Talk:Rising Tides/Crashing Skies/@comment-25365147-20150503062721/@comment-28584561-20150505105144

You can't say that a vast amount of season 2 were fillers, when there are only 4 season 2 episodes aired.

And to quote my message on another thread:

"Season 2 just started, and compared to Season 1, the plot's been progressing slightly faster. Only 4 episodes of season 2 have been released so far (not counting the 3 season 1 episodes that were moved and the non canon episode, Say Uncle)

Season 1:

It took Steven from the first episode (Gem Glow) of summoning his shield,  7 (Bubble Buddies ) episodes to form a protective bubble; 6 (Cat Fingers) to be able to slightly transform; 13 (So Many Birthdays) episodes to learn he was partially immortal; 23 (Monster Buddies) episodes to be able to bubble; 24 (An Indirect Kiss) to learn that he can heal stuff; 34 (Watermelon Steven) to find out he has phytokinesis; 37 (Alone Together) to actually fuse, and that's pretty much what Steven learned in the whole of season 1.

Lapis took 25 episodes to appear and after Ocean Gem, took 20 episodes (episode 46, The Message) to reappear again. Rose took 35 (Lion 3: Straight to Video) episodes to actually be seen moving and talking in the show, and even then it was in a video tape. Peridot appeared 36 (Warp Tour) episodes in, and to be seen again on episode 44 (Marble Madness).

It wasn't until episodes 25-26 (Mirror Gem - Ocean Gem) for the plot to actually show itself, before these episodes, it only seemed that the Gems were fighting random stuff. It wasn't until 10 episodes after that (Warp Tour) for the plot to start rolling again. 4 episodes after (On The Run) thickens the plot. Another 4 episodes in (Marble Madness) progresses the story (actual pivotal point of the story, causes the events of the season 1b finale to transpire). 2 episodes after for The Message to appear, and the finale happened.

Though the story progression is slow, relatively speaking, it's somewhat faster than season 1."