"Hawthorne" (2009) TV series

Creator:

John Masius

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

16 June 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Patient Care | New Nurse | Hospital Policy | African American Woman

Cast

Jada Pinkett Smith	...	Christina Hawthorne (10 episodes, 2009)
David Julian Hirsh	...	Ray Stein (10 episodes, 2009)
Christina Moore	...	Candy Sullivan (10 episodes, 2009)
Suleka Mathew	...	Bobbie Jackson (10 episodes, 2009)
Hannah Hodson	...	Camille Hawthorne (10 episodes, 2009)
Michael Vartan	...	Dr. Tom Wakefield (10 episodes, 2009)
Vanessa Lengies	...	Kelly Epson (9 episodes, 2009)
Aisha Hinds	...	Isabel Walsh (6 episodes, 2009)
James Morrison	...	John Morrissey (5 episodes, 2009)

Also Known As:

Time Heals (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

100% Womon cq Productions

Finally: a TV Drama that portrays nurses as patient advocates and medical professionals!

I admire the creators of this show for doing their research... all too often we see medical dramas that downplay the role of nurses in hospitals. This show popped up amidst a flurry of other nurse-centric shows, and I believe that this is the only one that accomplished the task of portraying nursing in a positive and fairly (though not completely) accurate light without letting it be overrun by romantic drama and drug dependence. The nurses here often deal with real, believable problems...

There are too many people who are highly opinionated about Jada Pinckett Smith. I believe she does an excellent job in her role, and I respect her for it.

Some of the most basic things I admire about this show: one, the male lead nurse, for once, isn't gay; two, the writers recognize the importance of other staff in the hospital (including occupational therapy, which hasn't received much attention or recognition on television); three, the writers show nursing across the whole spectrum in the hospital-- from the emergency room, to the NICU, to medical-surgical nursing.

I hope this show continues to run. In a way, it helps people see what to expect when they are admitted in a hospital. There's a large amount of staff you work with OTHER than just the doctor (who you might see only 5 or so minutes in a day, if they don't just peek in while you're sleeping)... and there's a great dynamic that you can find through the many floors and professions/jobs within a hospital. And no, the series isn't perfect or completely accurate, but I think it does the best job out of any TV series so far in portraying nursing.