The Night the Lights Went Out in Vegas

Season 1, Episode 13, Aired

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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 locked down surveillance room.moreless
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  • I can't believe the producers allowed this episode to air.

    3.1
    "Bad"
    By goatmetal, Apr 04, 2011
    I've read all the other reviews of this episode and for a minute I had to go back and make sure we were talking about the same one that I had just watched. I have no idea in my wildest imagination how anybody could think this was a good episode. I know you all have your opinions, and you're entitled to them. But from beginning to end, this episode was poorly written. All of the characters, not just some, but ALL of the characters weren't even remotely "themselves"...It's like they all were somebody else. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know it was the 13th episode, and it was the Full Moon episode and that's what the director or writer was trying to achieve. But that's not what I'm talking about. It comes down to just plain common sense of how a normal everyday person would react to a situation. And don't get into that "define normal" stuff...You know what I mean. Common sense. All the situations that were going on, nobody thought anything about them? In any other episode they would have. Mike for one, ok...He's claustrophobic. That's ok...But he wasn't even acting like someone who was. He was acting like someone who was poorly acting like they were claustrophobic. My brother's claustrophobic so I know what I'm talking about. To someone who is, you tell them a shortest possible OBVIOUS fact that they are safe. And BIG ED normally would have done that. But no...Caan's character in any other episode would have easily said "Mike, take a good look at me and where we are at. I'm perfectly fine, and we're in the room you are in 50 times everyday. You are safe". But nope..He smacks him. Something that was ohhh so easily seen was going to happen a mile away. Then as for the two in the elevator. OMG. As many times as Danny was making it clear that there was some old guy, constantly smiling but not speaking by the way in the elevator with them, Mary for some reason didn't see him. No, she wasn't ignoring him, nor was she trying to make it seem like Danny and her's relationship was more important...She didn't even acknowledge an old guy was even there. Now for the Sam part and someone getting shot. AHHH!!! She wasn't acting like someone on caffeine pills, and a first year director should have known that. Or maybe even a first grader. But anyway, Sam was acting more like she was smoking crack. I've smoke enough crack that I should know. But anyway. Nobody thought it was weird how one machine was on and a person was playing it? And no matter how big a power outtage is, there would still be at least ONE cell phone out of the hundreds there that would work. And finally, my god...This is Las Vegas. If there's a power outtage, INSTANTLY the backups kick in. Ok, it could maybe fail a one or two casinos, but for none of the backups to kick in at EVERY CASINO? Geeeeeeeeeeez...In short (Yes, it's too late for that), In short, this show was written like nobody cared. The situations that happened would never happen anywhere on Earth, ever...These character have suddenly lost every drop of common sense they've had in every other episode. A full moon still wouldn't deprive them of as much that was missing. Argg...I can go on and on. But I'll end this here.moreless

  • Great episode! Dany& Mary R trapped in elevator we see more of their personal side, Sam shows her funny side due 2 lak of sleep, Ed & Mike cant get free from surveillance & there is a murderer loose on the casino floor.Nesa &Delinda R caught w/da killer.moreless

    8.1
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    By nickiapril, Nov 09, 2010
    Sams"lack of sleep induced"break from reality made this episode worth watching.Her usual calm/cool personia gives way 2 a caffeine induced breakdown of reality.The revealing elevator ride with Danny & Mary!Did Anyone but me want 2 see these 2 have sex?They have a great luv story dispite her over abundance of vunerability.U have Mike's close 2 mental break down due 2 his fear of being trapped in & enclosed somewhere.Ed uses what they have in surveillance in order 2 help the girls Nesa and Delinda flush out the killer on the casino floor.The killer wasnt a suprise by the time the end was at hand but the alien in the restaraunt was a great touch.Def. will watch it again.moreless

  • It is dark in here Let me out.

    8.8
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    By CTUBauer24, Nov 09, 2010
    This is not a comedy seris but this episode is the funniest one of this seris whith Sam and Mike going crazy also makes this worth it but this episode slow no one is walking a round and so you relly never see that much and not that much happens but the dead body the show what it is now think everybody is a murder i was thinking that it was the old lady play the slots but i was worng that they put danny the elevater is bacause so he could sit down because in real life he hurt his ankle that is all i have to say.moreless

  • Very very Funny episode

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    By bairdo_25, Nov 09, 2010
    This episode was extremely funny, particualr the fact that Mike does not go very well being closed in and Sam is really funny when she has been awake to much and takes to many cafine pills. James and Vanessa do an excellent job as portraying there characters. Danny and Mary sort a lot of stuff out while being locked in an elivator with Mr. Smileface, I thought in my opinion that Mary whinned a lot about her and Danny, she was really annoying. The Area 51 guy was funny as well. Marsha and Molly did a great performance but didn't have a very big role, unfortunetely. This episode is my favourite in season one, everytime I watch it it is very funny.moreless

  • Power outage

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    By amfarley84, Nov 09, 2010
    I thought that this was a great episode of Las Vegas. I thought that the power outage storyline was amazing. I thought that Sam and her parinod thoughts were really funny nd that she did ot remember firing a gun. I thought that it was a little crazy that the was a murder in the casino right before the power went out. It was really funny to see Mike freak out because he was afraid of being in locked spaces. I was happy that I ws not that person in the elivator with Danny and Mary. I was happy that everyone one made it out okay.moreless
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    • Featured Music: "Fly Me to the Moon" by Tom Jones

    • It seems highly unlikely that so few people would ever be on the casino floor, even with a large event going on, not to mention the lack of personnel working the floor. There were only 10 people in the Casino that didn't include the cast.

