‘The Westies’ Season 1 Episode 8 Release Date and Time

Fans of MGM+’s gritty new gangster saga are eagerly anticipating the conclusion of ‘The Westies‘ as its first season nears its end. This crime drama has spent the summer detailing the rise and fall of a notorious Irish gang, and the finale is just around the corner.

Season 1 of ‘The Westies’ features eight episodes, premiering on Sunday, July 12, 2026, with a double episode airing at 9 p.m. ET and PT. Following that, the series shifted to a weekly Sunday release schedule. This means that episode 8, the season finale, is the last piece of the puzzle for viewers who have been following Jimmy Roarke’s perilous ascent through the criminal underworld.

According to the season’s release schedule, episode 8 is titled ‘The Irish Goodbye’ and is set to premiere on August 23, 2026. This places the finale one week after episode 7, titled ‘A Boy Made of Trouble’, which airs on August 16, 2026, as per the same schedule.

New episodes of ‘The Westies’ air on MGM+ in the United States at 9 p.m. ET on Sundays. The series is also available for streaming on the MGM+ service the same day, although the exact upload time may vary slightly based on channel subscriptions, local distributors, and device listings.

For those adjusting the broadcast time to different time zones, it’s best to check local listings on the day of release, as platforms and providers may shift times by an hour or two.

‘The Westies’ premiered with a special two-episode debut on MGM+ through DIRECTV, and new episodes have continued to roll out weekly leading up to the season finale. This consistent weekly schedule has made the show a reliable option for appointment viewing this summer, a refreshing change in an era of unpredictable streaming releases.

MGM+ remains the exclusive home for every episode of ‘The Westies,’ and that will not change as the finale approaches. Viewers can stream ‘The Westies’ on MGM+ via the MGM+ app or through the MGM+ add-on available with providers like Prime Video Channels and DIRECTV.

This flexibility is crucial for viewers who do not have a traditional cable package, as MGM+ has embraced availability through various third-party bundles instead of being tied to a single distributor. Anyone eager to catch ‘The Irish Goodbye’ the moment it drops should ensure their MGM+ access is active before the Sunday night airing.

The series runs approximately 45 minutes per episode and falls under the crime, mystery, drama, and historical genres, with MGM+ as its home network in the United States. This runtime has remained fairly consistent, with some episodes extending slightly longer depending on the narrative’s needs.

‘The Westies’ has centered its entire season around a fragile and increasingly unstable truce. The Irish criminal gang known as the Westies aims to profit from the construction of a convention center, but its leader must maintain a delicate peace with the Italian Mafia to achieve this, a situation further complicated by internal gang struggles and an ongoing FBI investigation.

As the season has progressed, that tension has only intensified. The Westies’ fragile agreement with the Italians unraveled following a reckless kidnapping, Mickey Flanagan was released from Bellevue and rejoined Roarke’s crew, Glenn Keenan was pulled onto an FBI task force, and Bridget Walsh received a perilous assignment from an IRA contact.

The situation has only become messier. Roarke and the Westies concealed the body of a deceased Italian mobster and staged crimes to cover up the murder before John Gotti could retaliate, while Agent Birdie Polk pressured Keenan to investigate Eamon Sweeney’s Mafia connections as Bridget uncovered more of Brendan Cahill’s scheme.

With so much unresolved conflict surrounding Roarke, Sweeney, Gotti, and the FBI, ‘The Irish Goodbye’ has numerous loose ends to address. Given the show’s history of eliminating major characters, viewers should not assume that everyone will make it to the end credits.

Part of what has kept audiences engaged all season is the talented ensemble cast. The lead roles are portrayed by J. K. Simmons, Titus Welliver, Tom Brittney, Jessica Frances Dukes, Stanley Morgan, Sarah Bolger, Allen Leech, and Hamish Allan-Headley, with the series created by Chris Brancato and Michael Panes.

Welliver’s portrayal of the conflicted NYPD officer caught between the law and his old neighborhood has become a significant talking point. His character, Keenan, is an NYPD officer with personal ties to the area who gets recruited by Polk into an FBI operation targeting organized crime, leaving him torn between federal demands, old loyalties, police corruption, and his estranged son Danny, who has started working for the Westies.

Bridget Walsh’s storyline has also expanded the show’s scope beyond Hell’s Kitchen. Her arc through the IRA operation with Brendan Cahill broadens the criminal conflict beyond local territory and adds political depth to a group already divided by money and generational resentment.

With ‘The Irish Goodbye’ set to resolve these storylines on August 23, the countdown is officially on for one of MGM+’s most significant summer offerings to deliver a finale that lives up to its buildup. Which of the Westies do you think will survive to see the aftermath of that truce, and who do you believe Gotti will target first?