud]

Greg:
Wait... you guys are Gems. You gotta help me out here. I need to be able to fuse with Rose!

Garnet:
First, you need a gem at the core of your being. Then you need a body that can turn into light. Then you need the partner who you trust with that light.

Greg:
Metaphorically?

Garnet:
Literally.

Amethyst:
[whispers] Shh! Come on! I still wanna see him try!

Greg:
Ugh, so it's true. I really can't do it. [touches his face] I'm kidding myself with this! I'm never gonna be a Gem... [Garnet looks down and picks up a twig]

Garnet:
Amethyst... give us some privacy! [throws it far away]

Amethyst:
YEAH!! [scampers after it]

Garnet:
Let me tell you something, Mr. Universe. I think you can do it, but it won't work if you dance like Pearl. You have to dance like you. You have to fuse your way. Get open. Get honest. Invent yourselves together. [lowers her shades and winks left of her three eyes] That's fusion.

Greg:
EYE—think I get it.

Steven:
"Sleep is a curse, and yet a curse I need to live"—Steven Universe.

Garnet:
Let me show you how it's done. (She falls over, stiff as a board)

Pearl:
That's pretty convincing.

Steven:
Lapis!

Lapiz Lazuli:
No. I'm not Lapis anymore. We're Malachite now.

Peridot:
This is Peridot, transmitting on all frequencies from abandoned Crystal System colony planet Earth, to Yellow Diamond. My mission has been compromised. My escort and informant are gone, and I am now stranded! [desperately] Please send help!

Garnet:
It's as I feared.

[The Communication Hub is glowing and shooting a beam of light towards the sky]

Pearl:
It looks like Peridot somehow repaired the Communication Hub. Well, at least some of it.

Steven:
So... we just gotta wreck it up again, right? (to Amethyst) You guys should form Sugilite!

Amethyst:
(smiling a bit) Yeah... Well, it's up to Garnet, I guess. (smiling widely, to Garnet) What do you say? [Pearl looks scared in the background] Shall we mash it up?...

Garnet:
No.

Amethyst:
But, don't we need to be huge like last time?

Garnet:
Last time was a disaster. Last time we fused, Sugilite went berserk. It's because of her that we can't even warp here anymore. (takes off her visor) I can be brash, you can be reckless. And we can both get carried away. So, for the time being, [She puts her visor back on and Amethyst's reflection can be seen in them] Sugilite is benched. What we need now is to be careful. [Steven gasps] It's you and me, Pearl. Let's fuse. [Pearl looks astonished as she begins to tear up] Don't cry, Pearl. [Pearl tries to not cry and quivers as she strongly breathes in through her nose, sniffling thickly] Come on, let's do this.

Pearl:
I'm right behind you. (sniffling)

Steven:
(running towards them) Woo-hoo! Fusion! Fusion! Fusion! Fusion! *sits to the left of Lion* (Amethyst walks over)

Garnet:
(gemstones glow) Ready.

Pearl:
(grunts; stretches) Hang on, it's been such a long time.

Sardonyx:
Gooooood evening, everybody! (struts over to Lion, Steven, and Amethyst and does a twirl) This is the lovely Sardonyx! Coming to you a-live from the soon-to-be-former Communication Hub! How are y'all doin' tonight?

Amethyst:
(sarcastically) Great...

Steven:
(gasps) Giant woman!

Amethyst:
Maybe you're better off with her / I think she's better for you / I forgot how great it felt to be us / Guess I got carried away. / I had to use you to make me feel strong / But I don't care about that now / I see a tower built out of my mistakes / And it all comes crashing down. / Is there something I can doo-oo / Is there something I can doo-oo-oo / Is there something I can doo-oo / Can I make it up to you?

Amethyst:
Stop!

Pearl:
Is something the matter, Amethyst?

Amethyst:
You... you shouldn't.

Steven:
Pearl, we saw you.

Pearl:
(shocked) What?

Steven:
You need to tell Garnet it was you!

Garnet:
I don't understand.

Pearl:
I'm sorry. It's just... so much fun being Sardonyx with you.

Garnet:
[drops Pearl to the ground] That's why I couldn't see us finding Peridot.

