Couple of Fantasy
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Details
- Title: 환상의 커플
- Also known as: Fantasy Couple (lit. translation) / Couple or Trouble (MBC Global Media)
- Genre: Romance, Comedy
- Episodes: 16
- Broadcast network: MBC
- Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-14 to 2006-Dec-03
- Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:40
Synopsis
Based on the 1987 movie, Overboard, starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, MBC brings us the story of Anna Jo (Han Ye Seul), a rude, feisty, and audacious American-bred heiress who can never be satisfied. 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 and lack of payment, 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.
But in the hospital, she ends up beside none other than Jang 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
- 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
Extended Cast
- Kim Kwang Kyo (김광규) as Gong Sil Jang
- Kim Jung Wook as Ha Deok Ku
- Lee Mi Young as Oh Kye Joo (Deok Ku's mother)
- Jung Soo Young (정수영) as Kang Ja
- Lee Suk Min (이석민) as Jang Joon Seok
- Kim Tae Yoon (김태윤) as Jang Yoon Seok
- Park Joon Mok (박준목) as Jang Geun Seok
Production Credits
- Original story: Leslie Dixon
- Producer: Kim Sang Ho
- Adapted by: Hong Jung Eun, Hong Mi Ran
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-10-14 | 1 | 11.1% (13th) | 10.2% (14th) |
| 2006-10-15 | 2 | 10.9% (17th) | 10.9% (17th) |
| 2006-10-21 | 3 | 12.5% (14th) | 13.4% (14th) |
| 2006-10-22 | 4 | 13.6% (7th) | 13.9% (7th) |
| 2006-10-28 | 5 | 16.6% (6th) | 17.0% (5th) |
| 2006-10-29 | 6 | 15.1% (7th) | 15.2% (7th) |
| 2006-11-04 | 7 | 11.7% (13th) | 11.7% (13th) |
| 2006-11-05 | 8 | 13.7% (10th) | 13.9% (10th) |
| 2006-11-11 | 9 | 13.5% (10th) | 13.8% (9th) |
| 2006-11-12 | 10 | 13.7% (9th) | 13.8% (10th) |
| 2006-11-18 | 11 | 14.9% (8th) | 15.2% (7th) |
| 2006-11-19 | 12 | 16.1% (6th) | 15.2% (7th) |
| 2006-11-25 | 13 | 16.4% (5th) | 16.0% (5th) |
| 2006-11-26 | 14 | 17.1% (5th) | 17.0% (6th) |
| 2006-12-02 | 15 | 21.1% (3rd) | 21.4% (2nd) |
| 2006-12-03 | 16 | 22.7% (4th) | 23.4% (4th) |
| Average | 15.0% | 15.1% | |
Source: TNS Media Korea
Trivia
- Hong Jung Eun and Hong Mi Ran are part of the few to ever write for all three of Korea's drama broadcasting networks, KBS, SBS, and now MBC.
- Both Han Ye Seul and Oh Ji Ho have their first starring roles.
- Anna's name is pun on the original character played by Goldie Hawn, Joanna Stayton. Anna Jo, when said in Korean, becomes Jo Anna.
- Se7en was rumored to appear in episode 16 as a jjajangmyun delivery boy, carrying over from MBC's upcoming Goong S, but the event never made it to the final cut.
- Han Ye Seul now has an upcoming jjajangmyun CF because of her character's fierce liking to it.