hakapes I was looking for a series that can be watched during travel or after a stressful day to switch off, that can sit on my hard drive and I don't have to wait another week for the next episode if I want to watch it again next day, but it's also no problem to take some time between episodes if I have no time to watch. Las Vegas was perfect for that, it's fun, interesting, with an adequate dose of action and drama, and sweet in a way that left me in an upbeat mood after each episode. I have been enjoying this show throughout. In the show we follow the inner-life of running a casino from the perspective of the president, surveillance-security, casino host, hotel management, casino owner and other staff. Million dollars, diamonds, private jets come and go with the wind in an amusing way, often saving the bank in the very last minute. The episodes have some evolution and there's sometimes a story spanning over two episodes, but in general each episode can be watched on it's own.Varied topics of casino crime and relationship drama among the actors, card counters, robbery, kidnapping, there is all to keep the pace alive in each episode. Josh Duhamel is my favorite, with his naive, but risk taking attitude brings smile so often, and in a duo with James Lesure, they are like Stan and Pan. James Caan created the fun and awkward ambiance of the casino president, who often solves complex issues with a CIA style shortcut. Vanessa Marcil looks gorgeous, no wonder she was on FHM's and Maxims hot 100 list. The first and second season are the best, with a spark among the eight core actors that lift the stories of each episode to be engaging and fun. The third and fourth season continues this trend, sometimes bringing in a funny fantasy element. In the fifth season only four of the key original actors are left, which shows, especially the departure of James Caan. Instead, we have Tom Selleck, whom I like from the Magnum series, but he just doesn't bring the same fun as James Caan did. The spark from the beginning is gone, and many episodes just pass the line not be boring. I learned a great deal of how is life in an expensive casino, which I was always curious about. Sometimes I found myself digging in Wikipedia about the rules of Craps and Black Jack to fully understand what's going on, which adds to the fun.Also an interesting feature of the show is how the technology was in 2003-2007, it follows through the upgrade from VHS tapes to DVD drives, from CRT to flat screens in the surveillance department, but still this is a time when everybody walks around with a clamshell mobile phone.All in all, I think this is a great show for watching on a tablet or a laptop while traveling, for those times when the time is short to watch a full movie, and just some light-fun entertainment is missing.My suggestion is to watch the 1-4 seasons, the first episode of the 5th is still good, but the rest of season 5 is just not worth it.

Enigma731 For the most part Las Vegas was a big success that shows what goes on in the inside of a casino. This series had the three major themes Action, Drama, Humor, along with the occasional romance with the perfect mixture of sexiness. The theme song for the first four seasons matched the over all speed of the show. It is because of this that everything fell into sequence. The theme song setting the pace for the show was a good attention grabber to hook the audience and real them in. The only time in this series that I began to lose interest in this show was in the 5th season where they changed the theme song. The new theme song gave the show a off center balance. When the show got rid of the most prominent character in show the mood and the interest was sucked out of me to the point where I almost stopped watching. The only thing that kept me watching is the hope that I would see the wedding of Mc. Coy and Deline or the anticipation of whether their baby is going to be a boy or a girl. If I would have known that it was going to end with a giant cliff hanger I would have stopped watching two episodes into the 5th season. but that wasn't all that was wrong with the 5th season. After the first episode it seemed like they just ran out of cool Ideas, got lazy and replaced them with comedy that had too much effort put into it. Over all this is a good series with the exception of the 5th Season. Therefore I give Las Vegas an 8 out of 10 cause it had my attention hooked for 8 tenths of overall length of the show.

Angelus2 Las Vegas is very funny and focuses on the substance.....The sets are amazing and the scenes outside are breathtaking; the characters are all very fun and cool.The women are a plus....Holly Sims is lovable as the daughter of James Caan who heads the security of the casino. While Josh Duhamel is very funny and lets face it, he looks like he can take down anyone.Vanessa Marcil and Nikki Cox add that special touch.The story lines are very fun and weird at times.You can easily just relax into this show and doesn't bring the heavy story lines like the other shows that rule the ratings...

nzcruiser i am a mad las vegas fan. as soon as i saw the show in television once, i went out and got all 2 seasons. both seasons are awesome. Season 1 and 2 are bit different from season 3. Season 3 is a thriller too. Keeps you on the egde. I just cant wait till they make Season 4 DVD and i will be the first to buy.about the show, its casino ops and surveillance and security team and mainly you get an idea of day to day ops of a las vegas casino, the show is very interesting because its just the characters are awesome. you wont regret this show. just watch it.:-)))