Task has just wrapped its seven-episode run on HBO Max and has cemented itself as one of the best shows of 2025. Photo: HBO.

Less than two months removed from the 2025 Emmys and we already have frontrunners for several of its major categories.

It’s not hyperbolic either : Brad Ingelsby, the writer behind Mare of Easttown , has returned to HBO and delivered a masterstroke with his freshman effort Task. His skill with the pen is unmatched.

Task’s premise is simple: a team of cops and federal agents are brought together to form a task force to bring down a group of home invaders who are raiding drug houses and stealing money from a local biker gang.

What elevates this from a typical cop or FBI show is its characters and the subplots attached to them.

First up, we have Tom Brandis

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