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?
Are you outta your mind. This is one fantastic on the edge of your seat show
What…….are you guys nuts! This is one of the four top shows on television, other than reality crap and I wanna be a star crap! Please do yourselves a favor…..re-access this bad decision.
Enjoyable entertainment. Really enjoyed . What CBS? Not enough blood and guts?
The show should get another season. It shows the other young people the unvarnished and truth about the early days of the city.
The show should given another season. Resolve issues Show the kids that did not grown up in she shadow of the start of the very early days. It shows the truth in a bit a unvarnished and honesty way.
great show,to cancel is a big mistake
Vegas is a very good TV show. I say fire the CBS executives instead. They have a tract record of not making good decisions. Looks like they are keeping their record intact. Maybe they want to make room for a Pakistan version of “Dancing with the Stars” or bring back “Gilligan’s Island” but this time they all are stranded on a plane that never lands and the plane has snakes on it.
It is a real shame that this show was cancelled. I rather enjoyed it. Dennis Quaid and the rest of the cast were incredible. I sure do hope another station picks it up.
Vegas is a very good TV show. I say fire the CBS executives instead. They have a tract record of not making good decisions. Looks like they are keeping their record intact. Maybe they want to make room for a Pakistan version of “Dancing with the Stars” or bring back “Gilligan’s Island” but this time they all are stranded on a plane that never lands and the plane has snakes on it.
Should be given another season; it’s better than the “idiot shows” out there.
I am sick and tired of losing the shows that I love to watch. It has been a while since I really was addicted to a tv show. Vegas was such a great show and I couldn’t wait to watch it. CBS really dropped the ball on this one. Must have been a lot of network politics or something. First it wasn’t on for a long time. I had no idea why it wasn’t on, and when it came back it was moved to Friday nights. This show should have been a super hit. But CBS had to go and… Read more »
Of course they cancelled this show… In it’s time NOT on CBS it was great… BUT the minute the politically correct fools at CBS got a hold of it they promptly tried rewriting history… of course that never works. Even your average twinkie knows that the words “I know my rights” never passed the lips of anyone in the 50’s. What a waste of a deliciously done show with “perfect… nailed it… accuracy in sets, clothes, hair styles, lots of attitudes”. Shows take time to develop… but the jerks who run CBS just didn’t find enough Pointless ugly violence, curse… Read more »
WHY is this show cancelled!!!!! Can’t you network guys give a show a little more time to succeed?! Really . My husband and I faithfullyn watch this show every week. It is different from all the other ‘cop’ shows.
PLEASE RECONSIDER.
I am about to pull the plug on t.v. because of stupid things the networks are doing. Cancel 2 and a half men, How I met your mother. Give new shows a chance
Great show with great writing. Fantastic actors. I’m so tired of great shows are cancelled, and networks have infomercials’, reality shows and talk shows. no wonder audiences no longer watch network TV.
Do not cancel Vegas- this is one of best show on TV!!