Herb asks if she’s okay. She seems better since she’s been back, but it’s like she’s at peace. Other Hazel apologizes to Herb for tricking him and taking him to the Hub, but he’s already forgiven her. They hug.
Hazel wakes up in her own brain, seeing her father hug Other Hazel and being able to run up to them. She screams, but they don’t hear her.
Other Hazel tells Other Byron that she can’t believe how good everything feels. He obviously doesn’t enjoy it, but he says he does. She’s looking forward to introducing him to Herb. They can come up with a story about how he went through psychological rehabilitation so that Herb will accept him. ..
Other Hazel and Byron later make an appearance to their staff. Jay asks Other Hazel if Byron knows. “What are you talking about?” she replies. The FBI agents later tells Zelda something seemed off about Hazel. They come up with a plan.
Herb tells Other Hazel that he never thought he’d get to this point in his life. She showed up and he decided that he had to hang on. But now Hazel seems like she’s doing well. “I can finally stop hanging on,” he says. ..
Other Hazel says that they barely have time together. He apologizes, but he wants to die when things are good, not when he’s at the bottom.
Hazel suggests another camping trip together, where they can say goodbye.
Herb says goodbye to Diane. “I never would have imagined what you would mean to me,” he says. Because of her, he never felt alone. ..
Jay swims into the pasture cube and comes across Fiffany and Herringbone. The three of them are swimming in the same direction, away from the other cows. Jay can tell that they’re not happy, and he decides to follow them. ..
Zelda’s Hub is a place where people can come to meet and chat. He sneaks them into the main part of the Hub, planning to meet back up with them later.
Other Byron invites Bennett to look at clouds with him. Byron asks about his background, and Bennett reveals he was Amish. Other Byron then hugs him, which strikes Bennett as odd.
Jay says goodbye to Zelda and asks her to make sure Fiffany is going to be okay in the real world. Zelda promises to get Jay out too. She says she’s in love with him, but asks him not to say anything. Fiffany then comes in and speaks with Zelda. ..
Dr. Hau, who was put in a solitary room for going insane, claims that Hazel and Byron aren’t in their own bodies. Bennett was thinking the same thing. He wants to help stop the impostors.
Jay, Fiffany, and Herringbone are looking for their friends Byron and Hazel. Bennett tells them that his friends are not themselves and needs their help.
Bennett fills them in on what is happening. While Herringbone thinks they should leave it be, Fiffany says they must help Hazel.
Herb tells Diane that he loves her and thinks she should go to Bennett. He believes that he will be a good influence on her and make her feel better. Herb also tells Other Hazel that he has always loved her so much that it hurts.
When Herb says he’s ready, Hazel starts his IV. As he dies, Other Hazel finds her hands keep shaking against her will. It’s the first part of her “real” experience she doesn’t seem to be enjoying.
The real Hazel runs toward them, screaming for her father.
The Episode Review
In Made for Love, Herb’s relationship to Other Hazel is paralleled to his relationship to his synthetic partner Diane. While the last episode may have painted him more as the naïve fool, this episode expounds more on the psychological reasons as to why he would accept Other Hazel over his real daughter.
Herb has been lonely for most of his life. So when a semblance of goodness presents itself to him–of course he’ll hope. Of course he’ll take the “reality” of his daughter being happy and at peace. Just like he’ll grasp on to his relationship with Diane as the purest and most real thing in his life–despite her being made of plastic.
Herb is an idiot who can’t recognize his own daughter. I think, however, that Ray Romano’s performance as Herb shows his desperation for Hazel to be happy and life to be settled. ..
The disturbing and unnecessary romantic development between Jay and Zelda was a major negative for this episode. This show isn’t some arthouse indie piece, so I’m struggling to see why the consciousness of a dolphin and a human connecting romantically should even be explored. Maybe there’s a place for the topic elsewhere, but Made for Love certainly wasn’t going to say anything profound about it. It’s simply weird, and doesn’t fit in with the rest of the show’s dark humor. ..
The penultimate episode of season 2 ended with a truly emotional moment, as Herb potentially drew his last breath. Will Hazel be able to escape the confines of her brain? Can she bring back her dad?
