Abyss () is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Park Bo-young, Ahn Hyo-seop and Lee Sung-jae. It aired on tvN's Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:30 (KST).
Synopsis Go Se-yeon (Park Bo-young) is a beautiful prosecution lawyer at the top of her game, and Cha Min (Ahn Hyo-seop) is her friend, an unattractive but rich heir to a cosmetics empire. They are both revived into different bodies by supernatural beings using an "Abyss" after their deaths in separate incidents. The "Abyss" is a celestial object which has the power to revive anything that has died; the reincarnated bodies take on the appearance of that person's soul. Go Se-yeon takes on a 'plainer' appearance, whilst Cha Min becomes very attractive and young; virtually the opposite of before. They start working together to find out the reason for their revival and who caused Go Se-yeon's death.
Cast Main Park Bo-young as Go Se-yeon (after reincarnation) / Lee Mi-do (before plastic surgery) Kim Sa-rang as Go Se-yeon (before her death) Lee Soo-min as young Go Se-yeon A prosecution lawyer who is murdered by the Eomsan-dong serial killer. She tries to figure out who killed her and how she has been reincarnated. Ahn Hyo-seop as Cha Min Ahn Se-ha as Cha Min (before his death) Yang Han-yeol as young Cha Min The rich yet unattractive successor to a cosmetics company who is reincarnated as an attractive young man after his death. He has been friends with Go Se-yeon since childhood. Lee Sung-jae as Oh Yeong-cheol / Oh Seong-cheol A skilled surgeon who is referred to as a legend in the medical community. He has a mysterious demeanour and hidden secrets.
Supporting Central District Prosecutors' Office / Dongbu Police Station Kwon Soo-hyun as Seo Ji-wook / Oh Tae-jin Kim Yeon-ung as young Seo Ji-wook A prosecution lawyer and one of Go Se-yeon's colleagues before her death. Lee Si-eon as Park Dong-cheol The police detective who is head of the investigation into Go Se-yeon's death. Song Sang-eun as Lee Mi-do (after plastic surgery) Go Se-yeon's former colleague and Dong-cheol's ex-girlfriend, who has left Korea for the United States.
Lan Cosmetics Han So-hee as Jang Hee-jin / Oh Su-jin Shim Hye-yeon as young Oh Su-jin (Ep. 5) Kang Ye-seo as teenage Oh Su-jin Cha Min's fiancée who mysteriously disappears just before their wedding. Yoon Yoo-sun as Eom Ae-ran Cha Min's domineering mother and head of the family's cosmetics empire. Park Sung-yeon as Park Mi-soon Cha Min's nanny and housekeeper. Lee Ji-hyun as Jang Sun-young Jang Hee-jin's mother.
Others as Park Gi-man The vengeful father of a victim of the Eomsan-dong serial killer. as Park Mi-jin Gi-man's daughter who is a victim of the Eomsan-dong serial killer. Lee Dae-yeon as Seo Cheon-shik Seo Ji-wook's father who is a chief judge. as Se-yeon's father Park Mi-hyun as Se-yeon's mother Kim Yoon-bo as Kim Sil-jang The secretary of the chairman of Lan Cosmetics. Kim Sung-bum as Detective Choi A detective in Team 1 and Park Dong-cheol's junior and right-hand man.
Special appearances Seo In-guk as male alien "grim reaper" (Ep. 1) Jung So-min as female alien "grim reaper" (Ep. 1)
Production The first script reading took place in February 2019 in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.
Actors Seo In-guk and Jung So-min, who acted in The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018), made a special appearance.
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Viewership
+ Average TV viewership ratings Original broadcast date Average audience share(Nielsen Korea) Nationwide Seoul 1 May 6, 2019 2 May 7, 2019 3.682% 4.620% 3 May 13, 2019 3.142% 3.791% 4 May 14, 2019 3.219% 4.024% 5 May 20, 2019 2.743% 3.345% 6 May 21, 2019 3.346% 3.720% 7 May 27, 2019 2.365% 2.817% 8 May 28, 2019 2.339% 2.956% 9 June 3, 2019 2.704% 3.353% 10 June 4, 2019 2.251% 2.979% 11 June 10, 2019 2.273% 2.360% 12 June 11, 2019 2.156% 2.537% 13 June 17, 2019 2.151% 2.370% 14 June 18, 2019 15 June 24, 2019 2.043% 2.308% 16 June 25, 2019 2.282% 2.889% Average
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref. 2019 12th Korea Drama Awards Best New Actor Ahn Hyo-seop
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