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MGM+ The Westies series rollout and episode 6 update

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MGM+ launched the eight‑part eight-part crime drama *The Westies* on July 12 2026 12, 2026, with a two‑episode premiere, followed two-episode premiere. Created by weekly Sunday installments. The Chris Brancato and Michael Panés, the series dramatizes the early‑1980s Irish‑American early-1980s Irish-American Westies of Hell’s Kitchen as they clash with the Italian Mafia over construction contracts at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, while a fragile cease‑fire with the Gambino family persists. Created by Chris Brancato and Michael Panés, the Center. The show features an ensemble includes cast including J.K. Simmons (Eamon Sweeney), Titus Welliver, Welliver (Glenn Keenan), Tom Brittney, Brittney (Jimmy Roarke), and Jessica Frances Dukes, Stanley Morgan (Mickey), Sarah Bolger, Hamish Allan‑Headley Dukes (Agent Birdie Polk. As the season progressed, tensions escalated between the Irish and Allen Leech. Italian factions. Episode 3 (“The Starship”) intensified the Irish‑Italian rivalry with featured a rocket‑launcher rocket-launcher assault on a Colombian drug‑lab. Episode drug lab, while episode 4 (“Favors and Funerals”) sees Jimmy Roarke steal highlighted internal betrayals following a large stolen cocaine shipment from and the murder of Pat Murphy. Episode 6 (“Rad Tad”) served as a Colombian racket, prompting major turning point. Jimmy Roarke’s attempt to secure a cocaine deal via a loan from Ruby Stein collapsed after John Gotti to demand its return. Sweeney secretly sells intercepted the same product, triggering buyer, leaving Roarke in a chain of lies, precarious position. Concurrently, the murder of Pat Murphy and Danny’s discovery of Keenan’s involvement, underscoring internal betrayals. The eight‑episode season runs weekly on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET, with episode 5 slated storyline involving corrupt NYPD officer Glenn Keenan turned violent; under pressure from Agent Polk to act as an informant, Keenan shifted his focus toward targeting Dukey Sullivan for August 2, episodes 6 and 7 on August 9 and August 16, and the finale on August 23. entrapment. The series holds roughly 80 % series, which has received generally positive reviews (approximately 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic score of 66, with critics noting its period atmosphere and performances while anticipating Tomatoes), follows a possible second season. weekly Sunday release schedule. The season finale is slated for August 23, 2026.

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