Raising the Barn/Transcript

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Speaker	Dialogue
The episode opens with Steven looking despairingly at a picture of Connie on the shelf in his room. Steven sighs, and then he slides his back slowly down off his wall and onto his bed.
Steven	She'll call when she's ready. For now, you just have to let go.
Steven lifts himself up and grabs his phone. He then hops off his bed, turns his head towards his ukulele, and makes his way to the beach outside of the temple. Steven drags his ukulele across the sand and sits down in the palm of one of the temple's hands where he proceeds to look up into the sky and start strumming the strings.
Steven	[Sighs] ♪ I wish I could tell you that I -- ♪
Steven's phone starts to buzz and interrupts his singing.
Steven	[startled screaming]
Then, he fumbles over himself while trying to answer it. His phone continues to buzz.
Steven	Okay, Universe. This is it! Connie's finally ready to talk. No expectations. Just let her say what she needs to say!
Steven looks down at his phone only to realize that Peridot is actually the one calling him. Steven sighs and answers her call.
Peridot	Steven! [Chuckles] It's us!
Lapis comes into frame.
Steven	Oh, hi, Peridot. Hi, Lapis.
Peridot holds up Pumpkin.
Peridot	Don't forget Pumpkin!
Pumpkin	[Barks]
Steven	[Chuckles] Hi, Pumpkin!
Peridot turns to Lapis.
Peridot	I told you he'd answer.
Lapis and Peridot turn to Steven.
Lapis	It's so good to see you. I'm glad you're okay.
Peridot	Lapis was worried you lost your phone on Homeworld, but I said, "No way! He's probably just ignoring us."
Steven	[Blushes] Sorry, guys. There's been... a lot going on.
Peridot	Like what? Tell us!
Steven	Well, Connie's really mad at me.
Peridot	No, no, no, no. Tell us about space!
Lapis	And start from the beginning.
Steven	Uh, ok. I was trying to protect Beach City, so I surrendered myself to Homeworld, and I was put in a big, empty room, and I ended up on trial in front of the Diamonds!
Lapis	On trial?
Peridot	What?
Lapis	In front of the Diamonds?
Steven	Yeah, and...
Lapis	You were in front of Blue Diamond?
Steven	And Yellow! But it's okay. I escaped in a palanquin and went underground and...
Lapis	You ran from Blue and Yellow Diamond?!
Steven	Yes.
Lapis	Peridot, We have to leave Earth now.
Lapis hangs up the video chat.
Steven	[Sighing] Uh-oh.
The next shot cuts to the barn with Peridot, Lapis, and Pumpkin all standing outside the front door.
Pumpkin	[Barking]
Peridot	Wait. We can't leave. What about all our crops?
Steven comes running towards Lapis and Peridot from behind them.
Steven	Guys?
Lapis	Ugh. The vegetables will have to deal.
Peridot	Okay. Okay, but, uh, [Inhales] We're only half-way through our rewatch of "CPH" Season four. [Chuckles]
Lapis	We'll bring the box set with us.
Peridot	But, how are we gonna watch it without the TV?
Lapis	We'll bring the TV.
Steven	Uh, Lapis?
Lapis	Huh?
Steven	Peridot?
Lapis	Oh, Steven. Good. Let's go.
Steven	Wait. What?
Lapis	We'll find some remote spot in the universe to hide out in. The Diamonds will never find us.
Steven	Lapis, don't worry. They're looking for me on Homeworld. They don't know I'm here. We're safe.
Peridot	Yeah. Come on. We've gotten away with worse. They've never been able to hunt me down for my many crimes against them.
Lapis	This is different! Steven is important, and our transgressions are piling up! They're going to take their anger out on this planet, just like they did before. I can't. I won't let myself get caught up in another war.
Pumpkin	[Whimpers]
Steven	I don't want you to leave, but I won't ask you guys to stay if you don't feel safe. If you have to go, I understand.
Lapis	Right. Peridot, if you want the TV, levitate it over here.
Peridot	Hey, um,
Peridot runs inside the barn and returns, struggling to carry their "meep morps" in her arms.
Peridot	What about our meep morps we've made? We can't leave them behind.
Peridot loses her balance and she drops the meep morps.
Lapis	We can bring them, too.
Peridot	[Inhales] But they're installations! They need the context of the barn! If -- if-if we move them, they'll become... performance pieces.
Lapis	There's no need to get so emotional!
Peridot steps back in shock.
Peridot	You're right. I'm sorry.
Steven	It's okay. Performance art isn't bad, just misunderstood.
Lapis	Hmm, maybe I can do something.
