Couple or Trouble

Couple or Trouble (Korean: 환상의 커플; RR: Hwan-sang-eui Keo-peul; lit. Fantasy Couple) is a 2006 South Korean television series loosely based on the 1987 Hollywood film Overboard. Starring Han Ye-seul and Oh Ji-ho, it aired on MBC from October 14 to December 3, 2006 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:40 for 16 episodes.[1][2] The romantic comedy series was popular in the ratings, and received recognition at the MBC Drama Awards.[3]

Couple or Trouble
(from left) Oh Ji-ho, Han Ye-seul and Kim Sung-min
Also known as
  • Fantasy Couple
  • Couple of Fantasy
  • Fantastic Couple
GenreRomantic comedy
Based onOverboard
by Leslie Dixon
Written by
Directed byKim Sang-ho
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companyCreative Leaders Group 8
Release
Original networkMunhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Original releaseOctober 14 (2006-10-14) –
December 3, 2006 (2006-12-03)
External links
Website

Plot

Anna Jo (Han Ye-seul) is a rude, spoiled, arrogant and impossible-to-please American-bred heiress. She returns to Korea only to continue being a controlling wife to her already cowardly husband, Billy Park (Kim Sung-min). When her yacht gets stuck for repairs, she hires local handyman Jang Chul-soo (Oh Ji-ho) to fix her shower, but when they have a heated spat over her dissatisfaction with his work and refusal to pay, she pushes him overboard and dunks his tools into the ocean right along with him. Later, after a quarrel with Billy that threatens to end their marriage, she herself gets drunkenly pitched overboard and falls victim to a bad case of amnesia.

In the hospital, she ends up beside none other than Chul-soo, who's still recovering from his own swim in the ocean for his lost tools. Unknown to her, he's been raising his three orphaned nephews in their unkempt house and desperately needs a nanny. Taking advantage of her memory loss, he manages to convince her that she's his live-in girlfriend and renames her Na Sang-shil. But he didn't expect her spoiled selfishness to slowly turn into compassion. And he didn't expect to fall overboard again — this time, for her.

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters
  • Kim Kwang-kyu as Department head Gong
  • Kim Jung-wook as Ha Deok-gu
  • Lee Mi-young as Oh Kye-joo
  • Jung Soo-young as Kang-ja
  • Lee Suk-min as Jang Joon-seok
  • Kim Tae-yoon as Jang Yoon-seok
  • Park Joon-mok as Jang Geun-seok
  • Lee Sang-yi as Shim Hyo-jung

Awards and nominations
2006 MBC Drama Awards
2007 43rd Baeksang Arts Awards

Ratings
Episode Original broadcast date Nilsen TNS
12006.10.14.10.4%11.1%
22006.10.15.9.9%10.9%
32006.10.21.11.0%12.5%
42006.10.22.11.7%13.6%
52006-10-2814.6%16.6%
62006-10-2911.8%15.1%
72006-11-0411.4%11.7%
82006-11-0511.4%13.7%
92006-11-1112.9%13.5%
102006-11-1213.2%13.7%
112006-11-18-14.9%
122006-11-1915.8%16.1%
132006-11-2514.1%16.4%
142006-11-2616.7%17.7%
152006-12-0218.6%21.1%
162006-12-03 21.4% 22.7%

References
  1. "Han Ye-seul Wins Over Detractors as Amnesiac Heiress". The Chosun Ilbo. October 28, 2006. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  2. Yang, Sung-jin (December 12, 2007). "Herald Interview: Han Ye-seul, a bilingual beauty, eyes foreign entertainment markets". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  3. "Couple or Trouble". MBC Global Media. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
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