The famous HBO mnemonic – that static fuzz sound blending into an “ahhhhh” chorale – has barely finished playing when one of the most crucial scenes in Task unfolds.

It is the start of Episode 3, which picks up after a massive cliffhanger in the prior episode, a moment revealing the extent of the desperate measures Robbie Prendergrast is willing to take. Robbie and his niece, Maeve, sit in the front seat of a car in front of his house. It is nighttime after rain showers have passed. The two family members, whose complex relationship is key to the show, spill out their anxieties and anger in waves. In the process, they open up entire new dimensions of the series for viewers.

Robbie “finally opens the door to the audience to the fact that it’s not just about these crimes,” creator an

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