Laid

"Laid" is exactly what Australia has been waiting for. A sitcom that is actually funny, witty, well acted and full of fire. In a dry comedy not too distanced from "Black Books", "Teachers" and "Coupling" Laid's protagonist, Roo McVie, navigates one of the strangest and most hilarious situations imaginable.

An excellent piece of television "Laid" easily eclipses all of the sitcoms for the year so far...watch out Britain! The first episode definitely captures your attention but the ones that follow draw you in to a world of humour so quick and dry that you wont want it to end.

It would be very easy to fall off your chair for laughing too hard...and this is experience talking.

Definitely worth a squiz and if that's not enough to get you hooked I don't know what is.

I really like season 1. It was funny. Yes, it was really, really weird also, but it was funny.

Season 2 - you just really hate 3 of the 4 main male characters. I mean, you watch a bunch of male characters that you like die, and these other three you just really, really hate and they won't die, they don't die. And they won't go away. It's just not fun.

I still like Roo and EJ. I'd like to see these two actresses in other things.

Sort of like Soap. Seasons 1 and 2 were great, and then it just all fell apart.

S#1 is funny, but weird and some might easily find it distasteful. S#2 got weirder, and seemed to meander. not many laughs. It's different, not in a good way. The reason her sex partners are dying is never revealed; and there is no plausible reason, even in wild speculation or fantasy. As well as the bizzare mystical healer. but in a time when there are films like Sausage Party and the older Animal House, can you fault this for coming to TV.

I absolutely LOVED the new Laid (2024) on Peacock. Followed it up with the movie Joy Ride (2023). Both were so much fun.

So a week later I decided to watch the original Australian version of Laid on Tubi/FreeVee.

Season 1 is hilarious. The Peacock version borrowed many of the same scenes, similar characters. But there's definitely a departure point.

Season 2 focuses on one story point and gets tunnel vision on following it, to the detriment of pretty ,uch everything.

It's Roo vs Marcus. And it feels like a 1 episode story, but then goes on and on, and gets weirder and weirder.

There's only 6 episodes per season, so there's no reason top not watch the second season. It's still fun, just almost a different show than the first.

Nothing is really explained. But it does have an ending.

The actors look really familiar to me, and I apparently haven't seen their other works. I think I might have downloaded the show and watched it when it was new, and have since forgotten about it.

A first review of this Australian series, which I feel deserves some attention after seeing the first episode: "Laid" is situated in an environment something like The Office, but with more of a protagonist focus. The series is about Roo, a 29 year old single girl who works at a product marketing firm, desperately searching for Mr Right and the situations she finds herself in by doing so.

Roo is an offbeat kind of person, never quite fitting in at work, never quite sure if what she says is totally off the wall or if it is the current acceptable way of thinking.

The humor is very on the mark and quite racy compared to the more normative and streamlined US TV series, and the main character Roo (Alison Bell) comes off as both real and also very funny.

So hoping that the series keeps its format...

8/10