It's been an entire season since Lapis's first introduction, and she's gotten fairly incidental appearances in four episodes since then. Meanwhile, we've just come off a series of seven whole episodes that are entirely about Peridot, who was introduced later and far less auspiciously.

This episode felt like a deliberate attempt to hammer out Peridot's character going forward. Most of the Peridot arc has gone from episode to episode emphasizing very different aspects of her character, so it's nice to see those different strands start to come together as it comes to a close.

You really think he's nursing a coronary like that?

Alternate title for the episode: "The One Where Greg Almost Dies"

The bit about Camp Pining Hearts has to be one of the show's most effortless bits of moral subtext. Most shows would just use obsessive shipping as a punchline, but the show eventually helps Garnet explain fusion to Peridot. Turning an easy joke into a stealth moral about the value of representation? That's real…

So, I'm a little surprised that nobody has pointed this out, but the most obvious sign that Steven and the Crystal Gems have gotten through to Peridot is that her response to Yellow Diamond wanting to destroy the Earth is to talk to her and try to convince her otherwise. That is 100% Steven's tactics with regard to…

That scene was boarded by Raven, so I'd place a good bet on the reference being intentional.

I'm never going to be able to forget LSP's three-cup bra.

Thank you, thank you, I've been sitting on that joke since October.

Ugh, I'm imagining how the fandom would write that premise about a Fantastic Voyage into Peridot. It'd be written by a vore fetishist and called "Peri-stalsis"

Her struggle against Yellow Pearl does add some needed shading to her portrayal in "Back to the Barn".

Man, imagine if Peridot knew and told Yellow Diamond what happened to Jasper. "She's fused with another gem at the bottom of the ocean" is practically the punchline to a Homeworld dirty joke.

That was an outright Seussical expression right there.

Remember Peridot in Friend Ship?

YD's catty call-center Pearl was hilarious.

At least one of those episodes (Sworn to the Sword) had two songs.

Another snafu among the many other strange things CN has done over the past few weeks: if you check their online streaming site, it lists "Steven's Birthday" as the first episode of Season 3.

Yeah. I can buy Peridot becoming a more fully sympathetic character as the show goes on, but if she rats out the Crystal Gems there's to put it bluntly no fucking way she's ever going to be a member.

Now that he's bringing it up, I *am* not entirely sure that Lars isn't just Peridot in a clever disguise.

Portals within portals within portals…