A botched drug house robbery, a deadly shootout and the kidnapping of a young boy set the stage for action at the end of last week's series premiere of "Task," Brad Ingelsby's new HBO crime drama set in Delco.

Much like "Mare of Easttown," the tone and pacing of "Task" shift between dark tensions, lighthearted moments of connection and exhilarating bursts of mayhem. In Episode 2, we learn more about the lives of FBI agent Tom Brandis (Mark Ruffalo) and daring robber and family man Robbie Prendergast (Tom Pelphrey), who suddenly finds himself responsible for Sam – the boy whose parents were killed during the botched heist of the Dark Hearts motorcycle gang.

Robbie and Cliff regroup after the death of their associate, Peaches, and discuss what to do with Sam. They discover that the duffe

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