In addition to showing multiple sides of the story in order to show the big picture, the 2018 series is similar to Yellowstone in the sense that it causes the viewer to think about the battle between private citizens and government bodies that don’t accept their way of life.
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The show can be a little much at times, especially the “I Still Believe” concert in the middle of the 51-day conflict, but the stellar cast and superb writing team provide for some truly haunting and unsettling moments.
Before Yellowstone, the Paramount Network’s first foray into original content was the limited series Waco, which took a detailed look at David Koresh’s (Taylor Kitsch) Branch Davidian compound and the 1993 siege by the United States government that resulted in the deaths of 82 members of the religious sect and four federal agents.