Now We're Only Falling Apart

"Now We're Only Falling Apart"  is the 19th episode of the fifth season of Steven Universe, the 147th episode overall, and the first episode in the seventh StevenBomb.

Synopsis
Pearl tells a story.

Plot
Following the "A Single Pale Rose" revelation, Amethyst is shocked, while Garnet remains stoically silent. After asking, Garnet destablizes and unfuses, with Ruby sad and attempting to comfort the furious, betrayed Sapphire. Sapphire yells at Ruby, taking out her stress on her, and questioning their relationship. Sapphire warps to Rose's fountain, leaving Ruby in tears as Pearl and Steven go after her.

At Rose's fountain, Pearl tells Sapphire and Steven athestory of Pink Diamond's and Pearl's past: she reveals why Pink decided to become Rose (it was Pearl's idea-- albeit a rhetorical one) and why Pearl is there with her. In this, Pearl describes Rose's amazement towards the Amethyst soldiers emergence and the life on Earth, her realization of the Diamonds taking all life from the planet just to create more Gems, her failed attempts to convince the other Diamonds to cease colonization on Earth and how they inspired her decision to start the Rebellion as Rose.

Pearl also details how she decided to add having Gems as part of her plan to save Earth after seeing Garnet's accidental first fusion, and how it also inspired their attempted fusion of Rainbow Quartz; Pearl picked up Rose in an adorable attempt at "traditional" fusion, but after failing, they shared a heart-felt moment and nearly fused for real. It is then that they officially met Garnet after she fell to Earth. In the end, Sapphire returns to the house with Pearl and Steven, understanding that they didn't follow Rose; Rose followed them. However, once they warp back, Sapphire shocked to find nobody in the now dark, vacant house, and a letter from Ruby.

Characters

 * Steven Universe
 * Pearl
 * Garnet
 * Amethyst
 * Ruby
 * Sapphire
 * Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond (flashback)
 * Yellow Diamond (non-speaking/flashback)
 * Yellow Pearl (non-speaking/flashback)
 * Blue Diamond (non-speaking/flashback)
 * Blue Pearl (non-speaking/flashback)
 * Amethyst Guards (flashback)
 * Two Topazes (non-speaking/flashback)
 * Prehistoric Humans (flashback)
 * Rainbow Quartz (flashback; silhouette while forming)

Locations

 * Beach City
 * Beach House
 * Prime Kindergarten (flashback)
 * Rose's Fountain
 * Cloud Arena (flashback)
 * Moon Base (flashback)
 * Pink Diamond's Zoo (mentioned)
 * Parts of Earth (shown in flashback)

Objects

 * Warp Pad
 * Injectors (flashback)
 * Observation Orb (flashback)
 * Diamond Communicator (flashback)
 * Blue Diamond's Palanquin (flashback)
 * Pearl's Sword (flashback)

Songs
None

Instrumental Songs
TBA

Trivia

 * It is revealed in this episode that Pearl was not Pink Diamond’s original Pearl.

Cultural References
The episode's title is a reference to the 1983 hit song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler.

Continuity

 * The episode begins immediately after "A Single Pale Rose".

Errors
TBA