
In many countries, the episode's title was changed from "An Indirect Kiss" to "Steven's Power" to make it sound less suggestive of a kiss.The title refers to the indirect kiss Steven gives to Connie by sharing his durian juice box with her that had his backwash.The episode ends with Steven rushing off to the Gems to tell them about his new healing saliva ability, while Connie pops the lenses out of her glasses. Both are shocked, and they realize Steven's juice (which he foreshadows by stating that the juice box trade was his spit mostly) healed her. After taking her glasses off, she realizes she can see without them. Connie tells him that he can always come to her, magic or not, and leans in for a kiss only to stop short and exclaim that she has a headache. Steven admits that this was not said but is how he feels. Pearl responds that she and Garnet were the real reason behind the renewed spring, that he will never have any real magic powers, and that they no longer want to do anything with him.Ĭutting back to the present day, Connie is shocked. Steven exclaims to Pearl how his tears caused the spring to be fixed. Suddenly, the spring (which is a statue of Rose Quartz) begins to work, which causes a massive overflow of healing water that causes the thorns to bloom into roses, and Amethyst to return to normal. A tear hit the broken gem however, nothing happens. The thorns once again attack Steven and Amethyst, so Steven drags Amethyst into the dry spring to protect her.Īfter, Steven is sad that he could not save Amethyst and starts to cry. Garnet and Pearl leave to find out what stopped the spring, as Amethyst's condition worsens by her limbs had growing long and thin. Once through to the spring, they see that it too has become overgrown, and was no longer flowing healing water.

Garnet and Pearl, oblivious to the plant's sentience, proceed to make a path through the wall of thorns. Amethyst tackles him out of the way, but this further cracks her gem, which causes her head to be swapped with her right foot. However, the thorns came to life and tried to attack him. Amethyst attempts to communicate with Steven through pantomime as her speech is unintelligible.Īfter having realized that Amethyst was suggesting using pain to cause tears, Steven attempts to poke himself on nearby thorns. Steven tries again but is still unable to cry. They make their way to the fountain, but almost everything is covered with brambles. Amethyst made a weird shriveled face and began talking backward. Garnet insisted that they go to Rose Quartz's healing spring to heal Amethyst. Steven tries to heal Amethyst's gem with tears but is unable to cry. It cuts back to the Gems talking about Amethyst.Īs they speak, Pearl and Garnet reveal that Rose Quartz had healing tears. Connie agrees, but only with the further condition that Steven gives her his juice. He does not want to tell her but agrees to continue on the condition that she let him try on her glasses. Steven ends the story, but Connie wants to know what happened to Amethyst. Garnet reveals Amethyst's gem has been cracked, which results in the Crystal Gems building a fence around the cliff. Garnet and Pearl run to them and try to get Amethyst to show her gem. Amethyst shows him her eye, hidden behind her bangs, which has enlarged itself to become googly. Steven runs down the cliff quickly, worried about her. Unexpectedly, she falls off and lands on a rock with her gem suffering a severe crack. She continues messing with Steven, who is becoming more worried for her safety as she continues. His story starts with Amethyst goofing around a cliff and Steven telling Amethyst not to fall off. Connie notices that there is a fence around the cliff, and she wants to know why. The episode begins with Steven being carried by Lion to go to the top of the temple to meet Connie Maheswaran for a picnic. When Amethyst cracks her gemstone, Steven and the Crystal Gems go on a mission to heal her.

4.1 Amethyst's Backwards Messages Decoded.
