More Than a Maid

More Than a Maid^[1] (Korean: 하녀들; RR: Hanyeodeul; lit. 'Maids') is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Jeong Yu-mi, Oh Ji-ho, Kim Dong-wook, Lee Si-a, Jeon So-min and Lee Yi-kyung.^[2] It aired on jTBC from January 23 to March 28, 2015 on Fridays and Saturdays at 21:45 (KST) for 20 episodes.

More Than a Maid
Promotional poster
Also known as	The Housemaids The Servants
Genre	Historical Romance Action
Created by	JTBC
Written by	Jo Hyun-kyung
Directed by	Jo Hyun-tak
Starring	Jeong Yu-mi Oh Ji-ho Kim Dong-wook
Composer	Jeon Jung-hyuk
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producer	Park Jun-seo
Producers	Park Sang-yeok Jo Joon-hyung Song Hyeong-joo
Production company	Drama House (JTBC)
Original release
Network	jTBC
Release	January 23 (2015-01-23) – March 28, 2015 (2015-03-28)

Synopsis

Guk In-yeob (Jeong Yu-mi) is the only daughter of a Joseon nobleman, and her beauty and style has her surrounded by plentiful admirers, among them Kim Eun-gi (Kim Dong-wook), a young scholar from an important family who's loved In-yeob since they were young. But one day In-yeob's father is branded a traitor, causing her family to be forced into ruin, and overnight the city's most popular young lady becomes a slave. In-yeob has difficulty adjusting from her pampered past to her present life as the lowly maid to her former rival. She learns to survive by her wits and befriends her fellow slaves, including Moo-myung (meaning "nameless"), a mysterious manservant who once saved her when she was still an aristocrat. Although Eun-gi remains devoted to In-yeob, her changed social status becomes an obstacle to his promising future, and meanwhile, she begins to fall for the stoic, level-headed but charismatic Moo-myung (Oh Ji-ho), who unbeknownst to all is a warrior on an undercover assignment regarding matters of political import.

Cast

Main

• Jeong Yu-mi as Guk In-yeob, daughter of State Councilor
• Oh Ji-ho as Moo-myung / Lee Bi, head servant of Defense Minister's household
• Kim Dong-wook as Kim Eun-gi, son of Finance Minister
• Lee Si-a as Heo Yoon-ok, daughter of Defense Minister

State Councilor's household

• Jeon No-min as Gook Yoo, Gook In-yeob's father
• Lee Cho-hee as Sawol-yi, Gook In-jeob's personal maid
• Im Hyun-sung as Poong-yi, servant
• Ji Seung-hyun as Duk-goo, Gook Yoo's personal servant

Defense Minister's household

• Park Chul-min as Heo Eung-cham, Defense Minister, Heo Yoon-ok's father
• Jeon Mi-seon as Lady Yoon, Heo Yoon-ok's mother
• Lee Yi-kyung as Heo Yoon-seo, Heo Yoon-ok's brother
• Lee El as Lady Kang, Heo Yoon-seo's wife
• Chae Gook-hee as Hae-sang, head maid
• Lee Yeon-kyung as Dan-ji's mother, maid
• Jeon So-min as Dan-ji, maid, Heo Yoon-seo's lover
• Jeon Soo-jin as Gaeddong-yi, Heo Yoon-ok's personal maid
• Kim Jong-hoon as Ddeok-soe, butcher
• Shim Hoon-ki as Yong-joon, servant
• Kim Hye-na as Ok-yi, maid

Finance Minister's household

• Kim Kap-soo as Kim Chi-kwon, Finance Minister, Kim Eun-gi's father
• Jin Hee-kyung as Lady Han, Kim Eun-gi's mother
• Yang Seung-pil as Ba-woo, servant

Others

• Ahn Nae-sang as Lee Bang-won, later King Taejong
• Lee Do-kyung as Lee Sung-gye, later King Taejo
• Lee Chae-young as Ga Hee-ah, kisaeng
• Uhm Tae-goo as Chi-bok, Man Wol warrior
• Oh Hee-joon as Hui-ju

Production

The first episode originally aired on December 12, 2014, but a fire on December 13 destroyed the More Than a Maid set in Yeoncheon County and resulted in the death of one crew member, script coordinator Yeom Hye-sun.^{[3][4][unreliable source?][5][unreliable source?]} In the aftermath, the series went on hiatus for six weeks.^{[6][unreliable source?]}

A new set was constructed in Yeongjongdo, and filming resumed on January 12, 2015.^[7] A re-edited version of the first episode aired on January 23, 2015.^[8]

Ratings

• In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
• N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen[9]		TNmS
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	December 12, 2014	2.1%	—	—
	January 23, 2015	—
2	January 24, 2015	1.7%		1.2%
3	January 30, 2015	1.6%		1.9%
4	January 31, 2015	1.9%		2.0%
5	February 6, 2015	2.2%	2.180%	2.3%
6	February 7, 2015	3.025%	3.086%	2.1%
7	February 13, 2015	3.048%	2.930%	2.6%
8	February 14, 2015	2.6%	—	2.8%
9	February 20, 2015	3.083%	2.745%	2.2%
10	February 21, 2015	3.484%	3.142%	2.6%
11	February 27, 2015	3.371%	3.241%	3.2%
12	February 28, 2015	3.215%	3.015%	2.6%
13	March 6, 2015	3.493%	3.281%	3.0%
14	March 7, 2015	3.271%	2.870%	2.8%
15	March 13, 2015	3.421%	3.497%	2.8%
16	March 14, 2015	4.675%	5.199%	3.5%
17	March 20, 2015	4.081%	3.779%	3.0%
18	March 21, 2015	4.001%	3.841%	3.2%
19	March 27, 2015	3.816%	3.984%	3.6%
20	March 28, 2015	4.725%	4.849%	4.7%
Average		3.140%	3.443%	2.7%

• This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2015	8th Korea Drama Awards	Best Production Director	Jo Hyun-tak	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Jo Hyun-kyung	Nominated

International broadcast

Country	Network	Airing dates
South Korea	JTBC	December 12, 2014 – March 28, 2015 (every Friday and Saturday).
Taiwan	EBC	November 26, 2015 – January 1, 2016 (every Monday to Friday at 22:00 – 23:00).
Hong Kong	Drama Channel/HD Drama Channel	July 23, 2016 – August 27, 2016 (every Saturday at 19:00 – 00:00, July 23 at 22:00 – 00:00, August 27 at 19:00 – 22:00).
Singapore	VV Drama	July 8, 2017 – September 9, 2017 (every Saturday at 22:00 – 00:15).
Thailand	PPTV HD	November 29, 2015 (9:00 – ?).[10][11]
	Channel 9 MCOT HD	December 17, 2017 – February 4, 2018 (every Saturday and Sunday from 22:00 to 23:30).
Philippines	GMA Network	January 1, 2018 under the title The Maid.