So certainly a hope for Season 2 was in our minds when we wrote that ending. I mean, we love working on this show so much, both creatively and with our cast and crew, which we've just all fallen in love with over this last year.

Were you actively planning Season 1 not just a complete story in its own right, but a great beginning to the series as well? We felt like that was a resolution for her - that would be a great Season 1 ender, but leave questions open if we were lucky enough to get a Season 2. And in Hazel's journey of trying to break free, and gain her freedom and disconnect from Byron, the byproduct was reconnecting with her estranged father, and ultimately, it's a story of love with her father and she chooses her father over her freedom. The reason being there are two central relationships in this story, Hazel and Byron, and also Hazel and Herbert. They also dig into the hidden meaning of the logo you may not have noticed until now, confirm that they very much want the greenlight for a second season that would continue Hazel, Byron, and Herb's story (even though Romano's contract was only for one season), and reveal just how long they hope the show might continue beyond that.Ĭollider: To start off, when did this feel like the right endpoint for the season?ĬHRISTINA LEE: You know, this was always the ending that Alyssa and I envisioned. There are some big ideas about what it means to love somebody packed in there, which Lee and executive producer Alissa Nutting explore below. Hazel ends up deciding to drug Herb, bringing him (and his beloved 'synthetic companion' Diane) to Byron's 'Hub' without his knowledge so that he can be saved. In the season finale of the HBO Max sci-fi dramedy (that's also sometimes a little scary), Hazel ( Cristin Milioti) is finally able to confront her husband Byron ( Billy Magnussen) about the way he treated her, but her attempt to truly escape his control is thwarted when she learns about her father Herb's ( Ray Romano) terminal cancer. 'So to have it out there, and to hear that people are liking it is a dream.'

'We've been working on this in the weirdest year possible - sometimes we felt, 'Is this really happening or is this only in our minds?'' showrunner Christina Lee said to Collider in a recent phone interview. One of the best aspects of Made for Love was the way it defied the limitations of genre, encompassing comedy, drama, science fiction, and even moments of horror in its first season.

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