Episode
Las Vegas: Luck Be a Lady
Overview
Ed's ex-CIA partner heads security for a diva. A full-comp VIP gives no gaming action. Penn & Teller have a cameo.
Details
- Series
- Las Vegas
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2003-11-17
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Luck Be a Lady is Episode 8 in Season 1 of Las Vegas. It aired on 2003-11-17. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 7: Pros and Cons
Mary gets Wayne Newton to help an unlucky couple. A grifter passes counterfeit chips to Delinda. Sam is kept busy by two regulars who bet on anything.
Episode 9: Year of the Tiger
A high roller's rowdy daughters become Danny's responsibility. A small-town fiancé is seduced by the tables as Mary organizes a group wedding. Mike is sued by a drunk woman he rescues.
More episodes from this season
Episode 6: Semper Spy
Ed takes a Hawaii vacation leaving Danny in charge. Mike becomes the good luck charm for a gambler on a hot streak.
Episode 10: Decks and Violence
A magician's wife disappears as scheduled, but fails to return. Mike's college buddy is in town. A convention of swizzle-stick collectors requires extra security.
Episode 5: Groundhog Summer
Danny and Ed hunt for a sexual predator targeting hotel guests.
Episode 11: Blood and Sand
The casino hosts a boxing match. Delinda, Nessa and Mike find a bag of cash. Blue Man Group has a cameo.
Episode 4: Jokers and Fools
Nessa secretly meets with a cheater busted by Ed and Danny. A psychic gives Mary a dire prediction about his next show. Delinda starts work in the kitchen, but isn't there long.
Episode 12: Hellraisers and Heartbreakers
Big Ed's former CIA protégé Jack Keller, is now a security consultant supervising the Montecito's switch from analog to digital surveillance. Brooks and Dunn get on a lengthy roll at the crap table. Ed sees red when a comic turns blue.
Episode 3: Donny, We Hardly Knew Ye
Danny and Ed uncover a car thief, and Ed's cousin, Donny, meets the woman of his dreams at the roulette wheel and decides to get married immediately. Delinda ends things with Danny and decides to get a job.
Episode 13: The Night the Lights Went Out in Vegas
Sin City screeches to a halt as a massive power outage brings down the light of the strip, locking down the Montecito, while a mysterious hotel guest is shot on the casino floor. In the midst of the blackout, super sleuths Nessa and Delinda attempt to find the casino killer, while a semi-delirious Sam flirts with paranoia as she suspects the murder to be part of an elaborate cover-up. Elsewhere, a trapped Danny and Mary spend the blackout rehashing some old feelings, while a claustrophobic Mike works tirelessly to free Ed and himself from the lockdown surveillance room.
Episode 2: What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas
Danny's friend Greg is found murdered in the desert, reporter is hot on the trail of a naughty senator, and King Arthur is riding through the casino.
Episode 14: Things That Go Jump in the Night
When a suicidal hotel guest declares his life-ending intentions, Danny and Ed race to stop him from taking a flying leap off of the Montecito. Pleading to save the guest's life with the help of a little Vegas magic, Danny and Ed introduce him to the joys of gambling, but their plans backfire when he hits a major winning streak. Meanwhile, Sam lets herself get a little too close to a client only to have her romantic dreams ruined when his fiancée comes to town and Ed struggles with an over-eager security guard.