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Did Hank stay in the Hamptons?
The more things change, the more they stay the same. In some ways, Royal Pains ended right where it began (in the Hamptons), but in others, everything had changed.
On Wednesday's series finale, Hank (Mark Feuerstein) ended up with the best of both worlds. He decided to leave the Hamptons and traveled all the way to Africa to get back together with Jill (Jill Flint). But, in a three-year flash-forward that closed out the episode, Hank ended up back where it all began: in the Hamptons, eating bagels and cupcakes in the backyard of Shadow Pond, a.k.a. Evan (Paulo Costanzo) and Paige's (Brooke D'Orsay) new home. But this time, he's only there for the summer months -- or is he?
Here's a recap of where all the major players landed at the end of the series:
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Divya (Reshma Shetty): Divya gets accepted into medical school at Johns Hopkins and leaves the Hamptons to pursue her degree. But she evidently returns, as Evan mentions in the flash-forward that she's back working at HankMed.
Jeremiah (Ben Shenkman): Jeremiah doesn't get much of a send-off in the finale, but here's hoping he's still happy with his sci-fi author ladyfriend. In the flash-forward, Evan mentions that Jeremiah is treating patients at HankMed 2.0.
Boris (Campbell Scott): Boris decides to leave the Hamptons for good and asks Hank to join him as his personal caretaker (in addition to helping Boris destroy his medical records). After some consideration, Hank declines, but only after he diagnoses Boris with dengue fever and figures out that -- surprise! -- Boris is Russian royalty and the people who are tracking his DNA are doing so not to harm him, but because they want him to lead the country. But Boris isn't interested, and so decides to go on the lam in order to avoid his royal heritage. (Also, kind of gives the show title a poignant meaning, no?)
What did you think of the Royal Pains finale?