The new Prime Video series Scarpetta boasts an impressive cast, bringing to life Patricia Cornwell’s series of novels that have been popular for over three decades. But just because the formula for success is there doesn’t mean the show succeeds.
SCARPETTA: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
Opening Shot: We hear an oncoming train. A penny sits on the tracks. As the train passes, we see the naked body of a woman on the side of those tracks.
The Gist: Dr. Kay Scarpetta (Nicole Kidman), who is about to be sworn in for a second stint as Virginia’s chief medical examiner, goes to the scene of the body by the tracks, called there by Alexandria PD officers Blaise Fruge (Tiya Sircar) and August Ryan (David Hornsby). The naked body was handcuffed and tied up, and the woman’s hands were missing. Kay is alarmed when her brother-in-law Pete Marino (Bobby Cannavale) shows
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