Laid
Warning : This article moderate MAJOR SPOILERS for Peacock ’s Laid !
Because of the macabre premiss , Laidseason 1 includes 21 deaths that range from shock to laughably cockeyed , contribute comedy to Ruby ’s direful situation . The dark comedy show , which holds a 96%Rotten Tomatoesscore , is base on an Australian show of the same name . The Peacock show follows Ruby Yao , a 33 - yr - former cleaning lady who forecast out that all her exes are pass away in the order that she slept with them . She and her best admirer AJ set out to track the deaths , figure out what ’s causing them , and warn the upcoming victims .
However , this becomes difficult with Ruby ’s alive sex life and high torso count . To keep data track of everyone ask , AJ produce a “ sex timeline”that outlines everyone Ruby sleep with , their background signal , when they had sex , what specific Acts of the Apostles they did , and any distinguish details about their genitalia . Throughout the series , they update the board , adding new information that come up , such as their manner of death . This make it easy to keep track of the men and cleaning lady die . By the end of thedark comedy , all but three of Ruby ’s preceding intimate partner have prick the debris .
14David, Ruby’s First Sexual Partner
Before Laid Season 1, Episode 1, “Brandon From College”
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Ruby had sex for the first clip with her gamy schooling young man David , who fingered her at prom . Though he ’s never shown onscreen , David is painted as one of Ruby ’s better ex-wife . She describes him as sweet , and she ca n’t commemorate why exactly they crack up . Based on Ruby ’s voicemails while call him , they had a bit where Ruby would allow for messages on his machine pretending to be different fame .
Unfortunately , she learns through a earpiece call that David pop off of sepsis . Even though she only learns about his death at the close ofLaidseason 1 , episode 1 , he actually died before Brandon . This revelation helps AJ realize that Ruby ’s exes are dying in the ordering that she slept with them .
12Brandon Rafferty From College
Laid Season 1, Episode 1, “Brandon From College”
The first death that Ruby learn about inLaidis that of her ex - boyfriend , Brandon Rafferty , from college . At first , she does n’t even remember him , but she eventually figures out that he was the man who fart a little bit every fourth dimension he thrust during sex , run to the nickname “ Farty Scorsese . ” She and AJ also agreed back in schooling that he looked like a tall Bilbo Baggins .
The good friends attend Brandon ’s funeral only to ascertain that he was a virgin when he log Z’s with Ruby , and he became haunted with her after they broke up , even naming his dog after her . Despite their best travail , AJ and Ruby never figure out how he die , mistrust that a gunfire kill him .
11Jeffrey, Brandon’s Best Friend
At Brandon ’s funeral , Ruby feed into Brandon ’s best friend , Jeffrey , with whom she also had sexual activity . The two leave the funeral , but they get into a fight when Ruby tries to kiss him . Jeffrey blames her for break his friendly relationship with Brandon back in college , even though he came onto her first . After calling her a frightful person , he intercept their Uber and storm aside into the street . A gadget driver hit him , station him wing into the Uber ’s windshield . This is one of the most shocking and bloodiest onscreen dying inLaid , setting the tonicity for the repose of the show .
10Michael Schloss
Laid Season 1, Episode 2, “FB To The T”
While most of Ruby ’s passee - sexual partners appear onscreen , one of the few role who is n’t express is Michael Schloss . They do n’t add any details about him on the sexual practice timeline , so his relationship with Ruby is mysterious . He know from 1987 to 2024 , making him 37 at the time of his death . When talking to the detective about having a stalker , Ruby discover that he expire from anorexia , take a stalker might have withdraw advantage of his illness to bolt down him . After his death , someone who had his account wish one of Ruby ’s Instagram posts , which was a reword verse form .
9Robert, The Man Ruby Thought She’d Marry
Laid Season 1, Episode 2, “FB To The T”
Of all the people she slept with , Ruby only carry reliable love towards two of her ex inLaid . Robert is the man who she and her friends thought she would marry . AJ and Ruby never hash out why the duo broke up , but it ’s clear that Ruby feels heartbroken about losing him . Unfortunately , she break down to his wedding party without a positive - one , which she confronts him about .
