Overview

• The seven-episode series premiered Sept. 7 on HBO in the U.S., with new episodes Sundays, and began airing Sept. 8 on Sky/NOW in the U.K. on Mondays.
• Created by Mare of Easttown’s Brad Ingelsby, the drama tracks an FBI agent and a seemingly ordinary family man on a collision course in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia.
• Critics praise the performances—especially Pelphrey’s—while noting the show’s unflinching mood and character-first approach to a cops-and-robbers story.
• Ingelsby wrote all seven episodes, with story credit on some installments shared with David Obzud, underscoring tight creative control.
• The creator says Task and Mare of Easttown exist in the same world, and he is open to their paths intersecting in the future, though no crossover is planned.