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- 2024
- Peacock
- 2024
- Peacock
Summary Ruby (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.
- 2024
- Peacock
- 2024
- Peacock
Laid (2024)
Season 1 Premiere: Dec 19, 2024
73
5.4
Summary Ruby (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.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
73
71% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
29% Mixed
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5 Reviews
0% Negative
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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.
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.
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Based on 24 User Ratings
5.4
54% Positive
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 User Ratings
5.4
54% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
13% Mixed
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3 Ratings
33% Negative
8 Ratings
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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.
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“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Production Company:
- All3Media International
- Davis Entertainment
- Fierce Baby Productions
- Porchlight Films
- Universal Television
Initial Release Date: Dec 19, 2024
Number of seasons: 1 Season
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