When it debuted on HBO four years ago, Brad Ingelsby's "Mare of Easttown" stood out as a procedural drama rooted both in its characters and small-town setting. Its mix of working-class detail and slow ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Late one night, Robbie (Tom Pelphrey) is out with his friends, laughing. There’s an anxious tremor echoing through the car — Cliff ...
Brad Ingelsby’s “Task” is a suffocating watch, full of the continual sense that catastrophe is waiting right out of frame. It’s also one of the most well-acted shows of the year, transcending rather ...
If the premiere of Task was all table-setting, Episode 2 proves the table is about to collapse under the weight of its secrets. Gone are the endless mirrored shots of Tom and Robbie brushing their ...
Everyone is out to escape something in “Task,” though it will be holding viewers happily hostage: Perhaps the best crime thriller of the year, it’s also a validation of the seven-, eight-, or ...
There's no real mystery for us to solve here: We know who did the crime, and why. But we're invested anyway, because Ingelsby's writing gets us emotionally involved by humanizing both the cops and the ...