"In the first half of Brag Ingelsby's series follow-up to Mare of Easttown, Grasso is a slick operator who shifts between tough-guy posturing and a besotted romance with new colleague Lizzie (Alison Oliver). But Grasso has been leaking information about his task-force team's investigation into Dark Hearts leader Jayson (Sam Keeley), and when his treachery inadvertently gets Lizzie killed, Frankel replaces Grasso's rakish grin and self-assured lean with forlorn eyes and drooped shoulders."
"Some Task viewers will recognize Frankel from two seasons on House of the Dragon; in that other buzzy HBO series, he plays Ser Criston Cole, a Kingsguard knight who turns increasingly villainous as his loyalties and motivations conflict. Both characters struggle with the weight of their guilt, but where Cole has fallen deeper into cruelty, Grasso takes the first step on a path to redemption."
Anthony Grasso begins as a slick operator who alternates tough-guy posturing with a besotted romance with colleague Lizzie. He leaks information about the task force investigation into Dark Hearts leader Jayson, and his treachery inadvertently gets Lizzie killed, altering his demeanor to forlorn eyes and drooped shoulders. In the finale, Grasso betrays the Dark Hearts, races into the woods while bleeding to rescue Maeve, kills Jayson, and secures second chances for both. The role parallels Fabien Frankel's Ser Criston Cole but moves toward redemption rather than deeper cruelty. Grasso's arc is driven by guilt tied to lapsed Catholicism.
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