Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26223459-20150319180427/@comment-26223459-20150321010923

Gnx486 wrote: The term "filler" is way overused in shows these days. The lore is important, of course, but so is the focus on Steven's interpersonal relationships with the gems and the citizens of Beach City. I'm of the opinion that if an episode touches on any of these themes, it's not filler. Like, Garnet telling Steven that they wanted him to inspire and protect the evacuating populace was made more significant by the speech he gave in the episode before, which in turn wouldn't have been as profound if we hadn't spent the past season getting to know most of the people in that crowd. It's not the "Homeworld Gems Attack" show, it's Steven Universe, and pretty much every aspect of the little dude's life is relevant.

As for how long it lasts, I'd imagine that by now (assuming this wasn't always the case) the show's got enough traction and the staff has enough pull to keep it going for as long as they have stories to tell. It's arguably the best original show Cartoon Network's put out, so I doubt they'd cancel it prematurely. I agree with u wholeheartedly gnx486, i shouldve included that in my original post. Im not against character development episodes. And if Episode X is not advancing the plot, then most likely its touching on character development, plot history, evolving relationships and other important topics that give to the plot. But what I wouldnt like is for us to go about 10 to 15 episodes without mentioning the events of "The Return" or "Jailbreak" u kno what i mean. We all kno shows where u get a good chunk of plot to sick yourself into, then for a handful of episodes everybody lives life as if said major event didnt happen, then all of a sudden come back like it took the opposing party years to retaliate. im love the show progression and not trying to sound like a nag but we have lapis and jasper inn the ocean, peridot somewhere on earth, and homeworlds bound to notice when jasper and peridot dont come back. But even if these issues arent address right away, i think its a great time for some background on the gems original purpose in earth dirrectly from the gems, we got a bit from greg but better to hear right from the horses mouth.