‘Task’ Recap: One Mole After Another

After a strong second episode, Task backs down on its most compelling elements and works overtime to set up what will inevitably be its second wind. Mare of Easttown was often like this, too, continually rewriting its rules as it went, but Task usually feels top-heavy with exposition, relying too heavily on its powerhouse actors. The beginning of the episode starts with Robbie explaining to Maeve that he’s targeting the Dark Hearts because they killed his brother (her father). We also learn who the mole in the Dark Hearts is, Eryn (Margarita Levieva), a scrappy woman with long, beautiful hair and a snakebite piercing. She’s also the partner of the Dark Hearts’s leader, Jayson. She wants revenge on the gang for killing her lover, Robbie’s brother, hence why she’s working with Robbie