Hazel says she needs a body to borrow for a little while. She assures him that the person who will be borrowing the body will just “get paused.” Herb asks what he needs to do. ..
Hazel suggests they don’t go back to the Hub yet and instead go to Dutton, Montana, so she can see where he grew up. Byron is shaken up by the idea. He says he hasn’t seen his dad since he was 16, but he agrees.
Hazel, a journalist, is in Byron’s childhood home for an article. A man walks up behind her and points a gun at her. He tells her he’s Greg Benson, and demands to know why she’s in his house. ..
Byron tells Aaron to put the gun down. It’s his brother. He’s been using Byron’s real name ever since he started to face prison time. Aaron then shows him his dad’s grave. He drank himself to death.
Jay speaks with Zelda, who tells him there are a few more access tunnels like the one Hazel escaped through. She promises to show him. ..
Donnie tells Judiff about the strange encounter he had with Hazel. He says that she was walking down the street when he saw her and she seemed to be in a hurry. He thinks this could be evidence that she is being held against her will. Judiff wants to track down Hazel and find out what is happening to her.
In the pasture cube, Fiffany and Herringbone run through the pasture. They eventually hit a wall and, finding an exit, they pass through. Herringbone says the pasture has different landscapes. They’re in a different one now. Here, he finds pictures of himself and his ex-wife, as well as a picture of Fiffany holding a baby in a hospital bed.
Byron tells Hazel he hasn’t seen his brother for years, but he’s lying. He asks Aaron not to say anything. They talk while Hazel snoops in Aaron’s house, coming across a room full of guns. ..
Alice is a person they used to know. Hazel could be her sister. The brothers claim they haven’t seen each other since they were eight, when their parents separated them.
Byron shows Hazel the rooftop he used to escape to. She asks why he married her. He says he thought she could save him and fix whatever was wrong with him.
Herb’s next treatment involves him putting “Other” Hazel’s chip inside her head, which then wakes her up in her body.
Herb asks how he will know when she is back in her real body. She says they need a code phrase. He’ll know it’s really her when she says, “No, you’re stupid.”
Before Hazel and Byron leave, Aaron goes to Hazel privately. He tells her she’s not the first one Byron has brought to the Hub. And things didn’t end well for her. Hazel then panics when she can’t find the tracking device the FBI gave her.
Aaron turns on the device and watches as the police arrive and search Leroy’s house.
The Episode Review
This episode had a lot of high points. The highlight was Angela Lin nails Hazel’s mannerisms in a twist on the classic body-switch scenario. It was unexpected, given that “Other” Hazel herself couldn’t even get the nuances of real Hazel’s character down. But despite the inconsistency, Lin proves that she is going to be enjoyable to watch in this role.
This episode of Made for Love leaves some confusing strands dangling. Aaron’s theft of the tracking device and warning to Hazel make for an interesting turn of events, to say the least. ..
The show keeps the Hazel/Byron dynamic interesting by keeping us on our toes as to how each is feeling about the other. I have no doubts that Hazel still has murderous thoughts toward Byron and is fully committed to deceiving him. However, it seems as if she–from time to time–has flashes of sympathy for her abusive husband. ..
Do you think Hazel and Byron’s relationship is healthy? Do you think Byron truly loves her? Do you think Hazel truly hates him?
