Task Episode 6 Drops Tonight: Exact Release Time, Date, and Where to Watch
Episode 5 of HBO’s Task detonates the season, smashing law and crime into direct collision and welding the show’s split perspectives into a high-stakes flashpoint that cranks the tension even higher.
Episode 5 of HBO's crime mini-series Task finally slammed the two halves of the show together — the cops and the crooks literally collide — and the fallout is about to hit. If you've been waiting for the cat-and-mouse to stop being polite and start getting real, Episode 6 is your week.
'Out Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing, There Is a River'
Yes, that really is the episode title. The hour centers on the inevitable face-off between FBI agent Tom Brandis (Mark Ruffalo) and Robbie Prendergrast (Tom Pelphrey), the trash-route lifer turned high-end robbery mastermind Brandis has been chasing. The show has been playing both sides all season, and this is where those dual perspectives collide with actual consequences.
Beyond the showdown, the story digs into Brandis's home life — the work/family strain that's been simmering gets more complicated — while the investigation kicks loose new developments that make everyone's choices messier. The whole thing leans hard into moral gray zones, pushing the idea that these two aren’t so much opposites as mirrors. Also worth calling out: people are dialing into the performances, especially Ruffalo, who reportedly put himself through some punishing FBI-style training to ground the role.
- Episode 6 release: Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT in the U.S.
- Where to watch: HBO on cable/satellite at the above time; streaming on HBO Max at the same time, with the episode available on demand afterward.
- Title: 'Out Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing, There Is a River'
- Series basics: Task, created by showrunner Brad Inglesby.
- Main cast: Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel.
- Premise refresher: FBI agent Tom Brandis is hunting Robbie Prendergrast, a garbage collector tied to a run of high-profile robberies.
- Current reception: IMDb score sits at 7.7/10.
If Episode 5 was the fuse, Episode 6 is the pop — the moment where the show stops debating right vs. wrong and starts asking what it costs to live in the space between.