Overview

• The series launched on June 27 with two episodes and adds a new installment every Friday through August 15 on Apple TV+.
• It centers on arson investigator Dave Gudsen (Taron Egerton) teaming with Detective Michelle Calderon (Jurnee Smollett) to stop a pair of serial fire-starters in the Pacific Northwest.
• Created by Dennis Lehane and scored by Thom Yorke, the nine-episode thriller showcases a supporting cast that includes Greg Kinnear, John Leguizamo and Anna Chlumsky.
• Smoke adapts the Firebug podcast’s narrative and the crimes of John Leonard Orr, the convicted arsonist believed to have set over 2,000 fires between 1960 and 1991.
• Early reviews commend the leads’ performances but criticize the show’s uneven tone, telegraphed twists and sparse narrative, with the Baltimore Sun rating it 1.5 out of 4 stars.