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)

Upcoming · MGM+

N/A

8 eps

S01

DramaCrime

ON AIR: JUL 12Season 1

What to Expect

Premiere Lens 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 brings the same brutal gang-war pressure, where loyalty flips fast and violence becomes the language of power. The Westies’ scrappy Hell’s Kitchen crew will feel at home with constant betrayals, shifting alliances, and a large cast where every win costs something, but it’s faster and more action-heavy.

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Why This Pick

Rulers of Fortune fits The Westies’ slow-squeeze crime drama, with family and boss-employee loyalties cracking under outside disruption. Watch father-son friction and sibling rivalry tighten the noose as the criminal hierarchy gets squeezed from two directions, keeping the focus on internal fracture and tightening stakes, while staying more organization-driven than street-level brutality.

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