Las Vegas/Big Ed De-cline

Big Ed De-cline
Season 3, Episode 5
Airdate	October 17, 2005
Written by	Matthew Miller
Directed by	Tawnia McKiernan
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Big Ed De-cline is the fifth episode of the third season of Las Vegas, and the fifty-second episode overall.

Starring: James Caan (Ed "Big Ed" Deline), Josh Duhamel (Danny McCoy), Nikki Cox (Mary Connell), James Lesure (Mike Cannon), Vanessa Marcil (Sam Marquez), Molly Sims (Delinda Deline)

Guest Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook (Penny Posin), Sarah Clarke (Olivia Duchey), Paul Collins (Dr. Hall), Dave Baez (Bobby), Mayte Garcia (Desiree), Lenny Citrano (Lou Mosley)

and Cheryl Ladd (Jillian Deline)

Also Starring: Mitch Longley (Mitch)

Co-Starring: Michael Merton (Bank Manager), Iva Franks (Big Tina), Cristin Michele (Candy), Steven Jay (Fat Man), David Sobel (Tom), Ute Werner (Masseuse), Anndi McAfee (Prostitute), Charlie Adams (Manny), Paul Vinson (Thug), Connor Ross (Teenager #1), Brad Surosky (Teenager #2)

Plot Overview

Monica hires an accountant to keep track of all non-gaming related expenses. This leads to trouble for Sam and Delinda, who are used to spending whatever money they seem to need for their jobs.

Stress and Identity Theft

Ed's doctor informs him that he is suffering from high blood pressure, spurred on from his highly stressful job and that he "needs to take it easy." Ed's wife understands the seriousness of Ed's condition and goes out of her way to make sure Ed is as stressfree as possible. Unfortunately she is unable to hide the information about the bank informing Ed that his account is the victim of identity theft. This just adds to Ed's already stressful existence. Ed starts a mission to discover who is behind the identity theft. This sends him to a brother where every hooker seems to know Danny. They find out that the fake Ed was using Ed's credit cards to pay for the brothel (as well as other expense) and that the perpetrator is a man named "Lou Mosley." Ed and Danny rough up Lou until he decides to tell them tha he is not behind the operation, but rather is just paid to pick up the money. Danny is concerned that Ed is possibly being too rogue in the operation, and is handling things the way they used to be handled, as opposed to the way things ar usually done today. However Ed proves Danny wrong, as he actually has called to the police to sting the extortion operation tha Lou was apart of. It turns out that two videogame/computer geeks are actually the masterminds.

Sam's Leeching (Half) Brother

Some one is in town looking for Samantha. All Sam knows, from Delinda, is that this guest is extremely hot. Sam assumes that the guest is either some one-night-stand or a dork tha she sat beside in eighth grade, when in reality it is Sam's half-brother. Sam has some experience with her half brother and assumes that he is here only for money. Indeed from the beginning he expects Sam to provide him with a room at the Montecito in which she reluctantly provides. The brother assumes a little too much, and cleans out the minibar which Sam never mentions as being part of the deal. Later Sam finds out that her half-brother is checking out, and has cleared the expenses himself. Surprised she approaches her brother, who tells her that he has his own money, which he has gotten from some successful condo investments he has gotten from Shanghai.

The impressive Aston Martin

Mike meets a girl who has a thing for cars. He tells her that he owns an Aston Martin, which of course he does not. Ed does, however, and let's Mike borrow it to impress the girl. Mike seems to be successful, as the girl comes on to Mike strong after he takes her onto a date with the Aston Martin. However all is not as it seems, the girl steals Mike's (Ed's) Aston Martin and takes it to a scrap yard where they take apart the car. Mike finds out about the operation as it is going down and stops it, by tellling the dealer's that it is Ed's car. They reassemble the car, and upon getting it back, Ed has no idea what has happened, aside from the changed radio channels.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

Mary meets Danny's new girlfriend, Penny, who is also behind the selling of Danny's father's house. Mary makes cookies for potential buyers, but is obviously surprised and disturbed when she learns of Danny's new lover.