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Mahershala Ali Joins Mark Ruffalo In Season Two Of ‘Task’ At HBO
Posted on 3/23/26 at 3:15 pm
Posted on 3/23/26 at 3:15 pm
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HBO‘s critically acclaimed crime drama Task isn’t pulling any punches with the casting of Mark Ruffalo‘s counterpart in the second season as sources tell Deadline Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali is set to join the show. Ali will play Eddie Barnes, a seasoned and well-respected DEA agent in Philadelphia whose team comes into conflict with Tom’s unit.
Season two follows Ruffalo’s return as Agent Tom Brandis, takes the helm of a new task force, but the deeper the operation runs, the harder it is to tell who’s the target. Ingelsby is back as exec producer, writer and showrunner. Joining him as exec producers are Paul Lee and Mark Roybal for wiip as well as Jeremiah Zagar, Ruffalo, and Ron Schmidt. Nicole Jordan-Webber and Karen Wacker will join as co-exec producers.
Though HBO will continue to say show was never a limited series and a second season was on the table, sources close tot he project say the initial plan was for one season similar to Ingelsby’s other HBO crime drama Mare of Eastown. Once production had concluded on that first season, Ingelsby and Ruffalo felt there was still more to explore with his character and began plotting a second season arc. Once the first season concluded to big numbers and incredible reviews, Ingelsby was well on his way to writing the next season and a second season renewal quickly followed with Ruffalo returning to star.
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Posted on 3/23/26 at 3:17 pm to RLDSC FAN
mark ruffalo 
Posted on 3/23/26 at 3:17 pm to RLDSC FAN
Task S1 was great. I’m hopeful for S2.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 3:20 pm to RLDSC FAN
Such a shame Ruffalo is involved or id watch
Posted on 3/23/26 at 3:20 pm to Proximo
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mark ruffalo
agreed, but the show was good
Posted on 3/23/26 at 3:28 pm to Frac the world
It's a good show. Give it a shot
Posted on 3/23/26 at 3:35 pm to Frac the world
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Such a shame Ruffalo is involved or id watch
It was an incredibly good first season. Recommend to watch and give it a chance. Tom Pelphrey was amazing.
Excited about the addition of Mahershala Ali. Really enjoyed him in True Detective Season 3, curious if we'll see him in another police role.
That all said, going to be tough to meet the expectation after S1.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 3:46 pm to BluegrassBelle
Pelphrey and Emilia Jones were my favorites. We'll see if it can be as good without those two.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 4:02 pm to RLDSC FAN
Robbie will be hard to replace
Posted on 3/23/26 at 4:06 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Excited about the addition of Mahershala Ali. Really enjoyed him in True Detective Season 3, curious if we'll see him in another police role.
Just FYI - it states his role in the post - Ali will play Eddie Barnes, a seasoned and well-respected DEA agent in Philadelphia whose team comes into conflict with Tom’s unit.
Posted on 3/23/26 at 4:52 pm to RLDSC FAN
Wonder if we'll see Martha Plimpton again. Was she retiring? I can't remember.
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