I would never ever sacrifice the direction/story of a show just bc of what some angry citizens think. sorry but the director fucked up his own show when he decided to try to remove Kim Saeron from the series, BULLSHIT. he should've bit the bullet and continued finish filming the show with her. Knowing this was a Netflix production, they should've known it would have gotten a much much larger international audience and the backlash from the irrational, sexist, holier-than thou, self-righteous, hypocritcal knetz wouldn't have mattered
also if you compare the SBS weekend dramas from the last year, only 3/10 dramas have reached double digit ratings by the 2nd episode. revenant being able to break the barrier to be in the same level as Taxi Driver 2 and Dr Romantic 3 is unquestionably impressive and not "normal"