TASK
NEW MONDAY, 9PM, SKY ATLANTIC DRAMA
From Brad Ingelsby, the creator of Kate Winslet’s Mare of Easttown, comes another gritty, character-led crime drama – Task, also set in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia.
The seven-part series, airing on Sky Atlantic, stars Mark Ruffalo as troubled, heavy-drinking FBI agent Tom Brandis, who is grappling with the death of his wife and the ongoing impact of her loss on his family. But he’s taken off his desk job and put back into the field by his bureau chief Kathleen McGinty (Martha Plimpton) to head up a task force to investigate a string of home-invasion robberies.
‘Tom is emotionally shut down in the aftermath of his wife’s death six months before the story opens,’ says Mark, 57, best known for playing Bruce…