Smoke is an American crime drama television series created by Dennis Lehane, inspired by Firebug, a podcast about the crimes of arsonist John Leonard Orr. It premiered on Apple TV+ on June 27, 2025.
A detective and an arson investigator work together to stop two serial arsonists in the Pacific Northwest.
It was announced in December 2022 that Dennis Lehane and Taron Egerton, who had worked together on Apple TV+'s miniseries Black Bird, would reteam for Firebug, a new television series at Apple TV+, inspired by the crimes of arsonist John Leonard Orr. In addition to starring, Egerton serves as executive producer alongside Richard Plepler through Eden Productions, Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas through Imperative Entertainment, Joe Chappelle, Marc Smerling for Truth Podcasting Corp, Jane Bartelme and Kary Antholis for Crime Story Media, LLC.
In March 2024, Jurnee Smollett and John Leguizamo joined the cast, with Kari Skogland set to direct and executive produce the series. Chappelle and Jim McKay also directed the episodes. Rafe Spall, Greg Kinnear, Ntare Mwine and Hannah Emily Anderson would be added to the cast in May.
Filming began in Vancouver in March 2024.
The first two episodes of the series were shown at the 2025 Tribeca Festival on June 12, 2025. The series was retitled from Firebug to Smoke, and it premiered on June 27, 2025.
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 73% approval rating based on 56 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Smoke obscures its appeal with coy plotting until it eventually lights a fire under its story, but commanding turns from Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett keep this drama watchable throughout." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 60 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable".