A so called utopia reminds Steven and the audience of the shows major themes.

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The Zoo sets up enough questions while also being a satisfying outing in its own right.

Lets take a gander, shall we?

Steven emerges in the Zoo and its nothing like what he expected.

In fact, its a paradise… on the surface.

When to eat, when to play, when to bathe, and when to sleep.

While Greg is willing to go along with this, Steven is instantly on guard.

He went along with Connies plan in that episode but it backfired.

More recently in Gem Harvest Steven refused to compromise his worldview around Andy.

So to see everyone here so blindly go along with what this voice tells them to do?

It puts Steven on edge.

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It also works, once again, as a parallel to Rose.

She wanted to be happy and complacent with life in the Zoo.

Does this hint at something wider in Gem culture?

Pink Diamond assigning the Zoomans as satisfied animals would make sense in the context of her worldview.

Or that would be universe view?

Rose, on the other hand, believed in free will.

Its a subtle message from the show but an important one.

Value your ability to choose your own future.

The fact these Zoomans are countless generations removed from the original kidnapped humans is intriguing.

After all, thats usually how breeding works after awhile.

With what we see of the Choosening, this makes sense.

Love is so important to the fabric of the series.

They are given the illusion of choice, but its predetermined.

They dont even have a word for choice hence the choosening.

I can imagine Gem culture heavily relies on Sapphires and thus, why would they mess with fate?

Why would they need love?

So many intriguing questions to be had!

Im getting the feeling all of this wont be wrapped up in the next episode and that excites me.

If theyre going to travel all the way out here, lets really make it last.

Still, I wonder about everyone back on Earth.

Is anything big going on there?

What if Lapis and Peridot are stopping Gem Monsters but not doing it in secret like the others?

What if we get the B Team episode where Connie teams up with them and we get Connies Universe?

Oh my god, I want that episode NOW.

Even if we dont, something must be going down on Earth during all of this.

Something that Im sure will add to the weight of responsibility on Stevens shoulders.

Rating:

3.5 out of 5