Westside

Tales of crime and passion in Auckland, New Zealand, spanning from 1974 through to 1984.

Cast:Antonia Prebble , David de Lautour , Daniel Musgrove , Pana Hema Taylor , Xavier Horan , Esther Stephens , Sophie Hambleton , Todd Emerson , Reef Ireland , Patrick Tafa , Jordan Mooney , Caleb Wells , Will Hall , Kirsten Ibbetson , Lily Powell , Jessica Grace Smith , Elizabeth Felker , Peter Elliott

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ All That Impedes Thee from the Golden Round

Sun, May 31, 2015

Ted West is released from a 3 year stretch in prison to find out one of his former gang could be a snitch and Lefty has taken over the leadership role. Unhappy with how Rita and Wolf have been treated Ted sets about putting things right.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ 1975 - Is't Far You Ride?

Sun, Jun 7, 2015

As Ted's away on a job, a bored Rita pursues other interests. And Wolf's act of vandalism starts a war with the Doslic neighbours. Ted's jewellery tribute to Rita inspires Wolf to make amends to his mother, as Rita embarks on a bold plan to get her own career. But peace making Ted finds the Dallies have more to recommend them than wine . . . One of them has skills Ted can use to best his personal great white whale, the safe at a mine. But the job comes with unexpected complications and Rita will have to work the angles to save her husband, and achieve her dream.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Instruments of Darkness Tell Us Truths

Sun, Jun 14, 2015

Ted and Rita both champion good causes: a disco dancing overstayer and a mouse who needs to roar.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Our Poison'd Chalice

Sun, Jun 21, 2015

Another poisoned lamington leads everything in the family and the gang falling apart. Exploring a new line of business with notorious Marty Johnstone 'Mr Asia' unites them all back to what they know best.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Dire Combustion

Sun, Jun 28, 2015

The biggest job yet has explosive consequences for the Wests. Oh, and Wolf has a girlfriend.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ But for a Wayward Son

Sun, Jul 5, 2015

Ted and Rita find Wolf has been doing the dirty, in more ways than one. But how to deal with their problem child?

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Episode #2.1

Sun, Jun 12, 2016

Rita West is reunited with love of her life Ted, but has lost a son. The gloves are off in the war with the Horsemen and there's a storm in a teacup.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Episode #2.2

Sun, Jun 19, 2016

Rita helps out a friend from prison and Wolf get an upwardly mobile job. The Springbok tour creates employment opportunities for Ted and there's a swingers' party.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Episode #2.3

Sun, Jun 26, 2016

Ted goes after a wad of South African cash. A crime close to home has the Wests joining forces with the police and neighbourhood watch.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Episode #2.4

Sun, Jul 3, 2016

Wolf gets fired, which angers Rita and pleases his boss. Bert and Falani take a road trip to Hamilton to watch the infamous Waikato/Springbok game and switch sides twice, in the game that never was. Wolf enlists Sparky and Eric to go on a frozen fishing expedition for Evan. The long-suffering Ngaire seeks affection and romance, but could Mike McCarthy be a fatal attraction? Ted twiddles his thumbs and Rita surprises him with a job offer. And Phineas' world comes crashing down when his mother dies.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Episode #2.5

Sun, Jul 10, 2016

It's hectic times for Rita and Ted: a royal wedding - a funeral - forbidden love - a family feud - plus a Nazi.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Episode #2.6

Sun, Jul 17, 2016

Times are changing for Ted. Rita wants to expand her business and keep the peace between father and son. Wolf mixes business with pleasure.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Episode #2.7

Sun, Jul 24, 2016

Ted and the boys go hunting South Africans while Rita has a mess to sort out with her growing business and an explosive affair.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Episode #2.8

Sun, Jul 31, 2016

The wives financially support their men - which doesn't go down well and the Springbok tour divides the gang and the country.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Episode #2.9

Sun, Aug 7, 2016

Rita's in charge of her first big job and the stakes have never been higher but can she rely on those closest to her?

