Hawthorne: The Complete Series DVD Review

Hawthorne: The Complete Series was a medical drama that ran from 2006-2011 and starred Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan. The series DVD was released on October 12th.

 

 

Hawthorne: The Complete Series
(2006-11)

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Genre(s): Medical Drama
Mill Creek Entertainment| TV14 – 1277 min. – $40.99 | October 12, 2021

Date Published: 10/20/2021 | Author: The Movieman

SERIES INFO: Writer(s): John Masius (created by) Cast: Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Vartan, Marc Anthony, David Julian Hirsh DISC INFO: Features: None Slip Cover: No Digital Copy: No Formats Included: DVD Number of Discs: 6 Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Subtitles: English SDH Region(s): 1

 

SERIES SYNOPSIS

At Richmond Trinity Hospital, Nurse 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, Christina’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.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES – 0/5

This six-disc set comes housed in a standard keep case. Despite the first season having bonus material (not sure about seasons 2 and 3), there are no features here.

 

VIDEO – 3½/5, AUDIO –  3¾/5

Each episode of Hawthorne is presented in its original televised 1.78 anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio and with each progressive season does look a bit better with season one having artifacting issues. All episodes comes equipped with a well rounded Dolby Digital 5.1 track.