‘Mare of Easttown’ creator Brad Ingelsby recently spoke to Los Angeles-based media about the upcoming HBO drama series “Task” and about a second season for “Mare,” writes Rodrigo Perez for The Playlist.

Many of “Task’s” scenes, which star Mark Ruffalo as an FBI agent leading a task force investigating drug-house robberies, were filmed in Delaware County.

Ruffalo said earlier this year that the show takes place in the same universe and same locale as “Mare of Easttown,” hinting at a possible team-up in the future.

Ingelsby, a graduate of Archbishop Carroll High School in Radnor, said his stories focus on the working class because those are the people he grew up with.

“And I think what always interests me about these stories is trying to portray them with a lot of empathy and humanity, to really get into the emotional ties of the working-class people and to portray them with courage and honor.”

As for a second season of “Mare of Easttown,” Ingelsby admits he doesn’t know how to move that story forward.

“It would be hard to jump back in with ‘”Mare” and compete with losing a son,” he said of the tragedy that marked the first season.

Read more of Brad Ingelsby’s comments and observations in The Playlist.