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  "path": "/task-season-2-hbo-max/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-25T16:30:56.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nThe Task finale might have started off with some heartbreak after a shocking episode 6, but it ended on a more hopeful note than I could have hoped for. And after the ending, fans were wondering: Will there be a _Task_ season 2? Well, we have good news: we're getting some brand new episodes, even though the show was originally billed as a limited series! Keep reading for everything we know.\n\n* * *\n\n## Keep reading for the latest update on _Task_ season 2 before it comes to HBO.\n\n### Who's in the Task cast with Mark Ruffalo?\n\n\n\n\nThe cast of _Task_ season 1 includes some amazing names, and we just got word that _The Hunger Games: Mockingjay_ , _Spider-Verse_ , and _Jurassic World: Rebirth_ star Mahershala Ali is joining the upcoming season as Eddie Barnes, a rival DEA agent in Philadelphia.\n\nHere's the season 1 cast:\n\n  * **Mark Ruffalo** as _Tom Brandis_\n  * **Tom Pelphrey** ​ as _Robbie_ _Prendergrast_ ​\n  * **Emilia Jones** as _Maeve Prendergrast_\n  * **Fabien Frankel** as _Anthony Grasso_\n  * **Thuso Mbedu** as _Aleah Clinton_\n  * **Raúl Castillo** as _Cliff Broward_\n  * **Alison Oliver** as _Lizzie Stover_\n  * **Owen Teague** as _Peaches Pollard_\n  * **Silvia Dionicio** as _Emily Brandis_\n  * **Martha Plimpton** as _Kathleen McGinty_\n  * **Jamie McShane** as _Perry Dorazo_\n  * **Sam Keeley****** as _Jayson Wilkes_\n  * **Phoebe Fox** as _Sara_\n\n\n\n### What is Task season 2 about?\n\n\n\n\n_Task_ season 2 will continue the story of the first season as Tom takes on a brand new team. But “the deeper the operation runs, the harder it is to tell who’s the target,\" according to the official logline.\n\nWriter Brad Ingelsby said in a statement, “We’ve been incredibly fortunate to have HBO's unwavering support of TASK from the very first script onwards, throughout production, and during their extraordinary launch of our first season to audiences. They are an unmatched creative home. On behalf of the entire TASK team, in front of and behind the camera, I am honored and excited to get back to work on a second season of our show.”\n\n### How many episodes are in Task?\n\n\n\n\nThere are 7 episodes in the first season of _Task_. It's currently airing every week on Sundays. Here's the full schedule:\n\n  * **Season 1, Episode 1** \"Crossings\" premiered on HBO Max September 7, 2025\n  * **Season 1, Episode 2** \"Family Statements\" premiered on HBO Max September 14, 2025\n  * **Season 1, Episode 3** \"Nobody's Stronger Than Forgiveness\" premiered on HBO Max September 21, 2025\n  * **Season 1, Episode 4** \"All Roads\" premiered on HBO Max September 28, 2025\n  * **Season 1, Episode 5** \"Vagrants\" premiered on HBO Max October 5, 2025\n  * **Season 1, Episode 6** \"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a river.\" premiered on HBO Max October 12, 2025\n  * **Season 1, Episode 7** \"A Still Small Voice\" premiered on HBO Max October 19, 2025\n\n\n\n### Is Task a limited series?\n\n\n\n\n_Task_ was originally created and put out with the intention of it being a limited series, but if HBO wants to turn _Task_ into a long-running show after season 2, I wouldn't be surprised!\n\n### Where is Maeve going at the end of Task?\n\n\n\n\nAfter getting all of Robbie's money (and Tom allowing her to keep it), Maeve takes her cousins and leaves Delco. It's not officially confirmed where she's going, but one thing's for sure: she's headed to greener pastures.\n\n**Subscribe to our Weekend Watch newsletter for even more TV news!**\n\n_This post has been updated._",
  "title": "'Task' Season 2 News: Mahershala Ali Joins the Cast as Rival Agent"
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