Product Details

• Actors: Jada Pinkett Smith
• Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Sony
• DVD Release Date: June 15, 2010
• Run Time: 430 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002AMVEK6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,938 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "HawthoRNe: The Complete First Season" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

At Richmond Trinity Hospital, Director of Nursing Christina Hawthorne (Jada Pinkett Smith) is locked in a battle against forces far too large for any one person to handle. Whether fighting to see that a homeless woman is treated like a human being, talking a close friend and suicidal cancer patient off a ledge, accommodating the clashing egos of the hospital’s talented doctors and administrators, or managing a nursing staff of grizzled veterans and idealistic young rookies, she’s the much-needed conscience for an organization that all too often forgets whom it’s there to serve. Still learning to cope with the death of her husband and make peace with her powerful and grieving mother-in-law, Christina looks to balance her pressure cooker career with raising a smart but willful teenage girl as she tries to change a broken system, one patient at a time.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HawthoRNe may very well be the next best tv medical drama, June 22, 2009

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Mr. Alan Chivers (PORT MACQUARIE, NEW SOUTH WALES Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HawthoRNe: The Complete First Season (DVD)

I agree with Chris Caldara's suggestion that "St. Elsewhere" was "the template for all future television medical dramas"1. which changed how we perceived life behind the doors of a city hospital. The fragility of life exposed in "St. Elsewhere" took a gigantic leap forward in "ER", producing perhaps THE best television medical drama of our time. Now comes "HawthoRNe", a new story told from the perspective of a Chief Nursing Officer. I have followed this show from concept write-ups to TNT cable promotion, and I believe "HawthoRNe" to be the next BIG hit for the medical drama genre. Created by John Masius, whose other credits include "Touched By An Angel" and "Providence", and starring Jada Pinkett Smith, who heads a strong supporting cast, I have high hopes for "HawthoRNe", and anxiously await its DVD release !!!

1. Chris Caldara. "best tv series period" forum June 21 2009. TV Series Community at Amazon.com

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST ROMANTIC MEDICAL DRAMA, July 14, 2010

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JJ "lovetoread" (Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HawthoRNe: The Complete First Season (DVD)

I ended up watching a few episodes from my friends DVD and after the first 2 I was hooked. I gave her the disks back and went and bought my own set. I just loved the characters and the plot is great. Jada has always been a good actor and should get more roles, she is simply phenomenal. I love Ray and Isabel helps make the show. But, Dr. Wakefield, totally has me hooked. That man can act and he is simply beautiful. If you want to laugh, cry, scream, and get butterflies then this series is definitely for you.

5.0 out of 5 stars You will love this series!!!, December 29, 2011

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Jodi - See all my reviews

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This review is from: HawthoRNe: The Complete First Season (DVD)

You will love this series!!!! Jada Pinkett is amazing!!!
You will not be sorry, you will be addicted after the 1st episode!!