The Legend of the Blue Sea (Scripted, Korean)
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2016-11-16
Ended: 2017-01-25
Network: SBS
Country: KR
Airs on: Wednesday, Thursday
Air time: 22:00
Runtime: 70 minutes
Average rating: 7.6
How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern-day Seoul? Shim Chung is a mermaid who finds herself transplanted to modern times. She is caught by Heo Joon Jae, a charming but cold con artist who is the doppelgänger for Kim Moon, the son of a nobleman from the Joseon Dynasty. But in the present time, Joon Jae works with Jo Nam Doo, a skilled conman who guides Joon Jae to become a genius scammer. But Joon Jae's friend, Cha Shi Ah, who works as a researcher at KAIST, may be Chung's only hope for surviving in her strange new world.