GUARDIAN REWATCH – Episode 22

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Beginning of episode: Professor Ouyang vouches for Dr Feng.
Ending of episode: Da Qing is barred from the Dixing archives at gunpoint.

Important scenes/developments:

• Professor Ouyang vouches for Dr Feng and talks to Shen Wei about dark energy and Dixingren.
• Dr Feng starts to treat Zhao Yunlan, but notices Da Qing at the window and bundles everyone out the door.
• Shen Wei apologises to Dr Feng and kneels in the rain.
• The sudden-ageing case starts.
• Dr Feng heals Zhao Yunlan, and Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei smile at each other. ♥!
• Professor Ouyang runs tests on Li Qian, and she's so impressive he recruits her.
• Dark energy in Dragon City has changed, and Lin Jing's detector isn't working.
• The SID team triangulates the sudden-ageing victims, which leads them back to Dr Feng.
• Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan tell Dr Feng that his miracles have a price; Dr Feng and Zhao Yunlan reverse the energy transfer together.
• Sha Ya raids the DoS lab but leaves empty-handed.
• Li Qian sends a "how to use the Longevity Dial to cure blindness" anon email.
• The SID receives a taunting letter from the Master of the Merit Brush.
• Da Qing receives hypnotherapy from Dr Cheng and remembers Ye Zun but thinks he's Shen Wei.
• The Dial Exchange!!
• Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan have a home-cooked meal and plan a trip to Dixing.
• At the gate to Dixing, Da Qing runs up, distrusting Shen Wei's motives, and tags along.
• Zhao Yunlan and Da Qing land in the Dixing bar and ignore the bartender.
• Shen Wei finds them giving the bartender business advice.
• At the palace, the facilities are closed for the next Dijun's inauguration. Da Qing tries to sneak into the archives but is stopped at gunpoint.

( Thoughts. Uh, this got long. )

Discussion starters:

• Your favourite scene? There are so many good ones! Favourite line of dialogue?


• Which of Shen Wei's "you got your sight back" smiles do you love most -- the beam at Dr Feng's, or the soft happiness at Zhao Yunlan's thanks after the Dial exchange?


• In light of his own research, what do you think Professor Ouyang thinks about Doctor Feng? Does he know of other constructive (vs destructive) uses of dark energy? How many Dixingren has he knowingly met/seen before?


• Assuming Dr Feng isn't Dixingren, why is he so worried about being seen? Alternatively, do you think he's actually Dixingren?


• Do you think that was the first time Shen Wei had ever knelt to anyone (other than sex positions)? If not, please elaborate.


• Zhao Xinci and Professor Ouyang both know that Zhao Yunlan is blind. If the SID hadn't found a cure, how long till Minister Gao would have found out? What would have happened then?


• Why does Zhao Yunlan ignore the bartender at first?

Let’s talk about episode 22!
Come and talk about this episode – anything from favourite scenes or lines of dialogue to notes/questions about continuity or translation, most gorgeous (or angsty) smile, or anything else that strikes your fancy! And share links to your own and/or others’ episode-related meta, picspams, and fanworks, new or old!