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Gem Drill (Steven Universe)

"Gem Drill"
Steven Universe episode
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Steven and Peridot reach the Cluster inside the Earth.
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 2
Directed by
  • Ki-Yong Bae (animation)
  • Jin-Hee Park (animation)
  • Jasmin Lai (art)
  • Kat Morris (supervising)
  • Ian Jones-Quartey (co-excutive producer)
Written by
  • Raven Molisee
  • Paul Villeco
Original air date May 12, 2016
Running time 11 minutes
Episode chronology
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List of Steven Universe episodes

"Gem Drill" is the second episode of the third season of American animated television series Steven Universe, which premiered on May 12, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written and storyboarded by Raven Molisee and Paul Villeco. The episode was viewed by 1.693 million viewers.

The episode deals with one of the two prominent threats of the second season, the Cluster.Steven and Peridot use their completed drill to travel down into Earth's mantle to stop The Cluster from taking form and destroying the Earth after it starts showing signs of manifestation.

Picking up immediately after the events of "Super Watermelon Island", Steven (Zach Callison) tells Peridot (Shelby Rabara) it is up to them to stop the Cluster, the underground geo-weapon that threatens to destroy the Earth; the other Crystal Gems are stranded on Mask Island. Steven and Peridot climb into their drill and begin tunneling. Peridot sums up her plan to destroy the Cluster: "We have a drill. We're going to drill".

As they drill, Steven and Peridot discuss Peridot's previous life on the Gem homeworld and how it compares to her life on Earth. When Gem mutants—artificially forced fusions of broken Gem shards—attack the drill, Steven fights them off but feels uneasy about not trying to help them.

The drill eventually arrives at the Cluster, an immense spherical formation of millions of Gem shards. It is trying to take a physical form, but is not yet able to. Peridot prepares the drill as Steven frets that the Cluster doesn't know what it is doing. Peridot is still determined to destroy it, saying, "It doesn't matter if it knows what it's doing. It's still going to do it." Peridot begins to drill into the Cluster, but is unable even to pierce the surface.

Steven experiences a vision of himself floating among the shards of the Cluster. He realizes he can communicate with the shards, which are obsessed with trying to take form in order to feel whole. He tries to persuade them that perhaps all they need is each other's company. The shards begin conversing with each other, but cannot resist the impulse to take form. Steven encases a few shards in bubbles, and then wakes up in the drill to see the shards slowly begin to bubble each other. Steven eventually merges all the small bubbles into one huge bubble, encasing the Cluster.

After Steven and Peridot arrive back on the surface, Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall), Garnet (Estelle), and Amethyst (Michaela Dietz) finally return with an unconscious Lapis Lazuli, and Steven tells them what happened. The last shot of the episode is the Cluster, peacefully lying deep in the Earth inside of Steven's bubble.


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