City on Fire (Apple TV+)

[Marty McFourth]

Premiere Date: May 12, 2023

Cast​

• Wyatt Oleff as Charlie
• Chase Sui Wonders as Samantha Yeung
• Jemima Kirke as Regan Hamilton Sweeney
• Nico Tortorella as William Hamilton Sweeney
• Ashley Zukerman as Keith
• Xavier Clyde as Mercer
• Max Milner as Nicky Chaos
• Alexandra Doke as Sewer Girl
• Omid Abtahi as Detective Ali Parsa
• Kathleen Munroe as Detective PJ McFadden
• John Cameron Mitchell as Armory Gould
• Michael Tow as Joe Yeung
• Alexander Pineiro as Sol
• Amel Khalil as Sherry Parsa
• Beth Malone as Felicia Gould

Synopsis: In ‘City on Fire,’ an NYU student is shot in Central Park on the Fourth of July, 2003. Samantha is alone; there are no witnesses and very little physical evidence. Her friends’ band is playing at her favorite downtown club but she leaves to meet someone, promising to return. She never does. As the crime against Samantha is investigated, she’s revealed to be the crucial connection between a series of mysterious citywide fires, the downtown music scene, and a wealthy uptown real estate family fraying under the strain of the many secrets they keep.

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Justice for Sam I can dig it!

 

[Wiseman]

Eh, feels too much like more of a "young adult" vibe crime story. Not really my gig.