Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Task Episode 1.

Four years ago, Brad Ingelsby 's crime drama Mare of Easttown premiered on HBO and quickly became the definition of watercooler television. While the overarching mystery of the series' main murder suspect was answered by the end of its only season to date, the question of whether Ingelsby would deliver a follow-up installment or another project entirely hung over the Delco County-set show in its aftermath. Task , which drops its first episode tonight on HBO, may not be Mare of Easttown Season 2, but it has a lot to offer in its own right — star power, a compelling dual narrative, and a look into a much darker underbelly that Ingelsby's previous series only lightly scratched at. "Crossings," written by I

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