Nicole Kidman’s Detective Series Is Your Next Obsessive Binge-Watch

Connie Chornuk/PrimeWith detective series like Bosch, Cross, and Ballard (not to mention kindred efforts such as Reacher and Jack Ryan), Prime Video has perfected a specific dramatic template centered on a charismatic hero. Scarpetta (March 11) is the latest example of that blueprint in action, and it proves its durability, as well as the fact that the best recipe for the formula’s success is often as simple as casting, with Nicole Kidman, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bobby Cannavale, Simon Baker, and Ariana DeBose elevating this thriller about the hunt for deadly serial killers.Adapted from Patricia Cornwell’s best-selling novels about Virginia’s Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta—in particular, the first, 1990’s Post-Mortem, and the 25th, 2021’s Autopsy—Scarpetta is two intertwined tales in one, with the legendary forensics expert played by Kidman in the present and Rosy McEwen in the past. Read more at The Daily Beast.