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 show is one of the BEST! The cast is hitting it right on the mark!
You can’t cancel this show. Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis are awesome. Can’t wait to see what happens every week.
Please do not cancel really like watching.
please do not cancel this show love it
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL! I have never been a TV person, but “VEGAS” captured my attention, and is one of the best shows ever!! I watch each episode over again on my computer. Can’t wait to see what’s going to happen next! Hope this show is around for many years to come!!
EXCELLENT SHOW!!! I am not a TV person at all, but “Vegas” won me over. I can’t wait to see the next episode from week to week. I usually watch it again on the computer. Please do NOT cancel. I certainly hope this is on for many years to come!!
One of the best on TV, DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW.
This is one of the best shows on TV, please keep it going! This and Nashville are the best on TV.
One of the best on TV. Do not cancel.
Love this show. One of the absolute best shows CBS has made in years.
From Cotumes, set, plot and script, the Casting is AWESOME.
DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW
Excellet Show – it keeps getting better as the characters develop! DO NOT cancel this one.
Great show
LOVE LOVE LOVE this show!! My absolute favorite! Please, do not cancel!
I WOULD LIKE IT RENEWED.
I CAN’T BELIEVE SOMEONE THOUGHT THEY COULD REPLACE IT WITH GOLDEN BOY.
HOPEFULLY VEGAS WILL BE BACK ON NEXT WEEK.
A great show and whats up with the cancellation,finally a good drama worth watching and only 1 season. What a dissappointment I have with CBS?
I Love this show! Everything is so factual with the light fixtures, dress, jewlery, hair, etc. etc!!!
One of my favorite shows please do not cancel it
Excellent show! Please do not cancel!!!
This show is a great look back into time when Vegas was just beginning to be a booming metro mega attraction! I especially like the fact they use real characters to give it a real sense of how it use to be. Kind of makes you wish you couldve been there back in the day. I had recorded all of the first 8 episodes after watching them when they came out each week. I told my wife she needed to check it out and over 2 nights WE watched all of them. She is now hooked and cant stop talking… Read more »