diff --git a/daft/series.py b/daft/series.py
index 2430dbf31d..ece133c060 100644
--- a/daft/series.py
+++ b/daft/series.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import sys
 from typing import TypeVar
 
 import pyarrow as pa
@@ -490,8 +491,41 @@ def image(self) -> SeriesImageNamespace:
     def __reduce__(self) -> tuple:
         if self.datatype()._is_python_type():
             return (Series.from_pylist, (self.to_pylist(), self.name(), "force"))
-        else:
+        elif sys.platform == "win32":
             return (Series.from_arrow, (self.to_arrow(), self.name()))
+        else:
+            # Ray Special CloudPickling fast path.
+            # Only run for Linux and Mac, since windows runs slower for some reason
+            return (
+                Series._from_arrow_table_to_series,
+                self._to_arrow_table_for_serdes(),
+            )
+
+    def _to_arrow_table_for_serdes(self) -> tuple[pa.Table, pa.ExtensionType | None]:
+        array = self.to_arrow()
+        if len(array) == 0:
+            # This is a workaround for:
+            # pyarrow.lib.ArrowIndexError: buffer slice would exceed buffer length
+            # when we have 0 length arrays
+            array = pa.array([], type=array.type)
+
+        if isinstance(array.type, pa.BaseExtensionType):
+            stype = array.type.storage_type
+            ltype = array.type
+            storage_array = array.cast(stype)
+            return (pa.table({self.name(): storage_array}), ltype)
+        else:
+            return (pa.table({self.name(): array}), None)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _from_arrow_table_to_series(cls, table: pa.Table, extension_type: pa.ExtensionType | None) -> Series:
+        # So we can exploit ray's special pickling for arrow tables which doesn't work on pyarrow arrays
+        assert table.num_columns == 1
+        [name] = table.column_names
+        [array] = table.columns
+        if extension_type is not None:
+            array = extension_type.wrap_array(array)
+        return cls.from_arrow(array, name)
 
 
 SomeSeriesNamespace = TypeVar("SomeSeriesNamespace", bound="SeriesNamespace")