HBO’s Task begins with an episode that’s equal parts moody, meandering, and maddening. At 66 minutes, the premiere feels like it desperately wants to be taken seriously, but instead of pulling us into ...

The first episode of Task, HBO’s latest crime drama miniseries, plays out like any other show in its genre. It’s a serious case of déjà vu as Mark Ruffalo’s priest-turned-FBI agent Tom Brandis sets up ...

When it debuted on HBO four years ago, Brad Ingelsby's "Mare of Easttown" stood out as a procedural drama rooted both in its characters and small-town setting. Its mix of working-class detail and slow ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Late one night, Robbie (Tom Pelphrey) is out with his friends, laughing. There’s an anxious tremor echoing through the car — Cliff ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...