US EditionNew Mark Ruffalo-Led HBO Series Set In Delco Premieres Next Week
Task explores complex themes of loss and redemption through the intertwined lives of a grieving FBI agent and a criminal in Delaware County, featuring a cast led by Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey.
- Premiering soon, the HBO limited series Task features a seven-episode cat-and-mouse pursuit between FBI agent Tom Brandis and garbage collector Robbie Prendergast.
- Following Mare of Easttown, Brad Ingelsby returned to Delaware County to explore sins and hardships passed between generations in Task.
- Tom Brandis is a former priest-turned-FBI agent tapped to lead a cross-agency task force, while Robbie Prendergast, a garbage truck operator and burglar, botches a stash-house robbery leaving several dead and a missing 7-year-old, drawing the Dark Hearts biker gang's attention.
- Despite earlier pacing issues, the final episodes build strong momentum, with critics praising the lead performances of Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey alongside Emilia Jones in the seven-episode structure.
- Critics place Task within the recent man-turned-criminal TV trend, noting it feels generic compared with Breaking Bad, Ozark, and Your Honor, while exploring characters in pain without clear answers.
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Sydney Morning Herald
This Mare of Easttown follow-up is a relentless crime thriller – and it deserves five stars
Mark Ruffalo has never been better, playing an ageing FBI agent on a collision course with a vengeful criminal in this masterful series.
'Mare of Easttown' Creator Returns With the Great 'Task'
Crime dramas, especially in our distracted times, tend to front-load said crimes. More often than not, there’s a murder within the first five minutes. This is only one of the genre’s many implicit rules that HBO’s Task breaks. Premiering Sept. 7, the series from Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby opens with a montage of quotidian scenes from the lives of two men. Weary Tom Brandis (Mark Ruffalo) folds his hands in prayer, dunks his face in a…
‘Task’ Review: Mark Ruffalo Leads Unrelentingly Glum HBO Crime Drama From ‘Mare of Easttown’ Creator
Brad Ingelsby returns to suburban Pennsylvania for the story of a grieving FBI agent investigating a string of robberies perpetrated against a local biker gang.
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