[Pearl's aggressive driving draws the attention of a police car]
You have to pull over to the side and show them your license.
[chuckles uneasily] Oh, right.
Steven But... but you're old!
What was I supposed to tell the DMV? That I'm from another planet?! I'm not exactly a citizen, Steven!
[After a moment's thought, Pearl narrows her eyes, steps on the gas, speeds past the "mystery woman" and turns up the radio. Amethyst cheers, while Steven becomes more worried]
Pearl, you can't just drive away! This is serious!
Pearl, you're a total bad-- [is cut off by the screeching tyres as Pearl makes a sharp turn]
This is why we buckle up.
[Steven, Amethyst and Pearl are walking alongside the road. Pearl stops abruptly]
I was so ready! I really wanted to see your Krol.
What are you talking about?
[throws her jacket on the ground and struggles to get out of her jeans] I was going to drink a juice and wear these...ugh... pants! [falls over] ..And... [grunts] hit people gently enough as to not actually hurt them, and you'd say, "Wow, Pearl is really cool!" But nooo, instead, we drove to loud music... [throws off her jeans] chased a mysterious woman into the night and broke the law. [groans] I've lost my edge. I should have stayed home with the puzzle.
[Steven and Amethyst turn to each other]
Listen to yourself. You're so hardcore! Who cares about pants? You gunned it from the cops!
That's the most scared I've been since you almost let me die! You're a criminal now!
Now? [gets up on her feet, grinning] I've been a criminal for 6,000 years.
[Greg talks to his long-distant cousin Andy after telling him Rose is no longer with us]
These people are... sorta like her family, so... I offered to let these two stay in the barn.
AAndy
Yeah? Oh, well, that was real nice of ya. But the barn's for the DeMayo family!
What's a DeMayo? [Andy looks shocked at him]
AAndy
Andy DeMayo, Greg DeMayo, Steven DeMayo. We're the DeMayos.
Actually, we're, um... the Universes now. [Andy is shocked and enraged]
AAndy
You space walnut! You didn't even keep the family name, but you're goin' around givin' family property out like candy on... some kind of... candy-giving-out holiday?!
You're telling me "Universe" isn't a real last name?!
It is a real name! I had it changed! Andy, look, they just really needed a place. They're alien refugees from space and—
AAndy
They're illegal aliens?! Wh... You couldn't even marry an American?!
[to himself] DeMayo's a much cooler name than plain old Universe.
So Andy, we heard you like marriage, so we thought: why don't we all marry each other?!
[Peridot is holding a wedding cake with multiple figurines]
[Andy looks uneasy]
And if that's not human enough for you, we can throw in a little being born, and some dying!
[Garnet holds a balloon with "It's a Boy" printed on it, and Lapis gives Andy a headstone with "RIP Andy" on it]
[cheerful] We're very sorry for your marriage.
I could never be
I could never be ready for this
I could never be
I could never be
I could never be ready
Things start and things end
And isn't it lovely in theory but
I could never be
I could never be
I could never be ready
Yo, Greg, check it out! We brought gifts for Little Rose.
Amethyst, we've gone over this. Steven is a--
[closes the door as the Gems enter the house] Can I get you guys anything? We've got water, old plates, uh… How about some tea.
No. We're just here to drop off these gifts.
These gifts are great, but Steven's just too young for this stuff. Nowadays he's really into this. [swinging a keychain carabiner] [singing] Carabiner! Carabiner! [Baby Steven laughs]
Whoa, he loves it! [takes the carabiner, swings it] Hey, 'lil Steven!
Hm, he's certainly captivated with those things.
Well, next time, we'll just bring a big box of keys for Steven.
[Baby Steven's gem glows]
Is he gonna turn into a laser?!
Relax, y'all. I got it all figured out. Rose is trying to shapeshift back to her old self.
She can't shapeshift because she's trapped in a baby!
[to Baby Steven's gem] Rose? Rose, it's me, Pearl. Are you in there? Glow twice for yes. [Baby Steven grabs Pearl's nose] Baby, please. I'm trying to talk to Rose.
