How Smoke's Final Episode Sets Up More Seasons After Chilling Reveal
The series finale reveals Dave Gudsen as the serial arsonist and explores complex motives tied to trauma and identity, ending with ambiguous consequences for the characters.
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How Smoke's Final Episode Sets Up More Seasons After Chilling Reveal
Apple TV+’s Smoke was promoted as a limited series, but the finale might set the show up for more seasons after a chilling reveal. During the Friday, August 15, episode, Dave (Taron Egerton) faced off with Michelle (Jurnee Smollett) after he could no longer hide his identity as a serial arsonist. They had a showdown that nearly turned deadly, but Michelle survived, and Dave was apprehended. Smoke ended with an interrogation scene, during which D…
Breaking Down the Smoldering Finale of Smoke
Warning: This post has spoilers for the finale of Smoke.Across nine episodes, Smoke traced destruction as it traveled from suburban streets and storefronts into more figurative places—the dark recesses of identity, the fragile façades to which people cling in order to survive. By the season finale, “Mirror Mirror,” long-buried truths surface, demanding a reckoning as emotional as it is inevitable. Creator Dennis Lehane always envisioned a climax…
‘Smoke’ Episode 9 Review and Ending Explained: A Stylish, Tense Finale Where Dave and Michelle Confront Themselves
Smoke Episode 9 has everything you’d expect from a season finale: the villain is finally caught, and the hero walks away on top. But if you think that’s the whole story, think again. Dave Gudsen, brought chillingly to life by Taron Egerton, is anything but a flat, one-note bad guy doing evil just for the thrill. He’s complicated, calculated, and dangerously self-assured until the mirror cracks. And Jurnee Smollett’s Michelle? She’s no saintly he…
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