After last season's explosive and revealing finale, the stakes are higher than ever in the third season of HAWTHORNE While her pregnancy and subsequent wedding to Dr. Tom Wakefield (Michael Vartan) seem like the start of a better future for Christina (Jada Pinkett Smith), tragedy strikes when a violent assault takes her unborn baby's life. In the wake of the attack, Christina is asked to step down as James River's head nurse just as the hospital's future is being thrown into doubt. As Detective Nick Renata's (Marc Anthony) vengeful response to the attack unleashes forces far beyond anyone's control, Christina faces her own conflicted feelings about the two men she loves while watching in dismay as her teenage daughter is drawn into a relationship with a married man. And when an offer to return as the hospital's COO tests her relationships at work, the aftermath of the assault places Christina and those closest to her on a cataclysmic path that will change their lives forever.