| "Change Your Mind" | |
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| Steven Universe episodes | |
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| Episode nos. | Season 5 Episodes 29–32 |
| Directed by | Joe Johnston Kat Morris |
| Written by | Lamar Abrams Miki Brewster Danny Cragg Hilary Florido Joe Johnston Ian Jones-Quartey Christine Liu Jeff Liu Katie Mitroff Kat Morris Rebecca Sugar Paul Villeco |
| Original air date | January 21, 2019 |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
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"Change Your Mind" is the series finale of the American animated television series Steven Universe; a 44-minute quadruple-length episode, it is counted as the 29th to 32nd episode of the series' fifth season and as the 157th to 160th episodes of the series overall. The only 44-minute episode of the series, it was directed by Joe Johnston and Kat Morris, with art direction by Liz Artinian, and written and storyboarded by Johnston, Morris, Lamar Abrams, Miki Brewster, Danny Cragg, Hilary Florido, Ian Jones-Quartey, Christine Liu, Jeff Liu, Katie Mitroff, Paul Villeco, and series creator and executive producer Rebecca Sugar.
The conclusion of the original storyline conceived by Sugar when developing Steven Universe, the episode serves as the culmination of the story arcs developed over the course of the series, most notably the Crystal Gems' conflict with the Gem Homeworld and the healing of the monstrous corrupted Gems. It also features the debut of new designs for most of the main characters and several previously unseen fusions. In "Change Your Mind", Steven must reunite with the Crystal Gems and open the eyes of the three Diamonds to the dysfunctionality of their family dynamic.
Officially promoted under the alternative title "Steven Universe: Battle of Heart and Mind", the episode premiered on Cartoon Network on January 21, 2019. It received a viewership of 0.989 million people and was acclaimed by critics, with most praise going to its themes, scale,[clarification needed] animation, writing, and voice performances, as well as White Diamond's treatment,[clarification needed] characterization, and confrontation with Steven. Reviewers unanimously agreed that "Change Your Mind" felt like a crucial turning point for the series that could effectively serve as a series finale,[a] with The Post stating "Steven Universe can never go back to how it was before."
The series was followed by the television film Steven Universe: The Movie (2019) and the epilogue limited series Steven Universe Future (2019–2020), both of which take place two years after the events of "Change Your Mind".
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