Reunited

"This is our home! Our planet! Our friends and family! We are the Crystal Gems!"

"Reunited" is the 23rd and 24th episode of the fifth season of Steven Universe, the 151st and 152nd episode overall, and the final episode in the seventh StevenBomb. It is a 22-minute special episode, excluding advertisements.

Synopsis
Steven brings everyone together for a special reunion.

Plot
The episode starts off with Steven singing "Let's Only Think About Love". He goes around helping everyone get ready for the wedding. Ruby and Sapphire say their vows, with Sapphire explaining how Ruby saved her from her destiny and opened up new possibilities. They kiss and fuse back into Garnet. During the reception, Steven begins crying, at first believing it to be due to his emotions and later realizing it is the presence of Blue Diamond. The Diamonds come in their ships and attack the Cluster, aiming to open its bubble. Despite Steven's attempts, the Cluster is unbubbled and takes the form of a giant arm. However, it remains in control of itself and fights Yellow Diamond's ship.

Meanwhile, Blue arrives and is unconvinced by Steven's attempts at talking to her. She attacks and subdues everyone but Connie and Lion with her grief. Connie attacks Blue Diamond but fails and Connie's sword is shattered, Garnet gets past the sadness and is able to distract Blue long enough for Lapis to launch the barn at Blue. The fight continues with the Crystal Gems momentarily victorious, and Lapis officially joins the Crystal Gems, as Yellow Diamond's ship is defeated and thrown onto Blue's, crushing Blue Diamond beneath it. Unfortunately, the Diamonds regroup: Yellow Diamond exits her ship and assists Blue out from the wreckage. Peridot taunts Yellow asking if the Diamond remembers her. Yellow scornfully denies it and poofs Peridot. As Steven tries to explain to the Diamonds, Yellow smashes him into the ground and is knocked unconscious.

Steven awakens outside his body in an abstract psychic plane. He realizes that, disembodied, he can interact with people's thoughts and watches as Lapis is also poofed. After giving his friends encouragement, he attempts to contact the Diamonds, but they find him and attack him. Steven resists, and is able to create Pink Diamond's aura, which convinces the Diamonds that she is still alive.

Steven reawakens with the Crystal Gems and the Diamonds standing over him with surprise, as Blue expresses in tears, "It's you... Pink."

Characters

 * Steven Universe
 * Pearl
 * Amethyst
 * Garnet
 * Ruby
 * Sapphire
 * Alexandrite
 * Bismuth
 * Peridot
 * Connie Maheswaran
 * Lion
 * Lapis Lazuli
 * Greg Universe
 * Yellow Diamond
 * Blue Diamond
 * The Cluster
 * Dr. Priyanka Maheswaran (non-speaking)
 * Doug Maheswaran (non-speaking)
 * Onion (non-speaking)
 * Sour Cream (non-speaking)
 * Vidalia (non-speaking)
 * Yellowtail (non-speaking)
 * Nanefua Pizza
 * Jenny Pizza (non-speaking)
 * Kiki Pizza (non-speaking)
 * Kofi Pizza (non-speaking)
 * Ronaldo Fryman (non-speaking)
 * Peedee Fryman (non-speaking)
 * Mr. Fryman (non-speaking)
 * Bill Dewey (non-speaking)
 * Buck Dewey (non-speaking)
 * Jamie (non-speaking)
 * Andy DeMayo (non-speaking)
 * Sadie Miller (non-speaking)
 * Barbara Miller (non-speaking)
 * Harold Smiley (non-speaking)
 * Alexandrite (non-speaking)
 * Pumpkin
 * Cat Steven
 * Mayoral Guards (non-speaking)
 * Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond (mentioned)

Objects

 * Blue Diamond's Ship
 * Yellow Diamond's Ship
 * Rose's Sword
 * Nanefua's nanaphone

Songs

 * Let's Only Think About Love
 * Love Like You

Instrumental Songs

 * Stronger Than You
 * Connie
 * Blue Diamond
 * Yellow Diamond
 * Alexandrite

Trivia

 * This is the third half-hour episode to be made, the others being "Bismuth" and "Gem Harvest".
 * This is the first half-hour episode to feature a song.
 * This is the first time Ruby and Sapphire kiss on the lips on-screen.
 * This is also the first kiss with no subtlety.
 * This is both Lapis and Peridot's second on-screen poofing.
 * This is the first time the Diamonds have fought formally on-screen.
 * As of this episode, Yellow Diamond has poofed four Gems on-screen.
 * The Gems were the defense Zircon, the prosecuting Zircon, Peridot, and Lapis Lazuli.
 * This is also the second time Yellow Diamond has poofed Gems on-screen.
 * Additionally, this is the second use of the distinctive sound that is heard when Yellow Diamond reacts in a violent manner to something that was said.
 * ​​The first time was when Peridot called Yellow Diamond a clod in "Message Received", and the second was when Steven tried telling Yellow Diamond that he was Pink Diamond before she stomped on him.
 * Lapis is the only Gem aside from the Diamonds not dressed for the wedding.
 * Lapis officially becomes one of the Crystal Gems by choice.
 * This episode reveals that Lapis can withstand Blue Diamond’s Radiated Pathokinesis, because of her past trauma of being trapped in a mirror for thousands of years and her being fused with Jasper.
 * The promo art for this episode features Kelsey and JP from Craig of the Creek, another Cartoon Network series that has had several references to Steven Universe (including a reference to Li'l Butler apparently existing within the former series).
 * The wedding takes place eight months after Steven's birthday, which means the wedding takes place in April. Coincidentally, the birthstone for April is Diamond.
 * This also means the entirety of the events of the past three seasons have taken place over the course of eight months in-universe.
 * This is the only episode where a fusion involving Garnet unfuses due to a disruption of stability that does not show Ruby and Sapphire's silhouettes.
 * This is the first episode in which both Blue and Yellow Diamond appear without their respective Pearls.
 * Rose's Sword and the Barn are both destroyed during the battle this episode.
 * In addition, Steven's house is partially destroyed by debris.
 * Altough the appearation of Bismuth, her gem has never been seen in this episode because of her "wedding suit".

