So they changed A LOT from the books to the show, which I knew was going to happen because it always happens. I understand some of it, like if you have the ability to get Jamie Lee Curtis & Nicole Kidman playing sisters who fight, you want them to fight onscreen as much as possible. It is interesting to watch because they are both such great actors, but these two characters never interacted that much in the books. But it's a change I can understand because it makes for good tv and why wouldn't you use these two amazing actors as much as you possibly could?
However, there really is only so many sibling fight scenes you can have in a season before it's just boring. These are adults with plenty of money, if they argue all the time, why wouldn't one of them move out? I get they are all there for Lucy - but, they don't interact with her enough for this to really make any logical sense.
I loved the flashback stuff but I do tend to love that more than most. I really liked the actor who played younger Scarpetta. I think she absolutely nailed some of Nicole's movements so it made the flashbacks feel more real. They set up a great opportunity to showcase the leap in technology for autopsies but didn't follow through with it.
Having the same murder happen 28 years later, it would have been AMAZING to see them go through a proper autopsy, flashback to the original victims and show us what that autopsy process was like 28 years ago with the tech available at that time and then in current timeline show her doing the same things in the current autopsy to see how much the technology has changed. I'm sure this was floated, maybe even written, probably not filmed. I'm sure the conversation was that audiences don't care about that stuff or it isn't dramatic enough to hold the audience's attention span.
But THIS IS THE HEART OF THE SCARPETTA NOVELS! She is a medical examiner and takes her job very seriously and we barely saw her perform an autopsy. This is where she finds her evidence that she follows that leads her to the truth. This is where they fundamentally misunderstood her character.
She would NEVER use a baseball bat to destroy remains. Full stop. Especially as a means to blow off steam, like some fucked up rage room. NEVER. She would fire anyone who disrespected a life in that way. She knows she is the last person to fight FOR the person on her table, she would never break that pact.
I understand that adapting a book for a tv series requires making some changes, that it's never going to be a page to screen, 1-to-1 adaption. But, you do have to keep the core of the characters you are presenting and the world you are building. It's a constant disappointment to see these adaptations that completely miss the core of what they are adapting.
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