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    • Delinda: We have to reach my father. Sam: Oh, yeah. Where is Ed? Isn't he always down here whenever something happens? Unless the reason why he's not down here is because he's the killer. Nessa: She's absolutely lost her mind. Delinda: Sleep deprivation and caffeine pills will do it every time. Sam: Okay, if this is a CIA-sanctioned hit, then that means that Mister Ed never left the CIA and this whole casino thing is just a cover. A CIA front. (chortles) Delinda: We have to assume he'd be here if he could. Nessa: (to Sam) He was probably locked in the surveillance room when the power went out, you loon. Delinda: The new electronic locks installed after 9/11 must have malfunctioned. You think he can see us? Sam: (laughs) Oh, that's a good one. "Do you think he can see us?" Of course he can see us. He's watching our every move just like he always is. He's the puppet master!

    • Mike: Mr. D., you just hit me. Ed: (stutters) You were freakin' out on me, man. Mike: Well, now my face hurts, and I'm still freakin' out. Thanks. Thanks a lot.

    • Sam: Why are you two acting so calm? I mean, a man's been murdered right before our eyes and you're acting like you see this every day. Unless...the reason why you two are so calm is because the two of you had something to do with this. Nessa: I think you need to take a little nap. Delinda: I agree. Sam: Oh, you agree? Delinda: Yeah. Sam: The two of you think I should take a little nap? Delinda: Uh-huh. Sam: Yeah. Well, you would love for me to take a little nap wouldn't ya? A little nap like this dead guy, perhaps?

    • (after the power goes out) Mary: Maybe Copperfield really did make Hoover Dam disappear.

    • Nessa: How come you're not at the Copperfield show? Sam: Oh, no, no. I try to never go out during a full moon. Nessa: You're afraid you're gonna turn into a werewolf? Sam: Oh, you think that's funny? You haven't been around here long enough to know that in Vegas, people go crazy during a full moon. (laughs) See? Streakers. Anyway, David doesn't like me around ever since I dumped him. (laughs) Nessa: You and Copperfield? (Sam nods) Oh! Sam: Who do you think taught him how to, uh, blow-dry his hair like that? Nessa: (laughs) I never would have guessed, and yet, upon hearing it, it makes perfect sense.

    • Nessa: You know, Danny, full moons can make a girl... Danny: Make a girl what? (cell phone rings) Just a second. Danny McCoy. Mitch: Danny, it's Mitch. We got a guy down there who claims he just escaped from Area 51. He's demanding to speak to the alien in charge. Danny: A full moon brings 'em out every time. Uh, where is he? Mitch: Just stepped into an elevator. Danny: All right. Let me know what floor he got off on. I'm right behind him. (hangs up) You know, Nessa, full moon's always the best time to take in the sights of Vegas. Nessa: Oh, promises, promises.

    • Mike: Magicians give me the willies.

    • Mike: Did you know more crimes are committed during a full moon than any other time of the month? Ed: No. No, they're not. That's wrong. There's no scientific proof that crime and a full moon are related. One of my former employees ran every nonsensical correlation there is. Mike: "Beware the full moon and its light. People will party and incite. Dogs who never did, suddenly bite. Murderers will kill this very night."

    • Mary: Did you say you loved me just to get me into bed? Danny: We're talking about five years ago. Mary: I-I didn't realize there was a statute of limitations. Danny: When I left for the Marines, I didn't know if I was gonna make it back to Vegas, okay? I just wanted you to know how I felt in case it was the last time we ever saw each other. Mary: So you...do love me?

    • Danny: You put me so high on a pedestal, if I ever fell off I'd never hit the ground. Mary: How many times did you save me from my father, Danny? Danny: A few. Mary: He never touched me again, you know. Danny: That's because you came and lived with us. Mary: No, it was because you beat the crap out of him, Danny.

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    • Title: The Night The Lights Went Out In Vegas The episode name is a play on the title of a Vicki Lawrence 1973 pop hit: "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia".

    • Sam: This is just like The Manchurian Candidate. A semi-delirious Sam speculates that perhaps Big Ed has brainwashed her, turning her into a killer. In The Manchurian Candidate, a 1964 Frank Sinatra vehicle, sinister foreign agents brainwashed several soldiers, turning them into unwitting killing machines.

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