There are plenty of medical dramas out there right now, even though the big one (ER) just ended. In comes Hawthorne, a medical show with a slight twist in that you will rarely see the doctors saving lives. This one shows the hospital from another view point, the nurses. Usually you see them in the shadows of the doctors; taking orders and what not. Not in this universe. Here, they appear to be the ones in charge and the doctors are portrayed as somewhat lazy and incompetent.

Christina Hawthorne (Jada Pinkett Smith) is the Head Nurse and she runs the show. No one gets in her way and even though some don't like here, they definitely respect her. She is the female version of Dr. House, except without the whole mean spirit all the time look. She gets the job done. The hospital isn't her whole life though as she has a daughter as well as a deceased husband. Put all that together and she is one independent woman who not even the board wants to mess with.