Per Apple TV+, “Smoke follows a troubled police detective, Michelle Calderone (Jurnee Smollett) and an enigmatic arson investigator, Dave Gudsen (Egerton), as they pursue the tr

Author and screenwriter Dennis Lehane has a healthy respect for the power of fire. He learned that the hard way — surviving a house fire in Boston in his 30s. Lehane was living on the top floor of an apartment building when a propane tank on the roof exploded and started a blaze.

WHAT IT'S ABOUT Two serial arsonists have been starting fires throughout a Pacific Northwest town in "Smoke," a new drama from the prolific author and screenwriter Dennis Lehane ("Gone Baby Gone," "The Wire" and plenty more).