The Only Thing Certain about HBO Max's 'Task' Is That the Ending Is Going to Be Brutal

The Only Thing Certain about HBO Max's 'Task' Is That the Ending Is Going to Be Brutal

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Appointment viewing on Sunday night HBO Max has returned in the form of Task , the latest series from Brad Ingelsby, the guy behind Mare of Easttown . Like Mare of Easttown , Task is set in Pennsylvania and involves another criminal investigation. This one, however, feels less mystery and more cat-and-mouse. Task presents both sides of the investigation — the FBI and the criminals — but we know that one side is invariably going to lose, and it’s usually the criminals.

What Ingelsby has done here, however, is give us “bad guys” we can empathize with. Tom Pelphrey ( Ozark , Outer Range ) plays Robbie, a garbage collector who — along with his best friend