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Inborn Pair (Chinese: 真愛找麻煩; pinyin: Zhen Ai Zhao Ma Fan) is a 2011 to 2012 Taiwanese romantic comedy drama television series created and developed by SETTV. It stars Annie Chen and Chris Wang as the main leads,[1][2] and directed by Golden Bell Award winning director Feng Kai (馮凱). Filming began on November 18, 2011 and debuted on SETTV ETTV on December 13, 2011. Its final episode aired on April 9, 2012 with 84 episodes in total.
| Inborn Pair | |
|---|---|
Promotional poster | |
| Genre | Romance Comedy |
| Written by | Zhang Yuzhong 張宇忠, Shao Huiting 邵慧婷, Lín Pèiyú 林珮瑜, Wang Lingfei 王玲斐 |
| Directed by | Feng Kai 馮凱 |
| Starring | Annie Chen Chris Wang Puff Kuo Jennifer Hong |
| Opening theme | Conductor 指揮家 by Richie Jen |
| Ending theme | I Don't Want to Leave You Alone 我不願，讓你一個人 by Mayday |
| Country of origin | Taiwan |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 84 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Fang Xiaoren 方孝仁, Rong Junyi 戎俊義 |
| Production location | Taiwan |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | SETTV |
| Original release | |
| Network | SETTV |
| Release | 13 December 2011 – 9 April 2012 |
| Related | |
| Ti Amo Chocolate | |
Two people who have had a couple of run ins, who never had much luck in love, found themselves betrothed by their families. They give in to a slight hope that because they had drawn the same fortunes, met coincidentally many times, and found one another interesting and attractive, that maybe just maybe they were meant to be. They misunderstand, confuse, frustrate, and hurt each other along the way. Slowly they lay down their fears and mistrust as they grow into a beautiful closeness and genuine fondness for one another. In the end, they believe that they were indeed fated and destined for one another, but the road to happily ever after is indeed a rocky one.
Song Yi Jie (Annie Chen) is a paralegal who is studying to obtain her legal practitioner license. She is a righteous girl who cannot tolerate the weak being bullied. When she sees an unfaithful husband at her law office refusing to divorce his wife because he wants to keep his good clean image, she volunteered her service by pretending to be his girlfriend in order to obtain evidence against the husband's infidelity.
Ke Wei Xiang (Chris Wang) is the General Manager and runs his family hotel corporation. He mistakes Yi Jie to be a cheater when he meets her at his hotel. The two get off on the wrong foot when she thinks he is a womanizer while he thinks she is a home wrecker. Wei Xiang is actually an obedient son who will listen and do everything his parents and grandmother tells him to do.
The two meet again when they find out they are betrothed to each other over a promise Wei Xiang's grandmother made to Yi Jie's grandfather years ago for saving her life from a robbery. No one agrees to this marriage not even them but in order to make their grandparents happy they hesitantly proceed with marrying each other, but the two eventually fall in love and make their marriage real.
| Year | Country/Region | Channel | Timeslot | Episode premiere | Episode finale | Avg rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Taiwan | SETTV | Monday to Friday 20:00 - 21:00 | December 13, 2011 | April 9, 2012 | - |
| ETTV | Monday to Friday 21:00 - 22:00 | December 13, 2011 | April 9, 2012 | - | ||
| 2012 | Singapore | StarHub TV VV Drama | Monday to Friday 19:00 - 20:00 | March 26, 2012 | July 19, 2012 | |
| Hong Kong | J2 | Monday to Friday 13:30 - 14:30 | February 9, 2012 | June 5, 2012 | ||
| Malaysia | Astro Quan Jia HD | Monday to Friday 22:30 - 23:30 | November 30, 2012 | March 27, 2013 | ||
| 2015 | Thailand | Amarin TV | Monday to Friday 14:00 - 15:00 | June 15, 2015 | September 9, 2015 |
Inborn Pair did not release an official soundtrack. However, there are songs used in the series. In particular, the series had six songs from different artists released in their respective albums. The opening theme song used is "Conductor" (指揮家) by Richie Jen while the ending theme song used is by Mayday entitled "I Don't Want to Leave You Alone" (我不願，讓你一個人).
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer - Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Conductor" (指揮家) | 阿璞(八三夭) | 黃晟峰 | Richie Jen 任賢齊 | |
| 2. | "I Don't Want to Leave You Alone" (我不願，讓你一個人) | 阿信 | 阿信, 冠佑 | Mayday 五月天 | |
| 3. | "Unopened Gift" (未拆的礼物) | 林夕 | 張簡君偉 | Victor 品冠 | |
| 4. | "I'm Sure" (我確定) | 易桀齊 | 易桀齊, 伍冠諺 | Victor 品冠 | |
| 5. | "Not Your Fault" (不是你的錯) | 黃婷 | 林邁可 | Ding Dang 丁噹 | |
| 6. | "One Person Is Impossible by" (一個人不可能) | 嚴爵, 黃婷 | 嚴爵 | Ding Dang 丁噹 |
Inborn Pair received positive reviews from audiences and garnered successful ratings, hitting above the 5.00 rating average on certain episodes. Right after Inborn Pair finished airing, the production team went into development for Sanlih's next romance idol drama. However, hoping to strike double-rating success, they decided to split Chen and Wang up to produce two different new dramas airing back to back on Thursday nights. Annie Chen was paired up with George Hu to film Love, Now, while Chris Wang was paired up with Ann Hsu to film Love Me or Leave Me. Both dramas are from the same writers as Inborn Pair and filmed at the same time. The staff who worked on the series were also split into two team to work on both new dramas since they were produced and filmed at the same time.[3]
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 47th Golden Bell Awards[4] | Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series Jennifer Hong |
Nominated |
| Best Programme Marketing | Nominated |
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