Complex sentence: The audience, however, felt that it was surprise just for surprise's sake, with sentiment being expressed that the show made a ludicrous decision to keep Babe over Dixie, if they had to kill off either character.
Split into simpler sentences: The audience, however, felt that it was surprise just for surprise's sake. Others voicing that the show made a ludicrous decision to keep Babe over Dixie, if they had to kill off either character.