re: Task (New show starting tonight 9pm ET - HBO)

Just caught up on this show. Pretty solid so far.

Going on record that I think the task force mole is the outside consultant that they brought in a few times because he's the "expert" on organized gangs in the state. He just seems a little too proper and well dressed. And the Dark Hearts went from a typical biker gang to a well run drug operation under his law enforcement watch.

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This show is so fricking good. I can't remember a show since Better Call Saul that I've felt captivated by while watching. I'm almost always checking my phone when watching TV, especially during football season. I don't even think about picking it up watching Task.

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Have you watched Mare of Easttown? It's the same writer. That's a very good series too.

Wow I'm confused. How did the meet get screwed up?

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My off the wall theory is that Lizzie is the informant for the bikers.

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Did you miss the part where Ruffalos boss called the bikers right after he told her he had a mole?

Another good episode. Loving the show. However, I need to bring up some slight criticisms. First, I'm bored with the daughter Emily. This characters storyline is easily the worst part of the show and it's taking away from others. Maeve, for example, has had a much smaller role the past two episodes. And I agree with you guys that the raid was confusing.

Glad I was not the only one to be like WTF? Anyway I use ChatGPT for work but I also like to talk about movies and shows. I asked about the park meeting and this is what I got:


Spoiler Alert if you don't want it explained!! Of course it could be all wrong but it makes sense to me.










Ah, got it — the park meeting shift is one of the key confusing things in that episode, and it’s meant to feel disorienting because it ties directly to the mole.

Here’s what’s happening:

How the park meet got moved

Tom’s task force set up the sting at a specific park location to intercept Cliff.

At the last minute, Cliff was redirected to a different spot. The only way this could have happened is if someone inside the task force leaked the setup (or deliberately miscommunicated it).

On-screen, you see Tom and his crew preparing, then realizing Cliff isn’t showing where they expected. Meanwhile, Robbie and Cliff are elsewhere, reacting to a new rendezvous point.

This is why Tom gets so rattled — it means the leak is very close, and their carefully controlled plan was sabotaged in real time.

Acting is top notch across the board in this show. You care about the characters

Could be but the phone was never in his possession at the briefing. Aleah had it in an evidence bag. Maybe the boss is a mole and one of the team works for her.

That was puzzling to me as well. How do you not notice you’re using a different phone? I thought it was him early on but I think they’re trying to give us reason to suspect all of them.