Overview

• New coverage features Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, Alison Oliver, Fabien Frankel, and creator Brad Ingelsby discussing the penultimate episode’s impact without giving away the ending.
• Ingelsby explains the hour was crafted to deepen one character’s guilt and steel others’ resolve to get to the truth, sharpening the show’s moral focus ahead of the finale.
• Ruffalo describes a pivotal car sequence as an exercise in empathy and forgiveness, noting how Tom Brandis’s past as a priest shapes his choices.
• Reporting underscores the series’ shift from investigation to consequences, emphasizing themes of protection, accountability, and family in its Delco setting.
• The season finale is set for Sunday, Oct. 19 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and streaming on Max.