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Westside

Episode Four - 1977. Episode 4

Our poison’d chalice

The matter of the poisoned lamington splits the house of West and leads Ted and Rita to sex, drugs and rock & roll.

When Bert is exposed as a rat, Rita takes extreme action. Ted’s angry response provokes the revelation that Rita once tried to kill someone closer to home: Wolf. Unable to face her son, Rita joins Carol in town for a life of sex, drugs, art and rock and roll.

Ted is bereft and the gang are in disarray as Bilkey proposes a new work opportunity through a guy called Marty Johnstone.

At a wild party, Ted meets Rita, and embarks on an ambitious robbery, which gets him into hot water. Rita is seeing the downside of party life and fears for Carol, as Ted brokers a deal with the dealers. As Ted and Rita both make a stand, maybe there’s a chance they can be reunited…

Director: Murray Keane
Producer: John Laing
Cast: Rita West ANTONIA PREBBLE Ted West DAVID de LAUTOUR Lefty Munroe DAN MUSGROVE Ngaire Munroe ESTHER STEPHENS Mike McCarthy WILL HALL Bilkey Van Heeder TODD EMERSON Bert Thompson PANA HEMA-TAYLOR Phineas O’Driscoll XAVIER HORAN Carol O’Driscoll SOPHIE HAMBLETON Wolf West LIAM FERGUSON Falani PATRICK TAFA Des McEwen JOEL TOBECK Marty Johnstone JAMIE IRVINE The Artist ELLIOT WRIGHTSON Captain Hook GABRIEL MCARTNEY Hello Sailor ADAM JACKSON (Vocals), CORNÉ COETZEE (Guitar), HAYDEN STRAIT (Bass), PAUL BARRY (Drums) Guy JIMMY HAZELWOOD
Written by: JAMES GRIFFIN
First aired: Sunday 21st of June 2015
Year: 2015
Runtime: 1hr