We can all see her. She's right there! She just can't reform because... she has this... baby around her. Rose, I know you're in there. I can let you out. We'll be... together... again. [reaches out her hand, ready to pull out Rose's gem out of Baby Steven's navel and Baby Steven suddenly starts giggling; startled] I can't. [begins tearing up] I can't! She wanted this so much… I just don't understand why. "Everything should grow, and everything should change, and isn't it so great how it comes so naturally to humans?" Well, it's not natural for us! It's not natural... for me.
[After a somber silence…]
This isn't about Rose. From now on, everything has to be about Steven.
[as Steven walks up to the Beach House, he stops to face Greg]
Dad, before you go, can I ask you something?
Did Mom ever talk to you about... Pink Diamond?
There were some things your mom didn't like to talk about. I never pressed her for details.
Why not? [Greg pauses, sits down next to Steven on the steps]
Rose and I talked about tons of important stuff. Music, comic books, getting sand between your toes, y'know, feelings. We both made a lot of mistakes when we were young. I thought disco was coming back, she started a war—I think she felt like she needed to confess everything to me, but I told her, "The past is the past. All that matters to me is who you are now." And who she was, was an incredible, loving being. [Steven hugs Greg]
[shows Buddy Budwick's journal to the Gems] Hey, do you know anything about this thing? [Amethyst takes a closer look]
Hmm. Steven, you deserve to know the truth. And the truth is... I have no idea what that thing is, I've never seen it before in my life.
Excuse me, Amethyst, allow me. [sees illustration of the Palanquin] Uh, well... it appears to be an illustration in some kind of journal.
C'mon, you know what I mean. I had a dream where I saw this thing. Connie and I were wondering if maybe...
[stammers] S-Steven, why don't you and Connie— [Garnet interrupts her]
You can't go there! [everyone stares at Garnet for a beat]
[shady] Yeah, why not? [Garnet hesitates. Steven sighs and closes the journal]
I thought you were going to tell me everything from now on.
[points Palanquin illustration] Does this have anything to do with Pink Diamond?! I already know Mom shattered her, so what is it about this that you can't tell me?! [Pearl winces to Garnet]
Please! You're making Pearl very upset.
No! I'm very upset! [Connie and Amethyst back away]
We're--not--going. Rose never wanted you to see this place.
"Rose wanted..." [growls] What about what I want?! [points at Garnet] I'm sick of everyone lying to me! Rose is my mom! Out of anyone! Don't I deserve to know the truth?! [Amethyst offers a box of popcorn to Connie, who declines]
I don't care!! I wanna go there now!!
I'm sorry... I... I shouldn't have brought the book.
Yes, you should've brought it. It's lucky something has some information that I don't have to get out of them!!! Connie, I need to borrow this book.
[Steven watches Greg being dragged over to Blue Diamond by her Pearl while hiding in the bushes]
How curious. I'm impressed by humanity's ability to survive in the wild. What a strange planet. Where else would a being as fragile as a human live, while a being as powerful as a Diamond, perish? This is where it happened, where she was broken.
I-I'm awfully sorry. I know how hard it is to move on when you've lost someone.
[turns to him, revealing her face for the first time] You do?
I lost someone very important to me, too. I miss her every single day and I think about her all the time. But she's never coming back. That feeling can be so hard to be okay with.
I'm surprised that a human being is capable of understanding how I feel. It's a shame. [stands up] There's a geo-weapon incubating in your planet that will destroy everything shortly. But you don't deserve that, do you?
You know, I really shouldn't be here. But I'm glad I came back one last time. I can save one last piece of her legacy.
That's right! Pink Diamond's insidious human zoo.
During her reign on Earth, Pink Diamond stole humans from their families as trophies of her conquest.
Oh, no. It was very serious. When I still served… Homeworld, I saw it myself. A private menagerie deep in space. Humans in captivity. We were never able to rescue them. We had no way to get to them after the war. But, that was over 5,000 years ago.
[Steven and the Gems are at Lapis and Peridot's barn where they're about to use the Roaming Eye Ruby ship to travel to space]
[on the phone with Connie] Sorry, Connie, but we just can't wait. Dad's in trouble, and we need to go into space to get him back. There's no time. We're going right now. Just protect Beach City for me while we're gone.
