Stephanie Hsu as Ruby Yao,[3] a 33-year-old single Seattle-based party planner who is trying to solve why her sex partners are dying in the order she slept with them
Zosia Mamet as AJ, Ruby's best friend and roommate
Upon the series order announcement, Hsu was cast to star.[4] On March 13, 2024, Zosia Mamet, Michael Angarano, and Tommy Martinez joined the cast as series regulars.[5]
Release
Laid was released on Peacock on December 19, 2024.[2]
Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 96% approval rating with an average rating of 6.4/10, based on 26 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "A breezy showcase for Stephanie Hsu's considerable comedic chops, Laid racks up a high bodycount of laughs."[6]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 73 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[7]
Reviewing the series for Chicago Sun-Times, Richard Roeper gave a rating of 3.5/5 and said, 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."[8] Margaret Lyons of The New York Times described the series as "Biting in ways that feel special and gossipy, and unlike with lesser kooky mystery shows, its characters' smarts and forthrightness are what move the story forward."[9] In a review for Variety, Alison Herman wrote that Laid's heightened premise over similar series such as Lovesick results in a "tonal hurdle the eight-episode season proves unable to surmount". Laid is "breezily casual" about Ruby's former lovers dying while not interrogating how these deaths are a result of her actions.[10]
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