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[camera shutter clicks]

Shit! Hey. Shit.
They're coming--
They're coming this way.

-They're coming over here.
-All right.

[weapon cocking]

[weapon cocks]

[knocking on door]

Hey, how's it going?
Can I help you with anything?

Yeah, we saw you guys
just moved in across the street,

and, well, we wanted
to welcome you to
the neighborhood.

-I'm David.
-Jacob.

Nice to meet you.
Consider this a little
housewarming.

Ah! Oh, thank you. Oh, wow.

Hey, I'd invite you in,
but, um, I haven't got
any furniture yet.

Oh, not a problem.

So, uh, what brings you boys
all the way out here?

We're-- We're, uh, looking
for country property.
We're ranchers.

-Ranchers?
-Yeah.

-It is funny you say that.
-Why?

We were just having this debate
on the walk over here.

-Maybe you can settle it for us.
-Sure.

How many cattle
can a West Texas scrub
carry per acre?

I was at seven. Thibodeau here
was at 12.

And Steve was out there
at over 20.

What do you think?

[chuckles]

Uh, you know,

my business partner
is the expert on all this,
and he's not here right now.

But, you know,
when he gets back here,
I bet he'll answer that for you.

No worries at all.
Say, we're having a little
gathering here this evening.

-Love for you to join.
-Tonight?

-You bet.
-Oh, man. Y'know, I got
a long day ahead of me.

Well, we'd love to have you
and your friends, too.

Well, thanks again
for the beer and the pizza.
Really appreciate it.

-[chuckles]
-All right, we'll see you
around.

[David] You have a good day now.

One thing we know.

-Those guys are not ranchers.
-Yeah.

-Oh, hey.
-Hey, Gary.

-Catch the game last night?
-Nah, I couldn't.

But I did catch wind
of Mitch Decker's windfall.

Ten million more for HRT, huh?

-Yeah.
-You think that's a good idea?

The world isn't getting
any more peaceful. I don't want
my men being outgunned.

Well, if you put more guns
in people's hands,

they're gonna use 'em.

What does that mean?

There's a paradox to power.

The more force you bring
to a situation,

the more likely you are
to meet resistance.

If we could spend
some of those resources
training agents to negotiate,

I guarantee that you would
invest a lot less in body bags.

We can't talk our way out
of every situation.

This is a good thing, Gary.

A show of force helps bring
people to the negotiating table.

[Gary sighs]

You have a good day, too.
Thanks, Sheriff.

[sighs] Well, it's not
Sheriff Harwell's people.

Well, maybe it's Immigration,

'cause a few people here
from other countries
don't have visas.

I have to go on the record here
and say whoever they are...

it doesn't seem
like the right move
inviting them in.

What do you recommend we do,
then, Steve?

At least keep them
at arm's length.

It's not a bunch of locals
down at Cue Sticks.

Push 'em away, it'll just
make 'em more curious.

Show 'em we have
nothing to hide,
they'll lose interest.

[Wayne] They don't have
probable cause.

If we invite them in,
we'd be essentially giving them
a search warrant.

What are they gonna
find here, Wayne?

A bunch of nice people
studying the Bible?

-Who knows?
-I agree with them.

I don't think
it's worth the risk.

[sighs]

[clears throat]

What do you think, Judy?

You know, when I talk to people
about this place,

they don't understand
what we're all doing here,

but when they come
see for themselves,
then they get it, so...

I don't see any sense
in putting walls up to keep
people out.

This is a confidential
conversation, right?

[man] Can be. What's going on?

I just-- I saw something go down
that I didn't think was right.

-And--
-[man] What's that?

Ruby Ridge.

Yeah, heard that wasn't as clean
as they made it sound.

[Gary] No, it wasn't.
An innocent woman was killed.

It's not sitting well with me,
and, you know, things happen.

I've been involved
when things happen, and...
I'm not looking to burn someone,

but when they're rewarded
for blatant misconduct, I...

[sighs] So, what's this gonna
look like if I decide to file
a complaint

-against one of my peers?
-I'm not gonna lie to you, Gary.

People who file these complaints
do not win any popularity
contests,

but if you do decide to move on
this...

fill out these forms.

I'm not worried about the guns.
We've been pretty careful there.

But, Wayne, where are we
vulnerable?

Your sister, Michelle.
That's where we're vulnerable.

Texas law allows for marriage
at 14 with parental consent,
which you have,

but marrying more than one woman
is illegal.

And sexual relations
with someone under 18
who's not your wife

is also illegal.

Michelle is where you have
a catch-22.

It's statutory rape
or it's polygamy.

Either way,
they could arrest you
and try to take the kids.

[David] Hey, Thibs.
How you doin'?

All right.
What's-What's going on?

[David] Well...

we have a bit
of a situation here.

