Episodes

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## Episode Guides

Episode Guide (Chinese) on Baidu

galaxysoup's episode guide on Dreamwidth

mecurtin's episode reaction posts on Dreamwidth

qikiqtarjuaq's Masterpost of Guardian Body Language Highlights on Dreamwidth

LRMatthews's detailed episode summaries (wip) on the ao3

## Episode List

This list is trying to be as spoilerfree as possible, but the Guardian drama does not consist of independent episodes but describes one continuous plot arc. The farther the plot progresses, the more even short summaries will give away plot points.

## Episode 01

Guo Changcheng starts his first day of work at the SID, the "Special Investigations Department", led by Zhao Yunlan.

When a female student is mysteriously killed on the campus of the University of Dragon City, they go to investigate the scene of the murder.

There they meet Professor Shen Wei, who admits that the murdered girl was one of his students.

## Episode 02

The case involving Li Qian grows more complicated, as does the mystery surrounding Shen Wei. Zhao Yunlan summons the Black Cloaked Envoy to talk about the sudden rise in crimes involving Dixing people, and we find out what happened to Li Qian's grandmother.

## Episode 03

Another case at Dragon City University leads to more cat and mouse between Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei. Students of Shen Wei's colleague, professor Zhang Ruonan, are getting murdered on campusand Zhao Yunlan and his team investigate.

## Episode 04

Due to Zhu Jiu's machinations, Shen Wei is apprehended at a crime scene and interrogated by the SID. He is believed innocent, but asks to be allowed to join the investigation.

The case is about a serial killer who leaves behind faceless corpses. They keep running into a young man, who is playing vigilante, trying to catch the killer himself.

## Episode 05

When a young man and woman vanish, Zhao Yunlan and the SID team are called to investigate. Shen Wei can't seem to stay away from the case either, and Zhao Yunlan continues to try and discover what Professor Shen is hiding from him.

## Episode 06

A Bride-to-be vanishes only to return hours later, but her Fiancé feels something isn't quite the same about his future wife. Zhao Yunlan still has his doubts about Shen Wei, despite Shen Wei helping with the investigation. He has Old Chu deliver a "gift" to Shen Wei with a hidden camera.

## Episode 20

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Some of this episode was cut out of the youtube version in May 2020.

## Episode 22

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Some of this episode was cut out of the youtube version in May 2020.

## Episode 23

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Some of this episode was cut out of the youtube version in May 2020.

## Episode 24

Zhao Yunlan gets stuck in a real life video game.

## Episode 32

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Some of this episode was cut out of the youtube version in May 2020.

## Episode 35

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Some of this episode was cut out of the youtube version in May 2020.

## Episode 37

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Some of this episode was cut out of the youtube version in May 2020.

## References

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