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 the series vegas please dont cacel.best show going.
We really do like the show! It should be renewed another season!! Very disappointed that two weeks in a row, it has been pre-empted because of Golden Boy!! Why not put Golden Boy in another time slot, if it must be aired!!!!
DON’T CANCEL THIS SHOW!! DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BEST ON CBS THIS SEASON!! THE GOLDEN BOY SUUUUUUCKS!!
Please dont cancel Vegas, Theres not alot of good tv on these days,dont cancel one of the good shows yall have on.
More … More. Gimme more…
Oh no … Really liked the show … Please bring it back… Better than lots of other show of this kind …. Gimme more…..Annie g.
Vegas is an exciting, fun, and somewhat historical story and show. I looked forward to shows about Howard Hughes, the “Mormon Mafia” and other good stuff to be mined. I can’t believe that it’s in limbo now with possible cancellation.
Keep this show! Great show and we love it.
By all means renew!!!!! Please don’t leave me hanging as to what is going to happen now that Jack has told Mia and Ralph that he is the killer of Mia’s ‘low life’ father.
agree!!
“Vegas” is great-gritty. Love it. “Golden Boy” needs to renamed “Golden Shower” it sucks and is stupid.
Don’t cancel Vegas!
We loved that show!! Every Tuesday we couldn’t wait for that show to come on! Please don’t cancel it…that would be a big mistake!
Great series!! Bring it back!
best on tv please don’t cancel
My husband and I enjoy this show. To see what Vegas could have looked like in 1960″s. This show should be renewed for a new season.