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Royal Pains


Jan - 08 | By: MaxP | no comments.

Filed under : Comedy, Drama, TV

Royal Pains is a US medical comedy drama series that currently airs on Channel 7 in Australia late on Sunday and Monday nights. It’s a pity it is tucked away in this spot as I find it very entertaining and it may be missing a much wider audience.

The background story to the series is that Dr Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein) made was an esteemed surgeon in New York who made a call that resulted in a young poor man’s life being saved and a old rich man, who happened to be a benefactor of the hospital, losing his life. As a result he was fired and given the old “you’ll never work in this town again” treatment. His brother Evan (Paulo Costanzo), a much more frivolous character, manages to drag him out of his depressive slump and take him for a weekend break to the Hamptons.

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Mark Feuerstein as Hank in Royal Pains
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And Paulo Costanzo as Evan

While in the Hamptons Hank revives a girl who collapses at a swanky party and as result he is set up by Boris, (Campbell Scott) an obscenely rich German, in his mansion as a “Concierge Doctor”, a Doctor that makes house calls on the rich and influential.

Hank’s brother Evan establishes himself as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Hank Med, as the new business is called, a position that seems to cover promotion, schemes, scams and spin doctoring as well as keeping the books.

Hank also meets up with Jill (Jill Flint), the ludicrously attractive administrator of the local hospital and she persuades him to take on a number of pro bono clients who are less rich and influential. So Hank does good work as well as making a buck for himself and his brother.

Rounding out the regular cast is Divya (Reshma Shetty), Hank‘s medical assistant (Nurse to most of us) an Indian girl who wrestles with her traditional background and the world she now lives in, where it seems important that she wears extremely short skirts.

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Jill Flint as Jill Casey in Royal Pains
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And Reshma Shetty as Divya

The stories on the whole are pretty good with a weekly medical crisis and some laughs along the way. Hank is often called upon to improvise, MacGyver style, in medical emergencies, but he always gets through.

There are also long running themes through the shows, such as Boris having some fatal genetic disorder that Hank helps him cope with and must be kept secret from everyone else.

In the current series Hank and Evan’s father shows up in the Hamptons which pleases Evan and annoys Hank as he sees him as a con-man who ran out on their mother when they were young. Their father is played by none other than The Fonz himself Henry Winkler.

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Henry Winkler and his new sons in Royal Pains

You may well recognize Mark Feuerstein from a show that ran here and was repeated a fair bit too, Good Morning Miami. Paulo Costanzo will be recognized by most as Joey’s nephew from the Friends spin off series.

If you haven’t caught Royal Pains you should check it out. I think you will find it a painless hour’s entertainment. As well as Channel 7 I believe that the earlier series is also running on Foxtel. DVDs and downloadable episodes are also available by clicking on the deals below.

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