'Laid' review: Stephanie Hsu and Zosia Mamet shine in this funny, bingeable rom-com mystery

The Peacock series, developed by Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna, centers on Ruby, a woman whose exes are mysteriously dying one by one.

In 'Laid,' premiering Thursday on Peacock, Stephanie Hsu plays Ruby, a self-centered woman of 33 who discovers that everyone she has ever had sex with is dead or dying, in the order she had sex with them. As seems to be the case in most every modern romantic comedy — this is, often, in a purposely self-conscious way — she has been serially dating with poor results, not helped by her own judgmental attitude.

In fact, there is no natural explanation for any of it; the deaths are unrelated by anything but Ruby's oft-mentioned vagina. Developed by Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna from a 2011 Australian series of the same name, it follows the original's road map much of the way — though the former series, which streams on Prime Video and which I recommend, is more modest, compact and focused, with significantly different characters.

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