GC13 and David discuss the third (and middle) issue of the Harmony miniseries.

Well if #2 felt a bit similar to #1, then #3 definitely shakes things up (we were right, it was quite the middle entry). Sure, Gems are still visiting Sadie to sing, but now a plan is coming together. There’s a lot of room for stuff to get complicated, but at least we can try to solve this.

Now that it looks like the harmony core issue should be solved by the end of the miniseries we’re left wondering: what is the movie teaser teasing?

GC13 discusses the twentieth issue of the current comic series (featuring the lovely Sardonyx on the cover).

Every issue of the comic would make a good episode, but what do people always think of first when pondering which they’d like to see on TV? Action. This issue has it, on the strawberry battlefield.

Of course it also has all of the other goodies one would expect: goofiness from Amethyst, and zen wisdom from Garnet.

GC13 and David discuss an episode of Craig of the Creek written and storyboarded by two Steven Universe boarders (Lamar Abrams and Jeff Liu): Monster in the Garden.

It’s about as slice-of-life as a story gets when the main character still traps a monster and earns a favor from the deer goddess. Sometimes trips to your grandparents’ house can be very exciting even if they’re very mundane, we guess.

The important thing is that Craig’s grandmother is right: you should always use chocolate chunks, not chocolate chips.

GC13 and Isabelle discuss the exciting conclusion to the Wanted arc (as well as the exciting premier of zombie Lars), Lars’ Head.

Lars has really come a long way, and this episode shows us that. (Of course this doesn’t make up for us not being shown how he becomes Lars of the Stars, but we can keep hoping for a spinoff.) Now he’s pink, doesn’t seem to need to eat, and places the happiness of the Off Colors over his own—quite a change.

Then, of course, the big question: what do you hope for Lars to sing one day?

GC13 and David discuss the second issue of the Harmony miniseries.

Is it spicier or is it not? A lot of story beats did repeat between issues, but the stakes have definitely been raised. Subtle continuity continues to place this miniseries somewhere between Sadie Killer and Letters to Lars, and we can say with complete certainly that this is before Reunited (but really, would Barb still be forgetting Sadie didn’t work at the Big Donut at that point?).

Issue #3 promises to be quite the middle of the miniseries though.

GC13 and Isabelle discuss Off Colors (perhaps most noteworthy to some as the debut episode of Padparadscha).

In this episode Lars definitely made an effort to better himself after his realization and demeanor shift from Stuck Together. He even became a bit of an action hero, at least as far as dishing out the hits was concerned.

Of course if this episode doesn’t mean much to you for Padparadscha, it might still mean a lot to you as the secret origin of Captain Lars. We’ve seen much of where this goes, and it’s awesome.

GC13 and David discuss The Trial, made particularly interesting because now we know whodunnit: nobody dunnit.

Really, we’ve learned so much since then. After Reunited we even know why Yellow was so angered by Zircon accusing her of shattering Pink: she was the one who let Pink have a colony in the first place, making her responsible.

What powers might Blue and Yellow have that they never learned about or developed?

GC13 and David bring it all the way back to Stuck Together. Oh how far we’ve come. Aquamarine and the Topazes are both still great though.

Steven may be accepted by Blue and Yellow now, but back in Stuck Together he still regarded them as cyclopean entities to be feared. We never did find out what could be worse than shattering, because in The Trial Yellow seemed eager to just shatter Steven and be done with the whole thing.

Short of a brief appearance in Harmony #1 we haven’t seen Aquamarine or the Topazes. How much longer must we wait for them to be in another episode?

GC13 and David discuss Ms. Sugar’s sixth Adventure Time episode: Mortal Folly.

It’s the first Lich episode, and they made sure he was quite the presence. Even if they didn’t know what they would end up doing with him, they knew one thing: the Lich is not funny. He definitely controls the screen when he’s on it, and is built up as a big threat over the course of a very fast eleven minutes.

The episode’s commentary track was actually quite informative, so if you have the discs then you should give it a listen.

GC13 and David discuss the first issue of the Harmony miniseries.

While we’re no closer to knowing for sure whether the comic ties in to the movie, we at least got to see the early stages of the effects the harmony core can have. We also got a new Sadie Killer song, in comic form. We also got Peridot making the most convincing argument in favor of Rock’s inherent superiority in the ancient game of Rock-Paper-Scissors.

The next issue of Harmony comes out on September 5, so look for it then.