The story in Orb is quite simple. As Finn, Jake, and BMO return to Ooo after the events from Islands, a mysterious entity appears and entraps them into a dream world. Unfortunately, the trio are just too enamored with their dreams before realizing what is really going on.
Much of the episode, for the lack of a better way I can describe it, is like you're having one huge acid trip and everything is just senseless. The audience pretty much knows this, but not the characters. It also has callbacks to previous episodes and characters, such as the vampire from Stakes, and Amo. Steven Universe's Tom Scharpling returns as Jermaine. Though it's very hard for me to get used to him as Jake's brother, as every time he talks, rather than Jake talking to Jermaine, it's like Jake's talking to Greg Universe.
I hate to compare this to Steven Universe, but that show's staff should take note on what Adventure Time is doing so far, and by extension from Regular Show. Both have their seasons filled with story-driven episodes, but do feature stand-alone episodes that tie to the overarching plot. Orb serves both as a bridge between the two miniseries from AT, and also an episode that can stand on its own.
Looking back, I realized that in this season, there's rarely an episode that can be portrayed as a true stand-alone , with no overarching plot, whatsoever. I'm guessing it's because the staff already know the next season is the last one, so my impression would be that they, the Adventure Time staff, decided to get the story going of Finn and Jake's journey through this season, leading up to the final one in 2018. If that is the case, it's a smart move, as that means two seasons to wrap everything up. That would make me really looking forward to the remaining episodes.
The Adventure Time miniseries "Elements" is scheduled to air on Cartoon Network in the US April 24th, while the episode "Orb" is now available for viewing on the official Cartoon Network App.
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