Everyone is out to escape something in “Task,” though it will be holding viewers happily hostage: Perhaps the best crime thriller of the year, it’s also a validation of the seven-, eight-, or ...

Brad Ingelsby’s “Task” is a suffocating watch, full of the continual sense that catastrophe is waiting right out of frame. It’s also one of the most well-acted shows of the year, transcending rather ...

Mare of Easttowncreator Brad Ingelsby has a new miniseries coming to HBO and HBO Max in September, and after the mega-success of his Kate Winslet-led crime drama in 2021, it's safe to say that ...

There’s no real mystery for us to solve here: We know who did the crime, and why. But we’re invested anyway, because Ingelsby’s writing gets us emotionally involved by humanizing both the cops and the ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: HBO‘s next big Sunday night drama Task, premiering Sunday, September 7, is a crime show obsessed with making things right. Struggling trash man Robbie Prendergrast (Tom ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. And yet despite two strong lead performances, some critics found the story and characters too insubstantial to justify its bleak ...

If the premiere of Task was all table-setting, Episode 2 proves the table is about to collapse under the weight of its secrets. Gone are the endless mirrored shots of Tom and Robbie brushing their ...

In “Task,” premiering Sunday on HBO, Brad Ingelsby, creator of the 2021 miniseries “Mare of Easttown,” which introduced the wider world to Wawa and the Delco accent, returns with another tale of crime ...

Mare isn't in Easttown anymore, but that doesn't mean HBO is done with crime dramas set just outside Philadelphia. Kate Winslet's turn as a cop from a working class Philly suburb in 2021 miniseries ...

“Task” debuted on HBO on Sunday night and went on to reach 3.1 million viewers in its first three days, according to Warner Bros. Discovery. That puts viewership of the premiere episode 36% above that ...