"Task offers two possible cures for the male-loneliness epidemic: Pick up new pastoral hobbies, such as gardening and birding or, like Robin Hood, form an outlaw band of Merry Men. Brad Ingelsby's follow-up to the much-beloved Mare of Easttown switches focus from steely women to feeble men. Mare brought the intimate, personal lives of flinty women into focus with just the right mix of humor, trauma, and hope."
"Instead of Kate Winslet and Jean Smart, Task gives us Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey as two single fathers down on their luck, struggling to get by. It's a thriller masquerading as a procedural, a cat-and-mouse game between a grieving FBI agent and an outlaw with too many mouths to feed. Once again, Ingelsby turns to the outskirts of Philadelphia and Delco. Ruffalo plays Tom, an FBI agent whose son is in prison for reasons not entirely clear after his wife has died."
Task proposes two possible remedies for male loneliness: pastoral hobbies like gardening and birding, or forming an outlaw cohort. The series replaces Mare of Easttown's focus on hardened women with a study of feeble, struggling men. The narrative centers on Tom, a grieving FBI agent played by Mark Ruffalo, and Robbie, a garbage man-turned-thief played by Tom Pelphrey, both single fathers navigating loss and responsibility. The show operates as a thriller disguised as a procedural, staging a cat-and-mouse between law enforcement and outlaw life in the outskirts of Philadelphia and Delco. Emilia Jones portrays Maeve, offering sardonic energy amid familial strain.
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