Scarpetta is a Prime Video crime thriller and the first successful screen adaptation of Patricia Cornwell's best-selling Kay Scarpetta novels, developed and showrun by Liz Sarnoff. It pairs two Oscar winners: Nicole Kidman, who also executive produces, as the brilliant forensic pathologist, and Jamie Lee Curtis as her estranged sister.
Kidman plays Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a chief medical examiner who uses cutting-edge forensic science to hunt killers while confronting a fractured family and her own past. Jamie Lee Curtis co-stars as Dorothy, Kay's needling older sister, in a relationship that supplies much of the series' friction, as the investigations range across Virginia, Florida, and Charleston.
Released in March 2026 with all eight episodes at once, Scarpetta drew mixed reviews, around 57% on Rotten Tomatoes, even as critics singled out its stacked cast; Prime Video had committed to two seasons in advance. It is streaming on Prime Video.
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