Three years ago, crime writer Dennis Lehane and actor Taron Egerton teamed up for "Black Bird," an Apple TV+ series that adapted the true story of undercover informant James Keene into a disturbing-yet-tender take on masculinity.

Fire is at the center of Smoke, Apple TV+ 's searing new crime drama, but the blaze that matters most is internal. Created by bestselling author and screenwriter Dennis Lehane ( Black Bird, Mystic River ), the show sets an arson investigator, a troubled detective and two elusive firebugs on a collision course with their pasts—and themselves.