PHILADELPHIA — The Delco crime thriller “Task,” starring Mark Ruffalo, will be getting a second season, HBO announced on Thursday.

From “Mare of Easttown” creator and Berwyn native Brad Ingelsby, the first season of the series followed an FBI task force led by Tom Brandis (Ruffalo) — a former priest and grieving widower — as they tracked down thieves robbing drug houses in the Philly suburbs. “Ozark” actor Tom Pelphrey, who grew up in Howell Township, played Robbie, the mastermind behind the thefts.

It was a tense cat-and-mouse narrative with surprisingly tender and occasionally funny performances as both protagonists struggled to be good dads.

The drama was filmed across Delaware and Chester Counties as well as Philadelphia, with some locations as far as Union Township. The cast, which

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