GUARDIAN REWATCH – Episode 37

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Beginning of episode: The team enter the SID and find Lao Li.
Ending of episode: The Regent and Wu Xiaojun trick Shen Wei and knock him down (but not out).

Important scenes/developments:

• Everyone rushes over to Lao Li. Da Qing is distraught. Changcheng reads Lao Li's dying thoughts.
• Shen Wei and Chu Shuzhi help reconcile Changcheng to his new power.
• The team search the SID for the Guardian Lantern and find it. Its wick is missing.
• Lin Jing's dying video message arrives, mentioning "the rest of the exits," and the team decides to split up:
  • Shen Wei to Dixing to find the wick
  • Zhu Hong and Zhao Yunlan (and Da Qing) to the Snake Village to protect them from the Crows (and find the gateway)
  • Changcheng and Chu Shuzhi to say in Dragon City where Changcheng can use his power for good.
• Team handclasp!!
• Dragon City is littered with smoke and bodies. Changcheng uses his power but finds it heartbreaking; Chu Shuzhi is supportive. ♥!
• Shen Wei has trouble opening the portal and coughs blood.
• The three Yashou elders have a standoff at the Snake Village. The Crows are backed up by Dixingren, including illusionist Mi Lu.
• Ya Qing calls for elections; Mi Lu just wants to kill everyone.
• Mi Lu goes to "welcome" the approaching SID and turns the forest into an illusory labyrinth, trapping (and toying with) Zhao Yunlan, Zhu Hong and Da Qing.
• In Dragon City, Changcheng collapses, and Chu Shuzhi catches him.
• Zhu Hong uses her Snake power to kill Mi Lu(!!).
• In Mi Lu's absence, Ya Qing switches sides and says she just wants to be High Chief.
• The Yashou hold their election, and Zhao Yunlan shamelessly interferes in their weird electoral process.
  • Flashbacks to YOHE science experiments and Ma Gui's crush on Fu You.
• Zhu Hong wins the election, but is reluctant to take office until Fourth Uncle gives her a pep talk and Zhao Yunlan nods.
• Chu Shuzhi, Changcheng and Ye Huo unite in Dragon City and decide to work together. Aww!
• In Dixing, Shen Wei runs into Wu Xiaojun, who asks for vengeance for his father; they go to the palace.
• In Ye Zun's stomach, Lin Jing finds Sha Ya's guitar and cries. :-(
• Shen Wei holds his blade to the Regent's throat, but gets talked out of killing him. Then Wu Xiaojun and the Regent turn on him, seemingly knocking him out. But he's still conscious.

( Thoughts. )

Discussion starters:

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


• When do you think Lin Jing set up his posthumous video message, and what prompted it?


• Do you have any theories about the wick -- where it is, what it's made from, how and when it was lost?


• Do you think Shen Wei was telling the truth when he said he could only get one person through the gate?


• The first time you watched, were you surprised when Ya Qing switched sides? Were you glad? What does her changing allegiances mean to you? Would she have killed Zhu Hong if Zhu Hong hadn't had the "life-saving token"?


• Is Zhao Yunlan's election tampering justified? And do you think Zhu Hong will make a good Yashou leader?


• Now Changcheng has a power, could he learn to wield raw dark energy, too?


• Is anyone fighting the invaders? Are there off-screen serumed soldiers? Does anyone have a plan, other than the SID's bid to assemble the Hallows and cut the invasion off at the source?


• How aware was Shen Wei of the trap he was walking into? What do you think he's planning at this point?

Let’s talk about episode 37!
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!