The Best Episodes of Steven Universe

Steven helps Pearl find her cell phone.

Director: N/A

Writer: Amber Cragg, Hilary Florido

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

Steven visits Empire City with Greg and Pearl.

Director: N/A

Writer: Jeff Liu, Joe Johnston

Steven faces his biggest challenge yet.

Director: Kat Morris

Writer: Lamar Abrams, Miki Brewster, Amber Cragg, Hilary Florido, Ian Jones-Quartey, Jeff Liu, Katie Mitroff, Kat Morris, Rebecca Sugar, Joe Johnston, Paul Villeco, Christine Liu

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: Rebecca Sugar, Paul Villeco, Raven M. Molisee

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

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

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

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: Jeff Liu, Rebecca Sugar, Joe Johnston

Steven discovers something the Gems thought was lost to the past inside of Lion's mane.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Steven and Connie learn to focus better.

Director: N/A

Writer: Jeff Liu, Colin Howard, Takafumi Hori

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

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

Greg tells Steven the story of when he first met Rose Quartz.

Director: N/A

Writer: Jeff Liu, Joe Johnston

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

Amethyst tries to exact revenge with a showdown in the Kindergarten.

Director: N/A

Writer: Raven M. Molisee, Paul Villeco

Steven gets marooned in his bubble.

Director: N/A

Writer: Jeff Liu, Colin Howard

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: Rebecca Sugar, Joe Johnston, Colin Howard

Steven struggles to fix his mistakes.

Director: Kat Morris

Writer: Hilary Florido, Paul Villeco

Followed by hearing about the revelation, many problems ensue within the crystal gems' relationships.

Director: N/A

Writer: Lamar Abrams, Christine Liu

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

Peridot gets carried away with gem gossip, and unintentionally really hurts Amethyst's feelings.

Director: N/A

Writer: Hilary Florido, Jesse Zukauskas

A strange dream prompts Steven to search for answers.

Director: N/A

Writer: Jeff Liu, Colin Howard

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: Jeff Liu, Colin Howard

Steven travels deep underground.

Director: N/A

Writer: Raven M. Molisee, Paul Villeco