HBO's new crime thriller series, Task , is emotionally devastating, but in all the best ways. The series, which premiered on September 7, 2025, and concluded with its seventh and final episode on October 19, stars Mark Ruffalo as FBI agent Tom Brandis and Tom Pelphrey as home invader Robbie Prendergrast. It's all the right amount of action and suspense, but there's also so much more to it than that.

From Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby , Task follows a cat-and-mouse game between these two characters. Though the " howcatchem " formula is essentially as old as the crime thriller genre itself, Ingelsby's series turns all the regular tropes on their heads. Task holds a 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes , so it's certainly a good bet if you're looking for a binge. However

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