Steven Universe has become the animated, critical giant to rival Adventure Time's own acclaim within Cartoon Network. While initially trudging within AT's giant footsteps early on, portraying the fun adventures of an optimistic boy within a magical world, the series has really taken on a form of its own, handling its own issues with identity, social responsibility, and peace at a galactic scale.

RELATED: 10 Best Episodes Of Adventure Time (According To IMDb)

As Steven comes to terms with what it means being his mother's heir and the series evolves this great dialogue of what it just means to be, Steven Universe crafts some of the most engaging stories and visual set pieces known to television. This list will be looking at the series' spectrum of content, running down its best (& worst) episodes for all to see (according to IMDb).

10 Worst: Rocknaldo (5.2)

Ranking the lowest of the low on the worst list, "Rocknaldo" is everything but a fan favorite. Pretty much, a lot of episodes focusing on the series obsessive nerd tie in haven't been all that great, but this episode in particular manages to bring everything down, being cringey while also poking a little too much fun at their own audience.

After Steven has this entire awkward conversation with Ronaldo about not diluting what the Crystal Gems are as a species, Ronaldo, in appropriating, fan boy fashion, tries to join them, putting on an entire showcase of nerd filled clumsiness and ego.

9 Best: Jail Break (9.6)

"Jail Break" was perhaps the episode that helped Steven Universe break out as a series of its own. While the series until then already had plenty of action and songs, this one really took things to a new level. This episode features the grand reveal that Garnet has been a fusion the entire time.

Not only is seeing Ruby and Sapphire such a moving scene, but there fight and song against Jasper was such a cathartic payoff to an incredibly tense story arc. This series was truly stronger than everyone thought.

8 Worst: Say Uncle (5.6)

Out of all the series that Steven Universe could've had a crossover with, Cartoon Network decided to plug them with Uncle Grandpa, a series that was not only had an entirely different animation and tonal style from Steven Universe but was running on its last legs as a series.

RELATED: Steven Universe: 10 Storylines That Were Never Resolved

In this episode, Uncle Grandpa tries to help Steven find the source of his powers and through a variety of wackey hijinks that really didn't fit the show, he eventually and directly boils it down to that it just depends on Steven's feelings. This was something that people probably already knew but at least wanted it to be a fun mystery which instead was just used as a joke. Thank you, Uncle Grandpa.

7 Best: Mr. Greg (9.6)

Any episode that features a song is going to be a huge fan favorite, but "Mr. Greg" really takes things to new, emotional heights. While on a trip with Steven and his father during their rich phase (a sequence that features a pretty catchy song within its own right), Pearl laments on her lost love with Rose Quartz.

Her song "It's Over, Isn't It" is a deeply personal, incredibly powerful performance that fully expresses feelings that the audience may have already been aware of but can now fully connect with in full grace. Really, anything with Pearl is going to be...well...a pearl.

6 Worst: Keep Beach City Weird! (6.2)

The second Ronaldo entry on this list, this episode has the series' otaku-occult fanatic perpetrate this entire campaign to "Keep Beach City Weird!" Throughout the episode, viewers get to see how all the strange occurrences of the early series appeared to the citizens of Beach City or, at least, Ronaldo.

Touring the streets alongside Ronaldo, Steven gets caught up with Ronaldo's wild theories, even when Ronaldo gives this huge conspiracy theory that the entire world is run by Snake People, despite being part of nearly every event Ronaldo's been picking at. It's an interesting romp that still doesn't rank among the most entertaining of filler episodes.

5 Best: A Single Pale Rose (9.6)

While the reveal that Garnet was actually a fusion was a pretty big reveal, this episode really gave viewer's heads a turn. As Steven pressures Pearl to reveal how Pink Diamond was shattered, she hesitantly, to a physical extent, can't find herself able to speak. Later on, however, she does suggest that Steven help her find her phone by going into her gemstone.

RELATED: Steven Universe: 10 Pink Diamond Fan Art Pieces That We Love

While in there, Steven stumbles upon Pearl's memories of how Pink Diamond was shattered and Pearl's role in creating who people now know as Rose Quartz. So much to go through with this one.

4 Worst: Onion Gang (6.4)

The huge trend in the "Worst" category is that fans and critics don't really seem to be a fan of non-consequential, filler episodes. "Onion Gang" while revealing of one of the world's most consistent and mysterious characters, is still this huge distraction from the rest of the series.

Steven pretty much just follows Onion to his group of Summer time friends as they do a variety of childlike games and pranks. While cute, this episode was a major turn of pace for the series, bringing things way down from the sci-fi epic that it is.

3 Best: Reunited (9.6)

This episode was a major hallmark for all the series had come to become. It starts off with the wedding between Sapphire and Ruby, a momentous wedding for both the characters and cartoon standards alike. There's plenty of song, dance, and joy early on, meaning that things would soon turn to the worst which it did.

RELATED: 10 Times Cartoons Drastically Changed Animation Style

In the midst of the wedding, the Diamonds finally arrive to unleash their own personal barrage. This encounter soon ends with them finding out that Steven carries the gem of Pink Diamond, a reveal that would soon start extraordinary events for the series.

2 Worst: Rising Tides, Crashing Skies (6.6)

Last but not least (in terms of scoring) on this list is another Ronaldo episode. Being the conspiracy theorist/faux journalist that he's been, the series finally gives Ronaldo full reigns to do his own mockumentary and awkwardly examine the events after Jasper's initial invasion. This episode features plenty of his shaky film footage, weirdly worded interviews, as well as stinted drama that's pretty much just there to make himself look good.

When he eventually calls out the Crystal Gems for endangering Beach City, he soon (practically minutes later) realizes that the Gems were a huge part in keeping Beach City weird and changes his mind about them. It's an entire runaround that, while charming in parts, didn't really culminate in anything substantial or even slightly changing.

1 Best: Change Your Mind (9.6)

White Diamond flips out on Steven Universe

In the series finale for the first part of Steven Universe, six years in the making, fans finally got to see the resolute clash between the Crystal Gems and the Diamonds. After the events of "Reunited," Steven and co. must traverse the Diamond's territory and personally convince them to change their ways.

Just leading up to the confrontation features incredible songs plus spectacular fusions finalizing the pairings between the Gems that the series had yet to see. Such fusions included Rainbow Quarts 2.0, Sunstone, and the mighty Obsidian. However, as grand and powerful as these figures were, what really takes on the Diamonds, especially White Diamonds near insurmountable power and will, is Steven's own ingenuity and passion for both Earth and Gem life. It was a fun way to conclude just a chapter of the series.

NEXT: Peanuts: Charlie Brown's 10 Saddest Quotes