A 22-minute double-length special episode, it was directed by Joe Johnston and Liz Artinian, and written and storyboarded by Miki Brewster, Jeff Liu, Katie Mitroff and Paul Villeco from a story by Johnston, Matt Burnett, Ben Levin, Kat Morris, Tom Herpich and series creator Rebecca Sugar.
The episode merges many storylines developed previously in the series: the true nature of Pink Diamond's death, revealed in "A Single Pale Rose"; the crisis in Ruby and Sapphire's relationship in the aftermath of that revelation; Lapis Lazuli's departure in "Raising the Barn" earlier in the season; and the Cluster, last seen in the season three episode "Gem Drill".
The episode was nominated for a 2019 Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program; it lost to Love, Death & Robots.
It is the wedding day of Ruby (Charlyne Yi) and Sapphire (Erica Luttrell), the Crystal Gems that fuse to form Garnet (Estelle).
Steven (Zach Callison) helps everyone prepare for the ceremony, singing the song "Let's Only Think About Love", in which he uses the wedding to distract everyone, including himself, from recent traumatic events and revelations.
Connie (Grace Rolek) attacks with Rose Quartz's sword, but Blue Diamond stops her and shatters the blade.
This episode was written and storyboarded by Miki Brewster, Jeff Liu, Katie Mitroff, and Paul Villeco.
[3] The wedding storyline had been conceived early in the series' history, during the production of Ruby and Sapphire's first appearance in "Jail Break" and at a time before same-sex marriage had been legalized in the United States.
[11] This episode features the song "For Just One Day Let's Only Think About (Love)", sung by Zach Callison as Steven, along with the rest of the main cast.
The song was composed by Rebecca Sugar with Aivi & Surasshu,[1] and was released digitally as a single alongside the episode's broadcast.
[14] Also writing for Polygon, Lux Alptraum hailed the episode, and Ruby and Sapphire's relationship more broadly, as an important instantiation of visible queer representation on television.