Scripted series · MGM+
The Westies
F*ck those guys.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
J.K. Simmons
Eamon Sweeney
8 eps
Titus Welliver
Glenn Keenan
8 eps
Tom Brittney
James 'Jimmy' Roarke
8 eps
Stanley Morgan
Mickey Flanagan
8 eps
Sarah Bolger
Bridget Walsh
8 eps
Jessica Frances Dukes
Agent Birdie Polk
8 eps
Hamish Allan-Headley
John Gotti
8 eps
Vincent Walsh
Eddie Breen
8 eps
Allen Leech
Brendan Cahill
8 eps
Hilary McCormack
Erin Malone
8 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Westies actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Westies reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Tension.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
As the Javits Center construction project ignites a battle for profit in early 1980s Hell's Kitchen, a generational rift threatens the uneasy peace between violent Irish gang the Westies and the Mafia, and draws FBI heat.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01 · Signature episode
The Troubles
The Westies' fragile deal with the Italians unravels after a reckless kidnapping. Flanagan is released from Bellevue and rejoins Roarke's crew, Keenan is pulled onto an FBI task force, and Bridget receives a dangerous assignment from an old IRA contact.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Michael PanesExecutive Producer
- Chris BrancatoExecutive Producer
Music
- Mark IshamOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- fuboTVStreaming
- MGM+ Amazon ChannelStreaming
- PhiloStreaming
- MGM Plus Roku Premium ChannelStreaming
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- Spectrum On DemandStreaming
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