Slo-Mo Rewatch: Guardian episode 2, part 1

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Hi, and welcome back to the Guardian drama Slo-Mo Rewatch. Watch half an episode a week, at your leisure, and then come and chat about it here in comments. Or you can just jump into the comments without rewatching, of course!

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Episode 2, up to 22:11

Summary
Shen Wei heals his shoulder while the fish in his aquarium look on. Zhu Jiu plays chess and schemes to get the Sundial. Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei save Li Qian from falling off the building, then she faints. Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan take her to the hospital and discuss, among other things, Shen Wei's marital status. They make a lunch date. Lin Jing, Wang Zheng and Zhu Hong watch footage of the Envoy's appearance, until Chu Shuzhi makes them delete it. Guo Changcheng and cat!Da Qing stake out the hospital to protect Li Qian. Shen Wei shows up with food. Watching from the SID, Zhu Hong identifies Li Qian's necklace as the Longevity Dial, and Zhao Yunlan concludes Li Qian killed her grandmother. Changcheng tackles the hospital attacker, is knocked out, and then Shen Wei plain-clothes Envoys the attacker out of the ward just as Zhao Yunlan arrives. The hospital attacker and Chu Shuzhi fight in the street, and the attacker escapes.



Quote
ZYL: I'll treat you to lunch once this case is solved.
SW: No need... When that happens, it should be my treat.

Detail
I think this is the first time I've noticed that when Zhao Yunlan catches Xiao-Guo at the hospital, he repeats his "I've got your back" from earlier. Zhao Yunlan seems quite shaken, to me, realising he sent Xiao-Guo into genuine danger.

Questions
Do you have a favourite scene or quote from the first half of episode 2? What is Shen Wei thinking when he sees Zhao Yunlan's graze? On a scale of 1 to 10, how sorry do you feel for Li Qian? How much bandage does a person need for a grazed arm? What do you think of Zhao Yunlan's management style? Were you surprised by the passing of time in this half-episode (at the hospital, we learn Li Yufen died two days earlier; at the SID, Zhao Yunlan says Xiao-Guo has been there for a week)? When Zhu Hong warns Zhao Yunlan about Shen Wei, do you think that's genuine suspicion or can she already tell which way the wind is blowing? Do you think Xiao-Guo manages to be successfully supportive at Li Qian's bedside? What's your impression of the hospital attacker, Gao Tianyu? Do you find him sympathetic? On a scale of 1 to 10, how hot is plain-clothes Envoy!Shen Wei?

If you're familiar with the novel, any thoughts about how the drama adaptation compares? The novel!SID team versus the drama!SID team? Anything else?

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Comments

[china_shop]

I'm so distracted by how earnest Shen Wei is when he says it that I also can't tell what Zhao Yunlan is feeling.

Haha, I think he had to be very earnest or it would have sounded like a threat. ;-p

SRSLY THO, I'm obsessed with Shen Wei's concerned frown, like 'I just found you, don't get yourself killed', asdfghfjdksl ♡♡♡

Awwww! YES!

As much as I'm not sure why Zhao Yunlan would care (feeling protective of Li Qian already, maybe?), I could see that too!

I think he's just trying to make Shen Wei MAKE SENSE!! (And also, to know if he's a good/upright/trustworthy as he seems -- surely no one could be?!?! /ZYL POV)

!!! This made me 100% convinced that this scene was supposed to be after the hospital attack! It would answer all the questions you asked and make it all fit perfectly, and of course it would explain 'that time at the hospital' too! :D

Oh yes, that makes total sense! I can see why they shifted it -- so ZYL could get flustered watching the CCTV, and so ZYL and ZH can spend the post-attack time talking to LQ about the pendant -- but yeah. Absolutely.

I'm seeing another reason for asking if Shen Wei is married - 'you're getting beaten up while helping a random student, how would your family feel about that?' Are there maybe other things about the hospital attack that would prompt this question?

Oooh, that makes sense! I can't think of anything else, except the food. Like 'Why aren't you eating with your family?'??