# List of Royal Pains episodes

*Royal Pains* is an American medical comedy-drama that aired on [USA Network](https://www.edgepedia.org/usa-network) from June 4, 2009 to July 6, 2016, producing 104 episodes across eight seasons.<sup>[1](https://epguides.com/RoyalPains/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://royalpains.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_Guide)</sup> The series follows Dr. Hank Lawson ([Mark Feuerstein](https://www.edgepedia.org/mark-feuerstein)), a New York emergency-room doctor who, after being blamed for a patient's death, reinvents himself as a concierge physician to the wealthy residents of the Hamptons, running the business HankMed with his brother Evan (Paulo Costanzo) and physician assistant Divya Katdare ([Reshma Shetty](https://www.edgepedia.org/reshma-shetty)).<sup>[1](https://epguides.com/RoyalPains/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[3](https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/where-to-watch-stream-usa-show-royal-pains)</sup>

| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Network and run | USA Network, June 4, 2009 to July 6, 2016; status canceled/ended<sup>[1](https://epguides.com/RoyalPains/)</sup> |
| Total episodes | 104 episodes in 8 seasons; the distributor catalog lists the format as 1 x 120 min plus 103 x 60 min<sup>[2](https://royalpains.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_Guide)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://www.nbcuniformats.com/uploads/NBCUFormatsScriptedCatalogue2024.pdf)</sup> |
| Pilot | "Pilot", June 4, 2009, a 90-minute episode directed by Jace Alexander and written by Andrew Lenchewski (teleplay)<sup>[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/771/royal-pains/episodeguide)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://royalpains.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_Guide)</sup> |
| Series finale | "Uninterrupted", July 6, 2016 (season 8, episode 8)<sup>[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/771/royal-pains/episodes)</sup> |
| Longest seasons | Season 2, with 18 episodes<sup>[2](https://royalpains.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_Guide)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[1](https://epguides.com/RoyalPains/)</sup> |
| Main cast | Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Reshma Shetty, Brooke D'Orsay (seasons 2–8), Ben Shenkman (seasons 4–8), Jill Flint (seasons 1–3)<sup>[1](https://epguides.com/RoyalPains/)</sup> |

## Series overview

The eight seasons varied considerably in length and scheduling. Most seasons ran as summer series, but seasons 2 through 4 each stretched into the following winter with a split run.<sup>[2](https://royalpains.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_Guide)</sup>

| Season | Episodes | Premiere | Finale |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | June 4, 2009 | August 27, 2009 |
| 2 | 18 | June 3, 2010 | February 24, 2011 |
| 3 | 16 | June 29, 2011 | February 22, 2012 |
| 4 | 16 | June 6, 2012 | December 16, 2012 |
| 5 | 13 | June 12, 2013 | September 11, 2013 |
| 6 | 13 | June 10, 2014 | September 2, 2014 |
| 7 | 8 | June 2, 2015 | July 21, 2015 |
| 8 | 8 | May 18, 2016 | July 6, 2016 |

The Fandom episode guide omits an episode count for seasons 4 and 6 in its overview table, but the complete aired-order listing gives 16 episodes for season 4 and 13 for season 6, matching the totals that sum to 104.<sup>[2](https://royalpains.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_Guide)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[1](https://epguides.com/RoyalPains/)</sup>

## Season 1 (2009)

The first season ran weekly through the summer of 2009 and opened with a 90-minute pilot.<sup>[1](https://epguides.com/RoyalPains/)</sup>

| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" (90 min) | June 4, 2009 |
| 2 | "There Will Be Food" | June 11, 2009 |
| 3 | "Strategic Planning" | June 18, 2009 |
| 4 | "TB or Not TB" | June 25, 2009 |
| 5 | "No Man Is an Island" | July 9, 2009 |
| 6 | "If I Were a Sick Man" | July 16, 2009 |
| 7 | "Crazy Love" | July 23, 2009 |
| 8 | "The Honeymoon's Over" | July 30, 2009 |
| 9 | "It's Like Jamais Vu All Over Again" | August 6, 2009 |
| 10 | "Am I Blue?" | August 13, 2009 |
| 11 | "Nobody's Perfect" | August 20, 2009 |
| 12 | "Wonderland" | August 27, 2009 |

