The Cutie Mark Crusaders are weird. I've actually thought they've gotten better over time, although they've definitely had a fair few naff episodes in the recent season.

I dunno. In my definition it's only pandering if the people being pandered to should know better. They're kids. Don't judge them.

Oh man, I just love when they let Deedee Magno do silly stuff. I loved her turn as Hopper in "Garnet's Universe", with that completely ridiculous Irish accent, and here she got to ape Justin Roiland for a few minutes. What more could I ask for?

That was… one of the better episodes of that era. Still, you're talking to an empty crowd here.

Unrelatedly, Amethyst putting on Pizza Steve's sunglasses reminded me of Rainbow Dash putting on shades in MLP:FiM's "Lesson Zero", which was honestly a lot like this episode.

I admire your willingness to stand up for this episode, but despite coming in with no biases or expectations, I can't honestly say I enjoyed this one. I liked the clever fourth-wall-ness of some of the gags, and the way they managed to predict and play off the obvious reaction of the entire fandom with the underlying…

Yeah, you can always feel the writers' hand on the asshole-o-meter whenever they really want to make a point, especially with secondary characters.

I was ticked when they got rid of him at first because of the way he bounced off Peggy in the first few episodes, but I guess in the end Stan wound up filling that void and then some.

I like SU as a drama too, but if you didn't get anything out of "Tiger Millionaire", "Lars and the Cool Kids", or "Steven the Sword Fighter", I can't empathize with you at all.

"You used to marry your cousins! What happened to that?"

Yeah. What's up with that "Crying Breakfast Friends" show, anyway?

Also, anything that gave us this piece of art can't be all bad:

I think one of the things that'll make this episode tolerable is that the Crystal Gems seem to be having exactly the same response to Uncle Grandpa as most adult fans.

I took it as a reference to Mortal Engines. You know, the book with the massive mobile cities which cannibalize a post-apocalyptic Earth?

If nothing else, I think this picture alone validates the crossover:

Republicans trust certain institutions— the police, the military, the criminal justice system— that libertarians definitely don't.

The burrito?

In longshoreman orange!

Lew is right, for whatever it's worth— metal is a genre with a surprisingly international spread. But, as far as America goes (and as far as television tropes go), a black girl listening to metal does count as a subversion of type.

C'mon. It's Steven. He loves schmaltz.