What would you do if you and your partner could share every thought and every feeling you had with one another? What if this process required you two to be microchipped with a tracking device? In HBO Max’s Made for Love, based on Alissa Nutting’s 2017 novel, there is no question that this is bonkers to Hazel Green (Cristin Milioti). But for her tech mogul husband Byron Gogol (Billy Magnussen), things are not quite as clear.
With only four episodes available for review (and only three episodes out on the series’ April 1 premiere), the first half of the series was a choppy exploration of Hazel and her journey towards independence, but episode four, “I Want A New Life,” is a great turning point into what one can only hope is a more promising second half. Hazel’s backstory is given more nuance, and the series’s more eccentric characters, like Herbert, are given more screen time. Viewers are also introduced to Bangles, played by the always amazing Patti Harrison, who instantly brings new life into the series—Harrison and Miliotti bounce off of each other well and I’m excited to see how this friendship will develop and play a role in Hazel’s freedom.
