Many new episodes to air March 9-13, 2015

  • March 3, 2015

This is crazy!Well forget the regular schedule of one new episode a week: Cartoon Network’s is planning to throw out at least one new episode a day next week. It would be exciting! But also confusing. Normally we’d just get Rose’s Scabbard on Thursday, but Ian Jones-Quartey has confirmed via his Twitter account that this is not only happening but was planned well in advance.

Most curious is that the obvious two-part season finale, The Return and Jail Break are being placed on a Thursday, and two more episodes from the season will be left un-aired at the end of the week.

The time slot is also changing to 5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4), so please do make sure to check for Steven Universe at its new time!

Read on to see what the schedule is looking like (as usual there are quite a few episode summaries):

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Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 4: Maximum Capacity

  • March 2, 2015

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PodcastTitleIn the fourth episode of the podcast, Ken, GC13, and Hunter go over Maximum Capacity. It looks like Amethyst may have taken a hit to her popularity but is still holding on.

Other questions asked are: Could Greg have done better if he had never met Rose? How long has Steven lived with the Crystal Gems? Is our paragon, Mayor Dewey, ready to become a villain?

Song of the week: Big Fat Zucchini

  • March 2, 2015

Wow. Amethyst. Seriously. Not cool. The song may originally be about Steven, and Amethyst may have been brought to her senses, but in the heat of the moment she was certainly a big fat meanie zucchini. That’s why Big Fat Zucchini is this week’s song of the week. Now who brought the linguine?

 

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Steven Universe air times for March 2-8, 2015

  • March 1, 2015

All times are EST.

Monday:
1:30 PM: Laser Light Cannon
1:45 PM: Together Breakfast

Tuesday:
1:30 PM: Cat Fingers
1:45 PM: Arcade Mania
6:30 PM: Cheeseburger Backpack
6:45 PM: Bubble Buddies

Wednesday:
1:30 PM: Giant Woman
1:45 PM: So Many Birthdays
6:30 PM: Serious Steven
6:45 PM: Tiger Millionaire

Thursday:
1:30 PM: Rose’s Room
1:45 PM: Ocean Gem
6:30 PM: Marble Madness
6:45 PM: Maximum Capacity (also listed as Space Race in some sources)

Friday:
1:30 PM: Beach Party
1:45 PM: An Indirect Kiss
6:30 PM: Steven’s Lion
6:45 PM: Coach Steven

Saturday:
11:30 AM: Marble Madness
11:45 AM: Lars and the Cool Kids
12:00 PM: Joking Victim
12:15 PM: Onion Trade

What could Maximum Capacity mean?

  • March 1, 2015

A character episode. That’s what Maximum Capacity is. And we still find things to speculate about. Someone help us: we think we have a problem.

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What we learned from Maximum Capacity

  • February 28, 2015

Maximum Capacity is an episode centering on Amethyst and Greg (and Li’l Butler, of course, but that hardly needs to be mentioned); it’s not the kind of episode where we find clues about the conflict in the past or hints about the coming storm.

There’s one big character-related issue to talk about, however, so we’ll spill some pixels on that.

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Ratings for Maximum Capacity

  • February 27, 2015

Another week, another flirtation with the two million mark. This week Steven Universe managed to get 1,969,000 viewers for the premier of Maximum Capacity, putting it back in the second-place slot.

Here’s how Cartoon Network’s premiers looked this week:

  1. Teen Titans Go at 6:00 with 2,332,000
  2. Steven Universe at 6:30 with 1,969,000
  3. Adventure Time at 7:00 with 1,905,000
  4. The Amazing World of Gumball at 5:00 with 1,902,000
  5. Regular Show at 7:15 with 1,855,000
  6. Uncle Grandpa at 5:30 with 1,810,000

Immediate reaction to Maximum Capacity

  • February 26, 2015

Ooooooh… Looks like we had the right idea, just the wrong character. 🙂

This is another character episode; we’ll be hard-pressed to dig through it for some serious lore implications, but speculation? We think we’ll be able to manage that.

We also forgot to mention: the sweaters!

Fruity Sweaters! by Artic-Blue

  • February 26, 2015

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Greg is a cherry man, but wouldn’t it be great if everyone else got in on the fun of wearing a fruit-themed sweater? Artic-Blue is here to deliver. Make sure to check out the full-size version on DeviantArt!

What to expect from Maximum Capacity

  • February 25, 2015

Well if nothing else, you can expect that this will probably be the episode where we see the Crystal Gems wearing sweaters. (Isn’t it neat that the seasons are persistent in Steven Universe? Isn’t it weird that this is a cool, unique thing that you very rarely see in cartoons?)

So who wants to guess where the magical twist to Amethyst and Greg watching an old sitcom is going to come in? Our best guess is that it will have something to do with the emotions Steven feels over their bonding. His powers are deeply tied to his emotions, and his mother had deep affections for Greg before she passed her gem on to Steven and so became a part of him.

Can this be the episode that subtly deals with how children feel after a parent remarries or begins dating again after the loss of their spouse? We’ve seen some weighty issues tackled by the show already, and the last episode Ms. Sugar was so closely involved with as to warrant a credit, Alone Together, certainly sets expectations high in more ways than one.