She asks the bartender to masturbate while looking at her with her eyes wide open, which Byron witnesses. Hazel rejects this and goes on a walk, seeking out the bartender from The Spotted Rose. Byron's lackeys shave off a lock of her hair and surgically implant the Made for Love chip in her brain.īyron argues with Hazel and tries to convince her that she still loves him, even if only indirectly. Hazel walks in and tells Byron, "I want a divorce."įlashback: Hazel loses consciousness, shattering a glass. Herb is thrown off the bull, and the two head back to Herb's house in defeat, only to find Byron waiting for them. They go to the Third Saturday Ride Night at a bar called The Spotted Rose where Herb joins a mechanical bull-riding contest so they can borrow the plane. Herb picks Hazel up and they try to find Herb's old plane to help her escape farther. After failing to convince her to come with him, she shoots him several times, leaving him injured. She leaves the house with a shotgun, and encounters Lyle again. Hazel wakes up and tells her father Herb that she wants to leave Byron. She attends Gogol Inc's board meeting, where Byron reveals he knows she is lying about being happy. In shock, she faints and falls over.įlashback: 24 hours before escaping, Hazel's every move is being tracked by Byron's devices. Hazels runs into her dad's home where she finds him having sex with a sex doll named Diane. Hazel hitches a ride to her dad's hometown, where she encounters a stranger receiving a call from Byron, informing her that Byron has implanted a device called "Made For Love" in her brain that tracks her sight, emotions, and whereabouts. Lyle finds Hazel, causing her to flee and chop off some of his fingers with an axe. Hazel, fearing she is being tracked, runs into a strip club and steals some clothes. She hitches a ride with a radio DJ who drops her off. Hazel Green, wife of billionaire tech CEO Byron Gogol, escapes from the Hub, a massive virtual reality complex where they lived together for 10 years without leaving.
Episodes Series overview SeasonĪlissa Nutting & Dean Bakopoulos & Patrick Somerville & Christina Lee Jackson who guest starred on the first season was promoted to a series regular while Chris Diamantopoulos and Angela Lin were cast in recurring roles with Paula Abdul to guest star for the second season. In July 2021, Caleb Foote was promoted as a series regular for the second season. In December 2019, Raymond Lee was cast in a recurring role. Noma Dumezweni would join in October 2019, with Billy Magnussen, Dan Bakkedahl and Augusto Aguilera added in November 2019.
Ray Romano was added in September 2019, with his deal only for one season. In July 2019, Cristin Milioti was cast to lead the series. Like a Gogol chip, the series will always be on our minds." Casting "We are tremendously grateful for the truly spectacular journey of these past two seasons, courtesy of Alissa Nutting, Christina Lee, Cristin, Billy, Ray, and the entire ‘ Made for Love’ cast and creative team – especially Zelda the talking dolphin and everyone’s favorite synthetic love interest, Diane. An official statement on the series cancellation from representatives from HBO Max said: The series was canceled after two seasons on June 10, 2022. Executive producers Christina Lee and Nutting were showrunners for season two. On June 28, 2021, HBO Max renewed the series for a second season. Made for Love was the first original series from HBO Max. Patrick Somerville was the season one showrunner and writer, with S. WarnerMedia gave the series a greenlight in June 2019 for their streaming service HBO Max. Made for Love is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Alissa Nutting.
After a woman escapes from a suffocating 10-year marriage to a tech billionaire, she discovers her husband had her fitted with a tracking device.