HBO ’s Girls became the show for the struggling millennial , and a Peacock original with a 96 % Rotten Tomatoes score feels like the pure follow - up .
In reply , he differentiate Ruby that she ’s too selfish for someone to need a serious , long - full term relationship with her . This send her spiraling , extend to Ruby sleeping with Zack – AJ ’s on - again , off - again young man of five geezerhood . After she and Zack leave for the woods , AJ learn Robert say that he ’s give way of lymphoma , which is reassert as his method acting of death in his necrology .
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8Stu Jackward, The Baseball Player
When talking about baseball player Stu Jackward to AJ , Ruby delineate him as her first adult kinship . Stu shot ruby a t - shirt from the t - shirt canyon with his phone turn on it at an event . After she call him , he took her to a Ruth ’s Chris Steak House . During sex , Stu gave Ruby her first orgasm .
However , she watches him pop off on a TV silver screen alongside everyone else inLaidseason 1 , episode 2.Stu Jackward carry a yucky ball to the temple during a baseball game secret plan , which AJ shortens to “ FB to the triiodothyronine ” throughout season 1 . During the aftermath of the destruction , the mascot does n’t realize what ’s happen and tries to hype up the crowd , giving the situation a hilarious dichotomy .
7Ruby’s Sex Cluster (Simon, João, Philipe & Jordana, Chuck, Corbin the Clown, Lug, Pete the Bartender, and Brian Glidewell)
Laid Season 1, Episode 3, “Sex Cluster”
installment 3 ofLaidfocuses solely on Ruby ’s “ sex cluster , ” a group of 10 multitude with whom Ruby had sex over a brusque period of time . The members of the sexual activity cluster let in a finance bro , a previous foreign exchange educatee , two members of a throuple , a man she met at Popeyes , a clown , a man who ate his feelings , a bar trivia host , a mixologist , and a gentleman’s gentleman who has disappeared .
Characters
Method of Death
Simon
Car crash
João
Chainsaw to the pectus
Philippe and Jordana
Sauna Malfunction
Chuck
Rock climbing accident
Corbin the Clown
affection attack
Lucas / Lug
Colon shoo-in in a burpees bootcamp
Pete the Bartender
strange
Brian Glidewell
" Glided well into the afterlife "
Ruby and AJ fix out to admonish the masses who will cash in one’s chips , but almost none of them think her , thinking she ’s being dramatic . The only somebody who full buys into the gender / death timeline is Richie , the one member of the sex cluster who does n’t break .
6John Early, A Gay Comedian/Actor
Laid Season 1, Episode 4, “Flagstaff”
The openly gay actor John Early plays a fictionalize version of himself in thecast ofLaid . Ruby and John first met at the outset of COVID-19 during a mutual friend ’s barbecue . They had sex after drinking maitais because he figured he might as well sleep with a woman once , leading to a uproarious sex scene where they ’re wearing masks .
Ruby tries to discourage him about his impendent death while on a airplane , but he says that unless she is go to pay him $ 2.5 million , then he ’s going to Flagstaff to trade an Icelandic yoghourt called Siggi . Ultimately , this decision lead to his demise , ashe ’s the only person who dies in a carpenter’s plane crash .
5Caleb, The Bank Teller
Laid Season 1, Episode 5, “Secret Soft”
The first scene ofLaidshows Ruby warning Caleb about his at hand last through the glass at his bank job . She reminds him they met in a bar and had White Russians and clam linguini together . They hook up in the can , and he gave her the wrong numeral . However , she never call , so she does n’t hear this until after talking to him at the bank . While she ’s with the investigator , a shot come about at the bank , killing Caleb . Despite the fact that she could n’t be present at the bank , the detective extend to suspect her of killing her exes .
