Steven Universe (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 27 - It Could've Been Great - full transcript
While working on their drill, Peridot and the Gems realize they're missing something important and must travel to a Homeworld base.
- # We #
- # are the Crystal #
- # Gems #
- # we'll always save the day #
♪ and if you think we can't ♪
♪ we'll always find a way ♪
- # that's why the people #
- # of this world #
- # believe in... #
- # Garnet #
- # Amethyst #
- # and Pearl #
♪ And Steven! ♪
"It Could've Been Great"
- Steven.
- Hi.
Why did we stop working on the drill?
Why are they just sitting
there, looking at nothing?!
We worked hard, and we deserve
to take it easy for a little bit.
I mean, just look at that view!
It's beautiful!
It's going to be blown
to oblivion by the Cluster
if we don't get back to work!
Working hard is important,
but feeling good is important, too!
What are you talking about?!
Hey ... bzzzz!
What is that, a ... a "C"?
- The drill?
- Yeah!
Oh, my gosh!
Now it's music!
- Music?
- Yeah, it's music. Like this...
♪ do re mi fa so la ti do ♪
Do mi so do.
♪ isn't it pretty? ♪
That's exceedingly simple.
Do mi so ti.
♪ we're making music ♪
What is the point?
You're not making anything.
Well, if it isn't anything,
then why does it sound so good?
I suppose it's just interest.
Do mi so do...
devoid of substance or purpose.
A hypothetical pattern.
Do mi so ti...
for the satisfaction of
bringing it to completion!
- Sure!
- Do mi so ti...
interest without meaning.
- Solutions without problems?
- And then you just add words.
Here's one I've been working on...
♪ Life and death and love and birth ♪
♪ and peace and war
on the planet Earth ♪
♪ is there anything that's worth more ♪
♪ than peace and love
on the planet Earth? ♪
- # oh, whoa, come on and sing it with me #
- Sing?
- # the words relate to the key #
- Key?
♪ if it's a pattern, if it's a pattern ♪
♪ then just repeat after me ♪
♪ life and death and love and birth ♪
♪ life and death and love and birth ♪
Now you sing
# mi, fa mi, mi fa mi ti la #
♪ and peace and
war on the planet Earth ♪
- Yes, yes, that's it!
- That's so easy.
Yeah, but that's what's fun about it.
You should write something.
You should write a song!
- About what?
- Whatever you're thinking.
♪ I guess we're already here ♪
♪ I guess we already know ♪
♪ we've all got something to fear ♪
♪ we've all got nowhere to go ♪
♪ I think you're all insane ♪
♪ but I guess I am, too ♪
♪ anybody would be ♪
♪ if they were stuck on Earth with you ♪
Yes!
♪ life and death and
love and birth and ♪
♪ life and death and
love and birth and ♪
♪ life and death and love and birth ♪
♪ and peace and war
on the planet Earth ♪
♪ is there anything that's worth more ♪
♪ is there anything that's worth more ♪
♪ is there anything that's worth more ♪
♪ than peace and love
on the planet Earth? ♪
Whoa!
- Nice work.
- Ah!
- We really did it, huh?
- We?
Oh, wait.
I need to check something!
She's come so far!
It feels like yesterday
she was trying to kill us.
- No, no, that was several weeks ago.
- Coordinates!
We still need the Cluster's exact
coordinates in order to drill!
There's a Diamond base that
may hold that information,
- but getting there is going to be difficult.
- How come?
Because it's not accessible
by warp pad, and it's on...
The Moon?!
Yeah, Steven, the Moon.
Lion, can you make us a
special super warp to the Moon?
Come on, lion!
We got to do this to stop the Cluster!
If we don't, there's
gonna be no more Earth!
No more fun times with your pals!
No more lion lickers?
No more naps?
Guess it was "naps."
Pretty cool, right?!
Go, lion, go!
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
Lion! Are you okay, bud?
Get me out of this
furry freak ... ugh! Ow!
Aw, lion, you've earned
your naps for the week!
We made it.
It doesn't look like the Moon.
Hey, look over here.
I think it's a door!
Uh...
Yep! We on the Moon!
Amethyst, please don't
blow us into space!
