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Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.


“She's a voice for the voiceless.”
Renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to her position as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner, where she investigates a haunting murder with eerie reminders from her first big case decades ago. In 1998, Scarpetta works alongside Detective Pete Marino and FBI Agent Benton Wesley as they investigate a series of brutal stranglings. Based on the best-selling novels by Patricia Cornwell.

Nicole Kidman
Kay Scarpetta

Jamie Lee Curtis
Dorothy

Bobby Cannavale
Pete Marino

Simon Baker
Benton Wesley

Rosy McEwen
Past Kay Scarpetta

Jake Cannavale
Past Pete Marino

Hunter Parrish

Ariana DeBose
Lucy Farinelli-Watson
Scarpetta is a drama, crime, mystery series that first aired in 2026 exploring themes of based on novel or book, medical examiner, virginia, procedural, thriller. Created by Patricia Cornwell, it stars Nicole Kidman, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bobby Cannavale. Renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to her position as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner, where she investigates a haunting murder with eerie reminders from her first big case decades ago. In 1998, Scarpetta works alongside Detective Pete Marino and FBI Agent Benton Wesley as they investigate a series of brutal stranglings. Based on the best-selling novels by Patricia Cornwell.
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