Friday, July 10, 2009

Review - Royal Pains Season 1 Episode 5 No Man is an Island

This episode was interesting not because of the main plot, but from the background information we learn and the progression of the characters. Jill ask Hank whether he would consider a job in the ER as there is an opening. Later, Evan walks in on them and it gets kind of awkward. He has a big job for HankMed. They can go into an island owned by some rich family. Evan comes along as the "manny" and Divya stays on the mainland. Somehow, Hank who has a date with Jill the next night doesn't tell her, and Evan fails to mention that there is no cellphone reception (it's nice to know facts before going to a deserted island).

The main medical story revolves around the old guy that lives on the island getting hurt when Evan lets a 12 year-old drive a truck and it crashes. The dumb, old guy takes some blood thinners because his head hurt and makes the problem worse (I guess he didn't know a doctor was in the next room). There's a bunch of boring, tedious stuff that happens, the old guy needs a transfusion and the kid provides the blood since everyone else in the family has too many antigens (am I weird to think inbreeding?). Yay...the kid does something useful and everyone is happy.

Jill tries to find Hank and instead finds Divya who is very defensive after learning Jill offered Hank a job. We later learn that she has been part of 2 previously failed concierge services and doesn't want that happened again. We also learn that Jill also used to be involved with an emergency room doctor and it didn't turn out well. The episode ends with Hank turning down the ER job and moving forward with Jill.

Score: 8.3/10

Next Episode: It looks like a highly contagious disease of some sort

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