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 can’t believe it was cancelled.
I loved Vegas! Great actors and drama between good and like able “bad guys”. Reminded me of sopranos without bad language! Reality tv shows suck. Never watch them. Bring back VEGAS!
You gave us a great show and then you took it away from us. It was very well acted. We looked forward to seeing it every week and never missed an episode. We love Dennis Quaid who is such a terrific actor and played the part to a T. Michael Chiklis was also excellent, as were the rest of the cast. PLEASE bring back this wonderful show. There are so many bummer shows on tv we never watch.
Hopefully, Jack and Betty Gregory
loved the show …bring it back…..one more reality show or dancing show and i am going to give up tv…..
I’m with you, Nancy !! These crummy “reality” shows are nothing more than watching
total stranger’s home movies of what they did last summer. Also, these idiot
dance shows put me to sleep too early in the evening that I’m wide awake 2 hours BEFORE
my clock goes off !! Today’s comedy IS NOT comedy, either. They think it’s funny to talk about sex organs and menopause for 30 minutes !! “Vegas” was truly adult drama that
REAL AMERICANS enjoyed week after week !! WE WANT IT BACK ON THE AIR !!
Why was Vegas cancelled! Great show and loved the timeframe. Please bring it back
BRING BACK VEGAS!! I am sick of these reality shows. This show had a great cast and good writing. It is hard to get a following if you change the air time during the season, Interesting to see the show that took their Thursday time slot is no longer running
I can’t believe it was cancelled. I feel like cancelling my cable.
Vegas was worth watching, better than the rest of the junk we have to see. Great show, great actors. Take off some of the worthless sitcoms and bring back a good show,
figures…..nothing political about it so it didn’t fit the Hollywood agenda. So sick of all the crap they consider worth watching, will stick to cable networks that provide real entertainment.
Vegas was the best show on TV. CBS needs to bring it back and give it another year.
Shame on you for cancelling such a terrific show. You people don’t even have a clue as to what the viewing public likes. You keep running all of those stupid sitcoms, and cancel a show like Las Vegas
It grinds me how these network idiots just cancel a fabulous show like “Vegas”
and let the trash keep going on forever. You guys have made a BIG mistake.
Bring back Vegas !! Action packed, down-to-earth believable, and ” glued to my chair”
for that solid hour, was our favorite !!
My wife and I watched every episode, I believe. It didn’t glorify guts and gore, or killing any- and everyone in sight, or other yuk from most current movies. The period cars and other details were fantastic – almost exactly as we remembered them! We were flabbergasted and sorely disappointed when we couldn’t find any indication of the second season beginning in September and subsequent weeks. It was one of very few TV shows we watched every week without fail. Bummmer!!!
I loved this show. But what pissesme off Is to have no closure to the show. It just ends and leaves all its fans just hanging.
hubby & I loved this show, the vintage cars, good story lines, not full of gore, sex in your face, and of course, it is cancelled. SUCKS!