A Single Pale Rose

rdf:langString A Single Pale Rose

rdf:langString Rose Quartz becomes Pink Diamond, revealing that they are the same Gem.

rdf:langString Jin-Hee Park

rdf:langString Kat Morris

rdf:langString Ki-Young Bae

rdf:langString Liz Artinian

rdf:langString List of Steven Universe episodes

rdf:langString * Susan Egan as Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond

rdf:langString Joe Johnston

rdf:langString Ben Levin

rdf:langString Kat Morris

rdf:langString Matt Burnett

rdf:langString Danny Cragg

rdf:langString Hilary Florido

rdf:langString "A Single Pale Rose" is the eighteenth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series Steven Universe. It first aired on May 7, 2018 on Cartoon Network as the second half of a two-part special with the preceding episode "Can't Go Back". It was directed by Kat Morris and Liz Artinian and written and storyboarded by Danny Cragg and Hilary Florido from a story by Matt Burnett, Ben Levin, Kat Morris, Joe Johnston, and series creator Rebecca Sugar. Sugar described it and "Can't Go Back" as "huge episodes that we’ve been building to for a very long time" that would have major implications for the rest of the series, and change viewers' interpretations of the events of previous episodes. The episode focuses on Steven Universe confronting Pearl with questions about the supposed assassination of Pink Diamond millennia ago, and builds to a major plot twist for the series: the revelation that Steven's mother Rose Quartz was actually Pink Diamond herself, who faked her death with Pearl's assistance. This episode received critical acclaim for Deedee Magno Hall's performance as Pearl, the quality of the artwork, and the structure of the episode's story, as well the significance of the plot twist for the broader narrative of the series.