Oh poor Centipeetle… At least there was a happy ending!

After all of this time we still don’t know what Centipeetle’s actual name is. (Pearl mentions Nephrite in Bismuth, and that’s a green stone, so there are good odds she’s a Nephrite, but it’s still possible she’s something else.) She has the hair of a quartz, but not the shiny gem of a quartz. Curious…

As nicely illustrated as Centi’s history lesson was (as far as flashbacks go, it was a great choice of art style for such a broad overview), we didn’t learn all that much we didn’t already know. Having her perspective of it was neat though, and we did learn that the Homeworld Gems didn’t know why they were evacuating the planet in such a hurry.

Of course earlier in the episode Pearl had already confirmed what Same Old World had showed us: that the Diamonds were responsible for unleashing the corruption onto Earth. As we’ll surely discuss when we get to Earthlings, it’s quite interesting that Jasper seems unaware of the origins of corruption…

Two forks, it’s fancy.

We go right from pizza bagels to delivering mountains of full-sized pizzas (Kiki may be a runner, but her arms are apparently in great shape too if she’s carrying all of those pizzas around town!). What a time to be alive!

Don’t let anyone say that Steven doesn’t value others’ privacy: he was pretty clearly distraught and apologetic when he found out that he had been in Kiki’s dream, showing that he still remembers what he learned back in The New Lars. (Not that Kiki’s holding it against him mind you, since having a dream warrior for a friend can be pretty handy whether or not you’re being stalked by a magical serial killer.)

It’s nice to see a show being up front with its moral (you have to make time for yourself too) without being too preachy about it (a problem lots of older programs had). It’s also nice to see the show referencing more anime (Evangelion gets the honor again this time).

Well, that’s it for today: there’s an awesome cheese rave at the pizza cave we need to get to. 🙂

Alright, it’s time for another real talk: Kofi is great. Fryman is great. But they were both completely out of their minds in this episode. Let’s ignore Kofi trying to brand Steven (as in burn a VIP membership into his skin) and just look at how eager they were for war: Kofi has been sitting with a sign right by the door, and Fryman didn’t even pretend like he wanted to negotiate. Perhaps they both just needed to spill a bit of the tomato-based sauce of their preference…

This was the episode that surely made countless fans hunger for fried mozzarella sticks (which turn out to be as delicious as they sound, by the way). It also get bonus points for Kofi referencing an old Bagel Bites commercial.

Still, seeing Ronaldo’s heart broken like that was tough.

As sad as Ronaldo’s tale is in Restaurant Wars, however, at least it has a happy ending, .