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Royal Pains Episode 1.02 There Will Be Food
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Royal Pains Episode 1.02 There Will Be Food

Episode Premiere
June 11, 2009
Genre
Drama, Medical, Comedy, Romance
Production Company
Prospect Park, Universal Cable Productions
Official Site
http://www.usanetwork.com/royalpains
Episode Premiere
June 11, 2009
Genre
Drama, Medical, Comedy, Romance
Period
2009 - 2016
Production Co
Prospect Park, Universal Cable Productions
Distributor
USA Network
Official Site
http://www.usanetwork.com/royalpains
Director
Don Scardino
Screenwriter
Michael Rauch
Main Cast
  • Mark Feuerstein as Dr. Hank Lawson
  • Paulo Costanzo as Evan Lawson
  • Reshma Shetty as Divya Katdare
  • Brooke D'Orsay
  • Campbell Scott
  • Ben Shenkman
  • Henry Winkler as Eddie R. Lawson
  • Jill Flint as Jill Casey
  • Christine Ebersole
Additional Cast
  • Andrew McCarthy
  • Gillian Jacobs

Tucker, Hank's wealthy teenage hemophiliac client, and his girlfriend Libby invite Hank and Divya to a retirement party on a massive East Hampton estate. Naturally, Evan tags along for the free drinks. Despite their low expectations for fun, the party turns out to be anything but a snoozefest.

For starters, the soiree is being thrown in honor of a gorgeous ballerina with the San Francisco Ballet Company, Tess Premoli, who is retiring at the ripe old age of twenty-seven. Evan is immediately smitten and begins pursuit. Surprisingly, Tess is actually charmed by Evan and agrees to sneak out her own party to grab some "real" food with him. Everything's going great until she suddenly passes out in his lap after eating a hot dog. Times like this it's really helpful to have a brother who happens to be a doctor-on-demand.

Hank is pleasantly surprised to see Jill Flint at Tess's party. Unfortunately, Jill is in a foul mood after an upsetting conversation with one of the party guests and too many glasses of wine. The next day, Hank learns the reason she drank herself into oblivion: her biggest investor pulled out of funding the free clinic she has always dreamed of opening. But when Hank asks Jill for some information on an uninsured patient whom he wants to help, he is shocked when Jill refuses to violate hospital policy. Weren't they on the same page about bending the rules and working outside of the system?