The creator of Mare of Easttown knows what he’s good at, and what he’s good at is telling small-town law enforcement stories set in Philadelphia (or thereabouts). Case in point: Task, the new series starring Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey, that’s coming to HBO and its streaming service HBO Max (yes, it’s called HBO Max again) in September 2025. The announcement of the premiere window was also accompanied by a trailer for the series that was shown to attendees at the network’s 2025 Upfronts Presentation on May 14, 2025.
And similarly to Mare of Easttown, Brad Ingelsby’s new series will follow another working-class law enforcement official dealing with a string of violent crimes. Per the official logline:
“Set in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent (Mark Ruffalo) heads a Task Force to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man (Tom Pelphrey).”
The seven-episode series also has some seriously impressive co-stars, like Martha Plimpton as Kathleen McGinty, the FBI Supervisory Senior Resident in Charge, and Mireille Enos as Susan Brandis, Ruffalo’s character Tom’s loving wife. Curious to know more? Watch the teaser and find out more about Task in the next section below!
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Mark Ruffalo May Not Be Up To The Task Set Upon Him In ‘Task’
As you can tell in the above clip, Mark Ruffalo’s character, Tom, isn’t exactly killing it at work these days. Given the state he’s in during the teaser — drunken stupor, being helped up by a friend — it seems safe to assume that the tragedy that’s befallen him (dead wife, perhaps? It’s always a dead wife) hasn’t exactly made him a shining star at the FBI. And it looks like his boss, (Plimpton) might be setting him up for failure, assigning Tom some of the newest recruits at the agency to the task force sent to end the string of violent home invasions happening in their local Philly suburb.
But, hey! Maybe it’ll all have a happy ending. Maybe that’s a new thing that Brad Ingelsby would like to try with this show, eh? Sure, it’s a crime drama, but that doesn’t mean it has to end sad, does it? Does it?! Or maybe he’ll save that for the second season of Mare of Easttown which we’re probably/definitely/absolutely never going to get. (But also never say never. But also it’s fine if things are just a season! Miniseries can stay as such, you know?)
Anyway, Ingelsby wrote, served as showrunner, and executive produced the series with director and executive producers Jeremiah Zagar and Salli Richardson-Whitfield. Other executive producers include Mark Roybal, Paul Lee, Ruffalo, David Crockett, Ron Schmidt, Nicole Jordan-Webber, and Jeremy Yaches. The series also stars Emilia Jones, Jamie McShane, Sam Keeley, Thuso Mbedu, Fabien Frankel, Alison Oliver, Raúl Castillo, Silvia Dionicio, and Phoebe Fox.
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