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Episode #2.10

Sun, Aug 14, 2016

Ted gets one final crack at the South African money. Wolf's at war with his parents and the rest of the country are at war with themselves.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Episode #3.1

Mon, Jul 10, 2017

Rita and Ted return from their holiday to a rude surprise and Wolf gone. Rita distracts herself by waging war on the new neighbours, And Ted is dealt a blow he probably saw coming.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Episode #3.2

Mon, Jul 17, 2017

Lefty is a desperate man and Ted is dragged along for the ride. The gang has to look to the past if they have hopes of a future.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Episode #3.3

Mon, Jul 24, 2017

Wolf grows dissatisfied with his career, but it turns out that's the least of his problems. A sexy blast from Rita's prison past arrives with dangerous intentions.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Episode #3.4

Mon, Jul 31, 2017

Guilt over Evan is tearing Rita and Wolf apart. McCarthy feels compromised by his lady's past. A fateful meeting at the forbidden dairy leads to fireworks.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Episode #3.5

Mon, Aug 7, 2017

Rita may have finally found her match. Fear forces Bilkey in too deep. A means to an end changes everything.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Episode #3.6

Mon, Aug 14, 2017

Bert is deceived and destroyed. Rita proves there's no fury like a woman scorned. Wolf ups his game.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Episode #3.7

Mon, Aug 21, 2017

Wolf plays with the big boys. Rita gets under Cheryl's skin. A last minute change of plans may cost everything.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Episode #3.8

Mon, Aug 28, 2017

Rita makes a deal with some devils. Mike buckles when his personal and private lives collide.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Episode #4.1

Mon, Jul 9, 2018

Time on the inside puts Cheryl and Wolf on trial. Phineas' manhood gets in the way of manning up. McCarthy strays far from the thin blue line.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Episode #4.2

Mon, Jul 16, 2018

The gang gets roped into the silly season. Ngaire comes home and she's brought gifts. Cheryl's Christmas cheer turns deadly.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Episode #4.3

Mon, Jul 23, 2018

Wolf holds Cheryl back from the edge. Rita suffocates in a full house and seeks help from a potential threat. Ted's future looks crime-free and hopeless.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Episode #4.4

Mon, Jul 30, 2018

Rita rebels against Cheryl's plan to go straight, Wolf struggles to leave his life of crime behind and Ted's winning streak comes to an end.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Episode #4.5

Fri, Jul 6, 2018

Ngaire and Lefty explode. Eric's love-life may not be in dire straits. Bilkey finds out all's fair in love and war. And Ted's bad attitude puts him and Rita in real danger.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Episode #4.6

Mon, Aug 6, 2018

Rita has her mind blown. Bert and Carol's arrangement is threatened by a blast from the past. Ted makes a comeback, but it might all be for nothing.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Episode #4.7

Mon, Aug 20, 2018

Sparky's love combusts. Memory lane leads Ted to old promises. Phineas comes clean over his dirty little secret. Round two for Rita leaves her wanting.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Episode #4.8

Mon, Aug 27, 2018

A grisly murder pits the gang against each other, Cheryl and Wolf are at each other's throats over wedding venues, and Rita gives Ted an ultimatum.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Episode #4.9

Mon, Sep 3, 2018

Ngaire encounters a familiar face at Cheryl's hen's party while Wolf is lead astray by an old flame at his stag do. Phineas and Bert fight for Carol.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Episode #4.10

Mon, Sep 10, 2018

The Wests come together for Cheryl and Wolf's wedding but the groom has cold feet, and the cops threaten to derail the nuptials.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Episode #5.1

Mon, Jun 17, 2019

It's 1987, and the parade down Queen Street for the NZ America's Cup yachting team is in full swing. Ted and his guys are hiding out on a job, and Wolf and his boys have their own plans. Of course, nothing goes to plan.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Episode #5.2

Mon, Jun 24, 2019

Rita is dealing with trouble and strife both at home and abroad, as the repercussions from the two bungled robberies spread. It seems that the Wests have awakened an enemy considerably more powerful than even Rita's iron will.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Episode #5.3

