Beta

Steven Universe S3, E22: Beta


 * Opening with Amethyst's whip cracking*

Amethyst: Did you see that? Wa-poosh! Just, wa-poosh!

Steven: That's great, Amethyst! You're getting so fast!

Amethyst: No, this is worse! This morning it was just like, wshhh! Just, super-fast like wshhh-wshhh-wshhh!

Steven: Uh-huh. I think this is why a day off would be good for you. You should take a break from obsessing over Jasper.

Amethyst: Ugh, are you sure we have to do this now?

Steven: Yes! Visiting Peridot and Lapis will be so much fun

Amethyst: Yeah. Cos when I think fun, I think Lapis.

Steven: I wonder what they're up to.

Amethyst: Maybe they drove each other crazy and burned the barn down.

Steven: Woah. They sure did something to the barn.


 * Pan up to the barn with a silo crashed through the side, a Camp Pining Hearts themed tent, an antenna tied to a washing line and half a truck sticking out above the door among other things. Lapis and Peridot are sitting on the truck, watching Camp Pining Hearts.*

Percy: But Paulette, I need you!

Peridot: Oh, get over it Percy. Go make another friendship bracelet.

Lapis: Seriously.

Steven: Lapis! Peridot? Hi!


 * Both Gems climb down from the truck.*

Lapis: Steven! It's so good to see you again!

Steven: You too Lapis!

Peridot: Amethyst! Something looks different about you.

Amethyst: ...Like what?

Peridot: Have you grown taller since the last time I saw you?

Amethyst: Nope. Still short.

Peridot: Bwa-hehehahahaha! You're welcome! For the joke.

Steven: Wow. You guys are looking good! And I love what you did to the barn.

Peridot: Aww, I know. But wait, wait, you guys have to see the inside! Lapis! Fly us in!

Lapis: No.


 * Transition to the barn interior showing plenty of junk alongside the front end of the truck*

Peridot: Welcome to our home away from Homeworld!

Steven: Woah, you made the wall an aquarium!


 * Peridot's stuffed alien floats past with the red bow-tie ripped off*

Steven: Ueugh!

Amethyst: You did all this stuff on purpose? Like, you didn't just knock over a bunch of paint cans and go, "Eh, just leave it,"?

Peridot: Oh no. This was all very intentional. You see, I had this idea: What if we made music, but instead of sounds, we used things!

Amethyst: That's dumb.

Steven: Guys, that's art!

Peridot: Art? That sounds ridiculous.

Lapis: I've been calling it meepmorp.

Peridot: Let us show you our... 'morps. Nyehehe.


 * Peridot walks over to a cassette with the tape ripped out, crowned with a blue ribbon and mounted on a stool.*

Peridot: This piece is called "Wow, Thanks." It represents the struggles of inner communication. The tape is the ribbon which binds our experience on Earth together. It has no function or purpose. It just makes me feel bad!

Lapis: Here's my meepmorp.


 * Lapis gestures to a twig with baseball equipment tied to it next to a rock with a leaf on top*

Lapis: This is a baseball bat. It reminds me of the time I played baseball. This is the leaf Steven gave me. It reminds me of the time Steven gave me a leaf.

Steven: Hey, yeah! It reminds me of that too!


 * A TV repeatedly plays a section of Camp pining Hearts with Percy saying, "I just feel trapped"*

Steven: Is this one about... the thousands of years you spent trapped in a mirror?

Lapis: No, I just really like that show.

Peridot: Oh, Amethyst! You'll love this one!


 * Both Gems walk over to a structure made of four toilets*

Peridot: Check it out!

Amethyst: They're toilets?

Peridot: Right! Hahahaha-what will I-haha-think of-hahaha-next! This represents the time I spent imprisoned in your bathroom, Steven! I call it "Occupied". It's a collaborative piece.


 * At the cue from Peridot, Lapis makes water spurt and dance from the toilets*

Steven: It's... amazing!

Amethyst: I don't get it.

Steven: What's there to get? It's water! Shooting out of toilets!

Amethyst: I can see that at home.

Peridot: Alright. I see you're not impressed. But there's... hold on! This! This is what we've all been waiting for! With the power of my metal abilities, I will impress the shirts right off of you! Ta-daa!


 * Peridot levitates metal instruments around her including drums, a saxophone, a triangle, a tambourine, a whistle and two cymbals*

Peridot: It's a one-Gem metal band! One, a-two, a-three and...


 * She inhales and blows through a harmonica, sending the other instruments flying across the room*

Peridot: Welp. That's as far as I practiced that!