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Vega$ Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 1978 - 1979
Episode 0
High Roller
Tue, Apr 25, 197873 mins
Las Vegas private eye Dan Tanna, who parks his red '57 Thunderbird convertible in the living room of his home/office, investigates the murder of a teenage prostitute, while finding plenty of time to prevent a conman from fleecing a casino, bodyguard a nightclub entertainer, and buy a birthday gift for his secretary's daughter.
Episode 1
Centerfold
Wed, Sep 20, 197849 mins
A model is having a photo shoot at the hotel and she takes a liking to Dan. She tells her manager she wants to take some time off but he needs her to keep working. He tells her that he has a major client lined up and asks her to meet him. But it's really a ruse to get naked pictures of her as leverage so that she will keep working. When the manager is approached by the men who helped him; they want a piece of he's getting. When he says there's nothing right now, they kill him. They later tell her unless she works for them the pictures come out. Dan tries to find them. And at the same time Roth has him looking for a missing lion.
Episode 2
The Games Girls Play
Wed, Sep 27, 197849 mins
A senator gets photographed in a compromising position with three housewives whose husbands neglect them. When one girl is run down by a car, it's obvious that all three are in danger from a vengeful victim.
Episode 3
Mother Mishkin
Wed, Oct 11, 197849 mins
Mother Mishkin tries to nail shady real estate developer Worthmeyer and thinks her life is in danger from him, so she hires Dan to protect her. Meanwhile, Dan recruits bumbling Binzer to repossess a car from deadbeat Freddie Tibbs.
Episode 4
Love, Laugh and Die
Wed, Oct 18, 197849 mins
A former call girl tries to call Dan but he's not around. She leaves a message saying it's urgent and when she hangs up she's killed. When Dan learns of her death, he feels responsible. Her mother shows up and asks him to find out what happened to her. He goes to see some men whom she knew and Dan is either offered a bribe or threatened to stop investigating.
Episode 5
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Wed, Oct 25, 197849 mins
A newlywed claims to see her dead father. So she asks Dan to find out if she's crazy. Now the man who's been her guardian ever since her father "died" is not supportive of Dan but for her sake let's him investigate. Dan learns that the man has ulterior motives for not wanting the man found alive. And while investigating Dan learns that the dead man was wanted for murder when he died. He eventually finds one of his the dead man's friends who claims that the man is dead but in reality knows that he's alive.
Episode 6
Lady Ice
Wed, Nov 1, 197849 mins
A sheik who is staying at Roth's hotel doesn't realize that his female escort Allison Jordan is the one female in a trio of crooks who steal twelve rubies from him. Her romantic evening with Dan becomes her alibi for the crime.
Episode 7
Milliken's Stash
Wed, Nov 8, 197849 mins
Cocaine smuggler Marty Trafalgar tries to retire, but his former partner Wendell Milliken from Miami won't allow him to do so.
Episode 8
The Pageant
Wed, Nov 15, 197849 mins
Mike Logan hires Dan to find his daughter Jenny's rapist. Bella discovers that the serial rapist targets slender blondes in their late teens. When the rapist kills a victim, Jenny becomes a witness and Bea becomes a decoy.
Episode 9
Lost Women
Wed, Nov 22, 197849 mins
Tanna investigates the mysterious disappearances of beautiful Las Vegas showgirls and discovers they have been abducted by a white slaver. When he gets caught trying to rescue them, Binzer and Roth try to rescue him.
Episode 10
Second Stanza
Wed, Dec 6, 197849 mins
Faded singer Ginny Gordon's comeback is threatened, and her sanity imperiled, by attempts on her life. Is her former partner responsible for the attempts, or is a recent acquaintance terrorizing her?
Episode 11
Serve, Volley and Kill
Wed, Dec 20, 197848 mins
A temperamental tennis player is going to play a big match with his biggest rival at the hotel, has been getting phone calls telling him to throw the match or else. His coach hires Dan to protect him but the guy doesn't want it. But when someone beats Dan up, things are now personal.
