Scarpetta
Scarpetta
TV ShowReturning Series

Scarpetta

She's a voice for the voiceless.

6.4 / 10
2026
1 season
8 episodes
DramaCrimeMystery

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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Seasons

  • Bridge of Time (1)

    1.Bridge of Time (1)

    5.6
    11-03-202655m

    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 eeri...

  • Kay

    2.Kay

    6.4
    11-03-202651m

    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 p...

  • Dot

    3.Dot

    6.0
    11-03-202649m

    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 tak...

  • Pete

    4.Pete

    6.2
    11-03-202651m

    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 susp...

  • Hello from space, my Dear

    5.Hello from space, my Dear

    6.5
    11-03-202655m

    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 con...

  • Benton

    6.Benton

    5.4
    11-03-202653m

    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 the...

  • L + J

    7.L + J

    3.8
    11-03-202649m

    After confirming a connection between the two deaths in the present, Scarpetta faces mounting professional and personal crises. In the past, she makes a breakthrough in the case.

  • Bridge of Time (2)

    8.Bridge of Time (2)

    4.7
    11-03-202657m

    In the past, Scarpetta and Marino wrestle with the lie that bonds them forever. In the present, with her family, career, and marriage now fractured, Scarpetta finds herself all alo...

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