‘Task’ Finale: Chasing Greatness

The Prestige TV Podcast

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.2 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Bill, Jo, and Rob run from the feds to recap the finale of ‘Task.’ (0:00) Intro (1:00) Where does ‘Task’ land among the pantheon of HBO great shows? (5:56) Mark Ruffalo’s performance (11:07) Favorite scene of the episode (14:31) What would ‘Task’ Season 2 look like? (19:05) The extended shoot-out (23:22) Nitpicks (24:46) Final arcs (46:36) Is this show better if we know the identity of the mole earlier? Email us! prestigetv@spotify.com Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of ‘The Prestige TV Podcast’ and so much more! Hosts: Bill Simmons, Joanna Robinson, and Rob Mahoney Producers: Kai Grady and Donnie Beacham Jr. Additional Production Support: Justin Sayles 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. The prestige TV podcast.
0:45.1	I'm sad.
0:46.6	Task is over.
0:48.5	Seventh episode.
0:49.6	Joanna Robinson is here.
0:51.0	Rob Mahoney, this is his flu game.
0:53.0	He's been sick.
0:55.4	He's been under the weather.
1:01.0	He was lying in the back of Grasso's car covered in blood, holding a gun. Actually, someone left me in the quarry a little too long. It's just a little damp, a little gamey at this point.
1:05.2	A little bloated. Yeah, you have quarry drowning color. So Rob my cough a couple times.
1:12.2	He's just going to violently turn away and cough.
1:14.5	So we just wanted to prepare you ahead of time.
1:16.4	All right, task.
1:17.7	I'll go big, big picture to start.
1:21.3	So we've seen all the episodes now.
1:23.3	Did this make it?
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