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Spoilers below.<\/em><\/p>\n HBO\u2019s newest series Task, <\/em>helmed by the Mare of Easttown<\/a><\/em> creator Brad Ingelsby, has quickly become one of the network\u2019s most exciting crime thrillers.<\/p>\n Starring Mark Ruffalo as ex-priest-turned-FBI agent Tom, the seven-episode series follows a task force that sets out to investigate a string of robberies that are taking place in a quaint Philadelphia suburb. But when the burglar is revealed to be the local garbage collector, Robbie (Tom Pelphrey), the situation gets even more complex.<\/p>\n \u201cThe tension of the story is that you care about both of these guys,\u201d Ingelsby told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em>. \u201cYou want Robbie to get away and you want Tom to get a win. But you know that can\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n For Ruffalo, the series \u201chas a great pulse,\u201d he told Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/em>, \u201cIt\u2019s moving, it\u2019s exciting. And at the same time, yes, you\u2019re going to get your heart torn out.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cWe empathize with these people, we relate to them, and it\u2019s totally engaging, because it\u2019s cops and robbers. It\u2019s the chase, danger, and crime. The wonderful world of a detective on an investigation, slowly unraveling in this collision course of these two characters that we know have to meet one day and wonder what will happen when they finally do.\u201d<\/p>\n Ahead, here\u2019s everything we know about the future of Task<\/em>.<\/p>\n As of right now, HBO has not renewed Task<\/em> for a second season.<\/p>\n But series creator Brad Ingelsby isn\u2019t ruling out the possibility. \u201cI\u2019d love to have a chance to do another season of Task<\/em>,\u201d he told Esquire<\/a><\/em>. \u201cWhat I love about TV is just how many characters you get to explore. I really see myself as a character writer and not a great plot writer. And so what I love about TV is that you get to explore the Grassos, the Lizzies, the Aleahs. If I was to do a movie, unless I was Robert Altman, I just wouldn\u2019t be able to tap into that many characters.\u201d<\/p>\n Returning cast members would likely include Mark Ruffalo, Thuso Mbedu<\/a>, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel, and Martha Plimpton.<\/p>\n Tom Pelphrey would not return for season 2, as his character Robbie dies from a fatal stab wound in episode 6<\/a>. Alison Oliver would also not return. Her character, the state trooper Lizzie, dies after being hit by a car in the same episode.<\/p>\nWill there be a season 2 of Task<\/em>?<\/h2>\n
Who would be in the cast?<\/h2>\n