Watched over
(This review contains
spoilers!)
I’ve made my dislike for the Beach
City episodes of Steven Universe fairly
obvious over my reviews of the last few seasons. For me there’s always two
reasons why they don’t work. The more common of the two is that the townsperson
the episode is focusing on is extremely obnoxious and hard to relate to (see
every Lars or Ronaldo focused episode). The other issue is that many of the episodes
feature no gem stuff whatsoever, making them feel like entirely different shows
(Sadie’s Song and Onion Gang are prime examples).
I was fully expecting one of these two
things to happen going into Doug Out,
but ultimately the episode proved to be a complete delight to watch, thanks in
good part to the title character.
Connie’s dad, Doug Maheswaran, has
received a tip off that someone’s breaking into Funland at night, and he takes
Steven and Connie with him on a stake out to try and catch the culprit.
I’ll just say it right now: Doug might
be my new favourite town character. It helps that he’s voiced by the same guy
who does Winston in Overwatch, but
his character is super fun to be around.
This is easily the funniest episode in
this bomb, with plenty of physical humour involving Doug. The poor guy is
really put through the wringer by the end of it. They also employ some clever
suspense throughout, as it’s never clear exactly what they’re pursuing through
Funland, although it’s made obvious early on that it can’t be anything human.
In a perfect world every townie
episode would be like Doug Out. The
main townsperson was a lot of fun to spend time with, he provided a lot of
excellent humour, and the story incorporated gems extremely well, having them
be a source of suspense even if you never see them onscreen. I really hope the
crew takes the formula used here and applies it to the inevitable future town
episodes we’re going to get, because they really struck gold.
FINAL SCORE
8/10
Great
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