Dad Quest
(This review contains
spoilers!)
One of the reasons why the town
episodes in Steven Universe feel like
a completely different show is that they’re often disjointed from what the Gems
are doing, which is unfortunate, because the Gems are the main driving force of
the plot. The townsfolk had nothing to do with Peridot’s redemption, they just
barely had roles as supporting characters in Amethyst’s Season 3 ending arc,
and none of them appeared in the Out of this World bomb.
So it seems only fitting that a season
absolutely suffocating in townie episodes involve them in the finale somehow.
Following up from the last two episodes, Lars, Sadie and Onion have gone
missing, and it seems that Jamie the mailman has joined them. Steven and Connie
go on a quest to find them, only to stumble across a small blue gem who says
she’s looking for her dad.
As these things go, it turns out that
the blue gem (Aquamarine) is behind all of this, employing large brutes called
Topazes to fuse around the townies and hold them hostage. Connie is quickly
scooped up as well, leaving Steven to take off home.
This episode feels more or less like
setup for tomorrow’s season finale, but there’s a lot of humour to it that the
next episode, being much more serious, lacks. The scene where Connie and the
Gems try to draw Aquamarine based on Steven’s description of her is especially hilarious
(“Okay, Garnet, you just drew yourself.” “Uh, I like me.”).
The new gems are fun, albeit a little
uninspired. Topaz looks a little too close to Jasper, and Aquamarine definitely
has a Lapis feel to her. Their personalities, on the other hand, make them out
to be fantastic villains. I like that they contrast, with Topaz never saying a
word and Aquamarine being incredibly chatty, while still both being very
intimidating.
Are
You My Dad? is pretty obviously meant to as a “Part 1” of the season finale
than a stand-alone episode, but I think that it works well for what it is. It
does a good job at introducing the villains (although I wish we’d gotten to
them earlier) and there’s a lot of funny moments. It’s a solid episode that
feels like a satisfying beginning of the end to a lackluster season.
FINAL SCORE
8/10
Great
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