9.7/102,527 votesLoading...#1 - A Single Pale Rose
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 5/7/2018
Steven helps Pearl find her cell phone.
Director: N/A
Writer: Hilary Florido, Amber Cragg
9.7/102,384 votesLoading...#2 - Reunited
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 7/6/2018
The wedding of Ruby and Sapphire, with the Gems and several Beach City citizens in attendance, goes without a hitch and Garnet reforms.
Director: N/A
Writer: Miki Brewster, Jeff Liu, Katie Mitroff, Paul Villeco
9.6/102,278 votesLoading...#3 - Mr. Greg
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 7/19/2016
Steven visits Empire City with Greg and Pearl.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeff Liu, Joe Johnston
9.6/104,337 votesLoading...#4 - Change Your Mind
Season 5 Episode 28 - Aired 1/21/2019
Steven faces his biggest challenge yet.
Director: Kat Morris
Writer: Lamar Abrams, Miki Brewster, Amber Cragg, Hilary Florido, Ian Jones-Quartey, Christine Liu, Jeff Liu, Katie Mitroff, Kat Morris, Rebecca Sugar, Joe Johnston, Paul Villeco
9.5/102,102 votesLoading...#5 - Rose's Scabbard
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 3/9/2015
Pearl takes Steven to a special place that belonged to Rose Quartz after Lion finds the scabbard for Rose's sword.
Director: Ian Jones-Quartey
Writer: Paul Villeco, Rebecca Sugar, Raven M. Molisee
9.5/101,880 votesLoading...#6 - Catch and Release
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 9/24/2015
The Crystal Gems finally capture Peridot, but Steven suspects that she knows something and lets her live in his bathroom.
Director: N/A
Writer: Hilary Florido, Jesse Zukauskas
9.5/101,807 votesLoading...#7 - The Trial
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 5/29/2017
Steven goes to court against Blue and Yellow Diamond to determine his (or rather Rose Quartz's) fate.
Director: N/A
Writer: Katie Mitroff, Paul Villeco
9.4/101,975 votesLoading...#8 - Lion 3: Straight to Video
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 12/4/2014
Lion keeps lying on Steven's face while he's sleeping. This leads to Steven discovering a pocket dimension in Lion's mane.
Director: Ian Jones-Quartey
Writer: Rebecca Sugar, Jeff Liu, Joe Johnston
9.4/101,966 votesLoading...#9 - Bismuth
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 8/4/2016
Steven discovers something the Gems thought was lost to the past inside of Lion's mane.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.4/101,837 votesLoading...#10 - Mindful Education
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 8/25/2016
Steven and Connie learn to focus better.
Director: N/A
Writer: Colin Howard, Jeff Liu, Takafumi Hori
9.4/101,593 votesLoading...#11 - Lars' Head
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 5/29/2017
After Steven brings Lars back to life with his healing powers, he discovers that Lars now shares the same powers as Lion.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeff Liu, Madeline Queripel
9.3/101,919 votesLoading...#12 - Ocean Gem
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 9/25/2014
Lapis Lazuli disappears after reigniting a past conflict with Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl, and takes the ocean along with her, leaving Beach City in a panic on the first day of summer. Steven, Connie, Greg, Lion and the Gems go on a mission to confront Lapis and set things back to normal.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.3/101,852 votesLoading...#13 - Story for Steven
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/9/2015
Greg tells Steven the story of when he first met Rose Quartz.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeff Liu, Joe Johnston
9.3/101,596 votesLoading...#14 - Earthlings
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 8/8/2016
Amethyst tries to exact revenge with a showdown in the Kindergarten.
Director: N/A
Writer: Raven M. Molisee, Paul Villeco
9.3/101,563 votesLoading...#15 - Bubbled
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 8/10/2016
Steven gets marooned in his bubble.
Director: N/A
Writer: Colin Howard, Jeff Liu
9.3/101,763 votesLoading...#16 - That Will Be All
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/2017
While Blue Diamond and Yellow Diamond argue over their diverging ways of coping with Pink Diamond's death, Steven, Greg and the Crystal Gems attempt to escape the space station before they are discovered.
Director: N/A
Writer: Colin Howard, Rebecca Sugar, Joe Johnston
9.3/101,645 votesLoading...#17 - I Am My Mom
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/11/2017
Steven struggles to fix his mistakes.
Director: Kat Morris
Writer: Hilary Florido, Paul Villeco
9.3/101,533 votesLoading...#18 - Off Colors
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 5/29/2017
After escaping from the Diamonds, Steven and Lars encounter and befriend the "off-colors", a group of "defective" Gems who live in hiding from Gem society. Lars defends them from security robots but is critically injured in the process.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lamar Abrams, Jeff Liu
9.3/101,464 votesLoading...#19 - Now We're Only Falling Apart
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 7/2/2018
Followed by hearing about the revelation, many problems ensue within the crystal gems' relationships.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lamar Abrams, Christine Liu
9.2/101,770 votesLoading...#20 - On the Run
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 2/5/2015
Steven and Amethyst try life out on the road. During so, Amethyst reveals a dark secret about herself and the Gems to Steven.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeff Liu, Joe Johnston
9.2/101,724 votesLoading...#21 - Reformed
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 4/30/2015
Amethyst keeps trying to find a new form to regenerate into while she, Steven and Garnet chase after a monster loose in the Temple.
Director: N/A
Writer: Raven M. Molisee, Paul Villeco
9.2/101,667 votesLoading...#22 - Too Far
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 10/15/2015
Peridot gets carried away with gem gossip, and unintentionally really hurts Amethyst's feelings.
Director: N/A
Writer: Hilary Florido, Jesse Zukauskas
9.2/101,517 votesLoading...#23 - Steven's Dream
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/30/2017
A strange dream prompts Steven to search for answers.
Director: N/A
Writer: Colin Howard, Jeff Liu
9.2/101,624 votesLoading...#24 - Storm in the Room
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/17/2017
Steven uses his room in the temple to create a simulated image of Rose Quartz in order to try to experience what it would be like to know his mother. He ends up confronting her with his troubled feelings about her complex legacy and her choice to create him.
Director: Joe Johnston
Writer: Colin Howard, Jeff Liu
9.1/101,710 votesLoading...#25 - Gem Drill
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 5/12/2016
Steven travels deep underground.
Director: N/A
Writer: Raven M. Molisee, Paul Villeco
The Best Episodes of Steven Universe
Every episode of Steven Universe ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Steven Universe!
A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to control his powers.
Genres:AnimationComedyAction & AdventureFamilySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Cartoon Network
Best Episodes Summary
"A Single Pale Rose" is the best rated episode of "Steven Universe". It scored 9.7/10 based on 2527 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Hilary Florido, Amber Cragg, it aired on 5/7/2018. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Reunited".