Season 1
(2003)
Cast
as Seo Jang-geum
as Min Jeong-ho
as King Jungjong
as Park Yeol-yi
as Na Joo-daek
as Young Jang-geum
as Oh Gyeom-ho
as Seo Cheon-soo
as Ja Sun Dowager Queen
as Min Gwi-yeol
as Lee Yeon-saeng
as Han Baek-young
as Shin-bi
as Choi Geum-young
as Park Myung-yi
as Choi Seong-geum
as Kang Duk-gu
as Chang-yi
as Jung Mal-geum
as Choi Pan-sul
as Dr. Woon-baek
as Queen Munjeong
as Yoon Young-roh
as Dr. Jang-deok
as Young Chang-yi
as Young Geum-yeong
as Bi-sun
as Queen Lady Yoon
Episodes
Episode 01 7.0
September 15, 2003
At the time of King Sung Jong in 1482, a deputy officer delivers the order from the King to bestow poison on deposed Qu…
Episode 02 6.0
September 16, 2003
8 years has passed and the story now takes place in March, 1504. Seo, working as a smith, and Park, as a homemaker, ha…
Episode 03 7.0
September 22, 2003
Not able to bear her hunger, JangGeum enters DugGoo’s brewery to ask for some food. She is falsely charged as a thief b…
Episode 04 6.0
September 23, 2003
Court lady Han prepares a new dish for the King’s midnight meal and serves it. Because of Court lady Han’s exceptional …
Episode 05 7.0
September 29, 2003
While JagnGeum is practicing pine nut preparation under the moon light, she gets the chance to talk to GeumYoung. Not k…
Episode 06 7.0
September 30, 2003
Even after she becomes an adult, because JangGeum still cannot keep her curiosity under control and has to see for hers…
Episode 07 7.0
October 6, 2003
Every Court Lady and SaengGakSi, including Court Lady Jung, tries their very best to spare JangGeum’s life. Fortunately…
Episode 08 8.0
October 7, 2003
Every Court Lady and SaengGakSi, including Court Lady Jung, tries their very best to spare JangGeum’s life. Fortunately…
Episode 09 8.0
October 13, 2003
On her way back to the palace, JangGeum stops by the Royal library to drop off a letter for Jung, WoonBaek and encounte…
Episode 10 6.0
October 14, 2003
The jurors of the NaIn Qualification Exam including the Chief Court Lady decide to disqualify JangGeum on the basis of …
Episode 11 7.0
October 20, 2003
A cold noodle dish cooked with mineral water is highly praised by King JoongJong, and GeumYoung and JangGeum win recogn…
Episode 12 7.0
October 21, 2003
Chief Court Lady stops Court Lady Jung while taking JangGeum and GeumYoung to Royal Military office for a trial. Chief …
Episode 13 8.0
October 27, 2003
JangGeum proves that the cause of the Prince being paralyzed is not from the food poisoning but from ginseng, maximizin…
Episode 14 7.0
October 28, 2003
Court Lady Han encourages JangGeum by allowing her the chance to cook smothered prawn and Tofu Casserole. Court Lady Ch…
Episode 15 7.0
November 3, 2003
Court Lady Han orders JangGeum to cook bean paste soup to serve King JoongJong. The King is very satisfied with the dis…
Episode 16 8.0
November 4, 2003
Court Lady Choi and GeumYoung are stunned when King JoongJong speaks very highly of the whale meat dish JangGeum has co…
Episode 17 8.0
November 10, 2003
Court Lady Han and JangGeum lose the first competition. Court Lady Han scolds JangGeum for only concentrating on findin…
Episode 18 6.0
November 11, 2003
GeumYoung witnesses JangGeum and Min talking to each other in the temple and returns to the palace feeling miserable. G…
Episode 19 8.0
November 17, 2003
Chief Court Lady reports to the Queen mother that employees are being released from the palace due to the plague and th…
Episode 20 7.0
November 18, 2003
Court Lady Choi and GeumYoung serve ManHanJunSuk (all kinds of oily delicacies) to the chief ambassador and Oh, GyumHo …
Episode 21 8.0
November 24, 2003
Court Lady Han looks back up on her days spent with NaIn Park, JangGuem’s mother, and decides the dish she will prepare…
Episode 22 9.0
November 25, 2003
Knowing Court Lady Han has not yet returned, the Queen mother tries to stop the competition but the Queen’s earnest req…
Episode 23 9.0
December 1, 2003
Court Lady Jung falls ill and gets removed from the palace as the Royal regulations do not allow anyone but the King an…
Episode 24 10.0
December 2, 2003
Queen announces the rematch between Court Lady Choi and Han to the palace and decides the subject for the competition s…
Episode 25 9.0
December 8, 2003
YoungLo steals the account book JangGeum has been working on and takes it to Court Lady Choi. In that account book, the…
Episode 26 6.0
December 9, 2003
