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?
Syndicated television is run by idiots. When my tv dies I will not replace it. I’ll go back to reading and radio.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO don’t cancel Vegas it is the highlight of my miserable life.
Finally a show where good and evei can merge and then unmerge..Vegas has everything..the best acting on TV..NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..Why can’t CBS EVER get it right? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO don’t cancel Vegas……………I’ll never watch CBS again..I swear..if they take this show off tv…time for netflix and be done with regular tv………NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I want Vegas want want want
I think Vegas was one of the best new shows this season, it should be renewed. Not everybody likes or watches those 30 minute sitcoms. It’s okay if you’re 17, but come on, really, why would you cancel a good show for adults?
Please KEEP the Vegas tv show with Michael Chiklis
GREAT SHOW!
Are you nuts ??!! This is one of the best shows on TV and followed by millions of viewers. I hope CBS changes their mind or this is picked up by another network.
CBS is bringing back “Unforgettable” (a series they cancelled last year) for the 2013 summer season.
If they can bring that show back, they CERTAINLY can do the same for Vegas.
DO NOT CANCELL VEGAS, IT IS A GREAT SHOW….THERE IS SOOOO MUCH GARBAGE ON TV THIS IS NOT SOME OF IT……
Oh! NO……I love this show. Please bring it back!
Any other network, and Vegas would have been considered a hit. CBS has no patience with shows. I think another network should pick it up. Maybe NBC or ABC or even TNT could do it. This has great acting, great stories. What a waste to cancel it.
CBS, please reconsider! Vegas is a good series with good writing & good actors.
I will miss Vegas. Am I insane or would this be a great show for HBO? You can add in the sex and violence and it would be awesome.
Great show. Cast is super. Please bring it back. It was a perfect with Blue Bloods.
Don’t cancel Vegas – Quaid and Cliklas are great together!! Please renew
Vegas was an engaging show whose characters and period scenery came across as genuine. It should’ve been renewed. Maybe CBS will wise up. The only clunker I ever heard on Vegas were references to Chicago organized crime. They don’t call themselves “the Mob,” but “The Outfit.”
This is one great show, please renew, and no more dum ass reality shows. Did CBS ever think of advertising the show once it aired.