Couple or Trouble () 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. The romantic comedy series was popular in the ratings, and received recognition at the MBC Drama Awards.
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 Han Ye-seul as Anna Jo / Na Sang-shil Oh Ji-ho as Jang Chul-soo Kim Sung-min as Billy Park Park Han-byul as Oh Yoo-kyung
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 Drama of the Year Excellence Award, Actress: Han Ye-seul Popularity Award, Actress: Han Ye-seul Popularity Award, Actor: Oh Ji-ho Best Couple: Oh Ji-ho and Han Ye-seul Nomination - Excellence Award, Actor: Oh Ji-ho
2007 43rd Baeksang Arts Awards Popularity Award (TV): Han Ye-seul Nomination - Best Actress (TV): Han Ye-seul Nomination - Best New Director (TV): Kim Sang-ho Nomination - Best Screenplay (TV): Hong Jung-eun, Hong Mi-ran
Ratings
Episode Original broadcast date Nielsen TNS 1 2006.10.14. 10.4% 11.1% 2 2006.10.15. 9.9% 10.9% 3 2006.10.21. 11.0% 12.5% 4 2006.10.22. 11.7% 13.6% 5 2006-10-28 14.6% 16.6% 6 2006-10-29 11.8% 15.1% 7 2006-11-04 11.4% 11.7% 8 2006-11-05 11.4% 13.7% 9 2006-11-11 12.9% 13.5% 10 2006-11-12 13.2% 13.7% 11 2006-11-18 - 14.9% 12 2006-11-19 15.8% 16.1% 13 2006-11-25 14.1% 16.4% 14 2006-11-26 16.7% 17.7% 15 2006-12-02 18.6% 21.1% 16 2006-12-03
References
External links Couple or Trouble official MBC website