Hawthorne

Right now, Hawthorne is on Crave, sitting at 7/10 on TMDB. A reliable choice when you want a drama that delivers on its premise. The drama format can be hit and miss at this level of ambition, but Hawthorne handles it with more confidence than most. The 48 viewer ratings on TMDB are not an accident — shows that sustain that level of engagement across their run have earned it. 3 seasons gives the story room to breathe and the characters room to develop. Get it started on Crave and see why so many viewers already have strong opinions about it.

Hawthorne takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. Christina Hawthorne is a compassionate and headstrong Chief Nursing Officer heading up a group of dedicated nurses at Richmond Trinity Hospital on the hospital's front lines. She does everything in her power to help her patients. When necessary, she takes on doctors and administrators who are overworked, distracted or just unable to see the human being behind the hospital chart. Jada Pinkett Smith and Suleka Mathew lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. The series ran for 3 seasons (2009–2011), building a story that gave its audience time to invest properly. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages. The writing trusts the audience to sit with ambiguity rather than wrapping every episode in a tidy conclusion — it is the approach that separates good drama from great.

If you are looking for television that takes its characters seriously and rewards patient viewing, Hawthorne is exactly that. The structure gives the show room to develop relationships over time in a way that episodic television rarely manages, and the writers take full advantage of that space. Fans of Nurses will find the same commitment to character here, with its own distinct sensibility and setting. Worth starting sooner rather than later — the earlier you get to it, the longer you will have to think about it.