Drama
Emergency Couple (KDrama Review & Summary)
Emergency Couple Official poster
- Genre: Romance, Comedy, Medical Drama
- Release Date: January 2014
- KDrama: 21 Episodes
- Origin, South Korea
Cast:
- Song Ji-hyo as Oh Jin-hee
- Choi Jin-hyuk as Oh Chang-min
- Lee Pil-mo as Gook Cheon-soo
- Choi Yeo-jin as Shim Ji-hye
- Clara – Han Ah-reum,
- Yoon Jong-hoon as Im Yong-gyu
Synopsis:
About a young couple who ended up divorced but rekindled their love and affection inside the emergency ward of the hospital.
I watched this hospital drama for the second time this weekend.
A true classic.
The story is really a love triangle between Oh Chang Min, Oh Jin Hee, and Good Cheon Soo.
The drama started with two young people in their bridal garb running into a church which was already in a middle of service.
It seems the priest was au fait with their intention to get married because he married them there and then.
Chang Min was a medical student, coming from a rich medical (doctors) family who owns a few hospital, etc.
Oh Jin Hee was a vivacious nutritionist.
They got married but it was far from happily ever after. Oh Chang Min wealthy family refuses to recognise his marriage and had basically cut him off from the family finances. Thus he had to give up his carefree chaebol life as well as becoming a doctor. Instead, he found himself a job as drugs and medical sales representative, which often ends up rather demeaning as he has to beg doctors for their patronage and customs.
His stress overflowed to his wife, who has lost all her joie de’vivre having to listen to Oh Chang Min’ once sweet nothings to constant insult and scorn. She developed low self-esteem and has a heart problem.
A year later during a particularly fraught day, they had a mother of all disagreements, they turned their little apartment into a chaotic environment littered with their hopes and dreams and wedding photo frame all broken up.
There was really anywhere else to go but to get out of the marriage.
Seven years later, they ended up both medical interns in the same hospital under the Gook Cheon Soo.
They pretended they don’t know each other. Oh Chang Min treated Oh Jin Hee appallingly and kept on her to drop out.
Over time Oh Chang Min noticed that Oh Jin Hee had become a strong woman and no longer dependent on him.
He noticed too that Gook Cheon Soo was rather partial to Oh Jin Hee. This made him think, and started seeing Oh Jin Hee on a different light. He become rather possessive of her.
She, on the other hand, played hard to get and started flirting with Gook Cheon Soo, who was really into her.
But Oh Chang Min had matured and was determined to start over with her.
Well no brainer really. He was tall and gorgeous and has found his inner romantic side, plus the fact that he is no longer too dependent on his family.
There are so many sweet moments. The script was very well written and interpreted competently by the actors.
This drama is a true classic that you will go back too again and again and will find it fresh!