C’mon Vegas, throw us something we
can really sink our teeth into! Thus far, Vegas seems to have been
resting on its laurels – exceptional styling, spot-on sets and
A-list veterans. For those of us still hanging on, ignoring the
inconsistent direction and lazy characterisation, you’ll be happy
to know these two episodes have some promise to their premise.
In Episode 6, ‘ The Real Thing’,
Lamb and Savino call an apprehensive truce as they hunt for those
behind the fraudulent-chip caper and subsequent murder.
Mayor Bennett is still making things
difficult for the casinos, so Savino readys a ‘better’ candidate
with the help of his wife.
One to watch in terms of storyline,
Savino’s wife is befriended by Katherine in an attempt to get
another angle of goings on. We’re not sure how long this friendship
will last.
As mentioned previously, Quaid and
Chiklis really shine when onscreen together; in Episode 8, ‘Bad
Seeds’, they share the spotlight. The Milwaukee mob sends creepy
hit-man Jones to take out Savino in retaliation for the murder of two
of their men, so Lamb takes him to his ranch for protection. Things
don’t go quite as planned.
In this episode, Savino is taken out to
the desert to die; Angelo and Rizzo need to make amends for the two
Milwaukee deaths. Despite Lamb’s best efforts, is this already the
end for Savino?
Oh, and what’s up with that little
something-something going on between Jack and Mia? We don’t know
where it came from but it could add some intrigue to the show, aside
from the requisite CIA-style ‘murder of the week’.
There’s a change coming. (Now isn’t
that the kind of thing Lamb would rasp say?)
Review by Catherine Jones
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