I was going to make a joke about suggesting Rob Cohen, then snark that he actually is the one responsible for it. Imagine my shock when I found out that he didn't direct 2F2F. I… I think I need to go sit down.

Greg and Connie also have the advantage of having actual Gems around to keep the murderous giant monster population to a minimum. I can only imagine that the inland sea where Siberia should be is a deathtrap.

I've been led to believe they dialed up the self-deprecating nature of his character in later episodes. Most notably, Amethyst wasn't the first person to eat Pizza Steve; that honor goes to the Nature Boy Rick Flair, if I haven't been lied to. Still, it's unavoidable that a well-executed Poochie gag will still be as…

It reminded me of Stevonnie's other anxiety attack in her introductory episode. I wonder if this is meant to imply that Connie has social anxiety issues that Steven has just never seen, or if it's a trait unique to Stevonnie, like a cosmic trade-off to her gaining skills their constituents lack.

"Mr. Greg" blew me away, while "Steven Floats" and "Too Short To Ride" also felt like quality SU. "Drop Beat Dad" felt notably below par for this show, and "The New Lars" made me uncomfortable enough to warrant additional time to process. Tonight's episode felt like the median; not as hard hitting as the first…

I worked in a theater when 2F2F was showing and I saw the opening scene out of morbid curiosity. As soon as the assembled crowd of street racers started cheering when reports of a murder came over the police scanner, I was done.

It's probably the same way all over the world. US currency has Gem iconography on it and there have been abandoned Gem sites all over the world since before cities were a thing. Eventually you'd stop being curious about these things.

Steven and Connie's banter is always the highlight of their episodes. I would have liked to see more of it here.

Not surprising. Car physics are notoriously difficult to animate with hand drawn techniques.

I can relate to the Tokyo Drift hate. I am easily put off by anything related to street racing culture, so it took the combined powers of The Rock and Michelle Rodriguez to make me give the F&F franchise a try.

I'm sure the CG robots have aged like milk by now, but I liked it a lot as a kid.

Uhhh… do you have a rewards card?

I've only ever owned automatics, so any training I've had on manual gears immediately fades away when I never have occasion to use it.

It's not a 100% match, but there was a scene in Zoids: Chaotic Century where the resident roguish charmer gives almost that exact same backstory. He then says he made the whole thing up, but the VA's performance is good enough to imply that it really did happen and he's just trying to keep the others at arm's length.

Can he hit Kevin with a tire iron before he leaves?

At least something that ensures you won't freeze or suffocate on carbon monoxide one cold Delmarva winter.

I figured he would remember them unfused as well. Having the teenage/young adult person you're creeping on dissolve into two tweens isn't something I'd forget that easily.

I'm pretty sure he was being metaphorical there. Though it would be amazing if he secretly reads Ronaldo's blog, since he included a diagram of his theory on Stevonnie that pretty much is just that.

The movie ticket girl was the background character of the night for me. Never thought I'd see her again. Stevonnie's manual driving abilities put mine to shame.

When the episode description mentioned that Steven's greatest enemy was going to make an appearance, I knew it was going to be Kevin. Unless the Devil himself went down to Delmarva, it couldn't be anyone else. I don't think I've hated a cartoon character this much this quickly since Pizza Steve.