It Could've Been Great/Transcript

(The episode opens with Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst looking at the sunset over Beach City on a hill near Greg's Storage Shed. Steven is lying on Lion with his ukulele and Peridot walks up to him.)

Peridot: Steven.

Steven: Hi!

Peridot: Why did we stop working on the drill?! Why are they just sitting there looking at nothing?!

Steven: We worked hard and we deserve to take it easy for a little bit. I mean just look at that view. It's beautiful.

Peridot: It's going to be blown to oblivion by the Cluster if we don't get back to work!

Steven: Working hard is important, but feeling good is important too.

Peridot: What are you talking about?!

(Peridot accidentally turns on the power drill in her hand and it makes a buzzing sound.)

Steven: Hey, what is that, a C? *plays the chord on his ukulele*

Peridot: The drill? *makes the drill buzz again*

Steven: Yeah! (Peridot makes the drill buzz in a higher pitch.) Oh my gosh, now it's music!

Peridot: Music?

Steven: Yeah! It's music! Like this, do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do. *strums ukulele*

Peridot: Do-mi-so-do...

Steven: *sing-song* Isn't it pretty?

Peridot: That's exceedingly simple. (Steven strums his ukulele again.) Do-mi-so-ti...

Steven: *sing-song* We're making music.

Peridot: What is the point? You're not making anything.

Steven: Well, if it isn't anything, then why does it sound so good?

Peridot: I suppose it's just interest... Do-mi-so-do. Devoid of substance or purpose, a hypothetical pattern... Do-mi-so-ti. For the satisfaction of bringing it to completion.

Steven: Sure.

Peridot: Do-mi-so-ti. Interest without meaning? Solutions without problems?

Steven: And then you add words. Here's what I have been working on.

(He sings the song "Peace and Love (On Planet Earth)" and the other Gems join in.)

[Time Skip -- nighttime]

[Trans. Ext. Greg's Storage Shed]

(Steven gazes at the drill in awe.)

Garnet: Nice work. (She pats Peridot on the back, but Peridot jumps in fear.)

(The Crystal Gems laugh and Steven hugs her.)

Peridot: We really did it, huh?

Steven: *gasp* We?

Peridot: Oh wait. I need to check something! *runs to the drill*

Steven: She's come so far. It feels like yesterday she was trying to kill us.

Pearl: No no, that was several weeks ago.

Peridot: Coordinates! We still need the Cluster's exact coordinates in order to drill!

Pearl: There's a Diamond Base that may hold that information, but getting there is going to be difficult.

Steven: How come?

Pearl: Because it's not accessible by warp pad. (She raises her hand to her head above her eyes and looks up to the moon.) And it's on...

Steven: *gasps* *pupils turn into moons* The moon!

Pearl: Yes, Steven, the moon.

Steven: Lion! Can you make us a special super warp to the moon?

(Lion grunts and stretches his limbs, ignoring Steven.)

Steven: Come on, Lion, we gotta do this to stop the Cluster! If we don't there's gonna be no more Earth! No more fun times with your pals, no more Lion Lickers... no more naps?

(At this Lion gets up and roars and his eyes glow white. The Gems stare in awe then look to Steven.)

Steven: Guess it was naps.

(Lion then runs with all of the Gems on his back with Steven and Peridot sticking out of his mane. He creates a portal and runs through it.)

[Trans. Int. Portal]

Steven: Pretty cool, right?

Peridot: *screams*

(Lion creates more portals, increasing his speed with each one.)

Steven: Go, Lion! Goooo!

[Trans. Int. Moon Base]

(Lion slides across the floor and hits the wall with the Gems still on his back.)

Steven: *gasp* Lion! Are you okay, bud?

Peridot: *climbs out of Lion's mane* Erghh, get me out of this furry fre- *slips* whoa!

Steven: Oh, Lion. You've earned your naps for the week. *hugs Lion*

Pearl: We made it. (She turns her gemstone into a flashlight as Garnet does the same.)

Steven: It doesn't... look like the moon.

Amethyst: Hey, look over here! I think it's a door. (She places her hand on a wall and two panels open to reveal the surface of the moon. Air sucks out of the base through the open door. She takes her hand away and it closes.) Uhhh, yup! We on the moon!

Pearl: Amethyst, please! Don't blow us into space!

(Steven chuckles as he begins to float around in the air.)

Steven: Whoa, *laughs* look at me! I'm a *jumps high* moon boy!

Amethyst: *runs over to him* Haha, alright moon boy! (She jumps in the air in an attempt to float around like Steven but instead falls to the floor and grunts.)

Steven: Moon boy quadruple back flip!

Amethyst: Heyy why can't I be a moon boy?

Peridot: We're gems, we're a space faring race designed to conquer other worlds. Our physical forms adjust automatically to the gravity of every planetoid.

Amethyst: Ahhh, lame.

Steven: I was bouncing on the moon one day! *crashes against a wall* Huh? Hey Peridot, who is this suppose to be?

Peridot: *gasps* It's Blue Diamond. Wait! Are they all here? Ahh yes! There she is!

Steven: Who?

(Peridot runs over to the mural.)

Peridot: Behold! Yellow Diamond! Isn't she magnificent?!

Steven: Wow. So, who are the Diamonds anyway? They seem like a big deal.

Peridot: Are you joking me? The Diamonds are the gem matriarchs! Together, they make up the great Diamond Authority that governs Homeworld and all the outlying colonies! We live to serve them.

Garnet: Ahem.

Peridot: I mean, we were all made to serve them even though some of us don't anymore. ...Hey, I think that's the control service over there! Let's take a look.

Steven: Yeah!

Peridot: I think this is right. The material is different from the surrounding stone. I think if I just do...this!

Steven: Wow... so who are the Diamonds anyway? They seem like a big deal.

Peridot: Are you joking me?! The Diamonds are the Gem matriarchs! Together they make up the Great Diamond Authority that governs Homeworld and all the outlying colonies! We live to serve them.

(Garnet walks up behind Peridot, clears her throat, and looks down and Peridot, annoyed.)

Peridot: *laughs nervously* I mean, we were all made to serve them, even though some of us... don't anymore... *pauses* Hey, I think that's a control service over there! *points across the room* Let's take a look. *heads over*

Steven: *following Peridot* Yeah!

(Garnet and Amethyst walk over to Peridot who is inspecting a panel on the floor.)

Peridot: I think this is right. The material is different from the surrounding stone. I think if I just do this!

(Peridot moves her hands across the panel and it lights up. It rises up, as do the rest of the panels around the room to create a set of stairs, knocking Lion over in the process.)

Peridot: *giggles excitedly*

(The Gems then head up the stairs.)

Peridot: This is so incredible. Only the most elite of the elite can only enter these sanctums. We are literally walking on the very foot steps of the diamonds!

Steven: They must really like stairs.

[Enters a room up stairs]

Steven: Hey what's this room?

Garnet: It's not what we came here for.

Amethyst: Can we hurry it up. This place gives me the creeps.

Steven: We're really are on the moon.

Peridot: Oh my goodness! This looks like it can be brand new! I mean it's a relic by today's standards, but it's so elegant, so simple, so perfect!

Amethyst: So how do you turn it on?