Hi everyone! This is Kristi, and I’m here with my first episode review/recap. I was so excited, I think I may have gone a little crazy with the notes I took. I’ll try not to get too rambly with it. There was so much going on. Enjoy!
Grabbed from the Royal Pains Facebook page.
HankMed and family drama:The first thing we see is a recap of last season. It’s pretty detailed and hits many of the highpoints and important landmarks. Then we get into the continued storyline from last year, HankMed is broke and Evan has left, we assume to go find his father. In this scene, Boris (patient and owner of the guest house Hank and Evan live in) finds the note that Evan left Hank before disappearing. Hank is also missing in action. Divya arrives and calls him, not getting an answer. We soon find out that Hank is on his way to New York to find Evan and confront him about the fact that he lost all of HankMed’s money to their father, Eddie R. Lawson (played by Henry Winkler). He tries to call Evan, but he too is not answering his phone. Hank and Evan eventually meet up in New York and Hank eventually convinces Evan to come back to the Hamptons. He doesn’t come back right away though. He first gets stood up by Eddie, and arrives back several hours later.
Throughout the episode Hank and Evan are at odds with each other, and Hank lets Evan know that he no longer trusts him. Evan tries calling old clients and even writing an infomercial to try to earn some of HankMed’s money back. Unfortunately, nothing works. By the end of the episode though, we see that Evan has sold his car and Hank is finally seeing how hard Evan is trying to make it up to him. They even play a little game of catch. The last scene of the episode has Eddie showing up at the guest house, to everyone’s surprise. He pulls a check out of his pocket and hands it to Hank. After passing off the check, Hank punches him. As Eddie falls, the screen goes black.
I’m glad that this was dealt with right away. Surely HankMed wouldn’t have been able to function much longer without any funds. The tension between the brothers was great and the two final scenes show how much they really do care about each other.
The patient of the week:
Meanwhile, Divya has met with the patient of the week. His name is Spencer “the Spaz” Fischer. He does infomercials. He’s been having dizzy spells and a run of klutz-y bad luck. Once Hank is back in town, they get several calls from Spencer. The first time they all three go over to Spencer’s house, they are led to him by lights placed in the floor. He is stuck in his father’s panic room. His back has locked up and he’s stuck hanging from the ceiling. They get him down and Hank treats him. We find out that Spencer’s father was an eccentric inventor who died after a bout of mental illness and then kidney failure. The panic room has tons of supplies and even medical equipment (I’ll come back to this later). Evan also finds the open/shut buttons for the panic room door. We are shown that the door is high powered and slams shut with a lot of force.
The second time he calls, he has nailed his hand to the wall. He voices concern at this point that he is worried he’s starting to lose his mind like his father did. Hank tells Spencer not to continue his dismantling of the panic room. He’s better off just leaving it alone and not going back down there. Spencer tells him he can take the medical supplies. Jill takes them and stores them in the basement at the hospital.
Spencer calls one final time. The call drops immediately, so Evan and Divya take the call and head to Spencer’s house. They notice that all the lights are blinking. They get down to the panic room only to notice that Spencer is stuck in the door which has slammed shut on him. They call Hank and the paramedics, and they get there soon after. Hank realizes that if they open the door, he’ll die, unless they can find something that will recreate the pressure. He remembers that there was this device, which wraps around the legs and waist and inflates, in the medical supplies they had given to Jill. He calls her and she races over with the device. Evan squeezes through the door and opens it; they put the device on and then take Spencer to the hospital.
Later, at the hospital, Hank reveals to Spencer that both he and his father had been exposed to Mercury from the medical supplies that were stored there. That’s why his father seemed to lose his mind and later died of kidney failure. Spencer’s dizzy spells were caused by the same thing. Hank assured him that’s he’d be fine.
I loved Spencer. He reminded me a lot of, well, me in the klutz department. I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a spaz, but I have my moments. I’m really glad that everything turned out okay and he’ll make a full recovery.
Jill and the hospital:
We are introduced to another doctor at the hospital, Dr. Elizabeth Blair (Marcia Gay Harden). She is a surgeon and member of the board. She doesn’t agree with how Jill is running the ER and has heard complaints, specifically from Charlie Casey, Jill’s ex. Right before Jill receives the call about Spencer; she is in a board meeting where they are trying to decide if Jill should remain the head of ER. She runs out mid meeting to help Hank. When they all return to the hospital, Dr. Blair has taken the position of Head of Emergency Medicine away from Jill.
So far, I don’t like Liz. I can see her being a huge thorn in everyone’s side this season, especially now that she’s in the position she is. I’m glad that Jill put the life of another in front of herself, not that I doubt she would have in the first place.
Boris:
Boris meets with Hank early in the episode, and tells him that he is contemplating finding a new doctor, someone that will have fewer distractions. Hank assures him that he is going to do everything he can to find a treatment or cure for his mysterious illness. Hank comes to him later with a new plan. He wants to contact all of the past doctors and researchers Boris has gone to, and combine their research. Hank hopes that with the combined efforts of everyone, instead of just individually, they can come up with something before its too late.
I’m glad they are moving ahead with this storyline. I like the mystery behind it, but I really want there to be a breakthrough soon. I like Boris. Hopefully, they’ll find a treatment before it’s too late.
Divya and her engagement:
Finally, throughout the episode, there is mention of her engagement. She really doesn’t want to talk about it when Evan brings it up. It’s obvious that Evan is upset when he finds out she went through with it. She realized that she “had to let a dream go and face the reality in order to embrace what is most important, family.” She tells Hank she doesn’t want to move to London, but “sometimes you have to meet family halfway, even if you don’t get where they are coming from.” These two conversations go a long way to mending the brothers’ relationship.
I really, really hope that Divya doesn’t leave. I really like her as a character and her dynamic with the boys. I also like the relationship that has developed between her and Evan. It’s a lot of fun to watch their banter. Please don’t leave, Divya!
Well, that’s my review/recap. Like I said, a lot happened, and it was hard to scale it down without missing anything. If there’s anything you’d like to add, or any thoughts you might have on the episode, feel free to leave a comment. Thanks for reading.
-Kristi
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