Honestly, I'm seeing some parallels here to when Pearl and Garnet formed Sardonyx in "Cry for Help." Jasper definitely has a new perspective on fusion, but I think the desire to reform Malachite has less to do with fusion and more to do with the feeling of Lapis' power, kind of like how Pearl kept creating excuses…

Ok is anyone else kind of freaking out about the parallels that stoned-out-Billy drew between The Monarch and Dr. Venture in terms of there appearance this episode? Like with that and the fact that their dads obviously like to "cross swords," are we inching towards The Monarch being a lost Venture brother, or am I…