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?
Pllleeeeeeeaaaaase do not cancel Vegas. It’s a great, well written, intelligent show and I LOVE it. It’s very hard for me to find shows I look forward to…..stupid fox cancelled the only other good show I found (alcatraz) and I waited for months for Vegas to start.
The show is excellent! Please leave it on. I look forward to it every week.
Just when it’s gettin’ good. One of the few shows I actually look forward to watching every week. I did not care for Golden Boy the other night.
wonderful show – keep it on please
That is one of my favorite shows and I have very few favorites. My hope is that it is not cancelled. I have told people about the show and they are watching also.
I miss my Vegas show. How dare you for just taking it off. Bring it back! I watched it every week.
I don’t know who makes these choices,but they can’t be watching the show.They need to come down to the people who support the programs and the sponsers who put up the money. Of cource this isn’t the first great program to bite the dust but if so I am sure there is a station wanting to take advantage of channel 2 stupidness and pick it up.
Please do not cancel. One of our two favorite shows. Please, please.
I love Vegas….great stepback in history!
Great show. We look forward to it every week. Do not cancel. Cancel the mindless comedy shows. Vegas is very good and exciting.
Vegas has become one of my favorite shows. Great to get away from the usual police shows. Golden Boy is just another police story with lots of violence. Lets get it back on the air soon. It did give me a chance to turn off the tv as nothing else worth watching was on.
Great show, I hope I see more of Vegas
We love this show. Tuesday is a real busy nite with the NCIS’s and Smash……. but don’t cancel Vegas… just put it on another nite.. It’s a great show with really good characters and the actors are cast perfectly!
Why can’t you keep Vegas, and replace the garbage reality programs with VEGAS
Vegas is a great show. It is fast moving, action packed, and the characters have a good chemistry. It is also entertaining to see and hear the sights and sounds of the early 1960’s era. Vegas is a nice change from all of the reality television that is aired these days, none of which I watch. Hawaii 5-0, Vegas and Nashville are my primetime favorites!