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 show, its entertaining, the acting is good and the love scenes are very private.
Leave it on …. it is really a good show and fun to watch…
Keep it. One of my wife and my favorite “date shows”.
PLEASE KEEP VEGAS ON! VERY Entertaining, with a great cast and Crew, Full of neat stuff ya Don’t see comin!! DO NOT CANCEL! You crazy CBS??? LOVE THIS SHOW!!!
please don’t cancel “Vegas”. This is one of the better shows and it’s really different form most shows on TV today.
This is a great show, keep it on.
Hope CBS is smart enough to renew this 1960’s era show. If it doesn’t, hopefully AMC will pick it up as a complement to Mad Men.
C’mon producers, don’t let this great show “die”!
I love VEGAS and Jason O’Mara is hot, hot, hot!!! The three actors playing the Lambs look like they could be related.
I certainly hope this series is NOT cancelled as it is my favorite show. In fact, it is the only new show that I watch. It would be a big mistake to cancel this quality TV series as there isn’t any of this calliber
I hope it doesn’t get cancelled. It’s a great show. It has romance, the law, humor. It’s one of the reasons I watch CBS.
Great show! Story line, costumes, and acting a refreshing change from the same old reality shows that seem to be dominating tv programing. CBS – please don’t cancel. Leave something for the 50 plus crowd.
Week 28—Vegas (with 10.70 million viewers) has approximately the SAME number of viewers as shows that have already been renewed (Elementary, CSI, Blue Bloods). It has MORE viewers that renewed shows Hawaii 5-0, Mike & Molly, The Mentalist, and the Good Wife. (Refer to April 9 2013 ratings list)
CBS—take the hint–renew Vegas for another season. Don’t worry… the
“50-Somethings” and beyond still buy from sponsors….
Week 28 ratings—“Vegas” (with 10.70 million viewers) has approximately the same amount as shows that have already been renewed (ie–Elementary, CSI, BLue Bloods).It has MORE than renewed shows (Mike & Molly, Hawaii 5-0, THe Mentalist, Good Wife) among others. ( Refer to April 9 2013 updated ratings listing.)
CBS–take the hint and renew Vegas for another season—Don’t worry, the
“50-somethings” and above buy from sponsors too…
Absolutely one of the best shows on TV.
I’m french canadian and I watch the best english speaking shows all week long. And Vegas is one of the best I ever seen. Different, and every episode is truly intertaining. I hope It will be back for at least another saison.