"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".

[1] The episode focuses on Steven Universe confronting Pearl with questions about the supposed shattering 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.

Steven (Zach Callison) is contemplating the conflicting information he has received about Pink Diamond's shattering and anxiously waits while Amethyst (Michaela Dietz) teaches Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall) how to use her new cell phone.

When Amethyst returns, Pearl immediately changes the subject and stores her phone in her gem, leaving Steven confused.

As she tries and fails to retrieve her phone from her gem, Steven receives another text — a pink hibiscus emoji, which shocks Pearl.

Steven ends up inside Pink Diamond's palanquin hearing a conversation between Rose (Susan Egan) and Pearl.