Titus Welliver shines in MGM+'s crime drama "The Westies"

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MGM+ is the latest streamer trying to carve out a space for itself in the hyper-competitive world of 2020s television. Its newest offering is the crime drama The Westies , co-created by modern master of the genre Chris Brancato — the man behind hits like Narcos —and Michael Panes , who worked alongside Brancato on Godfather of Harlem . Led by Oscar winner J.K. Simmons and Bosch himself, Titus Welliver , and set in Hell's Kitchen in the 1980s, the show delivers a classic tale of crime, deceit, and violence centered on the Westies, a criminal gang made up of Irishmen, and their contentious relationship with the Italian mafia.