Whoa!
Look at me!
I'm a moon boy!
Ha ha! All right, moon boy!
Moon boy, quadruple backflip!
- Hey! Why can't I be a moon boy?
- We're Gems.
We're a space-faring race
designed to conquer other worlds!
Our physical forms adjust automatically
- to the gravity of any planetoid!
- Aw, lame!
♪ I was bouncing on the Moon one day ♪
Huh? Hey, Peridot, who
is this supposed to be?
It's Blue Diamond!
Wait. Are they all here?
Ah, yes!
- There she is!
- Who?
Behold, Yellow Diamond!
Isn't she magnificent?
Wow!
So, who are the Diamonds anyway?
- They seem like a big deal!
- Are you joking me?
The Diamonds are the gem matriarchs!
Together they make up the
great Diamond authority
that governs Homeworld and
all the outlying colonies!
We live to serve them!
I ... I mean, we were
all made to serve them
even though some of us don't anymore.
Hey, I think that's
a control surface over there!
- Let's take a look!
- Yeah!
I think this is right.
The material is different
from the surrounding stone.
- I think if I just do... this!
- Huh?
This is so incredible!
Only the most elite of the
elite can enter these sanctums.
We are literally walking in
the footsteps of the Diamonds.
They must really like stairs.
- Hey, what's this room?
- It's not what we came for.
Can we hurry it up? This
place gives me the creeps.
We really are on the Moon!
Oh, my goodness! This looks
like it could be brand-new!
I mean, it's a relic
by today's standards,
but, golly, it's so elegant,
so simple, so perfect!
- So, how do you turn it on?
- I have no idea.
Wah!
Hey, it's got one of
those glowy hand dealies!
- You can't sit there!
- Why not? It's really cool!
That chair is only for
the most elite Gems!
You can't go around sitting
where an elite would sit!
Well, they aren't here now, right?
- Hey, what's this doodad for?
- Put that back!
Hmm, okay, let's see here.
There we go.
This is a really old system.
Gotta find the right file...
Aha!
Cluster, Cluster,
where are you, Cluster?
Aha!
There's the insertion point!
Looks like the beta
kindergarten in facet nine.
It's the smaller of the two,
not nearly as impressive
as yours, Amethyst!
- Uh, thanks?
- But where is the Cluster now?
Hang on.
There it is!
It's embedded deep in the mantle.
Relative to the barn, it's
roughly 2,500 units down.
All we need to do is feed
this data to the drill,
and we should be all set!
That's it, then!
Mission accomplished!
- Yeah, team!
- Great.
Let's get the heck out of here!
Wait. Hold on! Does this
thing have any games on it?
No, no, no, no.
This wasn't used for games.
Aw.
It was used for planning
the colony. Here, look!
So here's a map of all structures
that were originally built on Earth.
All told, this probably only accounts
for maybe 5% of what
was originally planned!
- What was the plan?
- Well, let's take a look.
Ta-da!
A finished Earth colony!
Wow! Look at this!
89 kindergartens, 67 spires,
a galaxy warp in each facet,
efficient use of all
available materials.
What were you thinking
shutting this operation down!
- It could have been great!
- No, you're wrong!
What do you mean?
It's perfect. Look at it!
- We are looking at it.
- Yeah, this plan stinks!
Completing this colony would have meant
the extinction of all life on Earth.
But think of the good
it would have done ...
the Gems would that
would have been made,
- our empire expanded!
- Rose Quartz believed
all life was precious
and worth protecting!
Well, if she wanted to protect it,
she did a lousy job!
There'd be no Cluster if the
Earth had stayed a colony!
Now there's no colony, and
there's gonna be no Earth!
So thank you, Rose Quartz ...
you doomed the planet!
Oh!
♪ is there anything that's
worth more than ... ♪
You listen to me now.
You are talking about things
that you do not understand.
Garnet, stop, please!
It's not worth it.
We're done here.
Let's just go home.
What'd I say?!
I'm just stating a fact!
The rebellion didn't really save Earth.
It just delayed the inevitable.
That's not the way they see it.
They've spent thousands of years
trying to protect the Earth.
I thought maybe
you finally understood why.