Cultural References

 * While preparing for the wedding, Sapphire and Ruby cover their eyes around each other. This is a common superstition that bad luck will come if the bride is seen by her fiancé before their wedding.
 * When Sapphire shatters the ice forming around her feet from anxiety, this is a reference to the common symptom of a bride-to-be known as "cold feet".
 * It may also be related to the "breaking the glass" Jewish wedding tradition.
 * Ronaldo pulls out his katana and attempts to fight the Cluster's hand in a similar fashion to the characters in the anime Attack on Titan.
 * Lapis Lazuli's line, "I've only just begun to fight," bears resemblance to a quote of the American naval captain, John Paul Jones, stating "I have not yet begun to fight."

Continuity

 * This episode immediately begins after "Made of Honor".
 * This is the first physical appearance of Connie since "Lars of the Stars".
 * Ruby and Sapphire are married. Ruby had proposed to Sapphire in "The Question".
 * Blue Diamond recognizes Rose's Sword and shatters it.
 * Steven's spiked bubble that was first formed in "Steven vs. Amethyst" returns.
 * When Steven is shaving, he uses the razor Garnet gave him in "Three Gems and a Baby".
 * The strand of facial hair he shaves off is the same one he started growing at the end of "Steven's Birthday".
 * Blue and Yellow Diamond now know Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond were the same person.
 * Blue Diamond does, in fact, remember Ruby and Sapphire from the events of "The Answer".
 * Conversely, Yellow Diamond claims not to remember Peridot just before poofing her, which alludes to one of Yellow's lines in "Message Received": "Which Peridot?"
 * Steven's rallying cry, "This is our home! Our planet! Our friends and family! We are the Crystal Gems!" somewhat echoes a line of his from "The Return" – "But this is my home! And you're all my family! And...I'm a Crystal Gem too!"
 * In her thoughts, Pearl mentions to "do it for him/her'", referencing the song "Do It for Her".
 * When rousing her, Steven tells her to think of herself as well, as she previously used self-sacrifice in battle for Rose.
 * The Cluster's appearance of many hands reaching towards the sky while forming was foreshadowed in "The Zoo", when the Zoomans reached to the sky after Greg rejected their choosening of him. A similar image is part of the mural inside the Pyramid Temple.
 * The enhancements given to the Crystal Gems' weapons in "Bismuth" return.
 * Steven, Greg and Pearl wear the tailor-made suits they first purchased and wore in "Mr. Greg".
 * The Together Breakfast makes an appearance as Garnet's wedding cake. A "bride and groom" figurine modeled after Ruby and Sapphire replaces the strawberry topper.
 * At one point in the song "Let's Only Think About Love", Steven does a pose similar to his pose in the beginning of the first opening.
 * One of the first lines in the song describes Pink/Rose seeing the Earth's "beauty and worth", echoing one of Pearl's lines in the extended second opening.
 * The last time Steven sings "There's an awful lot of awful things we could be thinking of", he holds the note, possibly referencing the end of "It's Over Isn't It".
 * Greg plays "Stronger Than You" on his guitar when the Gems are walking down the aisle until Ruby starts running toward Sapphire. Sour Cream also plays a chiptune remix during the reception.

Errors

 * When Steven is seen shaving his single facial hair in the mirror, the image is not mirrored as it should.
 * During the wedding ceremony, after Steven acknowledges the presence of everyone and begins his speech, Nanefua is not visible in the crowd. However, she had been seen before the song finished.
 * When Steven says, “Two of my favorite people,” his bow tie is black. It turns white when he moves his hands while saying, “Who combine into one of my other favorite people.” In the next shot of Steven, it goes back to black.
 * After Ruby and Sapphire reunited, Garnet is seen wearing a wedding gown with puffed sleeves and a black bow tie with a pair of pants, but the next screenshot of Garnet in a distant, she is seen wearing a full wedding gown's bottom without pants to be seen.
 * When Garnet takes form after Ruby and Sapphire fuse with each other, her neck is missing.
 * This may just be due to the angle, as it seems like her back might be slightly arched.
 * When the Crystal Gems are squaring off against Blue Diamond just after Lapis drops the barn on her, Pearl's spear is summoned as a regular spear, then it suddenly turns into a trident in the next shot where we can see it, with no throwing having been done between the two shots.
 * When Blue Diamond sends out her radiated Pathokinesis a second time Connie appears to be in tears despite being immune.
 * However it is possible that this was not a mistake and was done on purpose as the second wave seemed to be more powerful.
 * Lion's head appears to be missing in the first shot of when the Crystal Gems were positioned in Lapis's water ball.
 * When Yellow Diamond says "It must be a trick! Show yourself, foe!", you can not see Blue Diamond through Yellow Diamond's body and vice versa, even though both are translucent.
 * The font for Patti LuPone's name in the credits is not in the normal font style.
 * Ruby's name is incorrectly listed as 'Rudy' in the credits.
 * Nanafua's name is incorrectly listed as 'Nenefua' in the credits.
 * Peridot's dress and shoes disappear when she gets poofed, even though they couldn't possibly have been a shapeshifted outfit since she can't shapeshift.
 * When the Barn drops on Blue Diamond the cut of her gem is rounded like Lapis'. Even at the angle shown, it should still have its points.