Pearl:
Wait, let me explain!

Garnet:
You've been fixing the hub!

Pearl:
It really was Peridot! The first time.

Garnet:
You tricked me!

Pearl:
No! No, no, no, no! We just needed a reason to fuse! I just wanted to share a few more victories with you!

Garnet:
Those weren't victories!

Amethyst:
Wait, Garnet! You know, we're so much weaker than you! Fusing with you is like our one chance to feel... stronger!

Garnet:
Don't defend her! Peridot is out there somewhere and Pearl's been distracting us with... nothing!

Pearl:
Garnet...

Garnet:
[angrily points at her] That's enough! [to Amethyst] Amethyst, fuse with me!

Amethyst:
But-!

Garnet:
(clenching her fist) Let's just get this over with.

Steven:
Pearl! Where have you been?!

Pearl:
Looking for Peridot… For a few days straight. Steven, I know I might have… disappointed all of you. I know Garnet's very upset with me. But I'm going to prove to her that she can trust me again. [Garnet walks in through the front door] Oh! Garnet! I was just looking for Peridot! She's bound to be somewhere, right? Any new ideas? [Garnet says nothing and walks past her; remorsefully] I'm sorry.

Greg:
[enters the house with a brochure; excitedly] Who wants to go on a road trip?! Umm… Is this a bad time?

Garnet:
[agitated, panting] Calm down... I don't feel like forgiving Pearl!... You don't understand, you must... If you're not going to listen, then you can just GO! [splits into Ruby and Sapphire]

Sapphire:
[calmly] We must move past this, Ruby.

Ruby:
[furiously] She lied to us so we'd form Sardonyx! She tricked us! Don't you feel used?!

Sapphire:
You're choosing to take it personally.

Ruby:
IT'S FUSION, SAPPHIRE! WHAT'S MORE PERSONAL TO US THAN FUSION?!

Sapphire:
I know you're still upset...

Ruby:
Oh, so it's just me?!

Sapphire:
Of course not. Can't you see I'm completely engulfed with rage?

Ruby:
Well, it doesn't feel like it!

Sapphire:
The sooner we forgive Pearl, the better it will be for us all.

Ruby:
YOU'RE NOT AS ABOVE THIS AS YOU THINK YOU ARE!

Sapphire:
[about Ruby, while she shakes the table] This will pass. She'll eventually just burn herself out.

Ruby:
[angrily] THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK! I AM AN ETERNAL FLAME, BABY! [flips the table]

[while Greg talks to Steven, arguing with each other simultaneously]

Ruby:
You don't know me!

Sapphire:
How could I possibly not know you? We always fuse! We always fuse, what are you even going on about fusion?

Ruby:
Look at you! [laughing] You don't even know yourself! Ha!

Sapphire:
So don't act so ridiculous.

Ruby:
I'm ridiculous?!

Sapphire:
Yes, yes.

Ruby & Sapphire:
Steven!

Steven:
[enraged] I was so happy when Garnet said she wanted to go on this trip with me and Dad! Home's been awful! Here's been awful! I thought you wanted to have a fun time, but everyone's been acting awful too! It... it just came with us! I don't understand! Is it... is it me?

Ruby:
...No! Steven, it's all us!

Sapphire:
But we made him feel like it was his fault... I keep looking into the future, when all of this has already been solved, as if it doesn't matter how you feel in the present! [starting to cry] No wonder you think I don't care...!

Ruby:
Sapphire... No, nonononono! This is all my fault, I... I didn't want to look for a solution, I... I just wanted to be mad! You're right! You're always right! I was being stupid!

Sapphire:
I don't think you're stupid!

Ruby:
I'm... sorry. [gently brushes Sapphire's hair aside, revealing her sad eye]

Sapphire:
You honestly think I'm not upset about what happened? I was just... trying to do the right thing.

Ruby:
I know... [starts smiling] You know what's nice about being split up?

Sapphire:
What?

Ruby:
I get to look at you...

Sapphire:
[pushes her off, laughing] Be serious!

Ruby:
[hugs Sapphire] There's my Laughy Sapphy!

