“Is Everybody Ready For the Big Show?”
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The episode started with introducing the patient of the week, Donald. He was played by WWE’s The Big Show (whose real name is Paul Wight). He’s a popular movie star, his character being The Garbage Collector. Donald and his sister Faith were on a week’s vacation in the Hamptons. Throughout the episode, Donald had problems with his balance, tingling in his legs, and dizziness. One of my favorite parts of the episode was the birthday party scene. He was asked to wear his costume and act his role for the kids. He enlisted Hank’s help, resulting in Donald picking Hank up over his head and spinning him around, while all the kids were yelling, “Trash him!” It was so funny, but ended with Donald falling (while still carrying Hank) because he couldn’t feel his legs. There are a few more instances of this happening, until Hank figures out what is causing everything. It’s the denture cream he used when he wore his “trash teeth.” I really liked Donald. He was like a big teddy bear. It was fun to see him playing a character that was totally opposite of who he really was.
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This brings us to Faith, Donald’s sister. She and Evan hit it off, but he started noticing some strange behavior from her; memory loss, lack of appetite. She insists that she is fine; she’s on a massive diet and under a lot of stress. Everything seemed okay until she began choking on her vitamins. Hank is able to extract the pills. He figures out that she had had gastric bypass surgery, and she hadn’t been following her diet properly. Both these storylines culminate in the realization for Faith that she needs to move on. So by the end of the episode, she has accepted a new job. I love the fact that Evan is the one that helps her come to the realization.
Now, to Boris. We first see him looking through some secret letters that he had received. It doesn’t look like any of them had been opened, but they were all from the same person, Marisa Casseras. If you’ve been watching previous episodes this season, you know that she is the first doctor Boris went to about his mystery disease. He and Hank have it out over Eddie’s presence at the house, and by the end of the episode we see Boris meeting with a young female doctor. She signs a confidentiality agreement and he tells her that she would make a wonderful concierge doctor. I, and probably many others, was thinking, “Whoa, wait, what?!” This does not bode well.
Finally, let’s talk about family. Eddie is now dating Ms. Newberg. He decided that he was going to stay in the Hamptons. Evan is excited about it, but Hank wants him to leave yesterday. He even goes so far to warn Ms. Newberg about him. After the blow-up with Boris, Hank and Eddie meet for lunch. They have quite an argument, and Eddie leaves in a huff, telling Hank that he is not going to leave, and there’s nothing Hank can do about it. He says, “I’ve already lost one son, I’m not going to lose the other.” This scene was so powerful. We really got to see the hate that Hank has for his father, and the love that Eddie has for his sons.
I think this was my favorite episode of the season so far. It had its funny moments and was balanced by the serious moments. The Big Show did wonderfully as Donald, and I love Henry Winkler as Eddie Lawson. I also can’t wait to find out what’s up with this new doctor.
Well, that’s it for now. Let me know what you think. I’ll be back to bring you more Royal Pains fun next week. Bye for now!
-Kristi
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I loved Paul Wight in this episode I thought he totally ROCKED! Really fun role! In reality it was probably mostly him being himself for a change, but it was fun to see!
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