Overview

• Smoke launches on Apple TV+ on June 27 with two episodes available immediately and the remaining seven dropping weekly through August 15.
• Created and written by novelist Dennis Lehane, the series draws on the Firebug podcast and the real-life case of serial arsonist John Leonard Orr.
• Taron Egerton stars as arson investigator Dave Gudsen alongside Jurnee Smollett’s troubled detective Michelle Calderone in the fictional town of Umberland.
• The show probes themes of moral ambiguity and psychological complexity as characters wrestle with the destructive appeal of fire.
• After its first two episodes, the narrative shifts from a mystery hunt to a deeper exploration of the investigators’ internal conflicts.