Sapphire:
Shh! You're embarrassing me in front of Steven! [cut to Steven, feeling awkward at the scene]

Steven:
Hey, Pearl! [sees a desolate Pearl sitting on the couch, looking at the ceiling] Pearl?

Pearl:
[jumps up] Steven! You're back!

Steven:
Yeah... [sits down] Show business is rough.

Pearl:
Is there something I can help you with?

Steven:
Not unless you can make William Dewey interesting.

Pearl:
How do you know William Dewey?

Steven:
I'm gonna be him in this play! But he's totally boring! He's perfect and he never makes mistakes.

Pearl:
[sigh] Wish I could say the same for myself.

Steven:
Yeah, but nobody's like that! Everybody gets stuff wrong, and then you have to keep going and it's hard, which is why it's great when you never stop trying!

Pearl:
..When did you get so smart?

[Steven and the Gems warp into the Galaxy Warp and find Peridot, gathering pieces of the Homeworld Warp]

Pearl:
Oh, aha! Look! I was right! My plan worked perfectly!

Steven:
[waves at her] Good morning!

Peridot:
What?! How did you know I was here?

Steven:
We found a secret way to track you, and we'll never tell you how, even if you ask nicely.

[Steven and the Gems enter a room in the ship. Peridot appears on a projected screen]

Peridot:
[laughs] You Gems really are as dull as dirt!

Pearl:
You're the dull one if you thing you can fly this wreck!

Peridot:
[pauses] What? Can you speak louder? Some of these communicators are gunked up.

Steven:
[cleans off a microphone, speaks into it] Pearl says you're the dull one if you think you can fly this wreck!

Peridot:
[waits for Steven's response to come through] [laughs] Fly? I'm not using this vessel to fly. I'm using it to TRAP YOU! [a door closes, trapping Steven and the Gems in the room] Isn't this nice? No more Crystal Gems running around, messing with my plans, destroying my things. Looks like I've got you just where I want you. How does it feel to be so easily outsmarted, you CLODS?!

Pearl:
No...

Amethyst:
[speaks into the microphone] Hey, uh, this is Amethyst. I don't appreciate being called a clod, you clo-

Peridot:
Enough talk! Prepare yourselves for annihilation! [dramatically hits a button] Hiyah! [nothing happens, hits it again] Hiyah!

[the room's laser cannons activate and take aim at Steven and the Gems]

Peridot:
It works! Yes! DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIIIIE!

Garnet:
Pearl, stop. That isn't helping.

Pearl:
I have to do something. I can't believe I walked us right into Peridot's trap. This is all my… [Peridot's hologram disappears as the ground starts to shake] fault?

Pearl:
[thru screen] Garnet… I'm sorry!

Amethyst:
Wait a sec!

Pearl:
Things weren't supposed to turn out this way... [inside, Garnet punches the wall again]

Garnet:
We'll get outta here somehow.

Pearl:
[sighs] That's not what I mean! I really wanted to catch Peridot to make up for what I did... [Garnet withdraws her gauntlets] I wanted to prove to you that... that everything could go back to normal...

Garnet:
Catching Peridot won't make things go back to normal. [thru screen] This isn't about Peridot.

Amethyst:
Hey... they're actually talking!

Steven:
Now they can finally work things out!

[soon, the gears start to activate and turn and start closing into the trapped two]

Amethyst:
Not if they get crushed!

[both Garnet and Pearl push their unflinching sides]

Pearl:
Please! Tell me! How can I make you forgive me?!

Garnet:
You can't! You lied to me! You need to learn that there are consequences to your actions!

Pearl:
I'm sorry! I... I couldn't help myself!

Garnet:
[kicks opposite side of wall next to Pearl] I don't want to hear your excuses!

Pearl:
But it's true! No matter how hard I try to be strong like you, I'm just a Pearl. I'm useless on my own. [cries] I need someone to tell me what to do.

[the walls suddenly stop moving; Both Amethyst and Steven pull her whip on its gears in its place. Garnet and Pearl pause for a beat]

Pearl:
When we fuse, I can feel what it's like to be you. Confident and secure, and complete. You're perfect. You're the perfect relationship. You're always together, I just... I wanted to be a part of that.

