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some_of_us_are_sane

(3,076 posts)
3. Honestly, tried it last night... but
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 01:21 PM
Friday

couldn't get through much of the first episode. It has a "TABLOID" love of naked corpses and the acting feels juvenile, DESPITE the fine cast.

(It has the stench of a "Ryan Murphy" show, whose "American Horror Story" grew more "tabloid-y" after its first season.)

I had high hopes for Scarpetta because I loved most of the books, so I'm disappointed. A waste of good actors BADLY directed.

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,076 posts)
5. Jamie Lee Curis is a great actress
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 02:39 PM
Friday

I was FLOORED by her performance in the series :The Beast". Now THAT was a superb series.

Skittles

(171,284 posts)
7. she's great, and she looks realistic
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 05:00 AM
Yesterday

I find Nicole's overly smooth and rigid countenance distracting

Floyd R. Turbo

(32,815 posts)
9. Agree! I think Nicole's character is like that because she had to be the adult in the family. Just my take!
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 08:55 AM
Yesterday

Luciferous

(6,582 posts)
6. Just finished it. Could have done without
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 12:29 AM
Yesterday

the constant bickering between the sisters but it was decent.

LudwigPastorius

(14,608 posts)
11. I heard a good review of it, so I might put it in my cue.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 01:11 AM
8 hrs ago

This, despite the fact that I'm not a big Nicole Kidman fan, and I think the serial killer/crime procedural genre has been done to bloody death.

Intractable

(1,973 posts)
12. If I watch it, will that make the commercials stop.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 01:15 AM
8 hrs ago

It's crazy how often MS-NOW runs the trailers for this and Young Sherlock.

underpants

(196,163 posts)
15. We watched it. My wife is a big Cornwell fan and loved it.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:35 AM
51 min ago

I’ve never read the books but the interactions between her and Marino were good TV. I just watched it as a regular viewer and thought it was really good. We were disappointed that it wasn’t shot in Richmond because that is, I’m told, a big part of the books. Apparently they shot it in Nashville- production companies pretty much just fish around for deals from state boards and will shoot anywhere.

My wife loved it but thought Kidman was a strange choice. I thought the young Scarpetta looked remarkably and distractingly like the WH spokesidiot Leavitt.

Jamie Lee was a hoot. My wife loved when they all cooked because that is also a big part of the books.

I watched the first 3 and my wife finished the season on Friday while she was at home teleworking.

Floyd R. Turbo

(32,815 posts)
16. I haven't read the books either. Most of the negative reviews I've read are from people who are fans of the novels.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:46 AM
40 min ago
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