Westside

1987. While the rest of the country is going crazy for America’s Cup yachting, the West family, young and old, are busy doing what they do best: stealing for a living.

Rita is dealing with trouble and strife both at home and abroad, as the repercussions from the two bungled robberies spread.

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.

Cheryl brings a hippy into the West house, leading to a very uncomfortable visitation from the past for Rita.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.