Task
Crossings
TV Flash files “Crossings” as a desk essential hour — Task (2025) on HBO, season 1, episode 1, aired 2025-09-07, 68 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 7 in the Task guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2025-09-07 (68 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Family Statements” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Crossings”. Crossings as the Pennsylvania contract: Brad Ingelsby again, Mark Ruffalo's grieving FBI man, Tom Pelphrey's thief, accent watchdogs already in the comments.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After scaling back his role in the Bureau and still reeling from a family tragedy, Special Agent Tom Brandis reluctantly returns to the field to head a new, relatively inexperienced team to investigate a string of robberies. Following his brother's death, Robbie Prendergrast earns extra cash for his family by ripping off drug dealers – but a bad tip upends his delicate balance.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Crossings sit in the Task guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 7 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Task S01E01 air?
Crossings aired 2025-09-07 and is listed at 68 minutes.
Do I need Mare of Easttown first?
No. Same Ingelsby Pennsylvania gravity, different collision: Ruffalo's grieving FBI man and Pelphrey's thief. Softer, sharper noir — not a sequel case.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Brad Ingelsby back in Pennsylvania: Mark Ruffalo's grieving FBI man and Tom Pelphrey's thief on a Delco collision course. Softer, sharper noir than Mare of Easttown, with accent watchdogs already posted in the comments. Watch for working-class crime that loves the county more than the twist, and for two performances that refuse to blink first.
So about the accent watchdogs — they posted up before the first vowel. Task, 2025 on HBO, is Brad Ingelsby back in Pennsylvania: Mark Ruffalo as Tom Brandis, a grieving FBI agent, Tom Pelphrey as Robbie, a garbageman-thief, Emilia Jones as Maeve, suburban Philly as Delco collision. Softer, sharper noir than Mare of Easttown. Working-class crime that loves the county more than the twist. Two performances that refuse to blink first. Seven episodes, one season. (I said spoiler-free. The race is the premise; I am not…
Filed against
- Mark Ruffalo as Tom Brandis
Mark Ruffalo grieved the county as Tom Brandis on Task — Brad Ingelsby back in Pennsylvania, an FBI man on a Delco collision course with Tom Pelphrey’s thief, softer sharper noir than Mare of Easttown, accent watchdogs already posted.…
- Tom Pelphrey as Robbie
Tom Pelphrey’s Robbie puts Task on a Delco collision course — Brad Ingelsby back in Pennsylvania, Mark Ruffalo’s grieving FBI man against a thief the county still recognizes. Softer, sharper noir than the Easttown hangover, accent…
- Emilia Jones as Maeve
Emilia Jones walks Delco noir as Maeve on Task — Brad Ingelsby's Pennsylvania return, Mark Ruffalo's grieving FBI man, Tom Pelphrey's thief, and working-class crime that loves the county more than the twist. TV Flash files her as 2020s…