"Four years after Kate Winslet got a nation to fall in love with the most unpleasant accent the United States has ever produced, Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby returns to Philadelphia's collar counties with Task, a new seven-episode HBO series about a law enforcement officer trying to solve a thorny case while reeling from a personal loss. Mark Ruffalo's Tom Brandis isn't a washed-up high school basketball star, but"
"Perhaps mindful of how the terrain has shifted, Ingelsby squeezes references to scrapple, water ice, and shopping at the Acme into Task's first 30 seconds of dialogue. Before that, though, there's four minutes of wordless action, a lyrical opening montage that gives us a chance to connect with the characters before they open their mouths. Overall, Task feels less insistent on establishing a sense"
Brad Ingelsby returns to Philadelphia's collar counties with Task, a seven-episode HBO series about an investigator coping with personal loss while pursuing a complicated case. Mark Ruffalo plays Tom Brandis, a former Catholic priest whose son is incarcerated for a crime revealed over several episodes. Task occupies the same fictional universe and shares tonal ties with other recent Philadelphia-set shows. The series emphasizes local specificity through details like scrapple, water ice, and the Acme while opening with a four-minute wordless montage that builds character intimacy before dialogue.
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