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A good doctor with a caring heart to help those in need, young E.R. doctor Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein, In Her Shoes, What Women Want) is lost when he is wrongly blamed for a patient’s death and is blackballed by the New York medical community in USA Network’s new series Royal Pains.
The 75-minute limited commercial premiere will air at 10 p.m./9 p.m. CST on Thursday, June 4 on USA Network with following Burn Notice’s season three debut. As Hank watches everything he worked for be taken away — including his fiancee who doesn’t plan to stick with him through the good and the bad, and his furniture, he is left watching Jerry Springer episodes in his now-empty bachelor pad until his younger brother and accountant Evan (Paulo Costanzo, Road Trip) pulls Hank out of his funk by taking him on a roadtrip to the Hamptons for the opening summer season party.
Crashing a party at a super mansion, Hank’s doctoral instincts kick into gear when a guest requires medical attention that only he is able to diagnose. By the next morning, word of the new doctor in town has spread like wildfire and Hank’s cell phone won’t stop ringing with the next emergency from the rich and elite who want house calls and their names out of the press.
Turns out those with the dough are looking for a new concierge doctor to be at their beck and call for the serious and not-so-serious. Hank is the kind of doctor who could care less whether you are rich or poor – he has a calling to help. But when more people try to convince him he should stay and that the new business would help him with his finances, Hank’s defenses start to break down.
It helps that local hospital administrator Jill (Jill Flint, Gossip Girl) catches his eye. She’s been dealing with the rich and elite to open a free clinic, something I can definitely see Hank helping to bring to fruition.
And it seems his brother (who wants to stay in the Hamptons for the parties and supermodels) as well as young physician’s assistant Divya (Reshma Shetty, 30 Rock) are ready to round out his team. Divya has the Hampton connections and is jumping through hoops so Hank will hire her as his P.A. She has a back story too, that I look forward to seeing.
Another interesting aspect of Royal Pains is that Hank is a doctor mixed with MacGyver’s creativity. Forced to work without much equipment, duct tape and plastic baggies can become life-saving tools in his hands.
Guest appearances this season include Campbell Scott (Six Degrees), Tony-Award winner Christine Ebersole (Grey Gardens), Margaret Colin (Gossip Girl) and Andrew McCarthy (Lipstick Jungle).
After watching an advance copy of the first Royal Pains episode, I can see that the show has a lot of potential for storylines. I’m interested to see where Hank’s new job will take him and how he’s going to fit in helping "everyone" when the rich and elite are constantly going to be knocking at his door.
USA Network Photo: Justin Stephens
[...] Royal Pains stars Mark Feuerstein as Hank Lawson, a young E.R. doctor who, after being wrongly blamed for a patient’s death, moves to the Hamptons and becomes the reluctant "doctor for hire" to the rich and famous. (Read a review of the pilot episode). [...]
[...] Royal Pains stars Mark Feuerstein as Hank Lawson, a young E.R. doctor who, after being wrongly blamed for a patient’s death, moves to the Hamptons and becomes the reluctant "doctor for hire" to the rich and famous. (Read a review of the pilot episode). [...]
I loved the first Royal Pains! Wished it could have gone on and on… and can’t wait till next week!!!
Great Show. I love the look into the lifestyles of the rich and spoiled rotten.
Charters are interesting. The subplots are already forming in the first show. Hank’s new PA Divya (Reshma Shetty)looks prim and proper but started to show family problems and so on.
Warning don’t trust the “German Guy”. The guy looks like he would sell his mother if he has not already. Even the old doctor was not surprised that he was just dropped like yesterdays newspaper.
This show and Burn Notice are great.
The Royal Pain debut was absolutely fantastic. My husband and I enjoyed it very much and it ended much too soon. Can’t wait to see it again. I think USA has a hit!!
I really thought I wouldn’t like it but it was pretty good. Smart and well written screenplay.
Loved the show. I could not see who played April. Who was it?
This show is a hit!!!! USA has done it with this one.My 4year old daughter she tube when she seen the doctor at work with the vodka,pen, etc…..I think T.V is making its way back from the early 90’s. I was really getting tired of all the reality shows!!!!!
Royal Pains is a fresh, new look at a series about doctors, my only comment is that USA needs a better technical advisor when it comes to the medical lingo and information. On the last episode in June, the Doc and his PA were doing ppd testing for TB. The PA stated that if it were positive it would mean that the person has TB. In my 40 years as a health care provider and Nurse Practitioner, that was news to me. It means they have converted and that more conclusive testing shoudl be done, ie the chest X ray she got. Lay people hang on the information they get from the media and an entertainment program is no exception. I spend a lot of time telling my patients that the positive TB test does not mean they have TB, and then bam I am tripped up by a TV PA. I just wish that they would get it straight, there is enough drama and trauma in the real world without inventing more. Great show other wise and I am hooked.
[...] to the Hamptons and becomes the reluctant "doctor for hire" to the rich and famous. (Read a review of the pilot episode). The show has been doing pretty well in ratings and seems to have a good following. Many have [...]
[...] to the Hamptons and becomes the reluctant “doctor for hire” to the rich and famous. (Read a review of the pilot episode). The show has been doing pretty well in ratings and seems to have a good following. Many have [...]
The show is OK what would make it much better is get rid of the brother he is a real pain.
[...] a Comment // On a new episode (1.6, “If I Were a Sick Man”) of Royal Pains on USA Network, Hank (Mark Feuerstein) quarantines guests at a “bark mitzvah” after [...]
I am hooked on burn notice and royal pains. I record it every thursday. I like to watch it with out the commercials so I record it and watch it the next day.
WHY IS THE SHOW MONK LEAVING? EVERY FRIDAY THAT’S ALL I WAIT UP tO SEE.
WHY IS MONK LEAVING? I WAIT UP EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT TO SEE HIM. IT WAS A BRILLIANT SHOW. WHAT HAPPEN? I WISH HIM WELL BECAUSE HE REALLY WAS A HERO TO ME.
ROYAL PAINS IS EXCELLENT. HE A HERO TOO.
WHY IS MONL LEAVING? THIS IS MY THIRD TRY TO GET THIS MESSAGE TO YOU.I WAITED UP EACH FRIDAY TO SEE HIS EPISODES. HE WAS A HERO TO ME.I’M GOING TO MISS HIM.
ROYAL PAINS IS AN EXCELLENT SERIES. I HAVE ENJIYED EACH EPISODES
I TRULY A HUMANTIRAIN.
i never have enough.i just wish the 1hr never comes to an end.i really love hank,his brother that is really a character.
it really gets us closer to what might have happend to micheal jackson,and the `house call` doctor.
I love wacthing burn notice and royal pain they are the most intersting show that i ever saw.they are different from most of the show.i am hooked to the show i don’t want to miss any epsode.also i like wacthing monk and also inplainsight.