Pat is barely in the ground and already the cracks in Eamon’s crew are turning into fault lines. Episode 4 of The Westies, titled “Favors and Funerals,” picks up right where the grief leaves off, and honestly, grief doesn’t get much room to breathe before the drug money starts talking. This is the episode where Eamon finally gives in to temptation, and it’s also the episode where that decision nearly gets him killed in an alleyway. Let’s get into everything that went down.
The Gang Reels From Pat’s Death, And a Pregnancy Nobody Saw Coming
The Westies Season 1 Episode 4 opens with the crew still shaken from losing Pat. What throws everyone for a loop, though, is the reveal that Pat’s girlfriend was heavily pregnant when he died. It’s a gut-punch detail made worse by the fact that she’d kicked him out beforehand, and the reason was painfully simple: he wouldn’t marry her.
Jimmy isn’t willing to let Pat’s death slide as some random act of violence. He corners Eamon and pushes him for answers, but Eamon isn’t interested in the truth here. Instead, he pins the blame on Puerto Ricans supposedly stirring up trouble in the neighborhood. Jimmy’s face says everything his mouth doesn’t, he’s not buying a word of it.
Eamon still manages to pull off a rousing speech to the gang, framing Pat’s death as a ripple that will only make them stronger for his sake. It’s a nice sentiment on paper. It’s also darkly ironic, because Glenn, the man Danny suspects had a hand in Pat’s murder, strolls in right as everyone raises their glasses for the toast.
Glenn’s Warning and Eamon’s Big Night at the Hibernian Society
Outside, away from the toast, Glenn pulls Eamon aside with a warning: Danny is starting to connect the dots. And really, can you blame him? Glenn roughed Danny up, and shortly after that, Pat turned up dead. That’s not a coincidence Danny is willing to swallow. Eamon’s response is characteristically cold, he just tells Glenn to clean up the mess, no further discussion needed.
Eamon has bigger things on his plate anyway. He’s about to be honored by the Hibernian Society with a Lifetime Achievement Award, which is when Jimmy catches him on his way out. Jimmy tries the charm offensive, buttering Eamon up in hopes of finally getting the green light to start selling drugs and bringing in real money for the crew.
The timing couldn’t be more complicated. Eamon has been quietly funneling large donations to charity, money the gang could desperately use elsewhere, all while the Feds are dangling a 30-year sentence over anyone caught dealing. Eamon knows exactly what that means: if one of the younger guys gets picked up, they’ll flip in a heartbeat, and the crew’s Javits Center ambitions go up in smoke.
Eamon Makes His Move, And It Backfires Almost Immediately
Here’s where the episode really turns. Behind closed doors, Eamon starts seriously weighing whether to deal the coke himself and pocket a fast profit. In a rare moment of honesty, he even admits that everyone around him is a hypocrite, himself included. He loops in Eddie, making it clear this arrangement stays locked within the senior ranks of the gang, no outsiders, no loose lips.
Eamon sets up a sit-down with a dealer named Leon, who doesn’t make this easy. Leon drives a hard bargain, but eventually Eamon caves and the deal gets done. That’s when things go sideways fast. Leon’s right-hand man, Charlie, takes proof straight to John Gotti showing that this product traces back to the Colombians and to Starship. Gotti doesn’t need much more convincing than that, his attention snaps to Eamon, and he decides Eamon needs to die for it.
Meanwhile, Glenn is striking out with Danny. No amount of talking is walking Danny back from his suspicion that Eamon ordered the hit on Pat, and Danny doesn’t stay quiet about it, he blackmails Eamon, demanding to stay on the payroll or he’ll start talking.
Bridget’s Real Motive Comes Out, and the Irish Guard Takes Shape
There’s a whole other storyline brewing away from the drug drama. Bridget breaks bad news to Brendan, spinning a story that the cargo vanished from the docks and is sitting somewhere in a landfill. Brendan doesn’t take it well, and his reaction reveals something bigger: the hit he’d been planning was never random. His actual target is a British operative, Colonel Gerald Markham, the man responsible for killing Bridget’s parents.
That revelation changes everything for Bridget. The moment she learns the truth, she commits to joining Brendan’s crusade. She’s not alone in this either. The Irish Guard already includes Mary, Logan, and Donal, an explosives expert, all of whom have taken the oath. Bridget follows suit, ready to do the same.
Jimmy and Mickey Uncover the Truth About Eamon’s Deal
Back on the street level, Jimmy and Mickey are out making their usual rounds, squeezing clients for cash owed to the gang. One shop owner accidentally lets it slip that Eamon handed over 100k to the Hibernian Society. For Jimmy and Mickey, that number does not add up unless Eamon has money he shouldn’t have, and it clicks immediately. Eamon sold the coke behind their backs.
Everything the episode has been building toward funnels into the charity fundraiser. Gotti dispatches a hitman to take care of Eamon there, while Jimmy is separately planning to confront his boss the same night about the drug deal. Amid all this, Glenn has Danny arrested on planted drug charges, a move that earns him a hard slap across the face from Danny’s own mother, Moira.
The Alleyway Ambush: Jimmy Saves Eamon’s Life
At the Society, Eamon delivers a stirring speech celebrating Irish pride and resilience. But the moment he steps outside into the alley, Gotti’s hitman is waiting with a gun drawn. It’s Jimmy, the same man Eamon has been dodging and lying to all episode, who steps in and saves him. In the aftermath, Jimmy finally confronts Eamon face-to-face about the drug deal. He knows. There’s no more hiding it.
Episode Review: Style Over Substance Undercuts a Solid Setup
The Westies returns this week with another mediocre slice of crime drama, and that’s genuinely disappointing given how much promise this show flashed early on. This episode is a pretty clear example of why editing and tension matter so much in a genre like this, and the ending at the Society sums up the problem perfectly.
The assassination attempt on Eamon had real potential. This could have been a slow-burn, nail-biting sequence, the kind of scene that makes you hold your breath. Instead, it’s rushed through while a musical interlude plays over the top of it, and it just doesn’t land. It’s a strange stylistic call, and one that drains the moment of any real weight.
Story-wise, the season keeps chugging along through its drug subplot, with Eamon finally dipping his toes into the coke trade after episodes of resistance. And as expected, it does not go smoothly. He’s in trouble almost instantly, which honestly makes you question how someone with Eamon’s experience wouldn’t think to check the product for anything traceable back to the Colombians before selling it under his own name. It’s a sloppy oversight for a guy who’s supposed to be the smartest man in the room.
Where this episode does earn some credit is in its ripple effects heading into the rest of the season. Bridget rejoining Brendan’s crew changes the shape of the show going forward, and there’s real tension left simmering between Eamon, Danny, and Glenn that hasn’t been resolved. Whether the show finds the tighter pacing it needs to make the most of these threads is the real question going into the next few episodes.
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