Scripted series · iQiyi
Crimes of the Abyss
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Crimes of the Abyss actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Crimes of the Abyss reads strongest on Cliffhanger Intensity, Tension and Serialized.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The story
What it's about
Over the course of three months, a string of shocking deaths unsettles Tongjiang City—from hidden human remains to a mysterious home death and a suspicious car crash. Detective Jiang Mei teams up with newly transferred investigator Shen Feng to unravel the cases, uncovering a tangled web of hidden relationships, buried motives, and the darker sides of human desire.
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