Episodes 01

“What Guy Are You”

Jin Wang begins tenth grade with the intent to join the soccer team, get back with his friend Anuj, and romantically pursue Amelia. His plans are derailed when the principal sets him up with Sun Wei-Chen, a new student who is all too eager to spend time with Jin. Jin discovers that they share an interest in the show Kugo Ren Saga. Wei-Chen is actually the son of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, and had stolen his famous magical staff to search for the fourth scroll to help defeat Bull Demon in an upcoming war. Despite Jin’s attempts to distance himself from Wei-Chen, an accident suddenly turns him into an insensitive viral meme. Believing that it was fellow soccer player Travis who posted the meme, Jin injures him during practice, but Wei-Chen deduces that it was actually team captain Greg. Wei-Chen is confronted by his father within the school and a fight breaks out, ending with Guanyin arriving and approving of Wei-Chen’s decisions. Jin learns that Wei-Chen slipped an action figure into his backpack.

Episodes 02

“A Monkey on a Quest”

Guanyin moves in with Wei-Chen as his “aunt” while Jin makes amends with Anuj before he reveals that Suzy Nakamura, the head of the culture club, is protesting against the offensive viral video. Wei-Chen informs Suzy that Greg was behind it and they spread the news all over the school. Greg approaches Jin that he can get him on the soccer team if he tells everyone that they are cool. Jin’s father, Simon, is nervous about approaching his boss for a promotion at work. The two of them end up bonding over their love of Bon Jovi, only for Simon to learn that he is retiring. Simon’s wife Christine suggests that he try to get his new position. After failing to help clean the equipment room, Jin tells everyone at the school to forgive Greg. Suzy is disappointed in him, but respects his honesty. Wei-Chen discovers that Zhu Bajie, Pigsy, is at the school searching for the staff and the two fight. However, Jin walks in on them and gets knocked out, forcing Pigsy to leave.

Episodes 03

“Rockstar Status”

Wei-Chen tells Jin about his family and Jin reluctantly believes him. Wei-Chen then asks that Jin meet Guanyin and he accepts, only to also agree to a soccer party after school. Jin goes to the party where after telling Travis his personal secrets is tasked to confront them in order to win a pair of golden cleats. Meanwhile, Christine discovers that her herbal store is closing and buys a box of herbs. At the church, she begins to sell some of them and shares the profits with the store. Upon learning that they need more money and that they have more herbs, Christine decides to help them. Bull Demon confronts Guanyin and they fight resulting in Guanyin using a mirror to defeat him. Jin’s final task is to TP their rival school’s statue. Wei-Chen agrees to help him on the condition he meet Guanyin. Afterwards, Bull Demon steals the staff and Sun Wukong takes Wei-Chen home. Jin wins the golden cleats and returns home unaware of what is happening.

Episodes 04

“Make a Splash”

Jin goes to school the next day hailed as a hero, but begins to miss Wei-Chen. As Sun Wukong takes Wei-Chen home, he tells him that he does not want to be like him. In flashback styled after 70s Chinese dramas (including the opening credits styled after the TV series Monkey), Sun Wukong and Bull Demon attend a party for the Gods. While Bull Demon is shy and awkward, Monkey King is more extroverted and uses his skills to help them get into the party so that Bull Demon can ask Ao Guang, the Dragon King, to become the next sage. While Bull Demon manages to befriend Princess Iron Fan, his future wife, he fails to make an impact with the people attending. Instead, Sun Wukong gets up on stage and insults everyone about the award ceremony and smashes the heavenly peach. Ao Guang is impressed with his honest and announces him the next sage. Sun Wukong tries to comfort Bull Demon with the knowledge that he can get him in, but Bull Demon denounces him and his confidence ending their friendship. In the present, Sun Wukong decides to send Wei-Chen back, but a whole month has passed.