In the pilot, Hank Lawson is blamed for the death of a hospital trustee, blacklisted by the medical community, and dumped by his fiancée; his brother Evan persuades him to attend a party in the Hamptons, where he finds a new career.<sup>[7](https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/royal-pains/episodes-season-1/1000141827/)</sup> Early episodes established the show's case-of-the-week pattern: a ballerina collapses after Evan feeds her food she had given up for her dancer's physique ("There Will Be Food"), the wife of a U.S. senator requests a discreet physical for her teenage son, Notre Dame's future starting quarterback ("Strategic Planning"), and a chef disappears after a stroke before Hank can treat her ("TB or Not TB").<sup>[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/771/royal-pains/episodeguide)</sup>

## Season 2 (2010–2011)

Season 2 was the longest of the run at 18 episodes, split between a summer block and a winter block that began January 20, 2011.<sup>[1](https://epguides.com/RoyalPains/)</sup>

| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | "Spasticity" | June 3, 2010 |
| 14 | "Lovesick" | June 10, 2010 |
| 15 | "Keeping the Faith" | June 17, 2010 |
| 16 | "Medusa" | June 24, 2010 |
| 17 | "Mano a Mano" | July 1, 2010 |
| 18 | "In Vino Veritas" | July 15, 2010 |
| 19 | "Comfort's Overrated" | July 22, 2010 |
| 20 | "The Hankover" | July 29, 2010 |
| 21 | "Frenemies" | August 5, 2010 |
| 22 | "Whole Lotto Love" | August 12, 2010 |
| 23 | "Big Whoop" | August 19, 2010 |
| 24 | "Open Up Your Yenta Mouth and Say Ah" | August 26, 2010 |
| 25 | "Mulligan" | January 20, 2011 |
| 26 | "Pit Stop" | January 27, 2011 |
| 27 | "A History of Violins" | February 3, 2011 |
| 28 | "Astraphobia" | February 10, 2011 |
| 29 | "Fight or Flight" | February 17, 2011 |
| 30 | "Listen to the Music" | February 24, 2011 |

The season opened with HankMed treating the infomercial-heir son of a famous inventor, and sent Hank abroad when Boris flew him to another country for his radical medical treatment in "Medusa" and "Mano a Mano".<sup>[5](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/771/royal-pains/episodeguide)</sup>

## Season 3 (2011–2012)

| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | "Traffic" | June 29, 2011 |
| 32 | "But There's a Catch" | July 6, 2011 |
| 33 | "Rash Talk" | July 13, 2011 |
| 34 | "The Shaw/Hank Redemption" | July 20, 2011 |
| 35 | "A Man Called Grandpa" | July 27, 2011 |
| 36 | "An Apple a Day" | August 3, 2011 |
| 37 | "Ta Da For" | August 10, 2011 |
| 38 | "Run, Hank, Run" | August 17, 2011 |
| 39 | "Me First" | August 24, 2011 |
| 40 | "A Little Art, A Little Science" | August 31, 2011 |
| 41 | "A Farewell to Barnes" | January 18, 2012 |
| 42 | "Some Pig" | January 25, 2012 |
| 43 | "My Back to the Future" | February 1, 2012 |
| 44 | "Bottoms Up" | February 8, 2012 |
| 45 | "Hank and the Deep Blue Sea" | February 15, 2012 |
| 46 | "This One's for Jack" | February 22, 2012 |

