We start by cross-cutting two storylines. Two chaps (Tom Pelphrey and Raul Castillo) discuss dating and getting away from it all, but we know they're up to no good. Mark Ruffalo is a priest turned FBI agent. Turns out the fellows are robbing drugs houses and Ruffalo is instructed to gather a Task (Force) to bust them. They are: Thuso Mbedu (a stand-out as the abused sharp-shooter), Fabien Frankel and Alison Oliver. And us and them getting to know each other is another good part of the mix, especially when it's suggested that one of them might be a leak.
But things aren't right in either the household of Ruffalo (a drunk, whose wife is dead, his daughter and he barely communicating, some family tragedy in the background) and Pelphrey (his bother is dead, he's in conflict with his niece Emilia Jones - you know, from Coda and What We Did on our Holiday - who's another stand-out).
So lots in the pot - oh yes, I didn't even get into a kidnapped boy - who Pelphrey is good with - until he loses it with a well-wisher and goes way over the top, reminding us at this point he's not as nice as he might be - and a gang of nasty Hell's Angels, the 'Dark Hearts', and their involvement.
With Martha Plimpton, Silvia Dionicio, the overly glowering Jamie McShane, Sam Keeley, Owen Teague, and that was Isaac de Bankolé as the priest!
I find the title annoying, even though I do realise it's what internally they call it. But it's a very exciting and well written show, well acted.
7 x 1 hour for HBO.
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