one of the decade's best, Westside is currently streaming in the US on Peacock Premium and Fawesome, and in the UK on Sky Go with a 6/10 audience score that speaks for itself. 6 seasons is a commitment that pays off. Television that earns its era label is rarer than the number of shows attempting it suggests — most of what gets called prestige TV is really just expensive TV. Westside is one of the genuine examples: the craft is there in the writing, the performances, and the way it handles its subject matter. David de Lautour's involvement signals the kind of production that attracts serious talent and uses it properly. Available now on streaming — no excuses left for not watching it.

Originally commissioned by Three, Westside quickly became exactly the kind of show that viewers rearrange their evenings for. The story of legendary safe cracker and career criminal Ted West and his firecracker of a wife, Rita. Combining real events and the rich folklore of the West family and associates, this is rollicking history, and a tempestuous romance, set at a time of great social upheaval. The series ran for 6 seasons (2015–2020), building a story that gave its audience time to invest properly. What distinguishes the best crime dramas from the rest is whether the character work can carry episodes where the mystery takes a breath — Westside passes that test consistently. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

If you are the type who cannot walk away from a good mystery, Westside will keep you watching far longer than you planned. The good news: there are 6 seasons of it, and the quality does not drop. The procedural elements give the show its rhythm, but it is the character development across the run that creates genuine investment. Viewers who think they have seen every variation of the crime drama format tend to find Westside goes somewhere they were not expecting. The writing takes the genre seriously without disappearing into self-referential games, and the result is a show with genuine momentum — the kind where you finish an episode and immediately start the next.