Overview

• HBO confirmed Task will debut Sept. 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO with next-day streaming on HBO Max and near-simultaneous UK availability on Sky.
• The August 12 trailer features gritty scenes of FBI raids, cocaine evidence and masked kidnappings set to a melancholic piano cover of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here.”
• Mark Ruffalo stars as FBI agent Tom Brandis, whose personal loss fuels a Task Force hunt for Robbie (Tom Pelphrey), an unsuspecting suburban father orchestrating the robberies.
• The seven-episode limited series is created and showrun by Mare of Easttown’s Brad Ingelsby, with Ruffalo as executive producer and episodes directed by Jeremiah Zagar and Salli Richardson-Whitfield.
• Filmed on location across Philadelphia and its suburbs—from Ralph’s Italian Restaurant to Wissahickon Valley Park—the series emphasizes working-class authenticity and regional detail.