- Network: CBS
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 25, 2012
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Where the show stumbles a little is in the case itself.
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Vegas has a lot of things going for it: star power, period ambience, and a compelling Vegas central conflict. But despite all that, the show doesn't feel like it's hit the jackpot.
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The debut isn't disastrous by any means, it just doesn't crackle.
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People who like their procedurals with punch--there's plenty of punching, not to mention kicking, in the pilot--might like CBS' period cop show just the way it is. But if I'm going to stay with Vegas, I'm going to need to be wooed a little.
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Yet if the premise sets up a promising square-off of titans, the premiere retreats to a rather predictable, time-killing murder mystery, which serves to establish Lamb's new role, but also smacks more of CBS' stodgier procedurals than a character-driven drama.
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It's all just window dressing on a standard crime drama, however, and while the pilot sets up running story lines involving the gangster and the officials he controls, they feel squeezed and a little perfunctory.
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Vegas is not embarrassing. But it is just a gussied-up procedural, which would be fine, if it weren't so blatantly aiming to be something more.
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Chiklis is terrific. Too often, though, Vegas plays like a comic book, without much depth to its characters.
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Some of this talent is visible in the premiere episode's poetic counterbalancing of empty landscapes and claustrophobic casino back-offices, and actors' convincing performances.... When it comes to plotting and scripting, though, Vegas is far less sure-footed.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 35 out of 53
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Mixed: 13 out of 53
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Negative: 5 out of 53
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Sep 27, 2012
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Nov 17, 2012
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Sep 25, 2012