This scene, from the premiere episode of Dennis Lehane's new Apple series, "Smoke," is one of the most upsetting in recent memory. The grounded set-up turns into a living nightmare with such harrowing speed that it almost feels cruel when her shocking survival plays out like a bait and switch: She survived the fire,

Taron Egerton and Dennis Lehane re-team for another satisfying true crime series with the arson thriller on Apple TV+.

On their trail we find the arson investigator Dave Gudsen (Taron Egerton) and Det. Michell Calderon (Jurnee Smollett). The nine-episode series co-stars John Leguizamo and Greg Kinnear. It's based on the podcast "Firebug," about the real-life arsonist John Leonard Orr.