Having established himself as one of the foremost stars of the first wave of streaming, Titus Welliveris poised to return with a new series that could carry his stardom into the second successive decade. Welliver headlined the Prime Video detective series Bosch, which ran for seven seasons between 2014 and 2021. He also appeared as Bosch in a spin-off series titled Ballard, which has been renewed for a second season, and starred in a sequel series titled Bosch: Legacy, which concluded its three-season run in 2025. Welliver’s success on the small screen scored him a major role in the theatrical tent pole Transformers: Age of Extinction, as well as guest appearances on The Mandalorian and Titans.
His new series is set in 1980s New York; it follows two childhood friends whose paths diverged as they grew up. One became a police officer while the other became a gangster. The show also features the Oscar-winning J.K. Simmons, in addition to Tom Brittney, whose name recently cropped up as one of the frontrunners for the role of James Bond. The show’s premise makes it sound like a cross between Martin Scorsese‘s The Departedand the landmark HBO crime drama The Sopranos. The series has received positive early reactions and is currently sitting at an 80% score on Rotten Tomatoes. In his review, Collider’s David Caballero highlighted Welliver as the show’s stand-out.
Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
Titus Welliver’s New Crime Drama Is Almost Here
We’re talking about The Westies, co-created by Chris Brancato, who remains best known for having spearheaded the Netflix series Narcos. Incidentally, Narcos emerged as a hit for Netflix in the same era as Bosch. Brancato also co-created the Narcos spin-off, Narcos: Mexico, and then worked on the Epix series Godfather of Harlem, starring Forest Whitaker. The Westies will debut on MGM+ on July 12 with two episodes, and will continue through the rest of the month. MGM+ is coming off a hit re-imagining of Robin Hood, which emerged as arguably the only well-received version of the legend in decades, given the mixed response to Ridley Scott‘s 2010 epic, the critically panned 2018 version starring Taron Egerton, and this year’s grim drama headlined by Hugh Jackman. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
