Review: Steven Universe “The New Lars”

Metallica, much?

Spoilers Below

Steven is hanging out at the Big Donut with Sadie and Lars. As usual, Lars is being a grump. When Sadie invites Lars over to watch a movie, he grumbles and says he’s spending the day with Buck and Sour Cream. Believing that Lars loves Sadie, Steven can’t understand why Lars won’t hang out with her. This conundrum is on Steven’s mind when he goes to sleep that night…

Resulting in Steven astral projecting into Lars’s body. Steven decides this is his chance to make Lars a better person. As Lars, he is nice to his parents, cool to his friends, and professes his love to Sadie. Unfortunately for Lars, everyone seems to enjoy his company better when he is Steven. Well, almost everyone. Once Steven and Lars are back in their proper bodies, Steven confesses that Sadie like Lars better as Lars. Maybe they have a chance for love, after all.

“The New Lars” is the first episode of the season that doesn’t really impress me. We’ve seen Steven astral project before with better results. Sure, he made Lars a little more likable for the short term but do we think that Lars will actually change? Lars knows that everyone likes him better when he’s nicer. I just don’t think he’ll actually follow up and be nice himself.