Overview

• The nine-episode first season concluded August 15 with a finale whose open-ended resolution has prompted debate over its unresolved moral and legal questions.
• Dennis Lehane withheld major plot developments from his cast until they received each episode’s script, a tactic actors say heightened their on-screen presence.
• The production relied heavily on practical fire stunts for authenticity and staged its climactic forest blaze on a studio sound stage to resolve technical demands.
• Cinematographer Francois Dagenais drew on The French Connection for lighting and camera techniques that give the series its gritty, urban immediacy.
• Reviewers highlight Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett’s performances and the series’ visual flair but point to its deliberate pacing as a potential drawback.