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MovieNerd ScoreVega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is believed to be the first television series produced entirely in Las Vegas. The show stars Robert Urich as private detective Dan Tanna, who drove around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.
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Episodes
Specials
1 episode
S0 E1 · High Roller (Pilot)
In the series' pilot episode, Las Vegas private eye Dan Tanna (Robert Urich) is hired by a couple from the Midwest to locate their runaway daughter, who has turned to prostitution to make ends meet. When the girl winds up murdered, Tanna must follow clues into her seedy underworld. Meanwhile, at the Desert Inn, resort owner "Slick" Roth (Tony Curtis) hopes Tanna can nail a cunning trickster who has been making a killing at the casino's slot machines.
Season 1
22 episodes
S1 E1 · Centerfold
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S1 E2 · The Games Girls Play
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S1 E3 · Mother Mishkin
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S1 E4 · Love, Laugh and Die
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S1 E5 · Yes, My Darling Daughter
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S1 E6 · Lady Ice
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S1 E7 · Milliken's Stash
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S1 E8 · The Pageant
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S1 E9 · Lost Women
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S1 E10 · Second Stanza
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S1 E11 · Serve, Volley and Kill
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S1 E12 · Ghost of the Ripper
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S1 E13 · The Eleventh Event
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S1 E14 · Kill Dan Tanna
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S1 E15 · Death Mountain
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S1 E16 · Best Friends
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S1 E17 · Demand and Supply
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S1 E18 · Everything I Touch
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S1 E19 · Doubtful Target
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S1 E20 · Touch of Death
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S1 E21 · The Way to Live
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.
S1 E22 · The Visitor
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Season 2
23 episodes
S2 E1 · Redhanded
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S2 E2 · The Usurper
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S2 E3 · Mixed Blessing
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S2 E4 · Runaway
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S2 E5 · Design for Death
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S2 E6 · Shadow on a Star
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S2 E7 · Dan Tanna Is Dead
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S2 E8 · The Macho Murders
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S2 E9 · The Day the Gambling Stopped
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S2 E10 · Classic Connection
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S2 E11 · Night of a Thousand Eyes
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S2 E12 · Lost Monday
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S2 E13 · Comeback
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S2 E14 · All Kinds of Love
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S2 E15 · The Magic Sister Slayings
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S2 E16 · The Lido Girls
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S2 E17 · Consortium
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S2 E18 · The Hunter Hunted
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S2 E19 · The Man Who Was Twice
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S2 E20 · The Golden Gate Cop Killer (1)
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S2 E21 · The Golden Gate Cop Killer (2)
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S2 E22 · Siege of the Desert Inn
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S2 E23 · Vendetta
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Season 3
23 episodes
S3 E1 · Aloha, You're Dead (1)
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S3 E2 · Aloha, You're Dead (2)
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S3 E3 · The Black Cat Killer
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S3 E4 · Sudden Death
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S3 E5 · Love Affair
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S3 E6 · A Deadly Victim
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S3 E7 · Deadly Blessing
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S3 E8 · Christmas Story
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S3 E9 · The Andreas Addiction
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S3 E10 · Sourdough Suite
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S3 E11 · Murder by Mirrors
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S3 E12 · Backlash
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S3 E13 · Heist
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S3 E14 · No Way to Treat a Victim
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S3 E15 · Time Bomb
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S3 E16 · Out of Sight
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S3 E17 · Set Up
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S3 E18 · The Killing
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S3 E19 · Seek and Destroy
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S3 E20 · Dead Ringer
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S3 E21 · French Twist
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S3 E22 · Judgement Pronounced
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S3 E23 · Nightmare Come True
At the insistence of worried parents, Dan teams up with a beautiful psychic, Cynthia Jennnings (Cristina Ferrare) to find their kidnapped daughter (Karlene Crockett). Ransom is 2 million in diamonds. Binzer tries to help Bea go on a diet.