‘Task’ Season 2 is a ‘Mare of Easttown’ Crossover Event
CultureTask Season 2 Lines Up a Killer HBO CrossoverDelcoverse Avengers assemble! Even if Task didn't quite live up to the insane heights of Mare of Easttown, it was still one of the TV highlights of 2025. The HBO series had almost everything: Mark Ruffalo tearing it up as nihilistic FBI agent Tom Brandis, an equally brilliant villain turn from Tom Pelphrey, eerie cinematography, and killer twists to boot.
- ▪CultureTask Season 2 Lines Up a Killer HBO CrossoverDelcoverse Avengers assemble!
- ▪Even if Task didn't quite live up to the insane heights of Mare of Easttown, it was still one of the TV highlights of 2025.
- ▪The HBO series had almost everything: Mark Ruffalo tearing it up as nihilistic FBI agent Tom Brandis, an equally brilliant villain turn from Tom Pelphrey, eerie cinematography, and killer twists to boot.
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CultureTask Season 2 Lines Up a Killer HBO CrossoverDelcoverse Avengers assemble! Julianne Nicholson will reprise her role from Mare of Easttown—creator Brad Ingelsby's other acclaimed detective drama set in blue-collar Philly—in Task's second season.By Jack KingJuly 24, 2026Courtesy of HBOSave StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyTask and Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby has a superpower, and it's bizarrely specific: the guy is incredibly good at writing bleak detective shows set in the darker corners of blue-collar Philly. Even if Task didn't quite live up to the insane heights of Mare of Easttown, it was still one of the TV highlights of 2025.
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