How many episodes are in The Westies?

The Westies has 8 episodes in this listed season.

When does The Westies premiere?

The Westies premieres on 2026-07-12.

Is The Westies a new series?

The Westies is a new series (Season 1).

NEW

The Westies(2026)

Archived · MGM+

TV-MA8 eps

S01

DramaCrime

ON AIR: JUL 12Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

The Westies plants itself in 1980s Hell's Kitchen and builds its crime drama around a genuine power imbalance: a small Irish gang trying to carve out a piece of the Javitz Center construction money while the Italian mafia holds most of the cards. What the Westies lack in numbers they compensate for with brutality, and the show treats that trade-off as a structural problem, not just a character trait.

FBI pressure tightens around the gang at the same time generational friction is pulling it apart from inside. Older and younger members read survival differently, and those competing instincts make every decision feel load-bearing. Loyalty gets tested not through big dramatic betrayals but through the slow accumulation of choices where violence and strategy keep pointing in opposite directions.

Best for

scrappy gang warfare, brutal street leverage and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Crime

Commitment

Season 1 · 8 episodes

Where

MGM+

Official Premise

In 1980s Hell's Kitchen, the Westies crime gang eyes profits from the Javitz Center construction. Though vastly outnumbered by Italian mafia, their brutality earns them a share. Generational tensions rise as FBI probes deepen.

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Strongest Match

Gangs of London keeps the brutal power imbalance front and center, with betrayal and revenge ricocheting through every alliance the way The Westies squeezes a small crew under FBI heat. Expect frequent, visceral confrontations and shifting loyalties across a big cast, but it’s faster and more chaotic than the slower Hell’s Kitchen grind.

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Why this pick

Rulers of Fortune delivers the same kind of family-and-workplace pressure that makes The Westies feel like loyalty is always being tested. Watch hierarchy crack under two threats at once, with father-son friction and boss-employee tension driving scenes that feel tense even when characters are just talking, and it’s more organization-focused than street-level brutality.

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Why this pick

Power Book III: Raising Kanan shares The Westies’ focus on generational fracture, where love and protection collide with revenge and survival choices. The mother-son tug-of-war keeps the danger personal, and the serialized street-level escalation makes every decision feel costly, but it’s more intimate and character-driven than the gang-versus-mafia scale.

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