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
Genre	Romantic comedy
Based on	Overboard (1987 film) by Leslie Dixon
Written by	Hong Jung-eun Hong Mi-ran
Directed by	Kim Sang-ho
Starring	Han Ye-seul Oh Ji-ho
Music by	Kim Hyun-jeong
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Creative Leaders Group 8
Original release
Network	MBC TV
Release	October 14 (2006-10-14) – December 3, 2006 (2006-12-03)

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	21.4%	22.7%