HBO’s Task is one of those shows that vanishes from memory the moment one stops streaming it. Even the name is forgettable, as I found to my dismay when trying to discuss it with friends. Tarp ? Trap ? Take ? Oh, why bother? It’s the one with the guy from Zodiac and the Avengers films . Max something. Don’t even pretend like you don’t know who I mean.

Mark Ruffalo (yes, him!) plays Tom Brandis, an FBI agent on desk duty after a family tragedy. A sad sack and an alcoholic, Tom is television’s latest illustration of the theory that the police are no better than the criminals they chase. Observe as the poor fellow mans a career fair table in an early scene. So mired in diffidence is our hero that he can barely pretend to sell the bureau to a potential applicant who wanders b

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