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?
great show. pls don’t cancel
NO,Please do not cancel this show,its got a lot of the way things used to be handled in law enforcement until things got so politicaly correct…great show!
Don’t cancel this show.
I think it should definitely be renewed.
very good show
LOVE IT!!!!! Keep this show on please, it’s great!!!
Please do not cancel Vegas. I missed the first two episodes, but have watched every week after that and really enjoy the show. The cast is excellent and the shows are interesting. After seeing previews of the replacement shows on Tuesdays nights, I haven’t found a reason the check it out in it’s premier. Please leave Vegas in your schedule even if you have to change days!!!
DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW! There are very few shows on anymore. As usual, the good ones seem to go. Everything doesn’t need to cater to the masses! We need some programs that are entertaining and require a little brain power once in awhile…
Please don’t cancel Vegas. The show gives a great prospective how Vegas was in the sixties between a City being born and farm land being taken away. One of the best lines in the show is when a rancher said to “Be ready for the wave of neon coming”.
Please do not cancel show!! Best out there!
Please don’t cancel Vegas Best new show in a long time Between It and Blue bloods best shows on tv
I agree with Mike. I only watch two shows–Vegas and Blue Bloods. What a bum deal.
Not Vegas! For the first time in a long time, I really LIKE a show. Couldn’t believe I didn’t get to see it the night of the Super Bowl can’t sit up all night and work the next day…Can’t believe it’s even being considered for cancellation…everywhere I go, people are talking about it! Please don’t mess up a good thing!!!!!
Best show on TV! Please DON’T cancel!!!
Please do not cancel this show you have a winner here. If you do there always ABC
i hope they dont can CLEit it one of my favorite shows i know its way better than that GOLDEN BOY BS