Laid | |
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Genre | Black comedy Drama |
Created by | Marieke Hardy Kirsty Fisher |
Directed by | Trent O'Donnell Abe Forsythe |
Starring | Alison Bell Celia Pacquola Abe Forsythe Toby Truslove Damon Herriman |
Opening theme | "My Girl's Pussy" by R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Debbie Lee Vincent Sheehan |
Producer | Liz Watts |
Running time | 26–30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ABC1 |
Release | 9 February 2011 – 6 June 2012 |
Laid is an Australian television comedy series that first aired on 9 February 2011 on ABC1. The 12-episode comedy series was written by Marieke Hardy and Kirsty Fisher, and produced by Liz Watts. Laid was renewed for a second series, which aired from 2 May to 6 June 2012.
Roo McVie is a market researcher who faces an unenviable situation when her former lovers start dying in strange and unexpected circumstances. With EJ, her best friend and flatmate, Roo embarks on a quest to find a pattern and stop the trail of deaths. [1]
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In October 2011, it was reported that television network NBC bought the rights to adapt an American version of the series. [2] On January 11, 2024, Peacock gave production a straight-to-series order for an American version of Laid which is developed by Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna. Stephanie Hsu is in the lead role. [3] It is set to premiere on December 19, 2024. [4]
The first series of Laid was released on DVD under the title of Laid: The Complete First Season on 7 April 2011. [5] The second series was released on DVD under the title of Laid: The Complete Second Season on 5 July 2012. [6]
Year | Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
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2011 | AACTA Awards [7] | Best Comedy Performance | Alison Bell | Nominated |
Celia Pacquola | Nominated | |||
Best Comedy Series | Liz Watts | Won | ||
Best Screenplay | Kirsty Fisher | Nominated | ||
Australian Writers' Guild Awards [8] | Best Situation or Narrative Episode | Marieke Hardy | Won | |
2012 | Australian Directors Guild Awards [9] | Best Direction in a TV Comedy Series | Trent O'Donnell | Nominated |
Australian Writers' Guild Awards [10] | Best Situation or Narrative Episode | Marieke Hardy | Nominated | |
Monte-Carlo Television Festival [11] | Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | Damon Herriman | Nominated | |
Series # | Season # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Trent O'Donnell | Marieke Hardy | 9 February 2011 | |
Roo McVie is a market researcher who likes to have a good time. After attending former lover Brendan Atherton's funeral, she faces an unenviable situation when more of her former lovers start dying in strange and unexpected circumstances. She embarks on a quest to find a pattern and stop the litany of deaths with EJ, her best friend and flatmate. [12] | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Trent O'Donnell | Marieke Hardy | 16 February 2011 | |
It's a triple whammy for Roo when she sleeps with Zach post yet another break up with EJ, finds out that Charlie has a girlfriend and learns her past big love, Andrew, is dying. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Trent O'Donnell | Kirsty Fisher | 23 February 2011 | |
Charlie asks Roo to fill in on his indoor cricket team. Telly, a man who Roo had a drunken night with, plays for a rival team. Telly is hit in the head by a cricket ball and killed. Meanwhile, EJ has prepared a photo-board of Roo's exes. Roo tries to track down Russell Black, the next ex on her list, and tries to protect him. But he falls off a cliff and is rushed to the hospital. While Roo is in the waiting room, EJ calls to tell Roo the ex after Russ has died, which leaves her confused. A confession from Russ clears up why he didn't die – Russ didn't go all the way with Roo. | ||||||
4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Trent O'Donnell | Marieke Hardy | 2 March 2011 | |
Roo visits a suburban shaman who uses a hot tub to attempt to remove her curse. Zach finds the photo-board and works out that all the exes, including him, are slated for death. He decides to warn all Roo's former lovers and calls them to a meeting at a pub, where they all, except for him, die from food poisoning. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Trent O'Donnell | Marieke Hardy | 9 March 2011 | |
Roo has moved out of the flat and EJ is not speaking to her, after EJ found out that Roo slept with Zach at the end of the previous episode. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Trent O'Donnell | Marieke Hardy | 16 March 2011 | |
Zach holds his own wake and then decides to tick off his bucket list and while swimming in a shark tank chokes on a fish and is declared dead – only to revive, possibly dodging his fate. Charlie takes Roo to meet his mother, a spiritualist, who tells Roo she has to make peace with her dead lovers. After a ceremony doing this, Charlie believes the curse is lifted and they sleep together – the next day he doesn't wake up. |
Series # | Season # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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7 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Abe Forsythe | Marieke Hardy and Kirsty Fisher | 2 May 2012 | |
Charlie is in a coma. G-Bomb recommends Roo see Marcus Dwyer, the "opposite" of Roo – any woman he has sex with is cured of her ailment. Charlie wakes from coma, but seems about to succumb to the curse, so Roo tries to get him to have sex with Marcus, but both refuse. | ||||||
8 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Abe Forsythe | Marieke Hardy and Kirsty Fisher | 9 May 2012 | |
Charlie's mother Jan has sex with Marcus while EJ takes notes. Roo decides to have sex with Marcus to remove her curse, but he refuses, fearing he will lose his power. Zach believes he is the Second Coming of Christ, and tries to perform miracles, with little success. | ||||||
9 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Abe Forsythe | Marieke Hardy | 16 May 2012 | |
Zach and his friend decide to spend the day with Marcus. Charlie recovers, then has a relapse after sleeping with Roo. Desperate, she decides to drug Marcus and rape him, but is unable to get him to perform. | ||||||
10 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Abe Forsythe | Marieke Hardy | 23 May 2012 | |
Marcus tries to contact Roo, but EJ rebuffs him and takes Roo to a sexual healing retreat to keep her away from him. EJ has also lost patience with Zach's Jesus obsession and broken off with him; and Charlie attempts suicide. | ||||||
11 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Abe Forsythe | Kirsty Fisher | 30 May 2012 | |
Roo's great grandmother's funeral, her wake features a pinata. Marcus is impotent and blames Roo; she helps him rebuild his confidence. Zach meanwhile tries to take Marcus' place. | ||||||
12 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Abe Forsythe | Marieke Hardy | 6 June 2012 | |
Marcus decides he is in love with Roo and says he will have sex with her, if she will stay with him. Roo agrees, and as they have sex Charlie is cured. Roo then abandons Marcus and later, when he tries to cure another woman, she dies instead. |
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