NEW YORK, July 5 (UPI) -- Underground, True Blood and Lovecraft Country actress Jurnee Smollett says that sage advice from a screen icon helped her find the look and voice of her character in the new drama, Smoke . Based on the true-crime podcast Firebug , and created by best-selling novelist Dennis Lehane , new episodes of the limited series air on Apple TV+ Fridays. The show follows Taron Egerton 's Dave Gudsen, a Pacific Northwest arson investigator, aspiring writer and serial fire-starter.