- Starring
- Taron Egerton, Jurnee Smollett, Rafe Spall
- Creator
- Dennis Lehane
- Rating
- TV-MA
- Genre
- Crime, Drama, True Crime
- Release date
- June 27, 2025
- Where to watch
- AppleTV
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Set in the fictional town of Umberland in the Pacific Northwest, Smoke is inspired by the true-crime podcast Firebug about serial arsonist John Leonard Orr. The miniseries follows Dave Gudsen (Taron Egerton), a former firefighter turned arson investigator, and Detective Michelle Calderon (Jurnee Smollett), who team up to track down two serial arsonists terrorizing the region. As they investigate, their pursuit reveals a complex web of secrets, suspicions, and personal struggles, with one arsonist using a “divide and conquer” strategy by setting fires in supermarket chip aisles to strain emergency services, while the other’s identity and motives remain elusive, leading to a tense cat-and-mouse game.
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