Yeah, there are quite a few episodes early on where he makes a mistake or fucks up somehow, makes a huge mess and then has to figure a way out of it. In later episodes that sort of plot isn't so common, but what happens instead is you see him starting to question things he's been brought up to believe about his mother, the crystal gems, the nature of the gem war, and all that. And he's beginning to see through the idealized, sanitized vision he and the other Crystal Gems have made of his mother, Rose Quartz. It's actually some of the most subtle and interesting character development I've seen in a show aimed at kids.