## Season 4 (2012)

Season 4 ran entirely within 2012 and closed with a two-part holiday movie event, "Off-Season Greetings", aired December 16, 2012.<sup>[1](https://epguides.com/RoyalPains/)</sup> USA Network promoted the two-hour event as an intimate look at the backstory of the Lawson brothers and a celebration of the wedding of Evan and Paige.<sup>[8](https://corporate.comcast.com/news-information/news-feed/usa-orders-new-seasons-of-hit-drama-series)</sup>

| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | "After the Fireworks" | June 6, 2012 |
| 48 | "Imperfect Storm" | June 13, 2012 |
| 49 | "A Guesthouse Divided" | June 20, 2012 |
| 50 | "Dawn of the Med" | June 27, 2012 |
| 51 | "You Give Love a Bad Name" | July 11, 2012 |
| 52 | "About Face" | July 18, 2012 |
| 53 | "Fools Russian" | July 25, 2012 |
| 54 | "Manimal" | August 1, 2012 |
| 55 | "Business and Pleasure" | August 15, 2012 |
| 56 | "Who's Your Daddy?" | August 22, 2012 |
| 57 | "Dancing with the Devil" | August 29, 2012 |
| 58 | "Hurts Like a Mother" | September 5, 2012 |
| 59 | "Something Fishy This Way Comes" | September 12, 2012 |
| 60 | "Sand Legs" | September 19, 2012 |
| 61 | "Off-Season Greetings (1)" | December 16, 2012 |
| 62 | "Off-Season Greetings (2)" | December 16, 2012 |

## Season 5 (2013)

| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 63 | "Hankwatch" | June 12, 2013 |
| 64 | "Blythe Spirits" | June 19, 2013 |
| 65 | "Lawson Translation" | June 26, 2013 |
| 66 | "Pregnant Paws" | July 10, 2013 |
| 67 | "Vertigo" | July 17, 2013 |
| 68 | "Can of Worms" | July 24, 2013 |
| 69 | "Chock Full O' Nuts" | July 31, 2013 |
| 70 | "Hammertime" | August 7, 2013 |
| 71 | "Pins and Needles" | August 14, 2013 |
| 72 | "Game of Phones" | August 21, 2013 |
| 73 | "Open Invitation" | August 28, 2013 |
| 74 | "A Trismus Story" | September 4, 2013 |
| 75 | "Bones to Pick" | September 11, 2013 |

In "A Trismus Story", an actor wants to shadow Hank to prepare for a role, and Divya performs a genetic test on a royal patient.<sup>[9](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/royal-pains/allseasons/official)</sup>

## Season 6 (2014)

| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 76 | "Smoke and Mirrors" | June 10, 2014 |
| 77 | "All in the Family" | June 17, 2014 |
| 78 | "A Bridge Not Quite Far Enough" | June 24, 2014 |
| 79 | "Steaks on a Plane" | July 1, 2014 |
| 80 | "Goodwill Stunting" | July 8, 2014 |
| 81 | "Everybody Loves Ray, Man" | July 15, 2014 |
| 82 | "Electric Youth" | July 22, 2014 |
| 83 | "I Did Not See That Coming" | July 29, 2014 |
| 84 | "Oh, M.G." | August 5, 2014 |
| 85 | "Good Air/Bad Air" | August 12, 2014 |
| 86 | "Hankmed on the Half Shell" | August 19, 2014 |
| 87 | "A Bigger Boat" | August 26, 2014 |
| 88 | "Ganging Up" | September 2, 2014 |

## Season 7 (2015)

The penultimate season was shortened to eight episodes.<sup>[1](https://epguides.com/RoyalPains/)</sup>

| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 89 | "Rebound" | June 2, 2015 |
| 90 | "False Start" | June 9, 2015 |
| 91 | "Playing Doctor" | June 16, 2015 |
| 92 | "The Prince of Nucleotides" | June 23, 2015 |
| 93 | "Voices Carry" | June 30, 2015 |
| 94 | "Secret Asian Man" | July 7, 2015 |
| 95 | "Lama Trauma" | July 14, 2015 |
| 96 | "Lending a Shoulder" | July 21, 2015 |

