# Abyss (TV series)

Abyss (Korean: 어비스; RR: Eobiseu) 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

* Lee Cheol-min [ko] as Park Gi-man
    The vengeful father of a victim of the Eomsan-dong serial killer.
* Choi Da-in [ko] 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.
* Ha Sung-kwan [ko] 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.

## Viewership

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Average |
| | 1 | 980 | 868 | 776 | 737 | 639 | 837 | 587 | 582 | 627 | 563 | 502 | 482 | 548 | 488 | 518 | 557 | 643 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | 12th Korea Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Ahn Hyo-seop | Nominated | |