Episode 12
Ghost of the Ripper
Wed, Jan 10, 197949 mins
When someone is killing prostitutes, Dan tries to warn one he knows to stay off the streets but because the killer just struck she doesn't think she's in danger. And when a criminologist predicts they'll be another killing and states that the killer is emulating Jack the Ripper. And when his prediction comes true and his victim was the one Dan talked to, he takes an interest in the case. So they try to find the man and according to the criminologist they have a month to wait. But the man appears to altering his methods.
Episode 13
The Eleventh Event
Wed, Jan 17, 197948 mins
A benefit telethon is planned for Leon Hazlett, a five-time Olympic gold medalist who was crippled in a car crash. But emcee Paul Baker is kidnapped and a $200,000 ransom is demanded.
Episode 14
Kill Dan Tanna!
Wed, Jan 24, 197949 mins
Dan is going to Bea's daughter's birthday party. Someone replaces his present. Dan takes it inside and he steps out for a moment, that's when it explodes. Bea and her daughter are injured, Dan suffers minor injuries. Dan then sets out to find the one responsible. Two Leaf joins him. The man behind it blames Dan for injuries he suffered in Vietnam.
Episode 15
Death Mountain
Wed, Jan 31, 197949 mins
Dan is fishing with Two-Leaf, his tribe's Chief and the man's grandson. When the Chief goes for a walk he comes across some motorcyclists. Dan and Two-Leaf find him dead. They try to find the ones who did it but they appeared to have disappeared. Dan learns of an archaeologist who's working on the reservation and goes to speak to her who tells Dan that she saw three motorcycles get into a van and left. Dan tries to find them. At the same time the tribe is in need of a new Chief and Two-Leaf and the grandson are being considered. And at the same time a Japanese businessman wants to do a project on the reservation which the Chief was hesitant to approve. And it appears the grandson wants to approve it.
Episode 16
Best Friends
Wed, Feb 7, 197949 mins
Dan's childhood friend visits Vegas. Unknown to Dan, he is the felon who kills Erwin Levy and wounds Roth in the process. Will Philip Roth be the next victim?
Episode 17
Demand and Supply
Wed, Feb 14, 197949 mins
When a young girl whom Bea knows shows up at her place all roughed up. The only thing she mentions is a hotel that's a place where men take prostitutes. Bea asks Dan to look into it and it appears some guys from out of town, paid for her but she freaked out and left. What Dan doesn't know is that a man is forcing young girls to turn tricks and if they don't, something terrible will happen to someone in their family .
Episode 18
Everything I Touch
Wed, Feb 28, 197949 mins
Dan's love interest Christy Winters is strangled in her hotel room. Her friend tries to help him solve the case and becomes the next victim. Both girls were with Dan right before their murders, leaving Dan badly grief-stricken.
Episode 19
Doubtful Target
Wed, Mar 7, 197949 mins
Binzer goes to pick up his girlfriend from where she works. While there they run into a man. What they don't know is that he just killed someone. So he kills her not knowing she's blind. When Nelson tells Dan of her connection to the man who was killed. They believe Binzer saw the killer. They learn that the man is a banker, so it's his word against Binzer. So Binzer decides to go after him himself.
Episode 20
Touch of Death
Wed, Mar 14, 197949 mins
Newlywed Gary Cole goes to buy some jewelry for his wife Wendy, and disappears. When Wendy realizes he's missing, nobody that she questions seems to recognize the couple. Her hysteria only hampers Dan's investigation.
Episode 21
The Way to Live
Wed, May 2, 197949 mins
Daredevil Shara Stanley's drunken mechanic Bill Woods tries to talk her out of a dangerous stunt because her beneficiaries plan to sabotage it and have her killed so they can collect on her insurance.
Episode 22
The Visitor
Wed, May 9, 197949 mins
Dan is hired to be the escort and bodyguard of Princess Zara during her stay in Las Vegas. But political problems follow her. Fanatic Lucille tries to kill both Dan and Zara before she herself is shot dead in Zara's hotel room.