Royal Pains (2009)

Comedy · Drama

A young E.R. doctor who, after being wrongly blamed for a patient's death, moves to the Hamptons and becomes the reluctant "doctor for hire" to the rich and famous. When the attractive administrator of the local hospital asks him to treat the town's less fortunate, he finds himself walking the line between doing well for himself and doing good for others.

IMDb rating: 7.2 (25,056 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 ↑ +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 8
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2009)

7.52 avg 12 episodes 7.9 → 7.5 42 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.9	408
2	There Will Be Food	7.3	313
3	Strategic Planning	7.5	276
4	TB or Not TB	7.5	249
5	No Man Is an Island	7.5	230
6	If I Were a Sick Man	7.5	225
7	Crazy Love	7.5	221
8	The Honeymoon's Over	7.3	220
9	It's Like Jamais Vu All Over Again	7.5	215
10	Am I Blue?	7.6	220
11	Nobody's Perfect	7.6	201
12	Wonderland	7.5	201

Season 2 (2010)

7.59 avg 18 episodes 7.7 → 7.7 43 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Spasticity	7.7	191
2	Lovesick	7.5	188
3	Keeping the Faith	7.6	198
4	Medusa	7.7	197
5	Mano a Mano	7.6	182
6	In Vino Veritas	7.5	190
7	Comfort's Overrated	7.6	189
8	The Hankover	7.9	206
9	Frenemies	7.6	177
10	Whole Lotto Love	7.3	173
11	Big Whoop	7.3	171
12	Open Up Your Yenta Mouth and Say Ah	7.8	175
13	Mulligan	7.7	178
14	Pit Stop	7.4	165
15	A History of Violins	7.6	175
16	Astraphobia	7.6	180
17	Fight or Flight	7.6	163
18	Listen to the Music	7.7	166

Season 3 (2011)

7.45 avg 16 episodes 7.5 → 7.3 44 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Traffic	7.5	170
2	But There's a Catch	7.5	169
3	Rash Talk	7.2	162
4	The Shaw/Hank Redemption	7.5	176
5	A Man Called Grandpa	7.5	169
6	An Apple a Day	7.4	170
7	Ta Da For	7.3	167
8	Run, Hank, Run	7.7	166
9	Me First	7.3	166
10	A Little Art, a Little Science	7.4	162
11	A Farewell to Barnes	7.7	157
12	Some Pig	7.5	141
13	My Back to the Future	7.6	154
14	Bottoms Up	7.5	161
15	Hank and the Deep Blue Sea	7.3	157
16	This One's for Jack	7.3	161

Season 4 (2012)

7.68 avg 16 episodes 7.3 → 7.8 43 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	After the Fireworks	7.3	154
2	Imperfect Storm	7.3	150
3	A Guesthouse Divided	7.8	135
4	Dawn of the Med	7.6	139
5	You Give Love a Bad Name	7.4	138
6	About Face	8.0	131
7	Fools Russian	7.7	132
8	Manimal	7.8	131
9	Business & Pleasure	7.6	131
10	Who's Your Daddy	8.0	135
11	Dancing with the Devil	8.2	139
12	Hurts Like a Mother	7.3	139
13	Something Fishy This Way Comes	7.9	127
14	Sand Legs	7.6	138
15	Off-Season Greetings: Part 1	7.6	145
16	Off-Season Greetings: Part 2	7.8	130

Season 5 (2013)

7.65 avg 13 episodes 7.5 → 7.7 43 min avg

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Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	HankWatch	7.5	138
2	Blythe Spirits	7.4	123
3	Lawson Translation	8.1	121
4	Pregnant Paws	7.7	119
5	Vertigo	7.7	116
6	Can of Worms	7.7	113
7	Chock Full O' Nuts	7.9	111
8	Hammertime	8.1	123
9	Pins and Needles	7.8	118
10	Game of Phones	6.7	123
11	Open Invitation	7.4	119
12	A Trismus Story	7.8	112
13	Bones to Pick	7.7	115

Season 6 (2014)

7.66 avg 13 episodes 7.7 → 8.0 43 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Smoke and Mirrors	7.7	132
2	All in the Family	7.8	124
3	A Bridge Not Quite Far Enough	7.5	117
4	Steaks on a Plane	7.7	117
5	Goodwill Stunting	7.8	115
6	Everybody Loves Ray, Man	7.8	110
7	Electric Youth	7.5	112
8	I Did Not See That Coming	7.6	118
9	Oh, M.G.	7.2	110
10	Good Air/Bad Air	7.7	106
11	HankMed on the Half Shell	7.8	113
12	A Bigger Boat	7.5	119
13	Ganging Up	8.0	112

Season 7 (2015)

7.68 avg 8 episodes 7.6 → 8.0 42 min avg

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Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rebound	7.6	120
2	False Start	7.7	110
3	Playing Doctor	7.7	110
4	The Prince of Nucleotides	6.8	153
5	Voices Carry	7.9	112
6	Secret Asian Man	7.7	106
7	Lama Trauma	8.0	106
8	Lending a Shoulder	8.0	109

Season 8 (2016)

7.66 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 8.5 42 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Stranger Danger	7.7	100
2	Palpating the Orbital Rim	7.8	95
3	Fly Me to Kowloon	7.7	104
4	Doubt of Africa	8.3	110
5	Saab Story	7.8	104
6	Home Sick	7.7	106
7	The Good News Is...	5.8	371
8	Uninterrupted	8.5	162