Episode #3 "Strategic Planning"

Hank and Divya are called to the home of a wealthy U.S. senator, whose pushy wife Lilly Everett asks them to perform a discreet "executive physical" on their teenage son Kendrick, who will be Notre Dame's starting quarterback in the fall.

So, what did everyone think of the latest episode?

This will probably be the last episode I watch. Paul Costanzo doesn't have a character, he plays a caricature. Evan Lawson is so over-the-top annoying that it's not amusing, it's beyond distraction. He was good for the initial set-up of keeping Hank in the Hamptons but now he's just ruining my enjoyment of the show. Not just that he's annoying, but that his annoyance is usually pushed beyond the point of comedy and way too far into overkill.

hi, So we have a great looking House? Todays episode was not funny. It was still good but it wasn't as good as the first two.
and no Tucker? was up with that!

I agree totally ... Evan ruins what could be a good show ... Compared to the idiot siblings from IPS and Burn Notice, Evan is by far the worst ... Isn't it time for him to go back to NYC yet ???

the medical case was interesting. i enjoyed seeing how hank solved the problem w/o a hospital

few questions:

why did evan call hank "henry" at the end (in their kitchen) slip up or is henry a full version of hank? just wondering

jill has now made at least 2 hints that hank should ask her out. is he waiting for the right time or stupid? since she was so clear about it, it better not be like every other show where "sexual tension is the only way to go" cuz clearly, she likes him and he likes her and we all know it.

why must this show be compared to house? besides them both being doctors trying to diagnose and heal people, i dont see any similarities. and dont ALL doctors diagnose and heal people?


but im still enjoying the show! psych is better but RP will do to hold me off till it premieres.

Did it seem to anyone else like ep 3 should have been ep 2? In ep 2 Hank & Jill already spent time together at the ballerina's retirement event, and then later he helped her walk off a wine drinking binge. Now all of a sudden in ep 3 they're acting like they hardly know each other... ??

Enjoying Christina Ebersole's character, too. Clearly she likes playing eccentric characters from the Hamptons (somebody let her deliver the line about what a mean, nasty Republican town it is...)

The case with Kendrick was pretty interesting, not very exciting, but interesting. I liked seeing Hank with the dog walker, especially him going to see how the guy was doing at the hospital.

I, personally, like the character of Evan. I thought it was funny (yet kind of sad) that he got the dog walker bit and got himself and the three girls that rash from the hot tub. He's good for some comic relief.

I was definitely happy to see Divya in this episode, to learn more about her, and to find out that Hank respects her and wants others to see her as more than an assistant. I really enjoy listening to her, for lack of a better term, "put down" Evan when they speak as well.

As for the character of Jill, I'm still not very interested in her. I'm not sure exactly why I don't really like her. It could be how she can seem to be upset with Hank one minute, and pleased with (and willing to help) him the next. I don't know how she comes across to others, but that's just what I see.

I was very happy to see Boris again. He seems to know everything about everyone. I'm looking forward to finding out what exactly his plans for Hank are.

All in all, I'll give this episode 4 out of 5 stars.

I just watch the episode again and it wasn't that bad. I did like to know more about Divya I can't wait to meet her family. I compare it to House because of the secuence of events and how he suddenly came up with the answer. But in all it was good.

I really liked last nights epidsode. I think the show is coming along great, and I really like all of the characters. This is going to be a great summer show!!

My Rating: 4/5

I loved the episode and this is easily my favorite show of the summer so far, but some stuff could have been better. As said before, it seemed like Jill & Hank barely knew each other when in the last episode it seemed like they had gotten to know each other a lot.

I think Evan's character is fine. Yes, he seems immature but that is the point and I think he portrays the role just fine. Divya on the other hand I found annoying with how persuasive she was to get a job with Hank. But! this episode shed some light on her and I feel she has calmed down and so I'm starting to like her as well. Some people don't like Jill but again I think her purpose is good. Her and Hank are becoming more and more involved and it's starting to show a little reliance & conflict on each other (more of Hank relying on her.)

Characters aside, I thought the episode was pretty good other than 2 things.
1) I didn't find it as funny as There Will Be Food. This one was a little more serious which I don't mind but in Ep.2 there were points where I was literally about to fall off my couch in laughter.
2) The whole Hank & Jill, "I know I just got to know you..." parts, it seems like (as said previously) this could have been episode 2 instead of 3.

Anyways, I love the show and now I must buy the episodes off itunes to amuse me while I sit and wait for Thursday again.
Thanks for the awesome show USA!!!


~Dave

You are correct, this was actually episode 2. Last week's was episode 3. It should be in order from here on out though.

I generally like this show overall. I live in Brooklyn and visit my Aunt in Southampton often. Its entertaining to talk about it every week with the women I know that live out there.

One thing I RESENT ... BIG TIME about this episode... is how they portrayed the dog-walker. People with money MUST be writing this show or they have very poor research skills. I am a dog-walker in Brooklyn and if I was a dog-walker in the Hamptons I would be making even more money than I do now. I'm sorry but even in a recession no one charges what that guy said he charged. That's low balling for sure. Also they kind of made dog-walkers out to look like helpless folks. Most dog-walkers are bonded and insured in the Hamptons, if anyone is struggling walking dogs its usually the city folks. It's still a profession... I'd like to see these writers teach 8 dogs to walk in a straight line and not notice when strangers pass. Also... a dogwalker gets BIT at some point in their career its part of the hazard? WHAT?! I don't think so buddy. No self respecting dog-walker would be walking dogs that are unruly or that aren't muzzled if they are known to nip. The writers were just fishin for an average Joe to get injured somehow...

