Taxi Driver (South Korean TV series)

Taxi Driver () is a South Korean television series starring Lee Je-hoon, Esom and Kim Eui-sung. Based on the webtoon "The Deluxe Taxi" by Carlos and Lee Jae-jin, it was premiered on SBS TV on April 9, 2021, and airs every Friday and Saturday at 22:00 KST. 
The actors' solid acting skills and implementation of vicarious satisfaction justice are gaining popularity with various episodes that create a consensus among viewers. The crime phenomenon in the drama is based on the actual heinous crimes committed in Korea.
The May 1st episode was the most watched episode to air on any channel on Friday among 20-49 year olds.
Synopsis.
Kim Do-gi is a Korea Military Academy graduate whose mother was murdered when he was young. He now works as a taxi driver for a company which offers a "revenge-call" service to its clients.
Production.
Development.
On December 4, 2019, it was reported that SBS was considering adapting the webtoon "The Deluxe Taxi" by Carlos and Lee Jae-jin into a television series. Wavve platform also invested in the series. and it is reported that it has invested in several series such as Zombie Detective (2020), (2021), Alice (2020).
Casting.
On November 20, 2020, Lee Je-hoon, Esom, Kim Eui-sung and Lee Na-eun were confirmed to star in the series. On March 8, 2021, Lee Na-eun officially left the cast following bullying accusations made against her. Two days later, it was announced that Pyo Ye-jin would replace Lee Na-eun.
Filming.
As of March 8, 2021, about 60% of filming was complete, though scenes featuring Lee Na-eun were scheduled to be re-shot following her removal from the cast.
Release.
The first teaser video and teaser poster were released on December 31, 2020.
The Pacific series is a fleet of fifty lightweight streamlined sleeping cars built by the Budd Company for the Union Pacific Railroad in 1949–1950. Each car contained ten roomettes and six double bedrooms. Union Pacific sold several to the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road") in the late 1960s; Amtrak purchased most of the fleet in the early 1970s. Several remain in use as business cars.
Design.
After World War II the 10-roomette 6-double bedroom (colloquially the "10-6 sleeper") design proved popular in the United States, with 682 such cars manufactured. All fifty Pacific series cars were built on Budd lot number 9660.039, and allocated Pullman Plan 9522. In this design the ten roomettes were numbered 1-10 and split down the middle by a hallway, while all six double bedrooms (designated A-F) were off to one side. A bathroom and porter's room were located across from each other at the vestibule end of the car. The car sides were corrugated instead of smooth, which was uncommon for Union Pacific equipment.
Service history.
Budd delivered the fifty cars between December 1949 and June 1950; the "largest class of sleepers on the Union Pacific rails." The Union Pacific used the Pacific series on various overnight streamliners in the 1950s and 1960s. One car, "Pacific Empire", was written off after a rear-end collision at Wyuta, Wyoming in November 1951. The Milwaukee Road purchased five from the Union Pacific in June 1969 in order to equalise the per diem payments on their jointly-operated Overland Route passenger services. The final iteration of the Union Pacific's "City of Everywhere" (the joint operation of the "Challenger", "City of Denver", "City of Los Angeles", "City of Portland", and "City of San Francisco") included four "Pacific"-series sleeping cars, three from the Union Pacific and one from the Milwaukee Road.
Between 1971–1974 Amtrak purchased 43 of the remaining 44 "Pacific"-series cars from the Union Pacific fleet. Most were retired from service in the mid-1990s; several Amtrak rebuilt as crew dormitory cars and those remained in service into the 2000s. One, "Pacific Cape", remains in use as a business car. The Union Pacific retained "Pacific Domain", renamed "Cabarton", as a staff car. The Milwaukee Road's five cars were all sold to Mexico in 1971 and 1972.