After a short hiatus, "Summer of Steven" started airing on July 18, 2016, and concluded on August 12, 2016.[4] This was a special event that lasted four weeks. The season concluded on August 10, 2016 with the episode "Bubbled".
"Gem Drill": Steven and Peridot drill to the core to stop the Cluster from forming.
"Same Old World": Steven helps Lapis find a new home.
"Barn Mates": Steven helps Lapis and Peridot bond together so they can handle their company with each other as they live on the Barn.
"Hit the Diamond": The Ruby Squad considers searching the barn for the leader of the Earth mission, but to do so, they will have to beat the Crystal Gems and Lapis in a game of baseball.
"Steven Floats": Steven discovers he can float but does not know how to get back to the ground.
"Drop Beat Dad" Steven helps kickstart Sour Cream's career as a DJ. However, Marty discovers Sour Cream and helps Sour Cream set out to become a DJ superstar.
"Mr. Greg": Steven and Greg capitalize on the latter's new wealth and set out to Empire City for a musical night, bringing Pearl along for the ride.
"Too Short to Ride" Steven, Amethyst, and Peridot attend Beach City Funland, only for the latter to discover her limitations after some awkward endeavors.
"The New Lars": Steven possesses Lars' inadvertently and decides to experiment, raising the Beach City citizen's eyebrows in delight.
"Beach City Drift": Steven and Connie, after witnessing Kevin and his narcissism, set out to put him in his place as Stevonnie by beating him in a race.
"Restaurant Wars" A dispute turned to war, Beach Citywalk Fries and Fish Stew Pizza wage a battle of restaurant economics and canvassing to overpower one another.
"Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service": Steven witnesses Kiki Pizza's recurring nightmares, and the two agree on combating them for Kiki's wellbeing.
"Monster Reunion" The Crystal Gems partially recover Centipeetle into a semi-corrupted state, and Steven attempts to complete the recovery through calm conversation.
"Alone at Sea": Steven, Greg, and Lapis venture into the sea on a newly bought boat to go fishing. However, the destination being the ocean has Lapis recollect her history as Malachite.
"Greg the Babysitter": Greg tells the tale on how he babysit baby Sour Cream, nearly got him killed, and came to work at It's a Wash.
"Gem Hunt" Steven and Connie set out on their first mission together to find a new sighting of corrupted Gems. Along the way, they encounter a familiar but terrifying face.
"Crack the Whip": Garnet and Pearl search for Jasper after hearing Steven and Connie's encounter with them last episode. Amethyst is told to watch the two and keep them safe, only to learn after a surprise visit her previously underestimated limitations.
"Steven vs. Amethyst": Amethyst, grieving over her limitations compared to even the likes of Steven, considers herself unneeded. Steven disagrees and challenges her to a match to prove who the worst Gem is.
"Bismuth": Steven explores Lion's Dimension and encounters a long-lost Crystal Gem member named Bismuth.
"Beta": Amethyst, Steven, and Peridot visit the Beta Kindergarten to learn more about Jasper's origins.
"Earthlings": Steven, Amethyst, and Peridot have a showdown against Jasper who tries desperately not to lose, especially against another fusion, by using her incarcerated corrupted Gems as subjects to fusion.
"Back to the Moon": Amethyst goes undercover with the Ruby squad who incarcerates the Crystal Gem members. The group learns of a dark secret.
"Bubbled": Steven floats through space in his bubble with Eyeball on the outside.
Trivia[]
Season 2 and Season 3 were originally formatted as a single 52-episode season. However, for unknown reasons, Cartoon Network re-labelled the second half of the second season as Season 3 and then split the original third season into Season 4 and Season 5.
Season 3 effectively has 25 episodes. This is due to all of the digital shorts being counted as a whole episode, and the double-length episode "Bismuth" being counted as two separate episodes.
Season 3 took the shortest amount of time to air, only airing within the span of three months.
