One other day, one other under-appreciated comedy gem will get tossed to the wayside by its streaming residence. That is proper, the Stephanie Hsu-starring (and executive-produced!) comedy sequence, Laid, has been canceled after a single season on Peacock. The present was a success with critics (together with our personal Greg Archer) and followers who tuned in — gaining it a 93% on the Tomatometer (and a 75% on the Popcornmeter, aka the viewers vote), which appears an enormous low, all issues thought-about. Sadly, reward was not sufficient to persuade Peacock to offer the sequence one other season, which is a disgrace for anybody who watched the present.
The information, which was first reported by Deadline, comes at a time when fewer and fewer comedy sequence are getting the inexperienced mild. Laid adopted Hsu’s Ruby Yao as she —over the course of the sequence’ 8 episodes — realized that each one of her former lovers had been dying in uncommon methods, forcing her to confront her previous (and subsequent intercourse companions) to be able to transfer ahead. It additionally starred Zosia Mamet as her bestie, AJ. The sequence was a hilarious tackle the age-old concept that “there’s nothing improper with you! You simply have not discovered the appropriate particular person but!” As a result of, because it turned out, the issue was truly Ruby, by the use of a generational curse that was placed on her household.
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There may be at present no phrase whether or not the sequence’ co-showrunners, government producers, and writers Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna are planning to buy it round to a different community or studio. However optimistically, they are going to be, as a result of the world must put some respect on the romantic comedy style’s proverbial title!
Curious to know the way Season 1 ended and the place we hoped Season 2 would possibly take us? Hold studying within the part beneath.
‘Laid’ Was A Subversive Twist On The Romantic Comedy — And It is A Disgrace That It is Gone
Along with Hsu and Mamet, the sequence additionally starred Michael Angarano, and featured visitor stars like Andre Hyland, Kate Berlant, David Denman, John Early, Ettore “Huge E” Ewen, Chloe Fineman, Olivia Holt, Simu Liu, Finneas O’Connell, and Alexandra Shipp. To be trustworthy, the truth that the sequence might appeal to such hilarious and talaented visitor stars needs to be all a studio must see to get on board with reviving it on their respective platform.
After which there was the way it all ended: with the return of Ruby’s estranged father (François Chau), and the revelation that this curse from which she suffers is definitely a generational one. This, naturally, would have made for a gangbusters Season 2. Not solely that, Ruby’s try to switch mentioned curse additionally got here again within the final beats of the finale, when Finneas O’Connell’s Jason died fairly instantly after a marathon.
Contemplating the truth that Khan and McKenna additionally created Do not Belief The B In Apt 23 — one other present gone too quickly — we hope we’ll see extra from, if not from this present, then one other one in every of their sensible and hilarious creations. Till then, we’ll simply be over right here within the nook, ruing the day Peacock determined to cancel such a implausible sequence.
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December 19, 2024
