{{short description|South Korean television series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox television | image = Queen of Reversals-poster.jpg | caption = Promotional poster | alt_name = | genre = {{ubl|Romance|Comedy}} | writer = Park Ji-eun | director = {{ubl|Kim Nam-won | Jung Dae-yoon }} | starring = {{ubl|Kim Nam-joo|Jung Joon-ho|Park Si-hoo|Chae Jung-an}} | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = South Korea | language = Korean | num_episodes = 31 | executive_producer = Choi Yi-sup | producer = Kim Seung-mo | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = | company = | channel = MBC TV | first_aired = {{start date|2010|10|18}} | last_aired = {{end date|2011|02|01}} | related = ''Queen of Housewives'' | native_name = {{Infobox Korean television name/auto | hangul = ^역전의 여왕 | hanja = 逆轉의 女王 }} }}
'''''Queen of Reversals''''' ({{Korean/auto|hangul=^역전의 여왕|rr=yes}}) is a 2010 South Korean television series, starring Kim Nam-joo, Jung Joon-ho, Park Si-hoo and Chae Jung-an. It is about a career woman who experiences the many ups, downs, and reversals of work, family, and romance as she falls in and out of love and marriage.<ref>{{cite web|last=Han|first=Sang-hee|title=Superwoman returns to voice working mom woes|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/08/201_74428.html|work=The Korea Times|date=October 12, 2010|access-date=November 19, 2012|archive-date=October 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028052033/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/08/201_74428.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MBC drama ''Queen of Reversal'' on the rise|url=https://content.mbc.co.kr/english/news/1778927_56318.html|website=MBC Global Media|date=November 24, 2010|access-date=November 19, 2012|archive-date=October 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021140544/http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/news/1778927_56318.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Jessica|title=MBC ''Queen of Reversals'' extended by 10 episodes|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010122009095015742|website=The Asia Business Daily|date=December 20, 2010|access-date=November 19, 2012|archive-date=July 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712054509/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010122009095015742|url-status=live}}</ref> It aired on MBC from October 18, 2010 to February 1, 2011 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 31 episodes.
Lead actress Kim Nam-joo and writer Park Ji-eun previously worked together on the 2009 series ''Queen of Housewives''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Oh|first=Jean|title=Kim Nam-joo back for second season|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20101012000668|work=The Korea Herald|access-date=March 24, 2014|date=October 12, 2010|archive-date=March 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324063310/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20101012000668|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Seung-han|title=PREVIEW: MBC TV series ''Queen of Reversal''|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent5&idxno=2010102111324963801|access-date=November 19, 2012|work=10Asia|date=October 21, 2010|archive-date=March 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324032755/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent5&idxno=2010102111324963801|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Plot== Hwang Tae-hee (Kim Nam-joo) leads a charmed life; after growing up in a wealthy family, she easily attains a coveted job. Ever the strong and decisive career woman, she is successful and beautiful, but lacks one important thing in her life: a man. Too much of a workaholic to make time for romance, she is taken aback when she falls hard for Bong Joon-soo (Jung Joon-ho). She loses no time in pursuing him and they soon get married, but when the honeymoon is over, Tae-hee finds that her rival at work and husband's ex, Baek Yeo-jin (Chae Jung-an), has taken over her job. Things aren't easy for Tae-hee as she juggles taking care of a daughter at home and leading a team at the same company as her husband and Yeo-jin. Misunderstandings grow over time between Tae-hee and Joon-soo, putting their marriage into jeopardy.
Meanwhile, Tae-hee's arrogant, immature chaebol boss Goo Yong-shik (Park Si-hoo), previously apathetic, grows more serious about his work with her guidance – and ends up falling hopelessly in love with her.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Seung-han|title=REVIEW: MBC TV series ''Queen of Reversal'' – 1st Episode|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010102114093606250|work=10Asia|access-date=March 24, 2014|date=October 21, 2010|archive-date=March 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324075851/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010102114093606250|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Queen of Reversals|url=http://www.yesasia.com/us/queen-of-reversals-vol-1-of-2-dvd-6-disc-english-subtitled-mbc-tv/1024033559-0-0-0-en/info.html|work=YesAsia|access-date=November 19, 2012|archive-date=October 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022055057/http://www.yesasia.com/us/queen-of-reversals-vol-1-of-2-dvd-6-disc-english-subtitled-mbc-tv/1024033559-0-0-0-en/info.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Cast== *Kim Nam-joo as Hwang Tae-hee *Jung Joon-ho as Bong Joon-soo *Park Si-hoo as Goo Yong-shik *Chae Jung-an as Baek Yeo-jin *Ha Yoo-mi as Han Song-yi *Choi Jung-woo as Goo Ho-seung *Kim Hye-jung as Jang Sook-jung *Kim Chang-wan as General Manager Mok Young-chul *Kim Yong-hee as Section Chief Oh Dae-soo *Im Ji-kyu as Kang-woo *Yu Ji-in as Oh Mi-soon *Park Jung-soo as Na Young-ja *Kim Yong-gun as Tae-hee's father *Shin Soo-yeon as So-ra, Tae-hee & Joon-soo's daughter *Yoo Hye-ri as Yong-shik's biological mother *Han Yeo-woon as Hwang Yeon-hee *Kim Se-min as Yeon-hee's husband *Han Kyu-hee as Joon-soo's father *Lee Joo-na as Bong Mi-geum *Lee Sun-young as Bong Soon-geum *Oh Na-ra as Bong Hae-kum *Ahn Sang-tae as Kang Dong-won *Kang Rae-yeon as So Yoo-kyung *Ga Deuk-hee as Bu Min-ah *Choi Yoon-young as Ki-ppeum *Oh Soo-min as Hyun-joo *Ryu Je-hee as Han Song-yi's secretary *Son Gun-woo as Team Leader Chu Sang-chul *Yoo Tae-woong as Goo Yong-chul *Jung Soo-young as Ji Hwa-ja (cameo, ep 5) *Kim Seung-woo as security guard (cameo, ep 7) *Lee Bong-won as (cameo)
==Ratings== In the table below, {{color|blue|'''the blue numbers'''}} represent the lowest ratings and {{color|red|'''the red numbers'''}} represent the highest ratings.
