From this we can tell that introspection isn’t really his thing. Now Greg has to think about the past and asses that things that have happened. Because Greg won’t make those distinctions, Steven forces him to by an innocuous organising method. This is why Steven’s sorting system is significant. Greg doesn’t love the past a hundred percent, but he can’t bring himself to sort through the memories and identify what needs to be left behind and what he can take with him to the future. This is indicative of someone who hasn’t come to terms with the past, and doesn’t want to. He’s surprised to see some of the items that are present there, but each time one is brought up, he remembers the circumstances during which the objects were acquired. In fact, he just left them in his storage unit and for all intents and purposes, forgot about them. Greg doesn’t weigh out whether he should be keeping these things around. It’s filled with things that not only are old and from the past, but also things that are unused and unexamined. The image of the storage locker is one of clutter. This is something the characters realise after they decide to clean the storage unit, and it reinforces the theme. Aside from Greg’s deciding to clean his storage locker, it’s also New Year’s Eve, generally a time to not only let go of the past year, but also assess it and resolve to do better in the next year.
But there are a lot of details that point to this episode as one about letting go or at least coming to terms with the past. The central premise of the episode is “Greg needs to clean out his storage unit.” It’s what causes all the events in the story. But I think the main idea that the episode conveys is that of dealing with grief, loss, and the past. As you mentioned, there is an open-ended feel to the episode, which I think will be addressed in more Amethyst-centric episodes coming up in the series, as future episode titles suggest. Indeed, most of them do point to Greg and Amethyst’s relationship and also their relationship with Rose. I think there are several themes and ideas that Maximum Capacity wanted to touch on. It could be that it’s supposed to be vague and something that will be touched on later, but I feel like I’m missing something either way. What do you think of the ep Maximum Capacity? I’m still not clear on what idea exactly was supposed to be conveyed, especially with the relationship between Greg and Amethyst.
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