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Based on Patricia Cornwell's novels, Prime Video's Scarpetta stars Nicole Kidman as Kay Scarpetta in a brutal, time-jumping crime thriller that links a current murder to a decades-old case, while exploring misogyny, family tension, and Kay's surgical methodology; eight episodes premiere March 11.
Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis are developing a TV adaptation of Patricia Cornwell’s Scarpetta novels, bringing the forensic-focused crime series to television.
Scarpetta marks a high-profile Prime Video debut for Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta, with Nicole Kidman as the chief medical examiner in an eight-episode series that toggles between 1998 and 2026. The show leans into a glossy, network-like vibe and giallo-inspired violence, supported by a star-studded but uneven cast (Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana DeBose, Bobby Cannavale) and an AI confidant. The 1998 thriller portion is the stronger, more procedural strand, while the contemporary storyline plays as melodramatic soap operatics; fans are promised a cliffhanger ending and a Season 2 renewal.