Westside - First Episode

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2015

When we met Ted in Outrageous, he was crusty and curmudgeonly and disappointed, but when we meet him in Westside, he's young, he's still king of his world, and so he is a different person.
– Westside co-creator Rachel Lang in The NZ Herald, 24 May 2015

No rhinos around here mate: just a pig dressed as a ponce.
– Ted (David de Lautour) to policeman Mike (Will Hall), who is wearing a safari suit

The moment they started getting up and walking around as characters in their own right, I mean, those concerns melted away, because it's not Outrageous Fortune, it's its own beast, even though there's still the shagging and the shouting and the drinking and the bad behaviour.
– Westside co-creator James Griffin on bringing Outrageous Fortune's characters back to life, The NZ Herald, 24 May 2015

I've watched no new show in the last decade with higher expectations than the ones I sat down with to watch the debut of Outrageous Fortune prequel Westside at the weekend — and I'm delighted to say nearly every one was met ... by a show that has all the hallmarks of a classic.
– Mike Kilpatrick reviews Westside's first episode on the Stuff website, 2 June 2015