Network: CBS
Episodes: 21 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: September 25, 2012 — May 10, 2013
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Dennis Quaid, Michael Chiklis, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jason O’Mara, and Taylor Handley.
TV show description:
This TV series is based on the true story of former Las Vegas Sheriff Ralph Lamb (Dennis Quaid), a fourth-generation rancher tasked with bringing order to Las Vegas in the 1960s. It’s a gambling and entertainment mecca that’s emerging from the tumbleweeds.
Ralph Lamb wants to be left in peace to run his ranch, but Las Vegas is now swelling with outsiders and corruption which are intruding on his simple life. Recalling Lamb’s command as a military police officer during World War II, the Mayor appeals to his sense of duty to look into a murder of a casino worker.
This begins Lamb’s clash with Vincent Savino (Michael Chiklis), a ruthless Chicago gangster who’s moved West and plans to make Vegas his own. (The character is based on real-life crime boss Marcello Giuseppe Caifano.)
Lamb has two deputies who help him keep law and order. His diplomatic and even-keeled brother is Deputy Jack Lamb (Jason O’Mara). Deputy Dixon Lamb (Taylor Handley) is his charming but impulsive son.
The ambitious Assistant District Attorney, Katherine O’Connell (Carrie-Anne Moss), grew up on the ranch next to the Lambs and also lends a hand in preserving justice.
Episode #21 — Sons of Nevada
After Porter Gainsley’s bombing of the Tumbleweed and attempt on Katherine’s life, Lamb and Savino decide to team up to take out their common adversary once and for all. To prove his commitment to the task, Lamb hands over the tapes with the recordings from the bug in Savino’s phone, and then the mobster and former sheriff get to planning their assault on Gainsley.
Since the ranching mogul is too heavily protected at his home, they decide to target him at a livestock auction, but that plan goes awry when Dixon shows up and holds Gainsley at gunpoint. A firefight breaks out and Lamb is forced to save his son and flee, giving Gainsley time to regroup and amass more artillery for the coming war.
When Jack is ousted as interim Sheriff by more of Gainsley’s men, he and Dixon join forces with Lamb and Savino, and together they craft a plan that involves using Jones the hitman to put Gainsley in a corner. Jones plays his part well and leads Gainsley and his thugs into a trap, where Lamb gives him his freedom as a reward.
After an intense firefight, Lamb gets the drop on Gainsley and decides to arrest him instead of killing him, setting the proper example for his son and staying true to his morals.
In the end, Lamb gets his Sheriff job back, putting him at odds with Savino and his plans for growth in Vegas yet again.
Meanwhile, Jack plans to propose to Mia, but his plans are derailed when she breaks up with him after finding out about the bug he planted in Savino’s phone.
Tommy pursues Mia even harder, and the two wind up spending the night together. After Gainsley is taken into custody, Jack goes to Mia’s place to fight for her, but is crushed when he discovers Tommy there with her — in nothing but a bath robe.
First aired: May 10, 2013
What do you think? Do you like the Vegas TV series? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
I LOVE VEGAS IT IS A VERY GOOD SHOW. IGUESS YOU CANCELLED CSI MIAMA AS IT HASN’T BEEN ON IN A YEAR. I HATE THAT REALITY TV HAS TAKEN MY TV HOSTAGE AS IT DOESN’T SEEM TO BE MUCH IN THE WAY OF GOOD TV ANYMORE. PLEASE SAVE VEGAS AND OTHER GOOD SHOWS. PLEASE NO MORE REALITY SHOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!
please do not cancell one of the better show on TV, It is a good family show. I love watching Dennis Quaid.
I love Vegas!! Please don’t cancel it! Anyone from that generation should like seeing the classic cars, the fashions and the music. The mob scene is totally fascinating!!! seems very authentic.
Please do not cancel! Great show!
Please RENEW!!!!!!
I hope it has not been cancelled. We loved that show. Will it be coming back?
Hope you do not cancel Vegas. There are only a few good shows on tv these days and that is one of them. But it seems when my wife an I enjoy a show you cancel.
PLease Don’t cancel!!! One of the best shows on TV.
Why would anyone cancel such a well written and well casted show ?
Vegas is so well done, that if CBS cancels Vegas, it just goes to show that “CBS DOESN’T CARE” or they would listen to their viewers.
One of the better shows on TV.
Keep it going.
Vegas should be renewed, please
please don’t cancel vegas it is a good show,hope you decide to leave it on
My husband and I both enjoy this show and watch it together each week. this show should not be cancelled, it has great actors and I love the clothes and how they have kept it so real to the time it is taking place. We vote that this show needs to be kept on the air this is good entertainment.
We also LOVE this show. Sick of all of these stupid comedies! Leave the good shows alone.
Please do not cancel. This is one of the few shows that my husband and I watch. It’s well done and good entertainment. Why is it if a show seems to be a winner it gets cancelled. Ridiculous!