Overview

• The seven-episode limited series premiered Sept. 7 on HBO in the U.S., with weekly Sunday episodes and U.K. availability on Sky and NOW on Mondays beginning Sept. 8.
• Critics highlight standout work from Tom Pelphrey and note the show’s unrelenting, character-driven approach to crime and grief.
• Creator Brad Ingelsby says Task and Mare of Easttown inhabit the same world and signals openness to a future crossover concept.
• Set in the Philadelphia suburbs, the series follows a former priest turned FBI agent and a family man behind a string of violent robberies in a dual-perspective cat-and-mouse story.
• Ingelsby wrote all seven episodes, with support from local law-enforcement advisors, and the ensemble includes Mark Ruffalo, Emilia Jones, Thuso Mbedu, Fabien Frankel, Alison Oliver and Martha Plimpton.