![]() ![]() In the series’ sporadically exciting courtroom drama, Dan goes up against the prosecuting government to prove that it was the ATF, and not the Branch Davidians who shot first when everything first got violent. Five of them are put on trial in front of a judge who already seems to have his mind made up, hinting at the sentiment everyone experienced after Waco, especially those in some government-related power.īut the former followers of leader David Koresh have a tenacious support in the form of lawyer Dan Cogdell played by Giovanni Ribisi, with weary eyes, quick wit, and a gravely voice. In its best moments, "Waco: The Aftermath" humanizes the people the media wrote off as simply being in a cult while overlooking their free will to be in Koresh’s community and later defending it. From a dramatic standpoint, it’s the potent microcosm this story needs-putting freedoms on trial and putting the term's parameters under a hot spotlight. The biggest chunk of “Waco: The Aftermath” involves a chapter not often talked about, that of the surviving Branch Davidians who were put on trial for conspiracy against the government. However, he’s still given a guest title card in the show’s moody, flame-filled opening credits (also including Gary Cole, Shea Whigham, and J. Blink, and you’ll miss an appearance from John Leguizamo as undercover ATF agent Vasquez from the original series. And so “Waco: The Aftermath” fires everything at its audience, giving us a drawn-out prequel, a courtroom-drama sequel, and a tedious spin-off all at once, packed with characters and subplots and slow burns. ![]() Created by series directors Drew Dowdle and John Erick Dowdle (“No Escape,” “ As Above, So Below”), “Waco: The Aftermath” wants to provide audiences with more juicy history of all things Waco while being aware that nothing can match the intensity of its previously dramatized siege. ![]()
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