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?
Vegas is one of the better TV shows that came out this season. The network would be woefully wrong in cancelling this series. Why would any network executive want to cancell a popular show such as Vegas unless they want to start a downward trend on CBS so the other networks can claim more winnerts. This show is wonderful, great acting by great actors who work in such great unison together. Sounds to me most folks would like to see this show continue and my family is no exception. CONTINUING VEGAS IS THE RIGHT CHOICE AND THE SANE CHOICE.
I can’t believe that you would cancel this show! It is one of the best there is on Tuesday evenings. Please, come to your senses, and put it back on.
I can’t believe you guys are canceling Vegas, it a great show .. LEAVE IT ON!!!!
Vegas is the talk of the town.
We like Vegas and think it should be renewed.
O! NO!! PLEASE SAY IT NOT GOING AWAY WE LOVE IT LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING IT SO DOES THE REST OF MY FAMILY DONT DO THIS.
This is the 3rd show you guys have taken off that is a family show and very likeable.
We loved Tuesday nights. What is wrong with you.
KEEP IT MY HUSBAND AND I LOVE THIS SHOW PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I KNOW OF SOME MORE THAT DONT WANT IT TOOK OFF AIR DAM IT.
Are you people crazy? Why would you cancel Vegas?
We love this show. Hope it stays on the air.
My husband and I love this show. Please don’t cancel this show.
Love Vegas! Best show ever!
DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW!!! It is one of the best shows on your lineup. Super acting and good story line plus keeps interest all the time…adults need good shows too ya’ know. Fast acting and one of the best. Kudos to Quaid and Chicklis and all the rest of the crew. Its replacement shows us a kid in bed with multiple women in the “trailer”…just what we need…tacky!
I think it is very unprofessional for CBS to abruptly stop Vegas in the middle of all the action and to leave all the fans just hanging. Maybe we should all just start watching the new show and have CBS do the same thing in the height of the new show. I don’t think so, I refuse to watch this new show because of the rude way it has been presented.
Tuesday night on CBS is our favorite TV night! Most nights there is nothing on worth watching. WE ENJOY VEGAS, NCIS, and NCIS LA! We will be extremely disappointed if you remove V egas or any one of these shows. Other than these three shows, there is just not much on worth paying for. These shows, the news, and one or two movies a week that might be worth watching, are what we pay our $93.00 a month to watch. Quality programming and movies have generally gone by the wayside. Please do what you can to keep these three shows… Read more »
Please do not cancel, it’s one of the few good shows on TV. In fact we relocated back to Houston, Tx, Feb of 2012 from of all places Las Vegas. Ralph Lamb is a very special person. The show is very good entertainment and brings back a lot of nostalgia from the 60’s. Other shows on TV now days are either sex oriented or violent or both.