Ep 13. My Back To The Future

My Back To The Future is the thirteenth and final episode of the third season of the American television series Royal Pains. It was originally aired on USA Network on February 22, 2012.

The episode begins with Hank (Mark Feuerstein) and Evan (Paulo Costanzo) being summoned to the Hamptons Heritage hospital to assess the seriousness of a patient who has been brought in with an unknown illness. To their surprise, they discover that the patient is Hank's old mentor, Dr. Paul Van Dyke (Tom Cavanagh).

Dr. Van Dyke had been a renowned physician who had been a pioneer in medical research, but abruptly retired years earlier to work on his passion, time travel. Dr. Van Dyke had constructed a time machine in his underground laboratory and had gone back in time to meet the famous scientist Albert Einstein about two weeks earlier as of the time of his hospital admission.

Hank and Evan are initially skeptical of Dr. Van Dyke's claims, but soon realize that he might actually be telling the truth. A series of strange occurrences, including the sudden disappearance of several items in the hospital, point towards the possibility that the doctor did indeed succeed in traveling through time.

Meanwhile, Divya (Reshma Shetty) prepares to leave the Hamptons for good, having decided to accompany her mother to Mumbai. However, her final few days in the Hamptons are made complicated by her feelings for Raj (Rupak Ginn) and her doubts about the decision she has made.

As the episode unfolds, Hank and Evan work to uncover the truth about Dr. Van Dyke's time travel experiment, and their investigation takes them on a thrilling journey through several points in history. The mystery of Dr. Van Dyke's illness also deepens, and Hank and his team race against time to find a cure before it's too late.

Overall, My Back To The Future is a fun and exciting episode that combines elements of science fiction, mystery, and drama. It is a fitting end to the third season of Royal Pains, and leaves viewers eagerly anticipating what the next season has in store for Hank, Evan, Divya, and the rest of the Hamptons community.