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?
This is the best new series from last year. It is a shame it was canceled.
This is one of the best shows on TV. Look forward to it every week IF I can find it. Yet stupid shows like 2 Broke Girls continue to pollute the airways.
One of the best shows on TV. Please bring it back.
Please bring Vegas back. We too looked foward to watching it every week. We have not missed a show. It was our favorite show on television.
i think someone got it wrong on cancelling vegas
I was shocked that CBS is cancelling Vegas. Great show with a great cast and a story line that kept the viewer engaged. Don’t understand it especially when they keep shows like NCIS: LA and CSI around.
I thoroughly enjoyed Vegas but thought it should be on an earlier weeknight and not a Friday night. I hope they bring it back!!! Good story lines and great to see the retro feeling of the show!!!
WTF comes to mind…. but lets keep honey poo poo on and all the other dumb a$@ reality shows. Hope a real network picks it up and runs with it because it was a hit. LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!
Love this show….please don’t put a reality show in it’s place. I hate reality shows. So sorry Dennis, love you!
Bring it back. I looked forward to it each week! I loved this show. I can’t believed you cancelled it and kept some of the other awful shows on!
I can not understand why they cancelled this show and keep other ignorant shows going. Great character development and shory lines. Could not wait to see it each week. Please bring it back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GREAT SHOW It should not have been cancelled spot moving the show and give it at least one more season.
I absolutely love Vegas they should really BRING IT BACK!!
Vegas should be brought back. It was well written & acted. My husband & I enjoyed the show and were so looking forward to the new series. Two votes to bring it back.
I think you’re crazy for cancelling a show my husband and I look forward to every week! This was our favorite! Never missed a single night. Get your heads out of your dark hole and see the light. Dennis Quaid was amazing! Let us enjoy tv again and not that crappy reality stuff. People feel reality everyday! We need a way to get away from that now and then!!!!!!