"Royal Pains" Pilot (2009)

Director:

Jace Alexander

Writers:

Andrew Lenchewski (teleplay)
John P. Rogers (story) ...

TV Series:

"Royal Pains" (2009)

Original Air Date:

4 May 2009 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

When he is blamed for the death of a hospital trustee, Dr. Hank Lawson is blacklisted by the medical community and dumped by his fiancée...

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Hamptons | Wealth | House Call

Cast

Mark Feuerstein	...	Dr. Hank Lawson
Paulo Costanzo	...	Evan Lawson
Jill Flint	...	Jill Casey
Reshma Shetty	...	Divya Katdare
Tamara Feldman	...	April
Campbell Scott	...	Boris Kuester von Jurgens-Ratenicz
Pascale Hutton	...	Nikki
Ezra Miller	...	Tucker Bryant
Meredith Hagner	...	Libby
Adriane Lenox	...	Hospital Administrator
Robert LuPone	...	Dr. Silver
Christine Ebersole	...	Ms. Newberg
Jace Alexander	...	Male Fashionista
Athena Currey	...	Model #1
Angela Highsmith	...	Model #2

Runtime:

90 min (including commercials)

Filming Locations:

Catalina Beach Club - 2041 Park Street, Atlantic Beach, Long Island, New York, USA

Company:

Prospect Park

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Hank and the helicopter EMS crew move Tucker up from the rear of the helicopter to load him in. EMS personnel do not ever approach a helicopter from the rear. This puts them out of the sight of the pilot, and more importantly, brings them right by the tail rotor, which can be extremely dangerous.

Quotes:

Divya Katdare: Life isn't always simple.
Dr. Hank Lawson: Well death is.

Movie Connections:

References "Baywatch" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Shut Up and Let Me Go

Interesting...

Kind of like House meets ER meets Nip Tuck.

I like it. I'll keep on watching. Hank is interesting and Divya is a welcome change to the bleach- blonde "accoutrement".

The medicine is sound "so far" and I love the "guy that got dumped getting a better deal" premise.

Most people would like to live in the Hamptons. Imagine having all of the wealthiest people on speed dial, in the Hamptons, paying you in GOLD BARS? Yeah...gotta twist my arm to get me there too.

His brother is annoying and the "falling for a fellow physician" is a little far-fetched but it still works. All of the eye-candy doesn't hurt either.

I hope it gets picked up.