Royal Pains: Season 1
  • Network: USA
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 4, 2009
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
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Metascore
62 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 45 Ratings

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  • Summary: After Dr. Hank Lawson loses his job at a New York City hospital, his brother helps him find a job as a on-call doctor in the Hamptons.
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    75
    Perfect, mindless, summer fun.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Paige Wiser
    75
    In summer, we feel less guilty about guilty pleasures. And Royal Pains is just what the doctor ordered for a shameless seasonal fling.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    75
    No one's ever going to say Royal Pains, with its pun title (although Scott is the only royalty around, most of the upper-class patients prove to be real pains), is a classic addition to the medical genre, but it certainly is zippy fun.
  4. PopMatters
    60
    Royal Pains is a pleasant excursion, with some great one-liners and a chance to tweak its well-worn formula.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 4 out of 22
  1. cherryb.
    10
    Its not a house wanna its nothin like it house is based in a hospitable and pretty much no where else and all house does is treat patients with a small back story to every episode royal pains is a good show compared to the crap they show these days it focuses on hank himself not only the patients its interesting,humorous, and enjoyable.… Expand
  2. MaryAnnB
    8
    My husband and I were hating this show 10 mins. into it. Then suddenly it turned around. And the rest was great! I hope they can keep this up. The blend of comedy and seriousness was pretty good. Thanks Royal Pains it was a pleasure watching you.… Expand
  3. Tubie
    7
    Fun show, it's rare for a show about doctors to impress or hold me interested anymore but this show manages that. It's fun to watch and the cases are interesting so far. Let's see how it all turns out for season 2.… Expand
  4. CHRISM.
    3
    Even the promos have to involve Burn Notice cast member Jeffrey Donovan. This show is painfully slow, and in a day when the economy is in the tank, where does anyone get off thinking Americans want to watch rich people whine about there botox and breast implants. Costanzo must have a family member in the biz otherwise I don't know how he keeps getting jobs. It's not called acting when you do the SAME THING IN EVERY MOVIE YOUR IN ie. Road Trip, Joey. Total Rip Off of much better shows like House, McGyver, and Burn Notice, but I guess if your trying to save time and don't mind watching a melting pot of pure mediocrity than this is the show for you.… Expand

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