History Series / RoyalPains

''Royal Pains'' is an American summer series on Creator/USANetwork about medical genius Hank Lawson (Creator/MarkFeuerstein) who is fired for correctly prioritizing a clearly-medically-unstable "average Joe" patient over a seemingly-stable one who subsequently died... and happened to be a billionaire on the hospital's board of trustees. He is also blacklisted by both the hospital administrators and the deceased patient's family, making it impossible for him to find work or establish a medical practice. During his ensuing depression (and adding insult to injury), his fiancée leaves him & takes most of their joint possessions, leaving him with little more than mounting debts.

Hank receives an offer to replace the older concierge doctor by the enigmatic German multi-billionaire [[OverlyLongName Boris Kuester von Jurgens-Ratenicz]] (Creator/CampbellScott), but he has some reservations about taking such a position because it caters exclusively to the wealthy (many of whom are very self-indulgent and self-absorbed). After discussing the issue with a newfound friend, the Hampton Heritage Hospital administrator Jill Casey (Creator/JillFlint), Hank takes up the job. Evan helps manage the finances of "HankMed", and savvy, driven Divya Katdare (Creator/ReshmaShetty) becomes his Physician Assistant.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite the fact that he's a shallow, off-putting goofball womanizer who never seems to take the right things seriously and who shirks doing anything difficult, Evan is actually a pretty competent and effective accountant, and his efforts are one of the primary reasons why Hankmed is such a successful business. He's also fluent in multiple languages (including French and Italian, but not Spanish), is a wizard at dominoes, and is a super-taster with a palate so sharp he can tell the components that went into a wine with just a single sip.

''Royal Pains'' is an American summer series on Creator/USANetwork about medical genius Hank Lawson (Creator/MarkFeuerstein) who makes a decision triaging "some kid off the street" and saving him over a billionaire trustee, whom he had declared stable and subsequently died. The resulting legal backlash makes him lose pretty much everything he has, including his fiancée due to the emotional difficulties, and is blacklisted from any medical position even remotely worth his skills.

His brother Evan Lawson (Creator/PauloCostanzo) takes it upon himself to cheer his brother up by organizing a trip to crash a South Hampton party, which would be where a party God would be at "If he could get in." By a twist of fate, Hank is around when a party attendant has an allergy attack and proves himself better able to handle these on-the-spot medical emergencies than the local concierge doctor.

Hank receives an offer to replace the older concierge doctor by the enigmatic German multi-billionaire [[OverlyLongName Boris Kuester von Jurgens-Ratenicz]] (Creator/CampbellScott), but he has some reservations about taking such a position because it caters exclusively to the wealthy (many of whom are very self-indulgent and self-absorbed). After discussing the issue with a newfound friend, the Hampton Heritage Hospital administrator Jill Casey (Creator/JillFlint), Hank takes up the job. Evan helps manage the finances of "Hank Med", and Physician Assistant Divya Katdare (Creator/ReshmaShetty) is his very savvy assistant.

Each episode is about Hank making house calls and dealing with the eccentricities of this obscenely rich community, figuring out their problems along the way. As with other USA shows with a strong episodic premise, around 2012, the show has occasionally moved away from pure PatientOfTheWeek storylines and focused on more overarching drama and story in order to develop the characters and introduce future conflicts and plots while wrapping up older ones.

His brother Evan Lawson (Creator/PauloCostanzo) takes it upon himself to cheer his brother up by organizing a trip to crash a South Hampton party, which would be a party God would be at "If he could get in." By a twist of fate, Hank is around when a party attendant has an allergy attack and proves himself better able to handle these on-the-spot medical emergencies than the local concierge doctor.

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* MistakenForPedophile: Evan and Paige thought Dick Van Dyke was in a relationship with a fifteen year old and they broke, he clarifies the 15 year old is actually his pet rabbit that he needs to put down.

** Makes sense in that most episodes take place Memorial Day through to Labor Day when the Hamptons gets the visiting tourists and wealthy staying at their summer homes. It's mentioned that business significantly slows down in the off-seasons. In "Hankwatch", it's how Hankmed was able function while Hank was recovering, Jeremiah could do his research in Iceland, and why Divya had to hire the team of doctors for the beginning of summer.

* ManipulativeBastard: Despite what good friends they are, Hank learns Boris very-well can be this. [[DysfunctionJunction Hank's speaking from experience when he says how nothing's ever as simple as it seems with Boris.]]

** Despite the...interesting choice of Boris's dress shirts and ties, he's usually in formal wear. The amount of times he hasn't been could probably be counted on one hand.

* ManipulativeBastard: As much trust as there is between them, [[DysfunctionJunction despite what good friends they are, Hank learns Boris very-well can be this]]. Expect something greater to be going on whenever Hank gets involved with Boris, whether he wants to be or not.