History Recap / StevenUniverseS2E24TooFar

-->'''Peridot:''' Scent sponge [nose]. Vision sphere [eye]. Touch stumps [fingers]. Gravity connectors [feet]. That's your BUTT!

-->'''Peridot:''' ... Small.

-->'''Steven:''' It's okay, everything's okay! It was just a drill!

-->'''Peridot:''' Big.

* NotSoDifferent: Peridot never retracts any of the derogatory statements about the Crystal Gems. Instead she admits that, in becoming a traitor to Homeworld but also failing to coexist with the Crystal Gems, ''she herself'' is just as much of a failure [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits as any of them are]].

* WhenSheSmiles: Peridot makes her first non-malicious smile when she starts laughing along with Amethyst. And a truly {{Adorkable}} one after Amethyst accepts her apology.

* {{Adorkable}}: Peridot's smile after Amethyst accepts her taped apology is simply too cute for words.

* InnocentInnuendo: Peridot describes Garnet with a [[VisualInnuendo somewhat sexually suggestive]] hand gesture, but given gems have NoBiologicalSex and she's massively ignorant of organic life, it was probably [[NonVerbalMiscommunication an accident on her part]]. That's probably why Amethyst (who likely ''does'' know about those things) founds it so funny.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: While the last two episodes are spent on Peridot losing some of her antagonism towards Steven and the gems, this episode confirms her being nicer than she lets on when she breaks free of her leash to save Amethyst from a giant drill.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Peridot talks about how Garnet is fused 24/7, she can't find the right words to express what Ruby and Sapphire are doing when they're not in battle, so she bumps the top sides of her fists together to demonstrate. Amethyst cracks up, while the implication goes over Steven's head. Just check out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0UHUlfWpAs&t=4m18s the laughter and hoots from when the episode was played at the New York Comic-Con.]]

* SuggestiveCollision: Peridot falls onto Amethyst this way. While the latter is too dumbfounded to properly react, the former is very flustered.

* FantasticCasteSystem: This pops up again, with Peridot believing that since Amethyst is not only the only Gem in the Crystal Gems who's ''actually'' a Gem (discounting Pearl because she's a Pearl, Garnet because she's a perma-fusion, and Steven because he's a HalfHumanHybrid), she's also a Quartz, made to be a powerful warrior, ''she'' should be the one leading them, despite being ''defective''.

-->'''Peridot:''' Scent sponge [nose]. Vision spheres [eyes]. Touch stumps [fingers]. Gravity connectors [feet]. That's your BUTT!

-->'''Steven:''' Don't worry...everybody...it was only...a drill.

-->'''Peridot:''' Scent sponge. Vision spheres. Touch stumps. Gravity connectors. That's your BUTT!

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Peridot talks about how Garnet is fused 24/7, she can't find the right words to express what Ruby and Sapphire are doing when they're not in battle, so she bumps the top sides of her fists together to demonstrate. Amethyst cracks up, while the implication goes over Steven's head. Just check out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0UHUlfWpAs&t=4m18s the reaction from when the episode was played at the New York Comic-Con.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Peridot talks about how Garnet is fused 24/7, she can't find the right words to express what Ruby and Sapphire are doing when they're not in battle, so she bumps the top sides of her fists together to demonstrate. Amethyst cracks up, while the implication goes over Steven's head. Just check out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0UHUlfWpAs the reaction from when the episode was played at the New York Comic-Con (at the 4:18 mark).]]

--> '''Peridot:''' Logdate 7-1-1-2. This entire planet is backwards. There hasn’t been one instance of correct behavior exhibited by any one of these Crystal Gems. I have concluded that they are all defective. But I am no better. I failed my mission and now I’m working with the enemy, and I can’t even get ''that'' right… I’m still learning. I hope [Amethyst] understand[s]. I want to understand. I’m sorry.

* TheReveal: Amethyst is "defective" because she stayed in the ground too long, and she would have looked much larger and more intimidating if she had come out on time. Jasper and Amethyst's odd similarities are because they are both varieties of quartz. Peridot implies that Amethyst, if "properly" hatched, would probably look a lot like a purple version of Jasper [[spoiler: (confirmed in "Gem Heist")]].

* TheReveal: Amethyst is "defective" because she stayed in the ground too long, and she would have looked much larger and more intimidating if she had come out on time. Jasper and Amethyst's odd similarities are because they are both varieties of quartz. Peridot implies that Amethyst, if "properly" hatched, would probably look a lot like a purple version of Jasper or even Rose Quartz.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Peridot talks about how Garnet is fused 24/7, she can't find the right words to express what Ruby and Sapphire are doing when they're not in battle, so she bumps the top sides of her fists together to demonstrate. Amethyst cracks up, while the implication goes over Steven's head. Just check out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0UHUlfWpAs the reaction from when the episode was played at New York Comic-Con (at the 4:18 mark).]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Peridot talks about how Garnet is fused 24/7, she can't find the right words to express what Ruby and Sapphire are doing when they're not in battle, so she bumps the top sides of her fists together to demonstrate. Amethyst cracks up, while the implication goes over Steven's head.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0UHUlfWpAs Steven Universe was filmed before a live studio audience.]]

** Peridot tells Garnet to unfuse because she's making Peridot "incredibly uncomfortable". LGBT viewers probably recognized an argument against any kind of overt public displays of affection (say, holding hands).

** Peridot calls Amethyst “defective” and tries to compliment her by acknowledging that Amethyst is still just as powerful as a “normal” Quartz. And it’s totally offensive. This scene might have hit home with some disabled viewers, or anyone who’s been told that they're wrong “genetically speaking.”

* SpecialEditionTitle: Instead of the episode title card being giant hand of the temple and Steven's laundry, it's the fence of the barn and Steven's laundry because Team Universe is there to assemble the drill. Likely to persist until the drill is finished.