NBC's Las Vegas: Sin City or TV Soap?

Las Vegas....what does it conjure up in your mind when you hear those words? For me, I think of the great times we had in that "sin city" when we went every other year to the Health Food conventions we were invited to back in the 70's and 80's, or the 6 hour car trips we took over the desert from L.A, after visiting our relatives in La La Land.... I always think of the fun we had on each and every visit. Now I also think of the TV show, Las Vegas, one of our favorite shows and one that my hubby and I actually sit down together to watch.

I don't know what it is about the show that brings us back each Friday night, the fact that, yes, it is a bit of a soap opera surprises me that hubby likes it... but Las Vegas is a fast paced action filled show that bills itself as a dramatic comedy of sorts and features sexy looking women all over the place, and that it's shot in the city itself revealing the glitz and glitter of that town when the camera pans the hotel strip, always and exciting sight. Las Vegas also attracts many guest stars which brings the show

Or is it the cast? With it's stars, James Caan, as Ed Deline, the owner of the Montecito hotel where all the excitement takes place, (though he is leaving sometime soon after the season starts), Josh Duhamel, (formally of All My Children fame), the cutie patootie who plays Danny, head of security, also plagued by memories of his days in the Gulf war, (Vanessa Marcel, formally of General Hospital fame), who plays Sam, a striking beauty who is in charge of assuring that the hotel guests are happy and spending money on the gambling tables, even if it means she does get into trouble often, then there's Ed's daughter, the dippy Delinda, (Molly Sims), and Mary,(Nikki Cox), who used to be Danny's high school sweetie, they rekindled that romance one year but now it's over...at least for him...then there is Ed's wife, still beautiful ex model/actress Cheryl Ladd...another cast member of importance is Mike Cannon, (James Leisure), who used to be a car valet but now also heads the security team with Danny.

This year there will be some major changes, Tom Selleck takes over the reigns of the Hotel boss when Ed leaves, taking with him a few other cast members...why all this happens has to do with the end of the season cliff hanger, when we watched part of the hotel blow up after a spectacular explosion when the hotels vault was robbed, trapping the newly pregnant Delinda, carrying Danny's baby, in that explosive scene...We also don't know what happened to Sam since she was held captive by a deranged psycho quest of the hotel and trapped in a trunk, in a car trunk...that's what I call double trouble! And Mary was last seen carrying a gun as she confronted her father, who molested her as a child and was newly acquitted of the crime... The knowledge of this shooting is unknown since Danny or Ed were also on the scene.

What will happen next is a mystery to all of us fans but one that will be revealed this week... Will Tom Selleck as Jim Cooper, the new owner of the hotel, be as strong a figure as Ed was, and who survives the dilemma each character found themselves in when the show exploded in it's year end finale?

I know I will be watching Las Vegas Friday night at 9:00 P.M, will you?

The Main Cast:
Josh Duhamel
Vanessa Marcil
James Lesure
Molly Sims
Tom Selleck

Created and executive produced by Gary Scott Thompson.