# 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. The romantic comedy series was popular in the ratings, and received recognition at the MBC Drama Awards.

## 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% |