May I Help You?

For the Barney & Friends episode with the same title, see May I Help You? (Barney & Friends).

May I Help You?^[3] (Korean: 일당백집사) is a South Korean television series directed by Shim Soo-yeon and starring Lee Hye-ri and Lee Jun-young. It premiered on MBC TV on October 19, 2022, and aired every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:50 (KST).^[4]

May I Help You?
Promotional poster
Also known as	One Hundred Won Butler
Hangul	일당백집사
Hanja	一當百執事
Revised Romanization	Ildangbaekjipsa
Genre	Fantasy[1] Romantic comedy[1]
Developed by	Kim Ho-jun Namgung Seong-woo
Written by	Lee Sun-hye[2]
Directed by	Shim Soo-yeon Park Sun-young[2]
Starring	Lee Hye-ri Lee Jun-young
Music by	Kim Jun-seok Jeong Se-rin
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Kim Hong-seop (CP) Yoo Mo-yeol (CP)
Producers	Jeon Yong-joo Kim Chang-mi
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	70 minutes[3]
Production company	IWill Media[2]
Original release
Network	MBC TV
Release	October 19 (2022-10-19) – December 22, 2022 (2022-12-22)

Synopsis

Kim Tae-Hee (Lee Jun-young), a man who performs errands at his uncle's company, "A Dime a Job", and Baek Dong-ju (Lee Hye-ri), a funeral director who grants the wishes of the deceased.^[5]

Cast

Main

• Lee Hye-ri as Baek Dong-ju, a funeral director who gives everything in order to fulfill the last wishes of the deceased.^[6]
• Lee Jun-young as Kim Tae-hee,^[7] the only employee of Ildangbaek, which is a daily errand service.^[6]

Supporting

Ildangbaek House

• Song Duk-ho as Seo Hae-ahn, a police officer.^[8]
• Lee Kyu-han as Vincent, the youngest and troubled uncle of Kim Tae-Hee and the CEO of Ildangbaek.^[9]

Eonju University Hospital Funeral Hall

• Tae In-ho as Im Il-seop, a funeral director.^[10]

Dong-ju's family

• Park Soo-young as Baek Dal-sik, Baek Dong-ju's father.^[11]
• Oh Dae-hwan as Michael Baek, Baek Dong-ju's uncle and chief priest of Bongsu-dong Temple.^[2]

Dong-ju's friends

• Seo Hye-won as Yoo So-ra, Baek Dong-ju's friend.^[12]
• Ahn Hyun-ho as Hyun Jeong-hwa, Instructor of the table tennis club.^[13]

Extended

• Han Dong-hee as Tak Chung-ha, Butler Kim's ex-girlfriend and doctor of emergency medicine.^[2]
• Ahn Nae-sang as Kim Jun-ho, the taxi driver died in an accident and lost the trust of his son.^[14]
• Jo Ah-young as Park Seo-rin, a Student who died young from illness.^[15]
• Kim Ha-eon as Kim Jun-ho, Kim Tae-hee's younger brother.^[16]
• Hong Nah-hyun as So-gang, A mother who faced a tragic death.^[17]
• Kwak Ja-hyung as Seok-cheol, who works as a backup driver during the day and as a backup driver at night Sudden death without saying goodbye He asked Dong Ju to find a check for 100 million won that he had hidden and send it to his wife.^[17]

Special appearance

• Seo Young-hee as Choi Yeon-hee, The deceased died without being able to report the affair of her husband and close friend.^[18]
• Suh Hyo-won as Table tennis player^[19]
• Jang Sung-kyu as DJ^[17]
• Lee Eun-joo as daughter-in-law who has to go through many events.^[20]

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Released on October 20, 2022^[21][22]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Pray"	Song Yang-ha Kim Jae-hyun Lee Joo-ah	Song Yang-ha Kim Jae-hyun Vlue	Lee Won-suk	3:11
2.	"Pray" (Inst.)		Song Yang-ha Kim Jae-hyun Vlue		3:11
Total length:					6:22

Part 2

Released on October 27, 2022^[23][24]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Reminiscence" (보고 싶다 널 가득 안고 싶다)	Kim Chang-rak (Aiming) Kim Soo-bin (Aiming) Yoon Kyung-won (Onclassa)	Kim Chang-rak (Aiming) Kim Soo-bin (Aiming) Jo Se-hee (Aiming)	Jung Joon-il	4:00
2.	"Reminiscence" (보고 싶다 널 가득 안고 싶다; Inst.)		Kim Chang-rak (Aiming) Kim Soo-bin (Aiming) Jo Se-hee (Aiming)		4:00
Total length:					8:00

Viewership

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	653	587	N/A	581	N/A	N/A	N/A	705	N/A	N/A	N/A	548	N/A	608	N/A	560	N/A

May I Help You? : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[25]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	October 19, 2022	3.9% (16th)	3.9% (15th)
2	October 20, 2022	3.7% (18th)	3.9% (15th)
3	October 26, 2022	3.0% (22nd)	N/A
4	October 27, 2022	3.6% (18th)	3.6% (16th)
5	November 9, 2022[A]	2.1% (31st)	N/A
6	November 10, 2022	2.5% (28th)
7	November 16, 2022	2.7% (25th)
8	November 17, 2022	4.0% (16th)	4.2% (14th)
9	November 30, 2022[B]	2.6% (27th)	N/A
10	December 1, 2022	3.5% (21st)
11	December 7, 2022	3.0% (25th)
12	December 8, 2022	3.1% (22nd)
13	December 14, 2022	2.6% (27th)
14	December 15, 2022	3.3% (24th)
15	December 21, 2022	2.7% (25th)
16	December 22, 2022	3.2% (20th)	3.7% (19th)
Average		3.1%	—[C]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes ratings that were not released.

Notes

1. Episodes 5 and 6 were delayed one week due to Itaewon disaster, and will air on November 9th and 10th.^[26]
2. Episodes 9 and 10 were delayed one week due to World Cup 2022, and will air on November 30th and December 1st.^[27]
3. Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.