Xing Jianjun
Director
Under The Skin (2022)
Under The Skin
Shen Yichu joins the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Beijiang Branch as a mock portraitist and is paired with Captain Du Cheng to work on a case. Du Cheng’s initial provocations hint at a complicated past between them. As the story unfolds, their close cooperation intensifies the tension, bringing their conflict to a peak. The fast-paced plot, rapid portrait sketches, and puzzling clues gradually reveal hidden truths and untold stories.
Released March 6, 2022
Episode 44 min
None+
Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.whodunit, imdb.chinese-drama, imdb.whodunnit-mystery, tmdb.fraud, tmdb.plastic-surgery, tmdb.human-trafficking + 10 more, tmdb.domestic-violence, tmdb.bromance, tmdb.death, tmdb.murder-investigation, tmdb.sketch-artist, tmdb.police-drama, tmdb.police-procedural, tmdb.deepfake, tmdb.police-sketch, tmdb.school-bullying
Watch Providers: Tubi TV, Rakuten Viki, Rakuten Viki
Production Companies: Tencent Video, iQIYI, Linmon Pictures
Network: iQiyi
7.0
S1E1 - Episode 1
Seven years after his paintings landed him in the middle of a police case gone wrong, Shen Yi joins the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Beijiang Branch as the new portrait artist. But Captain Du Cheng is less than welcoming to the new transfer.
March 6, 2022, midnight
6.0
S1E2 - Episode 2
When a plastic surgeon dies of cyanide poisoning, Du Cheng must find the five plastic surgery clients whose hidden tapes are missing. But to make a match to medical records, Shen Yi must restore the faces from the videos to the way they looked before surgery.
March 6, 2022, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 3
After wrapping up the plastic surgeon’s murder, the team is called to investigate the discovery of a skeleton in a school field. Meanwhile, Du Cheng is puzzled and suspicious about why Shen Yi disappeared from the art world seven years ago and now has become a policeman.
March 6, 2022, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 4
The Bureau continues to investigate the mysterious classroom skull. When Ren Xiaoxuan's mother hands over a high school diary that her daughter had left at home, they must use the clues in the diary to find those close to her as soon as possible.
March 6, 2022, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 5
The diary and a painting may hold the truth to what happened to Ren Xiaoxuan. More secrets of Shen Yi’s past come to light as Du Cheng meets an old friend of the artist.
March 7, 2022, midnight
S1E6 - Episode 6
An old case is revived involving a suspect claiming she was coerced by an accomplice to commit the crime. Several portraitists have tried to draw the accomplice, but each has resulted in a vastly different picture.
March 7, 2022, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 7
After an heiress escapes a kidnapping by her boyfriend, the team discovers that no one by his name can be found in the police system to match his description. Shen Yi is asked to draw the boyfriend in order to track down the kidnappers.
March 8, 2022, midnight
S1E8 - Episode 8
Du Cheng requires Shen Yi’s assistance to solve the abduction of a child, but Shen Yi’s behavior continues to make him suspicious.
March 8, 2022, midnight
S1E9 - Episode 9
Shen Yi asks Du Cheng for assistance recovering his memories, while the team works to solve the robbery of a jewelry store.
March 9, 2022, midnight
S1E10 - Episode 10
The team continues to hunt down the jewelry store robber and the unusual connection to a missing man. To help solve the case, Shen Yi must use a child’s portrait to draw the biological father.
March 9, 2022, midnight
S1E11 - Episode 11
A police officer is killed in a similar manner to Li Yifei seven years ago, the team must try to find the missing woman who connects all the cases. The team is also assigned a second murder case, involving a wife who claims to have killed her husband in self-defence.
March 14, 2022, midnight
S1E12 - Episode 12
As the evidence continues to mount against the wife who murders her husband, she insists It was out of self-defence. But Shen Yi thinks she might still be lying.
March 14, 2022, midnight
S1E13 - Episode 13
Shen Yi works with another police team to solve a rape case. Meanwhile, Du Cheng meets Shen Yi’s mentor when he visits the Beijiang Branch to see Shen Yi…
March 15, 2022, midnight
S1E14 - Episode 14
Shen Yi’s senior requests that he hold a joint art exhibition to commemorate their teacher, while Du Cheng investigates forgeries of Shen Yi’s old paintings, leading to Shen Yi confronting a scammer.
March 15, 2022, midnight
S1E15 - Episode 15
Du Cheng’s sister crashes Shen Yi’s lecture, giving him some interesting history about Du Cheng and his family. Du Cheng goes on a blind date for the first time, but turns into something a little bit more.
March 16, 2022, midnight
S1E16 - Episode 16
The team investigates a bomb delivered by courier to a metal processing facility. As several more explosions are reported in the following days, all teams must be mobilized to solve the case as soon as possible.
March 16, 2022, midnight
S1E17 - Episode 17
As the bombing case resolves with a tense hostage standoff, the woman known as He Hong resurfaces with terrible consequences.
March 21, 2022, midnight
S1E18 - Episode 18
The investigation into the woman M, and her previous case connections, continues. But the evidence begins to point towards a situation far more serious for the team.
March 21, 2022, midnight
S1E19 - Episode 19
As Captain Lu takes over the investigation of M’s death, Shen Yi must unravel the truth behind what actually happened and who is behind everything.
March 22, 2022, midnight
S1E20 - Episode 20
Du Cheng and the team race against time to gather the evidence to prove their case, while Shen Yi’s plan leads to a more public confrontation.
March 22, 2022, midnight
Network: iQiyi
Episode Runtime: 44 min.
Season Runtime: 2125 min.
Released: March 6, 2022
Last Air Date: Dec. 25, 2024, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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