Jail Break (Steven Universe)
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During the song "Stronger than You", Garnet, back as one, getting ready to fight the oncoming Kindergarten Quartz that could, Jasper.
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 49 |
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| Production code | 1026-052 |
| Original air date | March 12, 2015 |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
"Jail Break" is the fifty-second and final episode of the first season of American animated television series Steven Universe, which premiered on March 12, 2015 on Cartoon Network. The episode was written and storyboarded by Joe Johnston, Jeff Liu, and series creator Rebecca Sugar. The episode acts as a continuation of the arc started in the previous episode, "The Return", and the two aired alongside each other as a two-part special. Both episodes were watched by 1.697 million viewers.
The episode covers Steven's attempt to save the Gems from the captivity of Peridot and Jasper, two Homeworld Gems leading a scouting mission on Earth. The episode includes the introduction of two characters, Ruby and Sapphire, who are also revealed to fuse to form Garnet. Johnston has confirmed that these characters are involved in a romantic relationship, which has been interpreted as LGBT representation.
Having been incapacitated by Jasper (Kimberly Brooks) in the previous episode, Steven (Zach Callison) awakes in an unfamiliar prison cell, which is located in the Gem Warship. The door of the cell is a yellow force field, which is able to neutralize the strength of any Gem. Although coming in contact with the force field seems to irritate Steven, he is able to pass through it unharmed, as he is half-human. While searching for the Gems, Steven comes across Ruby (Charlyne Yi), a feisty Gem, and disrupts the force field with his body so that she can escape from her own cell; he immediately helps her search for her companion, Sapphire (Erica Luttrell), by following the sound of her singing. Steven and Ruby come across Lapis Lazuli (Jennifer Paz), but she insists that Steven keep her in her cell in order to avoid exacerbating their current problems.
With Ruby having run ahead on her own, Steven finds Sapphire, whom he also manages to rescue from her cell. Soon, the two meet up again while Steven has Sapphire; as they happily reunite, Ruby and Sapphire perform a fusion dance in joy, laughing, and fuse into Garnet (Estelle), who greets a surprised Steven and thanks him for what he did. He is then told to go find Amethyst (Michaela Dietz) & Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall) and free them from their cells, and after he leaves, Jasper arrives to see Garnet back together. The two Gems engage in combat during the song "Stronger Than You", while Steven, Amethyst and Pearl overpower Peridot (Shelby Rabara) and take control of the ship. Garnet and Jasper's battle destroys the ship's main power core, facilitating a crash-landing onto Earth, and Garnet returns to the others to warn them about this as Peridot flees in an escape pod.
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