- Peridot!
- What? I'm coming.
Let's go, you two.
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
- # are the Crystal #
- # Gems #
- # we'll always save the day #
♪ and if you think we can't ♪
♪ we'll always find a way ♪
- # that's why the people #
- # of this world #
- # believe in... #
- # Garnet #
- # Amethyst #
- # and Pearl #
♪ And Steven! ♪
"It Could've Been Great"
- Steven.
- Hi.
Why did we stop working on the drill?
Why are they just sitting
there, looking at nothing?!
We worked hard, and we deserve
to take it easy for a little bit.
I mean, just look at that view!
It's beautiful!
It's going to be blown
to oblivion by the Cluster
if we don't get back to work!
Working hard is important,
but feeling good is important, too!
What are you talking about?!
Hey ... bzzzz!
What is that, a ... a "C"?
- The drill?
- Yeah!
Oh, my gosh!
Now it's music!
- Music?
- Yeah, it's music. Like this...
♪ do re mi fa so la ti do ♪
Do mi so do.
♪ isn't it pretty? ♪
That's exceedingly simple.
Do mi so ti.
♪ we're making music ♪
What is the point?
You're not making anything.
Well, if it isn't anything,
then why does it sound so good?
I suppose it's just interest.
Do mi so do...
devoid of substance or purpose.
A hypothetical pattern.
Do mi so ti...
for the satisfaction of
bringing it to completion!
- Sure!
- Do mi so ti...
interest without meaning.
- Solutions without problems?
- And then you just add words.
Here's one I've been working on...
♪ Life and death and love and birth ♪
♪ and peace and war
on the planet Earth ♪
♪ is there anything that's worth more ♪
♪ than peace and love
on the planet Earth? ♪
- # oh, whoa, come on and sing it with me #
- Sing?
- # the words relate to the key #
- Key?
♪ if it's a pattern, if it's a pattern ♪
♪ then just repeat after me ♪
♪ life and death and love and birth ♪
♪ life and death and love and birth ♪
Now you sing
# mi, fa mi, mi fa mi ti la #
♪ and peace and
war on the planet Earth ♪
- Yes, yes, that's it!
- That's so easy.
Yeah, but that's what's fun about it.
You should write something.
You should write a song!
- About what?
- Whatever you're thinking.
♪ I guess we're already here ♪
♪ I guess we already know ♪
♪ we've all got something to fear ♪
♪ we've all got nowhere to go ♪
♪ I think you're all insane ♪
♪ but I guess I am, too ♪
♪ anybody would be ♪
♪ if they were stuck on Earth with you ♪
Yes!
♪ life and death and
love and birth and ♪
♪ life and death and
love and birth and ♪
♪ life and death and love and birth ♪
♪ and peace and war
on the planet Earth ♪
♪ is there anything that's worth more ♪
♪ is there anything that's worth more ♪
♪ is there anything that's worth more ♪
♪ than peace and love
on the planet Earth? ♪
Whoa!
- Nice work.
- Ah!
- We really did it, huh?
- We?
Oh, wait.
I need to check something!
She's come so far!
It feels like yesterday
she was trying to kill us.
- No, no, that was several weeks ago.
- Coordinates!
We still need the Cluster's exact
coordinates in order to drill!
There's a Diamond base that
may hold that information,
- but getting there is going to be difficult.
- How come?
Because it's not accessible
by warp pad, and it's on...
The Moon?!
Yeah, Steven, the Moon.
Lion, can you make us a
special super warp to the Moon?
Come on, lion!
We got to do this to stop the Cluster!
If we don't, there's
gonna be no more Earth!
No more fun times with your pals!
No more lion lickers?
No more naps?
Guess it was "naps."
Pretty cool, right?!
Go, lion, go!
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
Lion! Are you okay, bud?
Get me out of this
furry freak ... ugh! Ow!
Aw, lion, you've earned
your naps for the week!
We made it.
It doesn't look like the Moon.
Hey, look over here.
I think it's a door!
Uh...
Yep! We on the Moon!
Amethyst, please don't
blow us into space!
Whoa!
Look at me!
I'm a moon boy!
