History Series / Vegas2012

** Going to meet what they think are a simple band of ranchers, Savino and Rocky are beaten down by a pack of wealthy men who have basically controlled this area for decades and are ready to treat the mobsters like any other threat. Savino points out that progress is causing these men to lose their farms and resources and their way of life is almost over. He says that if they want power in modern Vegas, they need control of a casino. When the rancher says he doesn't know anything about running a casino, Savino offers to do it for him.

** Going to meet what they think are a simple band of ranchers, Savino and Rocky are beaten down by a pack of wealthy men who have basically controlled this area for decades and are ready to treat the mobsters like any other threat. Savino points out that progress is causing these men to lose their farms and resources and their way of life is almost over. He points out that if they want power in modern Vegas, they need control of a casino. When the rancher says he doesn't know anything about running a casino, Savino offers to do it for him.

It's 1960 and UsefulNotes/LasVegas is experiencing a [[BoomTown major growth spurt]]. Mayor Ted Bennett is about to unveil his new vision for the city when he is informed that the governor's niece has been murdered and the sheriff is nowhere to be found. Desperate, the mayor asks that local rancher Ralph Lamb (Creator/DennisQuaid) be brought to him. During UsefulNotes/WorldWar2, Lamb served as a military policeman and Bennet remembers how Lamb was able to catch a serial killer in Italy when the villagers were ready to hang an innocent man for the crimes. Bennet offers to appoint Lamb as deputy sheriff and put him in charge of the murder case. A reluctant Lamb accepts the job and recruits his younger brother Jack (Jason O'Mara) and son Dixon (Taylor Handley) to help him investigate. Assistant district attorney Katherine O'Connell (Carrie-Anne Moss) assists them with the case.

* XMeetsY: in "All That Glitters," Savino talks Angelo out of killing Ralph by stating that the Mob's gambling rackets could recover from FidelCastro's overthrow of FulgencioBatista in the form of Las Vegas becoming "Havana in the desert."

''Vegas'' was a period drama that ran on CBS during the 2012-2013 TV season.

It's 1960 and UsefulNotes/LasVegas is experiencing a [[BoomTown major growth spurt]]. Mayor Ted Bennett is about to unveil his new vision for the city when he is informed that the governor's niece has been murdered and the sheriff is nowhere to be found. Desperate, the mayor asks that local rancher Ralph Lamb (Creator/DennisQuaid) be brought to him. During WorldWar2, Lamb served as a military policeman and Bennet remembers how Lamb was able to catch a serial killer in Italy when the villagers were ready to hang an innocent man for the crimes. Bennet offers to appoint Lamb as deputy sheriff and put him in charge of the murder case. A reluctant Lamb accepts the job and recruits his younger brother Jack (Jason O'Mara) and son Dixon (Taylor Handley) to help him investigate. Assistant district attorney Katherine O'Connell (Carrie-Anne Moss) assists them with the case.

It's 1960 and UsefulNotes/LasVegas is experiencing a [[BoomTown major growth spurt]]. Mayor Ted Bennett is about to unveil his new vision for the city when he is informed that the governor's niece has been murdered and the sheriff is nowhere to be found. Desperate, the mayor asks that local rancher Ralph Lamb (Dennis Quaid) be brought to him. During WorldWar2, Lamb served as a military policeman and Bennet remembers how Lamb was able to catch a serial killer in Italy when the villagers were ready to hang an innocent man for the crimes. Bennet offers to appoint Lamb as deputy sheriff and put him in charge of the murder case. A reluctant Lamb accepts the job and recruits his younger brother Jack (Jason O'Mara) and son Dixon (Taylor Handley) to help him investigate. Assistant district attorney Katherine O'Connell (Carrie-Anne Moss) assists them with the case.

* NewMediaAreEvil: The Sovinos masterfully manipulate the new medium of television to give Grady a massive advantage in the mayoral elections.

* Foreshadowing: Savino consistently brings up ideas of improvements to the Savoy that would make it more like the Strip casinos of the present day that Angelo and Johnny Rizzo summarily dismiss.

It's 1960 and Las Vegas is experiencing a [[BoomTown major growth spurt]]. Mayor Ted Bennett is about to unveil his new vision for the city when he is informed that the governor's niece has been murdered and the sheriff is nowhere to be found. Desperate, the mayor asks that local rancher Ralph Lamb (Dennis Quaid) be brought to him. During WorldWar2, Lamb served as a military policeman and Bennet remembers how Lamb was able to catch a serial killer in Italy when the villagers were ready to hang an innocent man for the crimes. Bennet offers to appoint Lamb as deputy sheriff and put him in charge of the murder case. A reluctant Lamb accepts the job and recruits his younger brother Jack (Jason O'Mara) and son Dixon (Taylor Handley) to help him investigate. Assistant district attorney Katherine O'Connell (Carrie-Anne Moss) assists them with the case.

* FakeAmerican:
** Irish Jason O'Mara as Jack Lamb and Canadian Carrie Ann Moss as Katherine O'Connell.
** Chinese-American Tzi Ma as Japanese American Hiroshi Watanabe.

''Vegas'' is a 2012 period drama airing on CBS.

** [[spoiler: The District Attorney ]] is working with the mobsters.

* EnemyMine: Ralph and Vincent team up briefly to capture a murderer that is forging Savoy casino chips and again when they take on a Milwaukee Mob assassin.

* FakeAmerican: Irish Jason O' Mara as Jack Lamb and Canadian Carrie Ann Moss as Katherine O'Connell.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://vegas.wikia.com/wiki/Vegas_Wiki Check it out.]]

* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: The ending of "The Real Thing" in the broadcast of the debates.

* HeroicBSOD: When Ralph and Jack find out that Dixon's [[spoiler:framed for being up Violet, a Hollywood actress. This was due to Silver intimidating her.]]

** The Las Vegas Sheriff's Department and Savino's mob team up to take on the Mormons. [[spoilers:Especially when they're involved with the death of Ralph's wife]].

* Blackmail: [[spoiler:Savino does this to Jack after getting information that Rizzo was gunned down by him.]]

!Tropes in this series:

* PoorCommunicationKills: When Jones comes to Vegas to find out what happened to Cornaro, Savino tells his men to park Cornaro's car at the airport so it looks like Cornaro skipped town. The problem is that the mobster who got rid of the car never told anyone what he did with it and has since left Vegas.

It's 1960 and Las Vegas is experiencing a [[BoomTown major growth spur]]. Mayor Ted Bennett is about to unveil his new vision for the city when he is informed that the governor's niece has been murdered and the sheriff is nowhere to be found. Desperate, the mayor asks that local rancher Ralph Lamb (Dennis Quaid) be brought to him. During WorldWar2, Lamb served as a military policeman and Bennet remembers how Lamb was able to catch a serial killer in Italy when the villagers were ready to hang an innocent man for the crimes. Bennet offers to appoint Lamb as deputy sheriff and put him in charge of the murder case. A reluctant Lamb accepts the job and recruits his younger brother Jack (Jason O'Mara) and son Dixon (Taylor Handley) to help him investigate. Assistant district attorney Katherine O'Connell (Carrie-Anne Moss) assists them with the case.