In Paul Sparks’ Steve Schneider, Koresh had an essential piece of the Branch Davidian formula, but tensions flare when the miniseries kicks off with Steve’s wife Judy (Andrea Riseborough) announcing she’s pregnant with Koresh’s kid.
And then we have Demore Barnes’ Wayne Martin, the somewhat level-headed father who serves as Mount Carmel’s lawyer.
Since the miniseries’ timeline is set around the big 51-day standoff that took the country by storm back in 1993, Waco focuses on a select group of people in David Koresh’s life.
(Somehow, discussions about child rape have never been more sterilized and unemotional.)