'Smoke' Review: Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett Make a Begrudging, Dynamic Team in Apple's Fiery Crime Series

Some fans on social media say looking at a trailer of Apple TV+'s "Smoke" reminds them of the early '90s film, "Backdraft." While the film and the TV series both have fire as a main theme, "Smoke," is not about saving lives. It's really about destroying them. Loosely based on the "Firebug" podcast that tells the story of John Leonard Orr, an arson investigator convicted of having set thousands of fires in the Los Angeles area over approximately two decades, "Smoke" was written by the prolific novelist-turned-screenwriter-turned-TV writer Dennis Lehane. Lehane's . . .