Mare of Easttown’s Julianne Nicholson Reprising Role for Task Season 2 Crossover
Julianne Nicholson will reprise her Emmy-winning role as Lori Ross, creating a crossover with Mare of Easttown in the new season.
- HBO confirmed on Thursday that Julianne Nicholson will reprise her Emmy-winning role as Lori Ross in Task Season 2, marking the first direct crossover between the crime dramas Task and Mare of Easttown.
- Both series, created by showrunner Brad Ingelsby, are set in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia; Nicholson's return now establishes they exist within the same television universe for the first time.
- Nicholson, a 2021 Emmy winner for her Mare of Easttown performance, joins an ensemble cast including Mahershala Ali, Harry Melling, Adam Nagaitis, Aminah Nieves, and Edgar Ramirez.
- HBO announced the casting on July 9, 2026, via an Instagram post captioned 'Plot twist,' though details about how Nicholson's character fits into Tom Brandis's task force investigation remain under wraps.
- Speculation continues about a possible second season of Mare of Easttown, as creator Brad Ingelsby and star Kate Winslet have expressed interest in revisiting the story, with production potentially beginning as early as 2027.
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In its second season, HBO’s ‘Task’ will see a crossover with ‘Mare of Easttown’
PHILADELPHIA — Big news for Philly TV fans: A crossover of "Task" and "Mare of Easttown" is in the works. "Task," the crime thriller starring Mark Ruffalo that just received six Emmy nominations for its debut season this week, has…
Mare of Easttown’s Julianne Nicholson Reprising Role for Task Season 2 Crossover
HBO announced that Mare of Easttown's Julianne Nicholson will be reprising her role of Lori Ross in the miniseries in season two of the detective drama Task, revealing a crossover of the two shows.
HBO To Merge "Task" & "Mare" Universes
HBO is merging two of its most noted limited series in recent years – last year’s “Task” and 2021’s “Mare of Easttown” – into one screen universe. Both series hail from creator and showrunner Brad Ingelsby and unfold in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia. However, there has been no onscreen formal connection of any kind between the shows – until now. Variety reports that Julianne Nicholson (“Paradise”) will reprise her Emmy-winning role …
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