I like the show overall... I didn't know what it was about till I was on the beach in Ditch Plains memorial day weekend and someone said they knew who directed it or something like that and they explained the show... entertaining to me only cause I love being out there... so I guess I'm a citidiot. :-P

Tucker's not in every episode, but you'll be seeing him again!

As I wrote in my post under "brother", Hank's brother is not comic relief - he's a migraine. Get rid of him immediately. He absolutely ruins the show. I was lucky enough to have been able to fast-forward through the hot-tub stupidity (and will do the same in coming episodes whenever he takes over the show as he did here). I look forward to the writers more fully integrating Boris into the show's storyline. As for the medical drama - it's all good. However, you may wish to have Hank back off the constant flashlight in the eyes routine -- excessive to say the least plus he never took the time to actually assess what he supposedly was discovering by performing this test. And yes, we viewers did notice that this episode was out of sequence. Keep up with the great scenery/estates shots. They are integral to the enjoyment of the show.

Yah tucker was such a cool character. They better bring him back.

I like eposide 3, but I agree it should of been 2, I also agree that Tucker should be in more eposides since Hank did befriend him at the endo of eposide 2

I agree, why are Hank and Jill acting like strangers? This threw this episode out of sync, if you're going to try to build a relationship from scratch it doesn't usually go from almost kissing to hardly knowing each other, come on, did you people ever hear of a time-line?

The reason they are acting like strangers is because this was supposed to be ep 2 and air before "There Will Be Food." I guess USA decided to switch the eps.

What is it with USA showing episodes out of order? They're doing the same thing on LOCI>

As for episode 3. I liked it. I'm glad we got to see more of Divya and can't wait to meet her family. Evan doesn't bother me. I like him. He is a bit over the top sometimes but having him be the neat brother who can actually cook keeps him from being a total stereotype. Still not feeling Jill.

I'm no expert but it seems to me that because Tucker was such a hit they decide to put episode #3 first because it looks like Tucker is not coming for the moment.

But I have to desagree on the coment about Evan, yes he is inmature and silly or stupid as Divya call him, but that is his roll no everyone should be serious.

Really my only comment is that I hope to know more about Divya is she a doctor or a nurse? She seems so profesional!

Was the dog walker played by Guillermo Diaz? I can't find full cast listings anywhere. Guillermo Diaz has a recurring role on "Weeds", it was odd to see him pop up as a minor character, if it was him.

I still enjoyed the show; its lighthearted and amusing.
and yes, Hank is a shortened version of Henry

I understand that this is a late comment for the episode last week but here it is anyway.

I enjoyed the show a lot, but the problem ended up being a deer tick (Scientific Name: Ixodes). Tick paralysis had to occur after the deer tick had been on the boy for a significant amount of time.

So how did the super "Doctor Hank" not notice a tick in the kid's ear during his "EXECUTIVE PHYSICAL?" Why is the family not pissed that he didn't catch this in the first place? Instead he is being deemed a hero for a problem that he should have prevented in his examination.

Anyway, I just noticed that as a problem. I still like the show. I just hope that the great doctor doesn't end up making fun of veterinarians, because that is what I am doing as my career. I did like that the nurse in the end was telling her son that he was supposed to have been a vet.

I'm with you Doggy Doc 65---with all the high tech equipment, why didn't he see the tick when he looked in the ear the first time? I'm a nurse, and all of us have to dial back the critique so we can enjoy the show, which I do.... I thought it was kind of a stretch tho, that an 18-wheeler could be moved to a mansion for the scan--let us not even dare think of the liability for THAT move! It's not clear how much oversight Dr.Irv does over the phone from Lawrence Mass, but maybe they need to send more video for his review. Here's hoping the writers let Hank apply for privileges at the hospital so he may accompany and collaborate with staff for/with his patients. Hank's skills, as written so far, seem to be much stronger with the "on the fly" problem-solving-- has a lot of common sense. Hopefully, they will build on these, as compared to his use of shiny hardware.

It's a TV show; not meant to be analyzed. Merely enjoyed. Whether or not its "true to life" isn't relevant to most of us that have no idea of how the medical field works. That's not saying I don't appreciate the input from experts and people that know, but seriously...how many shows out there REALLY make sense anyway? Called "artistic license"...lol I guess reality is too mundane for them.....

A believability issue: Hank gives an executive physical. He is SHOWN examining the inside of the ears.

Why did he miss the tick in the first place? Yes they are small. But Hank is supposed to be meticulous...

The scenes with Evan seemed strained. Yes, there are people like his character and are quite annoying and frustrating. But the writing doesn't give the audience much incentive to really like him. There is logic to the description of his behaviors, but it is not evoking an affinity for Evan. Maybe pity. This is not Criminal Intent, where the over the top characters are left behind every week. (In Jail.)

Compared to Burn Notice, for example, their eccentrics have some underlying strength or "spark" that links them together with the characters. The main characters at least nominally like them, accept them and so the audience does by default.

But Hank seems to merely tolerate his brother - constantly annoyed. Hank is being noble in taking care of Evan despite the character flaws, but there isn't much affection. (NO, they don't have to hug every other moment.) [Ep. 1 - E - Love U. H. Like U. Yes, this is funny but becomes descriptive of their interaction] If HE IS barely tolerating Evan, won't the audience as well? Hank accepts Tucker more than he does Evan. True, many families are VERY much like this. But this is TV and of your famous USA dramedy genre. It's a very fine line in getting the emotions right in portraying a relationship like this. Maybe it's because other eccentrics in other USA shows - if they are "wild" - are on screen less. OR, they have an underlying competency, gift, strength, whatever, which justifies inclusion in the group and at least a nominal acceptance. So far, Evan is present only because of his bloodline.

The tone isn't right. Maybe the writers need to lighten up a little on Evan.