Overview

• The nine-episode series will launch with two episodes on June 27 and release weekly installments through August 15.
• Taron Egerton stars as arson investigator Dave Gudsen, who teams with detective Michelle Calderone, played by Jurnee Smollett, to track serial firebugs in fictional Umberland.
• Inspired by the Firebug podcast and the true case of arsonist John Leonard Orr, the narrative explores characters’ hidden traumas and blurred moral lines.
• Radiohead’s Thom Yorke contributes an original song to the soundtrack, underscoring the series' focus on psychological tension.
• Early reviews have lauded Egerton’s intensity alongside Smollett’s emotional range, praising Lehane’s exploration of inner turmoil.