It’s been near a decade because the Royal Pains sequence finale marked the top of a really sunny (the “blue sky period”) time in tv, however now HankMed is coming again to heal us all once more. The USA Community medical dramedy is returning for one more spherical of concierge drugs enjoyable in a brand new sequence for NBC, with Mark Feuerstein returning to his position as Dr. Hank Lawson.
In accordance with Deadline, Feuerstein is the one member of the unique forged who’s at the moment hooked up to return for the sequence, however co-creator Andrew Lenchewski is returning as an govt producer, together with Michael Rauch.
The brand new sequence is alleged to be set a number of years after the occasions of the then-series finale, which aired in 2016, and can discover Hank on the lookout for a brand new function in life (once more) and about to embark on a large new enterprise.
The unique sequence adopted Hank as he moved to the Hamptons to co-launch a home name remedy service for the residents of the ritzy city after being fired from his New York Metropolis ER job for selecting to deal with a metropolis child in dire want earlier than a hospital benefactor. Over time, the seaside getaway grew to become a real dwelling for him, and his medical group grew to become a tight-knit household and an important a part of the group.
We’ll have to attend and see whether or not a number of the different forged and characters will return to their roles, too, however a few of them appear far too necessary to depart out. In spite of everything, Paulo Costanzo starred as Evan Lawson, Hank’s brother and HankMed co-founder who was probably the most central determine in his life all through Royal Pains. Additionally, the finale noticed Hank engaged to Jill Flint‘s character Jill Casey. Evan, in the meantime, was busy elevating kids with Brooke D’Orsay‘s Paige Collins, so she’s a part of the fam, too. Reshma Shetty‘s Divya Katdare was nonetheless part of the HankMed crew throughout Hank’s summer season visits and her off-time from medical faculty at Johns Hopkins, and Ben Shenkman‘s Dr. Jeremiah Sacani was nonetheless round working for the crew, too.
Since we don’t know a lot else in regards to the sequence but, we put collectively our burning questions and some wishlist gadgets for the Royal Pains revival.
How lengthy did Hank and Jill keep in Sierra Leone?
On the finish of Royal Pains, Hank determined to take go away of the Hamptons and be part of his ex’s clinic servicing a village in Africa. We all know they had been there for not less than the three years between the second of his arrival and the sequence epilogue again within the Hamptons — and that they obtained engaged someplace throughout that point — however how lengthy did their philanthropic endeavor proceed? And did they ever get married?
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Has Evan and Paige’s household continued to thrive?
It was positively an on the spot household scenario for Evan and Paige as soon as they determined to foster Lena (Sarah Mezzanotte) and her brothers whereas Paige was pregnant — with twins, it turned out! So once we final noticed them, the 2 had their arms full with a household of seven. Fortunately for them, Boris had gifted them use of his megamansion Shadow Pond, so that they had loads of room for his or her sprawling brood. However was that an open-ended factor? And did they actually select to call the boys Invoice and Ted?
Did Boris ever declare his birthright?
Final we noticed of him, Boris was recovering from a nasty case of dengue fever and on the run from these Russians who needed him to step up as a organic royal and assist sort things in his dwelling nation. He informed Hank that he wasn’t essentially against it, however he needed to take action in his personal time. So is he nonetheless on the market fleeing these of us, has he returned to reclaim his place on the Hamptons, or has he lastly embraced the rights and duties of his lineage?
Did Divya resolve to stay with HankMed after medical faculty?
Divya was nonetheless working with the Hamptons group, in line with a passing point out within the epilogue, however that was simply three years after she obtained into Johns Hopkins. So did she proceed to work for him after ending up her schooling, or did she transfer onto a residency or one other follow group?
What is going to Hank’s subsequent journey probably be?
Hank obtained to do loads together with his oligarch benefactor Boris footing the invoice, and earlier than that, he was a profitable doctor within the emergency division. Because the teaser signifies, he’ll be doing one thing even larger on this new leg of the character’s story so what may that probably be? Certainly, beachside concierge companies don’t measure as much as that descriptor, however he’s additionally already carried out the globe-trotting physician factor. What’s subsequent? We’ve to know.
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