Task Episode 6: Release date news, streaming details, and more

“Vagrants,” the fifth episode of HBO’s Task, has won back viewers who had mixed feelings about last week’s episode. This week’s episode answered one of the most pressing questions on viewers’ minds since the third episode, “Nobody’s Stronger Than Forgiveness”: Who is the Dark Hearts mole inside Tom’s team?

But Vagrants delivered on the moment the HBO series was building towards for a month: the moment where Tom Brandis (Mark Ruffalo) and Robbie Prendergrast (Tom Pelphrey) share the screen space for the first time in the series. This episode sets the stage for the game of cat and mouse in Task Episodes 6 and 7.

Task Episode 6 release date and time:

Task Episode 6, "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a river.", airs next Sunday, October 12, 2025. Like the previous four entries, Task Episode 6 will air at the same time, i.e., 09:00 PM ET. However, the release time of the episode will be different due to the different time zones. So, here's when you can catch the episode in your country:

1. Pacific Standard Time: 06:00 PM, October 12, 2025
2. Eastern Standard Time: 09:00 PM, October 12, 2025
3. Indian Standard Time: 06:31 AM, October 13, 2025
4. Greenwich Mean Time +1: 01:00 AM, October 13, 2025
5. Australian Eastern Standard Time: 11:00 AM, October 13, 2025
6. Central European Time: 03:00 AM, October 13, 2025

How to watch the next episode of the series?

As this is an HBO series, the next episode of Task will air on the network at the aforementioned date and time. However, if you are unable to catch the episode on live TV, it will stream simultaneously on HBO Max, where you can watch it at your convenience.

The officially released promo teases a shootout, meaning it is picking up right where the fifth episode ended.

What happened in Task Episode 5?

Vagrants is another exciting episode of the HBO series that ties up some loose ends from the previous episodes and sets up exciting storylines for the upcoming episodes. This is the episode in which Robbie is finally identified as the mastermind behind the robberies by both the Dark Hearts and Tom's team. The biggest foreshadowing of this danger is set up right in the first act, which sees a shocking death.

Perry interrogated Jayson's wife, Eryn, in the previous episode whether she helped Cliff Boward and his then unidentified partner in robbing the Dark Hearts' drug houses. She denies it, despite Perry offering her a way out. Now, Eryn tries to run, but Perry catches up to her, and as he does so, she calls out for help, as some people are nearby enjoying a party.

However, her cries for help are drowned out by the loud music. As Perry tries to silence her, he accidentally drowns her in the lake. Jamie McShane, who plays Perry in the HBO series, addressed this moment in the Variety interview:

"Perry had no intention of killing Eryn. He tells her that he gave her a clean way out of her situation, and now they have to handle it differently. When he tells her to go, he’s telling her that he’s taking her back to confess to Jayson, who will find his own way to deal with her. When she runs away, he’s trying to get her until he realizes that those kids are up [on the cliff] partying and playing, and Eryn is just screaming bloody murder. He tries to get her to be quiet while he’s looking up at the kids, and he’s just not fully realizing what he’s doing. When it hits him, he’s horrified, but then within that moment, the gangster mentality clicks inside."

After this, Robbie commits a mistake by approaching Freddy Frias, who immediately tips off Jayson. Meanwhile, the FBI team also identifies Robbie because of the man he assaulted in the previous episode. Maeve takes Sam to the FBI HQ, where he will be safe and sound, as Tom visits her home to ask her some questions, but ends up meeting Robbie.

Tom tries to lie, but Robbie takes him hostage and forces him to drive to the location where he agreed to meet Frias. But he forces Tom to go a bit off-road, which leads to a forest, where he lets Tom go. Tom contacts the FBI, which traces Robbie to the remote cabin, where he and Tom point a gun at each other, and the episode cuts to black.

Trending

The thrilling fifth episode of Task is accessible on HBO Max. Catch it before the next one releases next week.

×

Was this article helpful?

Thank You for feedback