Rueben's Ramblings

[Photo Credit: MGM+]

On July 12, the first two episodes of the new MGM+ drama The Westies will debut at 9 and 10 PM.

This new series, set in the early 1980s centers on New York City’s infamously violent Irish gang when the construction of the Jacob Javits Convention Center on the Westies’ home turf in Hell’s Kitchen promises a financial windfall.

Despite being outnumbered fifty-to-one by the Five Families of the Italian Mafia, the Westies’ legendary brutality and cunning have given them the leverage necessary to share the spoils through a fragile détente.

But internal conflict between the brash younger generation and the old-school leadership threatens to set a match to this powder keg, which will sweep the Westies into the FBI’s ever-deepening investigation into the Italian mafia.

The ensemble cast includes J.K. Simmons, Titus Welliver, Tom Brittney, Allen Leech and Sarah Bolger.

Here is a trailer for The Westies: