What Time Will ‘Made for Love’ Season 2 Be on HBO Max?

You can start side-eyeing your smartphone again because Made for Love has finally returned. Based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Alissa Nutting, the sci-fi comedy centers around a woman who marries the biggest tech billionaire in the world. What looks like a perfect life from the outside transforms into a living nightmare as Hazel (Cristin Milioti) is stripped of any sort of independence or individuality. It’s a fascinating look at the myriad of ways a relationship can be abusive with some of the weirdest yet most insightful applications of technology brought to media.

Craving more from Nutting’s delightfully bizarre world? We have you covered. Here’s when Made for Love Season 2 will be on HBO Max.

When Will Made for Love Season 2 Be on HBO Max?

Romantic intimacy never seemed so terrifying. The second season of Made for Love premieres this week on HBO Max. The first two episodes in this new season — “I Have a Rotting Finger” and “We’re Losing Time” — will be available to stream on HBO Max this Thursday, April 28. New episodes will drop every Thursday.

What Time Will Made for Love Season 2 Be on HBO Max?

Want to dive into this twisted world as soon as humanly possible? We don’t blame you. The first two episodes of Made for Love Season 2 will be available to stream on HBO Max on Thursday, April 28 starting at 3:01 a.m. ET. Don’t see the new episodes right away? Refresh your browser or app and they should appear. Sometimes it just takes streaming services a second to load their new content.

How Did Made for Love Season 1 End?

It’s been a year since we last saw Hazel and Byron (Billy Magnussen) Gogl, so that means it’s time for a refresher. Spoilers ahead.

When we first met Hazel, she lacked any sort of agency. She lived in a virtual world created by Byron, was told what to dress and eat, and couldn’t talk to anyone who wasn’t her husband in her marble prison. The man even designed a program to track her orgasms. But after 10 soulless years, Hazel finally escaped her own personal hell by leaving the Hub and fleeing to her dad Herbert’s (Ray Romano) house. For much of Season 1, it seemed that Hazel was on the path to freedom. She tortured Byron through his tracking device, came up with a plan to get the chip in her head removed, and even had a fling. Her hookup with Sarunas J. Jackson’s Jay was one of the hottest parts of last season. So when Hazel met with Byron to sign their divorce papers, it seemed like her nightmare was finally over.

But of course it wasn’t. Before he signed, Byron told Hazel the truth about her father. Herbert had been diagnosed with cancer and instead of treating it, he was just taking medicine to manage his pain. Byron then offered her a deeply messed up choice: Hazel could divorce him or they could stay together so that Byron and his team could cure her dad’s cancer. Even though Hazel has always had problems with her dad and his drinking, she’s not a monster. She took Byron’s deal on the condition that she would leave the second her dad was cured. Season 1 ended with Hazel and Byron covertly moving Herbert to the Hub and painstakingly recreating his house. Herbert is going to be treated for cancer whether he knows and likes it or not.