The best episodes of Westside
Ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it. Fewer than 10 rated episodes — treat this ranking as provisional.
- 01
Her Grave, While I'm Dancing on It
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.
- 02
Making the Most of Every Moment
Cheryl deals with the devil while Wolf tries his hand at parenting; meanwhile Rita gives death the good old-fashioned West family middle-finger salute.
- 03
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.
- 04
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
- 05
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.
- 06
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.
- 07
Ted confronts his great white whale, as Rita battles boredom. And a war with the Dallies turns up unexpected opportunities.
- 08
The biggest job yet has explosive consequences for the Wests. Oh, and Wolf has a girlfriend.
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