Smoke (2025 series): Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Taron Egerton stars in a fiery nine-part whodunnit, all episodes of which are now available
Year: 2025
Certificate: 18
Smoke has a lot going for it. With a script from Dennis Lehane (Shutter Island) based on true crime podcast Firebug, and starring Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett as a pair of arson investigators, this gripping nine-parter is essentially a whodunnit about fire.
Egerton is Dave Gudsen, a plodding journeyman investigator with literary aspirations, and the jolly stepdad to his wife's teenage child. He's an everyman with an edge, while Smollett plays something very different. Detective Michelle Calderone wound up in arson for reasons unknown, but everyone seems to think it's a punishment because the clear-up rate for cases there is so low. There's no glory in short but, when a string of fires suggest a pair of arsonists is at work, Michelle is determined to make the best of her situation - and catch the culprits.
With a cracking, twisting script that's always two steps ahead of you, great performances, tense fire scenes and a casually top-tier soundtrack, Smoke is one to watch. Lehane and Egerton previously teamed up to great effect for Apple's Black Bird and this is just as gripping, with a strong wider cast that includes Rafe Spall, Greg Kinnear and John Leguizamo. (Nine episodes)
