Brand Ingelsby has followed up his highly successful Mare of Easttown with HBO's Task and a unique franchise idea that could keep this ball rolling. This latest HBO crime drama stars Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey, among other prominent stars like Fabien Frankel, Emilia Jones, Alison Oliver, Martha Plimpton, Jamie McShane, and more. It's a series full of gritty thrills, but a surprising amount of heart as well.

It's evident when watching both Task and Ingelsby's Mare of Easttown that this screenwriter has a real knack for writing characters who have been through profound loss and trauma. From episode to episode, we see their anguish, before the finale finally launches these characters into a poetic freedom. It's truly beautiful storytelling.

The only slight downside to

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