{| class="wikitable" ! width=100 | Date ! width=100 | Episode ! width=100 | Nationwide ! width=100 | Seoul |- align=center | 2010-10-18 || 01 || 9.6% (12th) || 10.2% (12th) |- align=center | 2010-10-19 || 02 || {{Color|blue|'''8.4%'''}} (16th) || {{Color|blue|'''9.2%'''}} (15th) |- align=center | 2010-10-25 || 03 || 8.8% (15th) || 10.0% (13th) |- align=center | 2010-10-26 || 04 || 9.0% (13th) || 9.7% (12th) |- align=center | 2010-11-01 || 05 || 8.5% (16th) || 9.6% (11th) |- align=center | 2010-11-02 || 06 || 9.6% (10th) || 10.7% (10th) |- align=center | 2010-11-08 || 07 || 10.0% (12th) || 11.2% (10th) |- align=center | 2010-11-09 || 08 || 10.4% (9th) || 11.4% (8th) |- align=center | 2010-11-15 || 09 || 13.8% (5th) || 14.9% (3rd) |- align=center | 2010-11-16 || 10 || 9.8% (9th) || 10.4% (8th) |- align=center | 2010-11-22 || 11 || 9.2% (13th) || 10.6% (9th) |- align=center | 2010-11-23 || 12 || 9.2% (11th) || 9.7% (10th) |- align=center | 2010-11-29 || 13 || 9.2% (12th) || 10.4% (9th) |- align=center | 2010-11-30 || 14 || 10.0% (8th) || 11.0% (6th) |- align=center | 2010-12-06 || 15 || 9.2% (12th) || 10.4% (8th) |- align=center | 2010-12-07 || 16 || 8.5% (14th) || 9.5% (9th) |- align=center | 2010-12-13 || 17 || 11.8% (5th) || 12.5% (5th) |- align=center | 2010-12-14 || 18 || 12.8% (6th) || 14.0% (5th) |- align=center | 2010-12-20 || 19 || 13.3% (5th) || 14.9% (4th) |- align=center | 2010-12-21 || 20 || {{Color|red|'''14.6%'''}} (5th) || 15.7% (4th) |- align=center | 2010-12-27 || 21 || 11.1% (6th) || 12.0% (5th) |- align=center | 2010-12-28 || 22 || {{Color|red|'''14.6%'''}} (5th) || 15.7% (4th) |- align=center | 2011-01-03 || 23 || 11.0% (9th) || 14.9% (4th) |- align=center | 2011-01-04 || 24 || 11.9% (7th) || 14.8% (5th) |- align=center | 2011-01-10 || 25 || 12.1% (6th) || {{Color|red|'''17.0%'''}} (3rd) |- align=center | 2011-01-11 || 26 || 12.8% (7th) || 16.8% (3rd) |- align=center | 2011-01-17 || 27 || 11.9% (8th) || 15.2% (4th) |- align=center | 2011-01-24 || 28 || 11.1% (9th) || 13.8% (4th) |- align=center | 2011-01-25 || 29 || 10.0% (12th) || 11.6% (7th) |- align=center | 2011-01-31 || 30 || 11.0% (11th) || 13.6% (5th) |- align=center | 2011-02-01 || 31 || 11.4% (9th) || 13.4% (5th) |- align="center" ! colspan=2 | Average || 10.8% || 12.1% |} Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130306081749/http://www.tnms.tv/ TNS Media Korea]
==International broadcast== * It aired in Japan on Fuji TV at the same time as another of Park Si-hoo's dramas, ''Prosecutor Princess''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sunwoo|first=Carla|title=Actor Park Si-hoo voted the "prettiest" man on a Japanese Web site|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2946949|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=September 1, 2013|date=January 11, 2012|archive-date=November 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118081637/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2946949|url-status=live}}</ref> * It aired in Panama on Sertv as "La Reina de los Reveses". * It aired in Vietnam on VTV6 as "Nữ hoàng rắc rối", beginning from September 24, 2012.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://program.imbc.com/topqueen ''Queen of Reversals'' official MBC website] {{in lang|ko}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140820025700/http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/drama/10/1774791_56089.html ''Queen of Reversals''] at MBC Global Media * {{Hancinema drama|Queen_of_Reversals}} {{Park Ji-eun}}
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