I can't help but feel these questions would be incredibly easy to answer. If only, you know, Steven actually bothered to remember that pillow they had this entire time now that he knows there's an actual dude stuck in there trapped. For a sensitive guy he sure does like to leave people suffering for like twenty episodes before doing anything.

Which is probably the shows biggest flaw. Every single question you as an audience have could be answered in five minutes by most of the main characters. There's no real dramatic tension because it's not really played as a major failing of the cast. They just kind of set up plot points then leave them hanging for months at a time for no reason.