Brad Ingelsby’s Task limited series debuts Sept. 7 on HBO and Max

Brad Ingelsby’s new seven-episode limited series Task, a crime drama starring Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey, is set to debut on HBO and Max on Sept. 7 at 9 p.m. Eastern, the network said, with some listings noting episodes may be available to stream on HBO Max beginning Sept. 8. The series returns Ingelsby to the Philadelphia region and follows a cross-agency task force racing to stop a string of violent robberies that draw an aging FBI agent and an impulsive family man onto a collision course.

Task centers on FBI agent Tom Brandis, played by Ruffalo, a former Catholic priest who has retreated from the field after a personal tragedy and is pulled back into active duty to head the new unit. His primary quarry is Robbie Prendergrast, played by Pelphrey, a garbage collector who has been stealing from drug dealers and provoking reprisals from a local motorcycle gang known as the Dark Hearts. The action unfolds over just more than a week in working class suburbs outside Philadelphia, where the investigation and the robberies rapidly tighten around both men’s families.

The series is written by Ingelsby, who is credited on all seven episodes, with Dave Obzud sharing story credit on...