Creator Brad Ingelsby on the ‘Task’ Finale

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.5 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Chris and Andy talk about the season finale of ‘Task,’ discussing why the ending was so satisfying, the constantly evolving nature of the show, and whether they want more of the HBO crime drama (1:00). Later, they’re joined by series creator Brad Ingelsby to discuss what inspired him to make the show, its significant religious through line, Mark Ruffalo’s finale monologue, the chances of a second season, and much more (27:42). Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of ‘The Watch’ and so much more! Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Guest: Brad Ingelsby Producers: Kaya McMullen and Kai Grady Video Producers: Jon Jones Additional Video Supervision: Michael Delgado Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happy fall movie season, James.
0:01.8	Horror is booming, but Oscar contenders are about to hit theaters.
0:06.3	Marty Supreme, Springsteen deliver me from nowhere, Wicked for Good, and Bougonia.
0:10.3	Don't forget blockbusters like Avatar, Fire and Ash, Predator Badlands, and Five Nights at Freddy's too.
0:16.4	Those will be huge.
0:17.5	We'll cover those movies every week this fall on our podcast, which is called Raiders
0:23.0	of the Lost Podcast. Raiders of the Lost podcast. Watch or listen on Spotify. I need sports to have
0:30.4	to clear the room. Stand up and walk now. Now. Hello and welcome to The Watch. My name is Chris Ryan.
0:37.8	I am an editor at the ringer.com and joining me on the other line, Unselfish with his
0:44.8	love.
0:46.0	It's Andy Greenwald!
0:48.0	That's the nicest thing you ever said about me.
0:50.0	Andy, we are recording this for Sunday night release after the task finale.
0:55.4	We have a wonderful, nice, long, healthy, thoughtful interview with Brad Ingalls B to share with you guys.
1:02.0	So we're going to talk a little bit about the task finale and the series finale.
1:06.2	We assume maybe series finale, maybe just season finale, who knows?
1:10.0	And then we'll get into our interview with Brad where we got into a bunch of stuff
1:13.8	from this last episode as well as how the whole thing made us feel, which was quite a bit.
1:19.7	It's great to see you.
1:21.2	I really can't wait to talk to you about this episode and sort of the end of this season.
1:27.5	Let me just start here.
1:28.8	We'll start broadly.
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