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?
I love this show! Great actors, great storyline and entertaining. Please give us more!
Hopefully they will not cancel this show. I love it and I keep sticks in my eyes to stay awake to watch it each Tuesday. I have watched every episode.
Love this show, great acting, awesome , please keep it!!
Hey keep Vegas, that Golden Boy looks like Crap! You already have too many shows in New York!
Vegas is One of the better ones. I would hate to see it go. Guess I will have to start watching ABC’s Body of Proof..
Keep the show on. It was the best one you have had in years.
PLEEEEAASSSE DO NOT cancel this show….finally a really good show on tuesday nights besides NCIS.
I LOVE the show, DAMN GOOD STORY LINE, in a time where there is all these DISCUSTING REALITY SHOWS, THIS SHOW BRINGS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO THE SCREEN!! PLEASE KEEP THIS SHOW FROM BEING CANCELLED!!!
I think the show is great I grew up 100 miles south of vegas as a kid in the 50s the acting is good and funny and exciting. please keep the show. I want to know when the next show is as a nes on is coming in on2-26-13.
DO NOT cancel Vegas, it’s one of the best series on TV. Cancel several of the House Wives of ?????
bring vegas back, its a great show, get rid of 2 and a half men its been crappie since charley sheen left
Love this show! Quaid and Chiklis are terrrific actors and do a great job!!
Yes DO Not take this Show off the air CONTINUE(PLEASE)
please don’t cancel Vegas. We need more good drama on tv instead of the mindless canned laughter so called comedy for morons that fill the night time airwaves. Vegas is a refreshing, based on the history of the town and it’s climb to legitiamte gaming. Please renew the contract and keep it going.
Great show…Renew…Renew…Renew