Ha ha! All right, moon boy!
Moon boy, quadruple backflip!
- Hey! Why can't I be a moon boy?
- We're Gems.
We're a space-faring race
designed to conquer other worlds!
Our physical forms adjust automatically
- to the gravity of any planetoid!
- Aw, lame!
♪ I was bouncing on the Moon one day ♪
Huh? Hey, Peridot, who
is this supposed to be?
It's Blue Diamond!
Wait. Are they all here?
Ah, yes!
- There she is!
- Who?
Behold, Yellow Diamond!
Isn't she magnificent?
Wow!
So, who are the Diamonds anyway?
- They seem like a big deal!
- Are you joking me?
The Diamonds are the gem matriarchs!
Together they make up the
great Diamond authority
that governs Homeworld and
all the outlying colonies!
We live to serve them!
I ... I mean, we were
all made to serve them
even though some of us don't anymore.
Hey, I think that's
a control surface over there!
- Let's take a look!
- Yeah!
I think this is right.
The material is different
from the surrounding stone.
- I think if I just do... this!
- Huh?
This is so incredible!
Only the most elite of the
elite can enter these sanctums.
We are literally walking in
the footsteps of the Diamonds.
They must really like stairs.
- Hey, what's this room?
- It's not what we came for.
Can we hurry it up? This
place gives me the creeps.
We really are on the Moon!
Oh, my goodness! This looks
like it could be brand-new!
I mean, it's a relic
by today's standards,
but, golly, it's so elegant,
so simple, so perfect!
- So, how do you turn it on?
- I have no idea.
Wah!
Hey, it's got one of
those glowy hand dealies!
- You can't sit there!
- Why not? It's really cool!
That chair is only for
the most elite Gems!
You can't go around sitting
where an elite would sit!
Well, they aren't here now, right?
- Hey, what's this doodad for?
- Put that back!
Hmm, okay, let's see here.
There we go.
This is a really old system.
Gotta find the right file...
Aha!
Cluster, Cluster,
where are you, Cluster?
Aha!
There's the insertion point!
Looks like the beta
kindergarten in facet nine.
It's the smaller of the two,
not nearly as impressive
as yours, Amethyst!
- Uh, thanks?
- But where is the Cluster now?
Hang on.
There it is!
It's embedded deep in the mantle.
Relative to the barn, it's
roughly 2,500 units down.
All we need to do is feed
this data to the drill,
and we should be all set!
That's it, then!
Mission accomplished!
- Yeah, team!
- Great.
Let's get the heck out of here!
Wait. Hold on! Does this
thing have any games on it?
No, no, no, no.
This wasn't used for games.
Aw.
It was used for planning
the colony. Here, look!
So here's a map of all structures
that were originally built on Earth.
All told, this probably only accounts
for maybe 5% of what
was originally planned!
- What was the plan?
- Well, let's take a look.
Ta-da!
A finished Earth colony!
Wow! Look at this!
89 kindergartens, 67 spires,
a galaxy warp in each facet,
efficient use of all
available materials.
What were you thinking
shutting this operation down!
- It could have been great!
- No, you're wrong!
What do you mean?
It's perfect. Look at it!
- We are looking at it.
- Yeah, this plan stinks!
Completing this colony would have meant
the extinction of all life on Earth.
But think of the good
it would have done ...
the Gems would that
would have been made,
- our empire expanded!
- Rose Quartz believed
all life was precious
and worth protecting!
Well, if she wanted to protect it,
she did a lousy job!
There'd be no Cluster if the
Earth had stayed a colony!
Now there's no colony, and
there's gonna be no Earth!
So thank you, Rose Quartz ...
you doomed the planet!
Oh!
♪ is there anything that's
worth more than ... ♪
You listen to me now.
You are talking about things
that you do not understand.
Garnet, stop, please!
It's not worth it.
We're done here.
Let's just go home.
What'd I say?!
I'm just stating a fact!
The rebellion didn't really save Earth.
It just delayed the inevitable.
That's not the way they see it.
They've spent thousands of years
trying to protect the Earth.
I thought maybe
you finally understood why.
- Peridot!
- What? I'm coming.
Let's go, you two.
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.