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?
Love It! Don’t cancel Vegas! Tuesday night is one of my favorites. Two NCIS and then Vegas!! HAPPY HAPPY
Don’d cancel this show! One of the few shows worth watching!
Keep it. It is a great show! Love the story.
this is the only show that i will stay up for! my wife and i love it!
Very very entertaining, needs to continue.
We enjoy this show and would be very disappointed if it was cancelled! This show was not on tonight 02 26 2013, replaced by new show Golden Boy. We would like Vegas to return.
Please dont cancel VEGAS I love it.
I’m hooked. Ive told people to watch
And they love it.
I LOVE VEGAS!!!
Please don’t cancel Vegas I love the show
And really hooked on it.
I tell people
To watch its a good show.
I LOVE VEGAS
Look…everything is moving too fast now. Young adults in college have assignments to finish in a shorter time then I did, scam artist are even in our mail boxes, our e-mails, our telephones and watever, people aren’t as kind because there is no time, we all rush around to make the big dollar that we can’t take with us when we die. So, why not slow down a bit with VEGAS! You have your simplicity and your corruption with tantalizing sexual innuendoes that don’t have to rush and show everything. The show leaves something to the imagination! It is the… Read more »
Please leave VEGAS on air,,, every time a good series starts airing it is most always replaced with something that is not worth watching.
Great show…portrays an intriguing era in Vegas history. What makes it tick and thrive.
Pppppppplease don’t cancel Vegas. Love the show. Love Dennis Quaid. After NCIS it’s my favorite.
CBS had three really good shows on Tues. night. Fifteen minutes of Golden Boy and I am at my computer writing this. Please keep Vegas.
keep it on—its a good show—DON.T CANCEL—so much better than most shows—the new guy stinks
Keep it! Great show.