Mon, Jul 1, 2019

When an immovable object meets an unstoppable force all-out war is the inevitable result. As Ted lies in his hospital bed, Rita calls the troops to arms, to see off those responsible. Many innocent letter-boxes will perish as a result.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Episode #5.4

Mon, Jul 8, 2019

In which the ground literally moves, as Ted's gang head down to Edgecumbe for their first job without their leader. Meanwhile, Cheryl brings a hippy into the West house, leading to a very uncomfortable visitation from the past for Rita.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Episode #5.5

Mon, Jul 15, 2019

A West family children's birthday party for the 4-year old twins. What could possibly go wrong? Apart from the appearance of a gang of angry clowns, of course.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Episode #5.6

Mon, Jul 22, 2019

Ted does not believe in such a thing as a truce; or in playing a long game. Ted has suffered and Ted wants some payback for that suffering. Luckily for him, where there is a Rugby World Cup final at Eden Park, there is a way.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Episode #5.7

Mon, Jul 29, 2019

A plague has descended upon the West house. But even as she hovers near death there are still some things only a woman like Rita can sort out - like doing a deal with the devil, before they all drown in the deep blue sea.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Episode #5.8

Mon, Aug 5, 2019

The Wests are a family with a lot of secrets. Having these secrets is not the problem; keeping the secrets is the problem. Thus it is that Rita and Wolf go head-to-head in a game of mutually assured destruction.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Episode #5.9

Mon, Aug 12, 2019

The war that has been simmering under the surface, between Rita and Wolf, bursts into fruition as Wolf takes matters into his own hands.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Episode #5.10

Mon, Aug 12, 2019

October 1987. As the stock-market crashes around the West family and their associates an old dynasty crumbles and decays, while the next generation finds a home in which to forge the next one.

1Season 6

S6.E1 ∙ Episode #6.1

Mon, Sep 28, 2020

It's 1990 and the Auckland Commonwealth Games are in full swing, with a surprise contestant in the road cycling. Wolf has a problem he cannot solve, but 'help' is the hardest word. Meanwhile, for Rita and Ted, the return of an old friend spells bad news.

2Season 6

S6.E2 ∙ Episode #6.2

Mon, Oct 5, 2020

Cheryl deals with the devil while Wolf tries his hand at parenting. Rita gives death the good old-fashioned West family middle-finger salute.

3Season 6

S6.E3 ∙ Episode #6.3

Tue, Oct 13, 2020

Carol and Rita explore a range of alternative therapies. Ted and the lads go to a strip club and meet an old friend; meanwhile, for Wolf and the boys, things go from bad to a place beyond worse.

4Season 6

S6.E4 ∙ Well That's Not Creepy

Mon, Oct 19, 2020

As Wolf deals with failure, Cheryl takes some time out in a place that is almost exactly like Fiji but not; meanwhile Falani finds an old friend living under a bridge, like a troll.

5Season 6

S6.E5 ∙ Otherwise Evil Wins

Mon, Oct 26, 2020

Carol and Ngaire go on a bar crawl for revenge while Wolf seeks out the traitor in their midst. Meanwhile, to help Ted, Rita enters into a pact with a most unlikely devil.

6Season 6

S6.E6 ∙ Just a Random Act of Violence

Mon, Nov 2, 2020

Sometimes, when a job goes very very wrong, it is the innocents who must pay the price or take the fall. Rita makes a list, of the bucket variety; which means that Ted, the old dog, masters a new trick.

7Season 6

S6.E7 ∙ How'd You Like the Quiche, Frankie?

Mon, Nov 9, 2020

Rita has one last item she needs to cross off her bucket list. Meanwhile unable to face the future, Carol goes back in time and Wolf has to play catch-up.

8Season 6

S6.E8 ∙ Episode #6.8

Mon, Nov 16, 2020

One last job, a funeral and then a wake; the end is nigh.