Cheers to Royal Pains for keeping the spirit of Damages alive. FX may not have renewed its superb legal thriller, but two of its alums have found summer jobs on USA's breezy medical dramedy. Campbell Scott, so chilling as Joe Tobin - the WASP Michael Corleone - on Season 3 of Damages, has reprised his recurring Royal Pains role as Boris, the cagey billionaire with a mysterious ailment. After his breakthrough roles in the terminal-disease dramas Longtime Companion (1989) and Dying Young (1991), Scott's mostly been cast in dead-serious roles, and he looks like he's having a ball with Boris' unplaceably silly Euro-accent. Meanwhile, Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock) - aka Damages' Season 2 corporate shark Claire Maddox - has joined Hamptons Heritage Hospital's staff as Elizabeth Blair, an imperious surgeon who's giving do-gooder Dr. Jill Casey (Jill Flint) a severe case of agita. Now if Royal Pains would just hire Martin Short and Lily Tomlin, Damages' apparent demise might hurt a little less...

Watch a sneak peek of the season 2 premiere of ROYAL PAINS titled "Spasticity" which airs on Thursday June 3, 2010 (10-11:30 p.m. ET) on USA Network.

Episode Synopsis: On the season premiere of Royal Pains... Hank and Divya treat the heir of a famous inventor whose desire to distance himself from his father puts him in harm's way. Meanwhile, Jill's job at Hamptons Heritage is threatened when her mentor starts proceedings to have her fired.

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It may still be the middle of summer in the world of Royal Pains, but there's a mysterious cloud headed for the Hamptons in Season 2, in the form of Hank and Evan's elusive father, Eddie.

Last time viewers saw the Lawson brothers, Hank (Mark Feuerstein) was reeling from the revelation that his doctor concierge business, HankMed, was bankrupt after Evan (Paulo Costanzo) made the money available to Eddie.

"We pick up the morning after the Season 1 finale. There's a little bit of a hangover effect from all the stuff that happened the night before," co-creator and co-executive producer Andrew Lenchewski tells TVGuide.com of the season premiere, airing Thursday at 10/9c on USA. "But pretty quickly, new events unfold that suck our characters back into the world of the medical emergencies."

Although it's back to business as usual for Hank, Evan's error in judgment is not so easily forgotten.

When Royal Pains returns for season two tomorrow night, the series will pick up where season one left off:

* HankMed is still bankrupt.

* Boris is still dying.

* Divya is still engaged.

As for Anastasia Griffith, who will recur as Dr. Emily Peck for multiple episodes, Mark Feuerstein told Fancast.com she'll “definitely a roadblock on many fronts,. She becomes a potential competitor in the concierge medicine industry. And then she’s also going to maybe be Jill’s competition, because there’s a little something going on with her and Hank."

One of their newest successes is a show titled Royal Pains, a medical show set in the Hamptons that blends a little House-esque mystery case with a MacGyver style of treatment. The second season premieres tomorrow, and USA invited Starpulse.com to visit the set, speak with the actors, and get a sneak peak at what is coming up for the show.

Mark Feuerstein, Winkler and the rest of the cast rap in this exclusive video from TV Guide Magazine. Look for special appearances by USA Network stars Matt Bomer and Jeffrey Donovan in the video.

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Paul Wight, known to WWE fans as professional wrestler The Big Show, will guest star this summer on the USA hit. He'll portray a bodyguard that comes down with a mysterious ailment.

But Fancast.com reports this grappler's girth will be balanced out by a beauty: Erinn Hayes will appear as his character's sister. She's most recently been seen on Grey's Anatomy and Parenthood.

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Show Description: "Royal Pains" stars Mark Feuerstein as Hank Lawson who, after becoming blacklisted from the medical community, revives his career as a "doctor for hire" to the rich, famous and infamous in the Hamptons. In addition to his wealthy patients, Hank treats the town's less fortunate and finds himself walking the line between doing well for himself and doing good for others. The show also stars Paulo Costanzo, Reshma Shetty and Jill Flint. Henry Winkler ("Arrested Development") joins the cast for season two as Eddie R. Lawson, Hank and Evan's father. "Royal Pains" is executive produced by Michael Rauch as well as by Rich Frank, Paul Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz from Prospect Park and is written and executive produced by Andrew Lenchewski. Christine Sacani and John Rogers serve as co-executive producers. The series is produced by Universal Cable Productions.

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