Every so often I remember it and feel sad longing for the seasons that never were.
Great cast, good scripts, a story that kept us coming back, beautifully recreated time-period sets and wardrobe, and set in a historically intriguing location during a deceptively sexy era...I still don't know why it didn't take off. Sometimes the smartest, most fully-realized and executed shows suffer the most from lack of audience (they're too smart and out-of-the-box for middle America?). Whatever it was this was one of those shows.
Quite a few beautifully realized/produced shows set in this time period came out around the same time (Pan Am, Alcatraz...) and despite also being really, really good didn't get the numbers for a second season, either.
If there was one MCM period show from those couple of years that I could pick to be resurrected now, though, Vegas would be the one. Wonder if they could get the original cast back on board?
Now I want to watch it again. Time to see if I can buy the DVD.
Great cast, good scripts, a story that kept us coming back, beautifully recreated time-period sets and wardrobe, and set in a historically intriguing location during a deceptively sexy era...I still don't know why it didn't take off. Sometimes the smartest, most fully-realized and executed shows suffer the most from lack of audience (they're too smart and out-of-the-box for middle America?). Whatever it was this was one of those shows.
Quite a few beautifully realized/produced shows set in this time period came out around the same time (Pan Am, Alcatraz...) and despite also being really, really good didn't get the numbers for a second season, either.
If there was one MCM period show from those couple of years that I could pick to be resurrected now, though, Vegas would be the one. Wonder if they could get the original cast back on board?
Now I want to watch it again. Time to see if I can buy the DVD.