GUARDIAN REWATCH – Episode 30

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Beginning of episode: Shen Wei, Sha Ya and Hua Yuzhu are at the locust tree gate and about to go to Dixing.
Ending of episode: Zhao Yunlan pulls his dark energy gun on Zhang Shi.

Important scenes/developments:

• Shen Wei gives Sha Ya the ring from Lin Jing.
• Zhao Yunlan and Minister Gao argue about whether to hide the Ye Zun threat from the public.
• Ye Zun tells Ya Qing to hack the SID and leak false info.
• Zhao Yunlan hears Lin Jing in the lab with Professor Ouyang and confirms Lin Jing is a spy.
• Lin Jing leaves the SID, and everyone is very upset.
• Shen Wei arrives in the Dijun's palace with Sha Ya and Hua Yuzhu, and finds that Ye Zun has taken over.
• Flashback to the coup.
• Sha Ya and Hua Yuzhu tell Shen Wei to save himself, so he leaves and goes to the pillar.
• There are four patients at Dragon City hospital with the same mysterious complaint.
• Lin Jing starts working with Professor Ouyang and Li Qian in the Haixing lab.
• Shen Wei yells at Ye Zun and gets chained to the pillar.
• Zhao Yunlan argues with Minister Gao again; Zhao Xinci (but actually Zhang Shi) arrives and tries to mediate.
• Cong Bo starts to delete all SID electronic data, but Ya Qing knocks him out and leaks it online.
• The SID team is upset; Zhao Yunlan stews in his office; Da Qing takes charge.
• Da Qing and Zhu Hong are questioned in the street by a member of the public. Da Qing saves himself; Ying Chun saves Zhu Hong.
• Fourth Uncle tells Zhu Hong to return to the forest, but she's determined to stay.
• Chu Shuzhi received a forged note from the Envoy and is worried for his safety.
• Zhao Yunlan burns incense in his office and struggles with his inaction.
• An official car arrives at the SID to collect Zhao Yunlan; on his way out he tells Wang Zheng and Sang Zan to defend the Hallows.
• Zhao Xinci greets his son with, "You've made me so disappointed."
• They go to Zhao Yunlan's flat, where Zhao Yunlan pulls his dark-energy gun on Zhang Shi.

Zhao Yunlan is a whole rainbow of frustration and worry in this episode.

( Thoughts. )

Discussion starters:

• What's your favourite scene in this episode? Favourite line of dialogue?


• How many bullet holes is Shen Wei sporting after the fight at the palace?


• And has the Regent actually taken Ye Zun's side at this point? If not, what's he playing at, telling the guards to open fire on the Envoy? I find it hard to figure him out.


• Why do you think Shen Wei changes into his suit after he escapes from the palace?


• How differently would things have gone in Haixing if Minister Gao had let Zhao Yunlan go public sooner and set the narrative?


• Why didn't Zhao Yunlan tell the rest of the team his arrangement with Lin Jing? Does he not trust them? Or is it just for the sake of dramatic tension in the meta sense?


• When did Ya Qing learn to use computers, and how hard is it to type in gloves?


• How strange must it feel for Chu Shuzhi to be worried about the Envoy?


• What's up with the mysterious medical cases? Do you think they're linked to the serum project?

Let’s talk about episode 30!
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!