JangGeum and Court Lady Han find out that the letter unveiling the secret of the death of NaIn Park has disappeared. Co…
Episode 27 4.0
December 15, 2003
King JoongJong falls into a faint after returning from his trip to a hot spring, where he has recovered his health with…
Episode 28 7.0
December 16, 2003
As chief Royal Military guard insists, everyone relating to the incident, including Court Lady Choi and JangGeum, gathe…
Episode 29 7.0
December 22, 2003
JangGeum tries to escape to HanYang City but fails every time. One day, JangDug, a government servant, tells JangGeum h…
Episode 30 8.0
December 23, 2003
JangGeum finds out the only way for a government slave to return to the palace and goes to JangDug to learn medicine. J…
Episode 31 7.0
January 5, 2004
Unable to forgive herself for making a mistake in performing acupuncture on JangDug, JangGeum studies hard to better he…
Episode 32 8.0
January 6, 2004
JangGeum is taken to the royal military guard office for interrogation. Min, JungHo visits the royal military guard off…
Episode 33 6.0
January 12, 2004
Entering JeonEuiGam’s (the royal medical department in charge of educating and administration work) training area JangG…
Episode 34 8.0
January 13, 2004
While diagnosing patients’ illnesses with SinBi, JangGeum realizes that she has been solely relying on her limited know…
Episode 35 7.0
January 19, 2004
GeumYoung is surprised to see JangGeum at an office of eunuch department. Court Ladies from the royal kitchen and royal…
Episode 36 8.0
January 20, 2004
JangGeum questions the result of examination of pulse and prescription for the Queen. Eventually the Queen complains ab…
Episode 37 8.0
January 26, 2004
The Queen Mother refuses all medical treatment and loses her temper with the King. The Chief Court Lady Choi takes adva…
Episode 38 9.0
January 27, 2004
The Queen Mother starts to receive medical treatments but her condition grows worse as she has waited too long for the …
Episode 39 5.0
February 2, 2004
The King requests JangGeum to prepare rice cakes for his midnight meal as he misses having it ever since he tasted it a…
Episode 40 6.0
February 3, 2004
Min, JungHo follows JangGeum to save her and finds JangGeum in despair. As they leave the town, they encounter the peop…
Episode 41 8.0
February 9, 2004
JangGeum visits Court Lady Choi’s residence to provide medical treatment for food poisoning. Even though he has no alte…
Episode 42 8.0
February 10, 2004
While SinBi examines YeonSaeng’s pulse in front of Sin, IkPil, YeolI’s mistakes become obvious. Sin questions YeolI abo…
Episode 43 8.0
February 16, 2004
JangGeum is taken to NaeSiBoo for taking out the daily report on the King’s health but gets released with the help of t…
Episode 44 9.0
February 17, 2004
To unveil the truth about sulfur fed duck incident, they confiscate articles from the royal kitchens and Choi’s busines…
Episode 45 10.0
February 23, 2004
With help of JangGeum, Court Lady Choi and GeumYoung clear themselves of a false accusation of using poisonous mushroom…
Episode 46 9.0
February 24, 2004
JangGeum’s prescription betters the King’s health and wins King and Queen’s hearts. Min has found a clue which will unv…
Episode 47 8.0
March 1, 2004
YoungLo visits JangGeum with a bill received from Oh and Court Lady Choi, hoping to negotiate, as she cannot trust neit…
Episode 48 10.0
March 2, 2004
In front of SaHunBoo, everyone involved in the incident gathers and the testimony of Court Lady Choi and Oh conflicts. …
Episode 49 6.0
March 8, 2004
JangGeum leaves the palace to look after the community health center. Having tried her best to follow her mother and Co…
Episode 50 9.0
March 9, 2004
After hearing the news of King JoongJong appointing JangGeum to become his royal doctor in charge, Min hands in a lette…
Episode 51 10.0
March 15, 2004
The Queen is shocked to find out that her own son, KyungWonDaeGun is suffering from smallpox. The only thing Queen can …
Episode 52 7.0
March 16, 2004
Despite the opposition of JoaWeeJung and WooWeeJung, Min carries out King JoongJong’s order and creates a doctrine. Alt…
Episode 53 8.0
March 22, 2004
King JoongJong is jealous of Min as JangGeum reveals her feelings about Min to the King. On his way to visit Min, JungH…
Episode 54 10.0
March 23, 2004
Jang Geum's suggestion to perform surgery on the King is received with displeasure. Jang Geum is reunited with Min Jung…