## Season 8 (2016)

The final season premiered May 18, 2016, earlier in the year than any previous season, and concluded with "Uninterrupted" on July 6, 2016.<sup>[1](https://epguides.com/RoyalPains/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[6](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/771/royal-pains/episodes)</sup>

| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 97 | "Stranger Danger" | May 18, 2016 |
| 98 | "Palpating the Orbital Rim" | May 25, 2016 |
| 99 | "Fly Me to Kowloon" | June 1, 2016 |
| 100 | "Doubt of Africa" | June 8, 2016 |
| 101 | "Saab Story" | June 15, 2016 |
| 102 | "Home Sick" | June 22, 2016 |
| 103 | "The Good News Is..." | June 29, 2016 |
| 104 | "Uninterrupted" | July 6, 2016 |

The season opener had Hank treating a politician who did not want to slow her campaign to take care of her health, while Jeremiah needed Divya's help with his first patient after returning from sabbatical.<sup>[10](https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/-/episodes/1000141827/)</sup>

## Scheduling patterns and afterlife

**Summer scheduling.** *Royal Pains* was built as a summer series: seven of its eight seasons premiered between late May and early July, and the show was part of USA Network's lineup of light, upbeat "blue sky" dramas alongside *Psych*, *Burn Notice*, and *[Suits](https://www.edgepedia.org/suits-american-tv-series)*.<sup>[11](https://time.com/6303530/suits-netflix-why-to-watch/)</sup> The split seasons of 2010 through 2012 were the exception, holding episodes back for winter runs in January and February.<sup>[1](https://epguides.com/RoyalPains/)</sup>

**Ratings context.** During the first season, an episode of *Royal Pains* was the fourth most watched show on cable for the week of August 3, 2009, and USA Network subsequently ordered additional seasons of the series alongside *[White Collar](https://www.edgepedia.org/white-collar-tv-series)* and *Covert Affairs*.<sup>[12](https://udspace.udel.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/fc2940ca-ee21-43fc-9c5e-20f886dd21e7/content)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[8](https://corporate.comcast.com/news-information/news-feed/usa-orders-new-seasons-of-hit-drama-series)</sup>

**Revival in development.** In 2025, a reboot of *Royal Pains* was reported to be in development at NBC, with Mark Feuerstein set to reprise the role of Dr. Henry "Hank" Lawson and to executive produce; as of the reporting, no other original cast members were attached and the project had not been picked up to series.<sup>[13](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/why-suits-la-made-me-cautiously-optimistic-nbc-rebooting-royal-pains)</sup>

## References

1. [Royal Pains (a Titles & Air Dates Guide), epguides.com](https://epguides.com/RoyalPains/)
2. [Episode Guide, Royal Pains Wiki (Fandom)](https://royalpains.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_Guide)
3. [Dive Into Medical Drama And Hamptons Glitz: Here's How To Watch All Of 'Royal Pains', USA Insider](https://www.usanetwork.com/usa-insider/where-to-watch-stream-usa-show-royal-pains)
4. [NBCU Formats Scripted Catalogue 2024-25](https://www.nbcuniformats.com/uploads/NBCUFormatsScriptedCatalogue2024.pdf)
5. [Royal Pains - Episode Guide, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/771/royal-pains/episodeguide)
6. [Royal Pains - Episode List, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/771/royal-pains/episodes)
7. [Watch Royal Pains Online, Season 1, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/royal-pains/episodes-season-1/1000141827/)
8. [USA Network Orders New Seasons of Hit Original Drama Series, Comcast Corporation](https://corporate.comcast.com/news-information/news-feed/usa-orders-new-seasons-of-hit-drama-series)
9. [Royal Pains - Aired Order, TheTVDB.com](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/royal-pains/allseasons/official)
10. [Watch Royal Pains Online, Season 8, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/-/episodes/1000141827/)
11. [In Defense of Suits, Time](https://time.com/6303530/suits-netflix-why-to-watch/)
12. [Television Program Episode Counts table, University of Delaware institutional repository](https://udspace.udel.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/fc2940ca-ee21-43fc-9c5e-20f886dd21e7/content)
13. [Why Suits LA Has Made Me Cautiously Optimistic About NBC Rebooting Another Classic USA Show, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/why-suits-la-made-me-cautiously-optimistic-nbc-rebooting-royal-pains)

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