If you liked 2021’s Mare of Easttown, which starred Kate Winslet in an Emmy-winning performance, then you might enjoy creator Brad Ingelsby’s newest crime thriller, Task. The seven-episode drama series, which is currently airing weekly on HBO, follows an FBI agent named Tom (Mark Ruffalo) who leads a task force to investigate robberies that are taking place in a small Philadelphia suburb. Things get even more complicated when it’s revealed that the burglar is the neighborhood garbage collector, Robbie (Tom Pelphrey). “It’s got a great pulse,” Ruffalo told Entertainment Weekly about the series. And at the same time, yes, you’re going to get your heart torn out.”He added, “We empathize with these people, we relate to them, and it’s totally engaging, because it’s cops and robbers.