‘Scarpetta’ Review: Nicole Kidman Plays Patricia Cornwell’s Iconic Investigator With Smooth Surgical Precision

After many attempts and untold dollars spent, “Scarpetta” finally gives Nicole Kidman a prestige TV show in which she does not appear to have been airlifted in from another continent, planet or medium.

Kidman’s regal bearing and reserve always play better on a bigger screen and within grander scenarios. On TV, she tends to stand out, or apart, from the other cast members playing mere mortals.

It’s why Kidman’s best TV role before the new Prime Video series was as a charismatic...