Lapis walks out past Steven and Peridot and turns herself towards the barn. She begins using her water bending abilities to raise the barn into the air with the water from the inside of their lake.
Peridot	Ga-hah! Our smaller-than-average lake! Guh!
Pumpkin	[Barking]
Steven and Peridot	Whoa.
Lapis separates the barn and the ground below it from the Earth, raising it into the air.
Lapis	There. Now we can bring our whole life with us: You, me, and all of our things!
Peridot	Right. Right!
Lapis	Well, let's get going.
Steven	You're leaving right now? I thought that... I -- I don't know what to say.
Lapis' expression saddens and she walks towards Steven and hugs him.
Lapis	Goodbye, Steven.
Steven	[Sniffles]
Lapis	Good luck.
Steven	[Clears throat]
Lapis	Peridot, don't you want to say bye?
Peridot	Uhh...
Steven	[Whimpers]
Peridot	Umm... [Gasps] Wait. Where's Pumpkin?
Lapis	She's not inside?
Peridot	She was just standing next to me! We have to find her.
Lapis lowers the barn and the lake refills.
Lapis	I'll check from above. Peridot, you search the ground.
Lapis flies off.
Steven	I'll help, too!
Steven and Peridot start running towards the field.
Steven	Pumpkin!?
Peridot	Pumpkin?
Lapis	Pumpkin! Pumpkin!
Peridot	Pumpkin? Pumpkin!
Steven	Pumpkin?
Peridot	Pumpkin?
Steven	Pumpkin?
Peridot	[Softly] Pumpkin.
Steven walks slowly to the top of a hill.
Steven	Pumpkin! Where are you, buddy?
Peridot runs frantically up the hill and passes Steven.
Peridot	Pumpkin!
Peridot turns back to Steven looking distressed. The next shot cuts to Steven and Peridot walking through a wooded area.
Steven	You know, I'm really gonna miss you guys when you're in space.
Peridot	Well, that's a given. I'm a very precious Gem. Without me, you would've crumbled under The Cluster's destructive force or have been smushed by Jasper. I'm --
Steven	Peridot, There!
Steven points to an unidentified object on the ground and Peridot runs towards it.
Peridot	Pumpkin! [Grumbles uncomfortably]
Peridot picks up what she thinks to be Pumpkin, but quickly realizes is a basketball.
Steven	Is she okay?
Peridot	Umm...
Peridot and Steven continue walking searching for Pumpkin while Steven dribbles the basketball.
Peridot	Pumpkin!
Steven	Pumpkin!
Peridot	Pumpkin!
Steven	Pumpkin!
As Peridot begins to speak, Steven stops dribbling.
Peridot	You know, I can probably still help you when I'm out in space. I'll just video chat from my tablet!
Steven	Uh, t-there's no Wi-Fi in space.
Peridot	Well, maybe it's best if we can't reach you. If the Diamonds do show up and destroy the planet, we'll never know!
As Peridot looks to Steven, he looks back at her with unknowing concern.
Peridot	Lapis was very agitated when she heard you were on Homeworld. I was bending over backwards to make her feel better. Watch this.
Peridot then proceeds to literally bend over backwards in a very unnatural way.
Steven	[Laughs] That is good.
Peridot	Oh, yeah. She loves this. [Groans]
The next shot cuts to Steven and Peridot walking out of the woods.
Peridot	Maybe it's good that we'll be away from everything where nothing can change, no surprises or developments. She's been through so much. She needs consistency.
Peridot and Steven stop walking.
Steven	But what about you?
Peridot looks questioningly at the ground like she's unsure. Then, Peridot sees a produce stand and jumps, causing Steven to drop the basketball.
Peridot	[Gasps] Another kindergartener!
Steven takes a look at the stand's sign and reads it.
Steven	Fresh produce? Pumpkin is fresh produce!
Peridot and Steven run towards the stand, all the while breathing heavily and gasping.
Steven	It's just onions?
Peridot	Pumpkin would never associate with this inferior sphere.
Onion pops out from behind the stand.
Steven and Peridot	Aah!
Steven	Uh, Onion? What are y -- Hey, is that my hat?
Onion ducks back, hiding behind the stand. The next scene cuts back to the barn as Steven and Peridot slowly finish walking back home around early evening.
Steven	Well, that was a bust.
Peridot	We'll never find Pumpkin.
Steven	Peridot...
Steven gestures his head towards the corn, causing Peridot to look back towards their field and notice Pumpkin's tail sticking out from the corn.
Peridot	Pumpkin?
Pumpkin	[Whimpers]
Pumpkin runs into the cornfield.
Peridot	Have you been here the whole time?!
Steven	She was hiding?