Episodes 05

“Abracadabra”

Wei-Chen informs Jin about what happened and later meets Christine who shows him two halves of a jade necklace that strikes his fancy. Wei-Chen visits Ji Gong, the Mad Monk, who tells him that the secret to the fourth scroll lies in a object that represents warring factions that Wei-Chen realizes is Christine’s necklace. Wei-Chen revisits Christine and her church group, but Ji Gong shows up to take them and Simon out for drinks and karaoke. Jin is studying biology with Amelia and initially ignores Wei-Chen until he learns from Christine where they are. He arrives at the restaurant where Simon reveals his intent to quit his job after getting passed over while Christine reveals that she used up half their live savings. Ji Gong attempts to flee with the necklace, but Wei-Chen gets it back, only to refuse to hand it back to Jin whom he accuses of trying to avoid him. Elsewhere, Jamie Yao, the actor who plays Freddy Wong in the 90s sitcom Beyond Repair, has become a repair man.

Episodes 06

“Hot Stuff”

Wei-Chen is saddened over his fall out with Jin and Guanyin decides to take the jade pendant to Shiji Niangniang to see if it contains the clue to the fourth scroll. Jin convinces Simon and Christine to talk, but they make no progress. Amelia notices that Jin is reluctant to talk about Wei-Chen until she learns that it is his birthday and decides to throw an impromptu birthday party at the local bowling alley. She also invites Wei-Chen who tries to apologize for lying to him and his family. Ji Gong suddenly arrives to confront Wei-Chen and Jin and are soon joined by Bull Demon and Sun Wukong who break out into a fight. Sha Wujing, Sandy, arrives and knocks out Ji Gong before going to help Sun Wukong, but both are defeated and Bull Demon takes Sun Wukong. Jin manages to send everyone home before learning from Wei-Chen what happened. In a mid-credits scene, Jamie is finishing his class and gets a call from his agent about a Beyond Repair reunion, but is reluctant over repeating his famous catchphrase “What could go Wong?”

Episodes 07

“Beyond Repair”

Jin and Wei-Chen go to see Guanyin who informs them that the jade pendant was just a regular pendant. Wei-Chen turns Jin away as he is no longer needed. Jin begins to suspect that his parents are splitting as at school, he becomes distant and gets into an altercation with the school mascot. While waiting outside the office, Jin watches a video of Jamie attending the Beyond Repair reunion where he gives an open and honest response about how he wishes to be seen by audiences: a hero to anyone. The principal ignorantly tries to understand Jin’s predicament, but both Christine and Simon set her straight before leaving with their relationship repaired. Sun Wukong tries to appeal to Ji Gong and Bull Demon, but supposedly to no avail. Wei-Chen arrives to rescue his father where Bull Demon realizes the truth about the jade pendant. Ji Gong defends and rescues Wei-Chen, but they are unable to rescue Sun Wukong as Bull Demon destroys Ji Gong’s paintings and seemingly kills Sun Wukong.

Episodes 08

“The Fourth Scroll”

Jin gets a message in a dream from Guanyin that the Autumn Equinox is near, which is when Bull Demon will enact his plan to destroy, not just Heaven, but Earth as well. Jin manages to recruit Anuj to help him locate Wei-Chen where they see him in his true monkey form. Realizing that Bull Demon’s plan is similar to his depictions in manga, they figure out that he will activate the staff’s magic at the soccer tournament that night. Meanwhile, Simon and Christine try looking for the pendant and discover Sun Wukong and revive him back to health. Afterwards, they decide to head to the game. Jin has a brief encounter with Amelia where the two of them admit their love to each other. Jin then stages a cosplay sketch with Anuj and they draw out Bull Demon as a fight between him, Wei-Chen and Sun Wukong breaks out. Jin realizes he is the fourth scroll and saves heaven and earth. Wei-Chen says goodbye to Jin, but as he enters his house, he finds his parents missing and Princess Iron Fan, who demands that he come with her if he wants to see his parents again.