“I shouldn’t have come along, should I?” “No. This is exactly why I brought you along.” And with that moment, Pearl might understand that Steven actually did bring his mother along to Empire City. But how well does “Mr. Greg” really…
TV Review: Steven Universe “Steven Floats” & “Drop Beat Dad”
“Wait, can Steven fly? …yeah, I think I remember that.” “Steven Floats” is, on its face, a reintroduction. And it’s going to kick off the Summer of Steven, new episodes every weeknight for a month (the only packed scheduling that I…
Steven Universe 2×15 Review: “Keystone Motel”
Fury. Patience. Garnet’s nearly flawless. If Pearl and Amethyst seem plagued with humanity, Garnet seems superhuman. Ordinary Gems don’t ever seem superhuman, though, as we find out that Garnet is a fusion of Ruby and Sapphire in series highlight “Jailbreak!”…
Steven Universe 2×14 Review: “Cry for Help”
Sometimes things are just sad and bad and that’s all. “Cry for Help” does a few things better than Steven Universe has ever managed. The show’s one limitation seems to be that it refuses to tell stories that end on a…
Steven Universe 2×13 Review: “Chille Tid”
Dreams being intertwined with reality has been a subject of Adventure Time for a while, and Steven floating through dreams reeks of influence from the show Rebecca Sugar left to create Steven Universe. But dreams seem to be a new power for…
Steven Universe 2×12 Review: “We Need to Talk”
As I suspected in yesterday’s review of “Keeping It Together,” the concept of fusion continues to gain importance in the world of Steven Universe. Taking place just months after Greg’s “Story for Steven,” Greg gives us another story in “We Need…
Steven Universe 2×11 Review: “Keeping It Together”
“The Kindergarten.” It implies the presence of children, but the Kindergarten of Steven Universe is empty, haunted only by ghosts, dead long ago from a horrible disaster. The Kindergarten was to be ground zero for the takeover of the world. It…