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The TV show "Las Vegas" tells the everyday stories of the Montecito Hotel & Casino and its staff. It is centred around the Security and Safety Staff headed by ex-CIA agent Big Ed Deline (James Caan), until season 4 when he was left and was replaced by AJ Cooper (Tom Seleck) and his staff, mainly young and dashing Danny McCoy (Josh Duhamel), the casino pit boss Nessa Holt (two seasons only), special events co-ordinator Mary Connell (four seasons), whale hunter, sorry, Casino Host Sam "Samantha Jane" Marques (Vanessa Marcil) and MIT electronics graduate Mike Cannon (James Lesure) who earns more as head valet than working in his chosen field. For good measure we also get Big Ed's daughter Delinda (Molly Sims) thrown into the mix. Don't ask me but what were the parents on when naming their child, Delinda Deline?!?!? Well, not my problem.

The storylines are often similar but that is what you get when you base a show around a casino and hotel where security is the leading story line. It can be fun to watch how gamblers are trying to cheat the casinos, how they get caught and what surveillance is available to casinos now. But that is only fun the first 20 times or so and I often find myself wishing that they could do something other than show how a cheat gets caught or how Sam is trying to convince her rich clients to gamble away even more money so she gets a much higher percentage of their loss as her bonus pay.

There are storylines that are funnier than others and can bring some comic relief when the going gets tough. A foreign chef is funny when not overused, relationships can be fun if they show how ridiculous the whole Las Vegas scenario is. I know how easy it can be to simply forget everything, throw caution to the wind and just simply go with the flow and do silly things. So I can imagine the stories they tell have some truth in them, it can happen to anyone.

Most episodes are complete stories in themselves and can be watched without knowing much of the show. There are a few storylines where guest stars return for another episode or two and then it helps to know what's gone on before. But it's not so bad that you can't follow the episode.

The main cast work together well. I have liked James Caan since seeing him in Misery and I was surprised to see him in the role of chief of operation in this show. He plays a hard but fair man with a secret CIA past and he seems to know everyone and they all owe him favours. He is the biggest name on the payroll and I can't say

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