'Smoke' review: Fires up our yearning for a gripping tale


'I only have two things to say. First, manners maketh man. And second, I'm still standing.' Photos: Handout

 

Fire is an organism that waits and watches and breathes, or so a character in the new crime drama Smoke tells us. Indeed, with its crafty use of angles and pyrotechnics, the show makes its blazes seem almost... sentient, and nasty, spiteful things.However, try Googling that opening phrase, and the AI assistant immediately stresses that fire is NOT an organism.

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Summary:

We're up and we want the smoke.

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