Laid (2024)

The American version of this originally Australian comedy series stars Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu as thirty-three-year-old Ruby Yao, who is having very little luck when it comes to finding love. We see her go on a third date with Jason (Finneas O’Connell), and it seems to be going well, but then they have sex and it’s awkward. Instead of giving it another chance, Ruby decides to end things. Not long after, she gets a text from her roommate and bestie AJ (Zosia Mamet) that Ruby’s college boyfriend Brandon has died. At the funeral, she reconnects with Brandon’s best friend Jeffrey (Josh Segarra), who she apparently slept with after breaking up with Brandon. Then Jeffrey dies. Then another old boyfriend dies and Ruby starts to put it together that everyone she has slept with is dying in the order that she slept with them. This prompts Ruby and AJ to make a list of all her past sexual partners so they can warn them of their impending fate and also - hopefully - figure out why this is happening and stop it… all while swooning over a client named Isaac (Tommy Martinez) who she is helping plan a 40th-anniversary party for his parents. We get a glimpse of Stephanie’s bra-clad bosom while in bed with a bearded Michael Angarano and then she and Tommy grind their jeans together as a precautionary measure so as not to sign his death warrant. But, come on, sex with Stephanie Hsu?!? What a way to go!