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Scarpetta
She's a voice for the voiceless.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Scarpetta actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Scarpetta reads strongest on Tension, Cliffhanger Intensity and Bingeability.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E02 · Signature episode
Kay
In present day, Scarpetta and Marino enlist Lucy to track down their former prime suspect from 28 years ago, Matt Petersen, due to a possible link between the cases; while in the past, the two investigate Petersen's potential involvement in his wife's murder.
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by Elizabeth Sarnoff

S01E05 · Signature episode
Hello from space, my Dear
In the present, Scarpetta and Benton's marriage is put to the test when Kay is called in by the FBI to perform autopsies on two dead astronauts found at a crash site that might connect to the murder victim. In the past, it's Friday night and the killer could strike at any moment.
- Directed by Charlotte Brändström, David Gordon Green
- Written by Matthew Zucker

S01E03 · Signature episode
Dot
Present Scarpetta and Marino visit Matt Petersen at his Compound while Lucy and Officer Blaise Fruge team up to search for the murder victim's boyfriend. The past investigation takes a turn when Scarpetta is called into the Health Commissioner's office regarding leaks to the press.
- Directed by Charlotte Brändström
- Written by Iturri Sosa

S01E04 · Signature episode
Pete
Present Scarpetta and Marino uncover troubling similarities between their murder victim and the 'accidental' death of a jogger six months earlier; while in the past, Scarpetta suspects that someone from within her own office is attempting to sabotage her, and she makes a huge discovery in the case.
- Directed by Charlotte Brändström
- Written by Ahmadu Garba

S01E06 · Signature episode
Benton
Past Scarpetta and Benton devise a risky plan to bait the serial killer out of hiding. In the present, Scarpetta orders the exhumation of the dead jogger's body, convinced that there's a connection between the jogger's death and the murder victim. At home, Kay and Benton's mounting secrets and lies come to a boiling point.
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by Maisha Closson

S01E01
Bridge of Time (1)
After returning to her former position as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner, renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta investigates a sinister and mysterious murder that eerily resembles her first big case from 28 years prior.
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by Elizabeth Sarnoff
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S01E01
Bridge of Time (1)
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by Elizabeth Sarnoff

S01E02 · Signature episode
Kay
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by Elizabeth Sarnoff

S01E03 · Signature episode
Dot
- Directed by Charlotte Brändström
- Written by Iturri Sosa

S01E04 · Signature episode
Pete
- Directed by Charlotte Brändström
- Written by Ahmadu Garba

S01E05 · Signature episode
Hello from space, my Dear
- Directed by Charlotte Brändström, David Gordon Green
- Written by Matthew Zucker

S01E06 · Signature episode
Benton
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by Maisha Closson
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Elizabeth Sarnoff
Showrunner

Jamie Lee Curtis
Executive producer
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Chris Dickie
Executive producer
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Per Saari
Executive producer

David Gordon Green
Executive producer

Jeremy Gold
Executive producer
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Patricia Cornwell
Executive producer

Jason Blum
Executive producer

Nicole Kidman
Executive producer

Chris McCumber
Executive producer
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Amy Sayres
Executive producer
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Maisha Closson
Writer
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Matthew Zucker
Writer

Ahmadu Garba
Writer
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Iturri Sosa
Writer
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Alison Balian
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jamie Lee CurtisExecutive Producer
- Mary KaneProducer
- Chris DickieExecutive Producer
- Elizabeth SarnoffExecutive Producer
- John H. BristerProducer
- Per SaariExecutive Producer
Writing
- Maisha ClossonWriter
- Elizabeth SarnoffWriter
- Matthew ZuckerWriter
- Ahmadu GarbaWriter
- Iturri SosaWriter
- Alison BalianWriter
Direction
- Charlotte BrändströmDirector
- Ellen KurasDirector
- David Gordon GreenDirector
Cinematography
- Eliot RockettDirector of Photography
- John BrawleyDirector of Photography
- Michael SimmondsDirector of Photography
Music
- Jeff RussoOriginal Music Composer
- Perrine VirgileOriginal Music Composer
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