SummaryRuby (Stephanie Hsu) learns her exes are suddenly mysteriously dying and seeks to talk to all her previous lovers before they die in the comedy series based on the Australian series of the same name.
Created By:Sally Bradford, Nahnatchka Khan
Laid (2024)
Season 1 Premiere:
Dec 19, 2024
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Generally Favorable
73
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5.8
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Dec 17, 2024
88
From “Graceland” singalongs to asides about a recent and disturbing reality series to ex-boyfriends dropping like flies, “Laid” might be an acquired taste and could be accused of being less than tasteful, but it’s funny as hell and even kind of sweet in its own warped way.
Dec 19, 2024
80
The series is a terrific showcase not only for Hsu, but for Mamet. .... There are some narrative stumbles along the way, though. .... Still, there are enough strong moments sprinkled throughout these eight episodes — various montages of the friends trying and failing to warn Ruby’s exes what’s coming, separate cameos by John Early and Kate Berlant — to make it an appealing holiday binge.
User score
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5.8
54% Positive
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Feb 1, 2025
7
"Laid" (S01, 8-eps, 30-min, Peacock) This is clearly a showcase for Stephanie Hsu who EPs and stars in this fun, superficial comedy. Her character, Ruby, is a flighty and very promiscuous party planner. She soon realizes that former romantic conquests are unexpectedly dying so the balance of the series is her, with costar Zosier Mamet as AJ, treating this as a true crime thing that needs to be solved before more die. I have to agree with other reviewers that note Stephanie thinks too highly of herself in this role given she's a 4 (with makeup) so plausibility takes a hit. Though she doesn't resolve her mystery, the final scene of the finale opens the door for that resolution in a sophomore season.
Jan 29, 2025
6
Having watched the Australian version years back, the major difference is how the protagonist is written, The American "serial killer" is an annoying person who often gets her comeuppance with her friends and seemingly never learns. The possible second season hopefully improves as the new reveals at the end of the first season were laid bare.
Dec 19, 2024
80
“Laid” is fun, but you don’t want it to end for all the wrong reasons: The closer the show drifts to a solution, the less you want to hear it.
Dec 17, 2024
80
In the end, the familiarity of Laid becomes more of an asset than its high concept. There’s something delightful about the balance the show strikes between repeating comfort-food clichés and subtly subverting them.
Dec 19, 2024
70
All in all, “Laid” is lightweight almost to a fault; the life-or-death stakes of Ruby’s inadvertent sexual killing spree don’t quite land in a show with the same kind of lightness as “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23” (which Khan and McKenna collaborated on before this). This goes double when the show actually tries to land on some answers for Ruby’s predicament. .... As a reflection on the ways our baggage keeps us from truly building new relationships, “Laid” is far more interesting.
Dec 17, 2024
60
The resulting series has a lot of fun with its premise, boosted even further by the affectionate repartee between stars Stephanie Hsu and Zosia Mamet. But the more that central idea is treated as a thing to be understood in functional terms and not just as a colorful metaphor, the less interested I became. By the time the show reached its over-explained final episodes, I was more than ready for a tight, finite conclusion. Instead, Laid sets itself up for possibly the least narratively necessary second season in recent years.
Dec 19, 2024
40
In the end, “Laid” lacks a perspective on Ruby’s affliction. Is it a metaphor for how she treats her exes, or just a chance to make comedy from the sheer agglomeration of tragedy? Whichever metric one uses, “Laid” ultimately falls short.
Dec 28, 2024
5
Potentially interesting premise, but with lacking anything resembling an actual story, and so disappointingly and boringly executed, it's not worth your valuable time and attention. Maybe if the actors were likable, there'd be something there, there, but with the exception of Zosia Mamet, the actors aren't likable. At all.
Dec 20, 2024
2
Stephanie Hsu is only annoying and in her acting not for one second near any credibility. Overacting seems to be the most friendly term for this kind of self-obsession and overexpressivity.
Production Company:
- Insider Entertainment
- All3Media International
- Davis Entertainment
- Fierce Baby Productions
- Porchlight Films
- Universal Television
Initial Release Date:Dec 19, 2024
Number of seasons:1 Season
Rating:TV-MA
