Emergency Couple

Medical school student, Chang Min, and a dietitian, Jin Hee, fall in love and marry despite his family's strong opposition. When Chang Min marries Jin Hee, he gives up his medical internship to become a pharmaceutical salesman despite the fact that the rest of his family are successful doctors. Their married life is miserable as Chang Min's family looks down on Jin Hee and Chang Min begins to treat her poorly. They finally divorce and go their separate ways until they are suddenly reunited as interns working at the same hospital. Will this couple's tumultuous feelings for each other be rekindled?

Emergency Couple (2014) is a South Korean medical romance series created for tvN, a single-season limited run of twenty-one hour-long episodes. Medical student Chang Min (Choi Jin-hyuk) and dietitian Jin Hee (Song Ji-hyo) marry despite his family's disdain, and the marriage sours as he gives up his internship to sell pharmaceuticals while his doctor relatives look down on her. After a painful divorce, the two are suddenly reunited as interns at the same hospital, where every shift forces them into close quarters with each other and with colleagues who complicate their history. Co-stars Lee Pil-mo, Choi Yeo-jin and Clara Lee fill out the hospital ensemble. The engine is simple and emotional: whether pride, class and old wounds can be outlasted by feelings that never fully faded. Set in contemporary Seoul hospital wards, the show moves between light bickering comedy and the heavier pressures of residency. Its tone is wistful and sincere, with a romcom warmth that will appeal to fans of Hospital Playlist, Doctor Stranger and Grey's Anatomy.

• Hospital Playlistshared romcom tones with a workplace hospital setting and a reunited-couple premise
• Doctor Strangershared korean romance drama tradition and hospital workplace romance with tumultuous second chances
• Grey's Anatomyshared workplace romance among doctors and hospital-set love story with bickering leads

Release Date

2014-01-24

Episode runtime

65 min

Rating

7.4 / 10 (38)

What is Emergency Couple about?

A divorced couple is forced to reunite as interns at the same hospital, where their unfinished feelings resurface.

What is Emergency Couple like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Emergency Couple as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Emergency Couple violent?

No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Emergency Couple.

Which shows are like Emergency Couple?

Shows with a similar feel include Hospital Playlist, Doctor Stranger, and Grey's Anatomy.

How long is Emergency Couple?

Emergency Couple: 1 season, 21 episodes.

Is Emergency Couple still running?

No, Emergency Couple has ended.