• Network: USA
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 4, 2009
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3
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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
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. 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.
  2. 75
    Perfect, mindless, summer fun.
  3. 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: 16 out of 21
  2. Negative: 4 out of 21
  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
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. TerryA.
    5
    I love to see how the other half lives, and love the challenges the doctor faces. But the stars are not a plus. The doctor is bland, the brother is obnoxious. There is absolutely no chemistry or decent dialogue between the doctor and his hospital director love interest. She is so non-descript that I couldn't pick her out of a line-up. Glad to see Christine Ebersole and Bruce Campbell trying to show how it's done. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. 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
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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