In this recap of episode four of HBO’s Task, we wonder aloud for 58 (tight) minutes about why this show isn’t actually called I’m Going to Tell You About Some Fathers, unpack Lizzie, aka Snickerdoodle, aka Stover’s highlights, anoint Maeve once again as the only functioning adult in the room, and do impressions of birds that will rock you to your core.
The title of this week’s episode, All Roads, is presumably a play on “All Roads Lead to Rome” -- that idea that every path ends in the same place. It could also be a reference to how many characters and plotlines are starting to pull this show apart. Because no matter which road you’re on, your Harley is going to leave a dependent child in the dust, your adoptive alcoholic father will stay lodged head-first up his own ass so he can keep escaping God, you will get hit in the face with a chain because you killed a guy who was sleeping with your wife, and your boss will or will not be colluding with an agent on your task force to tip off the biker gang you’re investigating, or maybe it’s just your boss working alone, or maybe it’s just the agent, or maybe both. Or neither!
We don’t care, we still love this show for the way it speaks directly to the heart of Tell Me About Your Father nation. Ingelsby once again delivers wrenching moments of father-daughter missed connection, kids parenting adults, and excellent acting.
We also get the sweet escape of Lizzie and Grasso dancing to Gwen Stefani and almost having sex, only for Grasso to pump the brakes when he realizes they’re in her “marriage bed.” Grassodoodle 4-ever. Love those two.
We’ve got 3 more episodes left and we know there are more bird metaphors flappin’ their wings towards us. See you next week! The best is yet to come.
Love,
Elizabeth, Erin and Matt