Garnet:
You're wrong! I'm not as strong as you think. I fell apart over this. Ruby and Sapphire were in turmoil over how you deceived me. [thru screen] I came undone.

Amethyst:
Whoa, that really happened?

Steven:
[nods] Hm.

Garnet:
It's not easy being in control. I have weaknesses too, but I choose not to let them consume me. I struggle to stay strong because I know the impact I have on everyone. Please understand, Pearl. [thru screen] You have an impact too. [inside] There are times when I look up to you for strength. You are your own gem. You control your destiny. Not me, not Rose, not Steven. But you must choose to be strong, so we can move forward. So I can trust you again.

Pearl:
I understand. I can't give up anymore!

Garnet:
Good.

Dr. Maheswaran:
[sighs] I had a rough day at work and I'm not in the mood for any more surprises.

Connie:
Whatsyjf happened at work?

Dr. Maheswaran:
There was a really strange case at the hospital today, straight out of a nightmare. [beat] Oh, don't worry, the rules of doctor-patient confidentiality keep me from sharing the graphic details, but... Hang on a moment. When did we get a coat rack?

Connie:
Oh, no...

Dr. Maheswaran:
A SWORD?! Connie, where did you get this?!

Steven:
I-it's—

Connie:
I found it! I just... found it outside and I wanted to show it to Steven.

Dr. Maheswaran:
How could you possibly think this is okay?!

Connie:
It's—

Dr. Maheswaran:
Do you know how many children I see everyday in the hospital who've cut their faces off playing with swords?!

Connie:
I—

Dr. Maheswaran:
NONE!! Because they all have parents who love them, and who don't let them play around with deadly weapons like some kind of gang member! No playing with swords, under any circumstances! [her cell phone rings, answers it] This is Dr. Maheswaran. Yes, calm down, Stromberg. Another one?

Steven:
[to Connie] Is she gonna give it back?

Dr. Maheswaran:
All right, I'll-I'll be right there. [zips sword in duffle bag] I have to go to the hospital. I'll have a talk with your father to calculate just how grounded you are. [leaves, comes back] And we're using the abacus! [leaves again]

Connie:
I hate that abacus. Steven, I'm so sorry. She took your mother's sword!

Steven:
Maybe we can get her to change her mind?

Connie:
She never ever changes her mind. We've got to get that sword back ourselves.

Connie:
Mom... I'm really sorry about lying to you. It started off as a tiny secret, and then I felt like if I didn't hide it, you wouldn't let me see Steven ever again.

Dr. Maheswaran:
Is that how you feel? Are we too controlling?

Connie:
..Maybe.

Dr. Maheswaran:
I just wanted to be a good mother. I... I just wanted to protect you.

Connie:
I can protect myself now! [Dr. Maheswaran pauses for a long beat, sighs]

Dr. Maheswaran:
Okay. [Connie winces] We'll... pull back on the rules, and I'll try to keep an open mind about [Connie's lenses] this, and [Lion] that, and... him. [Steven stays frightened] It scares me that you can't talk to me. I need to know what's happening in your life. I... I need to step in when you're in over your head. Would you just promise me you'll stop all this lying?

Connie:
[beat] That's a rule. [they embrace each other]

Dr. Maheswaran:
I love you, honey.

Connie:
I love you too, Mom.

Sadie:
Please, Mom. Don't make me do this.

Barb:
Make you? You said you wanted to sing.

Sadie:
Yeah! I did! I did! I did, I did. Just like I say lots of things like, "Hey, Mom. Swimming looks fun", then bam! Suddenly, I'm anchoring a 400 meter relay for the Beach City Seals. "Hey, Mom. I thought signing up for softball would be nice." 6 birthdays later, I'm still getting nothing but kneepads and batting helmets. "Hey, Mom. I wanna sing at this year's Beachapalooza", and what do I get? THIS! I just thought, for once, I get to do things my way, but you came in and took over everything like you always do.

Barb:
I just wanted everyone to know how talented my daughter is.

Sadie:
THIS is not your daughter.

Barb:
[stunned] I'm sorry.