![]() ![]() Season 1 Episode 35: Lion 3: Straight To Videoįor a show that can be very loud and wacky, this episode is all about the quiet moments. Plus, you there are some great one-liners and Steven not getting to watch the mid-season pre-finale of his favorite show, Under the Knife. This of course leads to wacky shenanigans but the message of the episode is clear. Right off the bat, Steven lies through his teeth about his ‘mom’, trying to conform to what society expects of a nuclear family. Not wanting to lie or upset Connie, he has Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl all fuse into Alexandrite and takes them to dinner with Greg. The only problem? Steven’s mom is dead and he considers the Crystal Gems his whole family. In this episode, Connie’s (Steven’s best friend) parents want to meet Steven’s parents. Season 1 Episode 32: Fusion CuisineĮven with the mission statement of the show made clear so early on, Steven Univers e makes many of its seemingly ‘filler’ episodes about exploring it. This is not a bleak and cold world, especially with Steven’s sense of humor. While the show can sometimes get very heavy, it never loses its humor. It never goes full on dark and serious but in fact uses humor to make the whole thing even more macabre. It starts off sweet and innocent, with Steven just wanting to go back in time so he can perform with his dad, and ends in Steven watching himself die (as the song goes in the episode). The lesson is fairly straightforward, Steven learns to stay true to himself, but this is not your typical ‘lesson of the week’ show. With a plot that wouldn’t be out of place on Rick and Morty, this is one of the first instances where Steven Universe takes on a beloved sci-fi trope, time travel. Season 1 Episode 22: Steven and the Stevens ![]() It’s astounding the show is able to lay out its central message so early while also laying in a lot of foreshadowing for future events that don’t distract from the wacky plot of the day. Ever if you aren’t perfect, like a porkchop, you’re still valuable, like a hot dog. They don’t fit in any particular mold (much like the fry bits) but are still worthwhile. These characters are all cast offs from society. On first watch that just seems like a cute saying but once you see the whole series it takes on another meaning. “If every porkchop were perfect, we wouldn’t have hot dogs.” Later on we hear Steven’s dad, Greg, give his best piece of advice on the show, He has no desire for the whole and perfect fries, he just wants ‘the bits’. It’s foreshadowed at the beginning when Steven excitedly asks for fry bits. While the first episode does have a lot going for it (we wrote about it here), especially the Cookie Cat song, episode two features what I feel is the mission statement for the show (and is later proven in the fifth season). And Steven! Season 1 Episode 2: Laser Light Cannon Now let’s find out why you should believe in Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. There are some minor spoilers ahead, so if you really want go in spoiler free, just check out what episode titles I suggested. It isn’t a list of all the main plot relevant episodes or the objectively best episodes, it’s ones that capture what makes this show so great and why you should check it out. With that in mind, I put together this list of episodes I feel best represent Steven Universe on a whole. Even if they’re typically eleven minutes each, that can still be a lot for a newbie to jump into. (We talked all about that right here, actually.)Īll together the series totals 180 episodes. It’s funny, thought provoking, beautifully animated, and broke all kinds of ground when it comes to queer representation in media for children. After seven years on air, Steven Universe and its companion series Steven Universe Future have finally come to a close and solidified themselves as some of the best TV out there. ![]()
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