Peridot	Come on, Pumpkin. We need to leave.
Pumpkin	[Whimpers]
Peridot	Pumpkin!
Peridot runs into the field after Pumpkin.
Peridot	Don't you walk away while I'm talking to you.
Pumpkin	[Whimpering]
Peridot grabs Pumpkin and drags her out of the cornfield by her tail.
Peridot	[Grunting loudly] Sometimes, you have to do things you don't want to do, like get jettisoned into space to live forever on a floating rock with a barn, and just us as for as long as time exists! Lapis needs us!
Pumpkin	[Whimpering]
Steven	Peridot, give her a second!
Peridot	She's doing it to herself! Pumpkin, Do as you're told!
Peridot loses grip of her tail and falls back onto the ground.
Peridot	Gah!
Pumpkin runs to Steven and he catches her in his arms.
Pumpkin	[Whimpers]
Steven	Whoa, Peridot. It sounds like you don't really want to go.
Peridot picks herself up off the ground and walks toward Steven and Pumpkin.
Peridot	I'm sorry, Pumpkin. I didn't mean to yank you around. It's just...
Steven hands Pumpkin over to Peridot.
Peridot	we don't have a choice in this.
Steven	What do you mean, you don't have a choice? Peridot, you should really talk to Lapis about this.
Peridot kisses Pumpkin on the forehead.
Peridot	I can't.
Peridot walks away and Steven follows after her.
Steven	What? Why not?
Lapis comes down from the air and lands on the ground in front of them.
Lapis	Oh, great. You found her!
Steven and Peridot both stare blankly at her.
Lapis	Now, let's go!
Lapis, Peridot, and Steven walk towards the barn as Lapis once again raises the barn into the air. Peridot turns to Steven and grunts nervously, getting a similar response in return from him. Peridot looks at Lapis and again makes a nervous noise.
Peridot	Wait... Lapis? Pumpkin doesn't want to go.
Lapis turns her head back towards Peridot with a confused look on her face.
Lapis	Pumpkin doesn't know better. We do.
Lapis turns her head back around and focuses on the barn.
Peridot	Actually, I... I don't want to go either.
Lapis	What?!
Paralyzed with shock, Lapis turns back towards Peridot and the barn crashes back onto the ground.
Steven and Peridot	Aah!
Peridot	Ooh-whoa!
Pumpkin	[Yelps]
Pumpkin runs behind Steven for protection from the falling barn. Steven looks concernedly back to Peridot and Lapis.
Lapis	Peridot, what are you trying to say?
Peridot	It's just, if something happens on Earth, I want to be here for it!
Lapis	But -- no! Why are you telling me this now ?!
Peridot	Because we're about to leave!
Lapis	Isn't that the worst time?
Peridot raises her index finger into the air with a static, blank expression.
Peridot	Yes.
Steven looks to them with quiet fear in his eyes while chuckling nervously.
Lapis	Then why didn't you tell me sooner?
Peridot	Well, there are many things I should say, but they would upset you, so in general, I don't say those things.
Lapis	Peridot, that's lying!
Steven	[Groaning]
Peridot	Okay, then! The truth is... I think that we should stay, and if -- and if the time comes, if the Diamonds do come to wipe this planet off the star maps, I think we should fight for this life we've built instead of tearing it up out of the ground! I think we can win. I think you can win! Earth is our home now. Isn't it worth fighting for?
Peridot reachers her hand out to Lapis.
Steven	What do ya say, Lapis?
Lapis bows her head and turns her back on Peridot, walking away towards the barn.
Lapis	I am not getting caught in the middle of another war.
For one last time, Lapis lifts the barn into the air.
Pumpkin	[Barking]
Peridot	Wait! No! You're supposed to reward me for my emotional honesty!
Lapis lifts the barn higher up into the air as it breaks away from the plumbing. Lapis looks back to see Peridot, Steven, and Pumpkin's fretting faces. Afterward, she takes off into the sky. Steven walks up to Peridot as she stands frozen in place and places his hand on her back.
Steven	Come on. Let's go.
The last shot cuts to the temple where Steven is setting up a mattress in the bathtub for Peridot and Pumpkin.
Steven	Okay. You're all set up, and you can stay here as long as you need.
Peridot hops off the toilet and walks towards the mattress.
Peridot	Wow. [Groans] Thanks.
Steven and Pumpkin sit down next to the tub as Peridot lies face down on the mattress. Steven pulls out his phone and checks to see if Connie tried to call him.
Steven	[Sighs]
Peridot	What do we do now?
Steven, Peridot, and Pumpkin gaze off as they sit together in the bathroom as the episode ends.