Amanda Knox made a surprise appearance in Peacock's Laid — but how did it come to be? During the season finale, which premiered earlier this month, Zosia Mamet's character, AJ, accidentally scored a dinner with Knox,

Developed by Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna from the 2011 Australian series, Laid stars Stephanie Hsu as Ruby Yao, a 33-year-old single woman who discovers that all her past sex partners are dying in the order in which she slept with them.

Co-showrunner Sally Bradford McKenna tells The Hollywood Reporter about the decision to include Knox, who was acquitted of her roommate's 2007 murder.