And we could really use
your help.

When a message as important
as David's comes into the world,

they'll do anything they can to
stop it.

That's why we need
to button things down
from a legal standpoint.

Michelle having
had children with David
is where we have an issue.

I want you to marry Michelle.

That'll solve our problem.

[chuckles]

-Take your time.
-All right. [chuckles]

Uh...

-Whatever you need.
-Thank you.

What's the matter?

You really have to ask?

What is it? Thibodeau?
Do you not wanna marry him?

No, this has nothing to do
with Thibodeau. [sighs]

Then what's it got to do with?

You.

Me?

I was 12 when David
had his vision that he should
take me as his second wife.

And nobody knew what to do
about it...

until your dream telling you
that God demanded it.

And-And just like that,
I became his second wife.

And just like that,
I had Serenity, and...
and just like that,

she might be taken away from me
all because of your dream.

I mean, what about my dream?
Who cared anything
about my dreams?

-Hasn't David been good to you?
-That's not the point.

I love David, but I never
had a choice in any of it.

You think I would choose
to share my husband?

[sobbing]

That dream was real, Michelle.

God demanded it,
and I know you know it, too.

We follow God's lead regardless
of what we might want.

We need to hurry
and get these inside.
Storm's coming.

Our informer who defected
from the group said the guns
are in this room here.

It's on the second floor.
You gotta confirm it.

All right, I'm on it.

Jacob, leave the sidearm.

Come on.

You're gonna send me in there
unarmed?

These guys know guns.
They're gonna-- They're gonna
notice it.

Right now, the plan is
to have two groups of agents
bring ladders to this wall here.

And that's where we'll make
our dynamic entrance
into the gun room.

To get a good shot of you
coming out with the children
and the guns,

I'm gonna need my camera guy
embedded with your men.

Angela, that's too close
to the line of fire.

Ed, you brought me in
to manage the press.
Let me do my job.

[knocking on door]

Oh, hey. Uh, David asked me
to drop by.

-Here I am. [chuckles]
-Okay. Yeah, come on in.

-He's in the chapel, so...
-He is?

Yeah. We're about to start
our evening Bible study.

-Uh, it's in there.
-Oh, okay. Thank you.

[Rachel] Who are you?

Jacob.

-My name's Jacob.
David invited me over.
-These are the women's quarters.

-You're not allowed
to be up here.
-Oh, hey, I'm terribly sorry.

I just got lost.
I was looking for the chapel.

Chapel's this way. Come with me.

Okay.

Just like the newspaper
gives you the hot scoop

of what happened yesterday...

scripture gives you
the hot scoop of what's
going to happen.

The Bible is a book of
prophecy...

that talks about all of us here
in this room.

Now, we know
the Book of Revelation
speaks of what?

-[all] The Seven Seals.
-The Seven Seals.

And the opening
of those seven seals
will bring the end times,

when God will establish
His kingdom here on earth.

And it also talks about a what?

-[all] Lamb.
-[David] A lamb.

A lamb who can open
those seven seals for the rest
of the world to understand.

I am that lamb.

Now, I've already proven to you
how the first four seals
have been opened.

We here in this room have
been brought to Mount Carmel
to open the fifth.

How do we know when that's
gonna happen?

[sighs]

Opening the fifth seal...

as I've been telling you
for years...

will begin when the armies
of Babylon come to our door
to spill our blood.

We will then be tested,
mind, body, and spirit.

[Rachel murmurs]

[David clears his throat]

[whispering]

Not all of us will stay
for those final moments.

But those that do...

will have a special place
in God's kingdom.

It's a big choice.

The biggest one
you'll ever face.

Now...

[sighs] It's been brought
to my attention...

that someone here has broken
a rule.

And in order to make an example
of them...

I'm gonna give him a licking...

in front of all of you.

Follow me.

Who snuck in here and ate the
ice cream?

Who was it?

I did it, Dad.

Come here.

You placed this ice cream
ahead of all of them
in this room.

Are you ready for your licking?

Yes, Dad.

All right, then.

-Go on, then.
-[woman chuckles]

[all chuckling]

If we're all just one body
here...

Cyrus' sins are all our sins,

and we are all guilty
of putting ourselves first.

And for that...

we all deserve the same
punishment.

[all chuckling]

You had your fill. Go on.

[child] I'm getting one?

[Jacob] So, uh, what are
all these people doing here?

This is a place where people
come to find answers, Jacob.

-Answers to what?
-Whatever questions they have.

The world isn't always
a friendly place. It can really
grind a person up,

break their spirit,
throw 'em out like garbage.

Here, we take in that garbage...

clean it up, put 'em back
together again.

For some reason,
pain makes some men hateful

and others kind.

You have that kindness.

Thanks.

If I had to guess,
you were raised by women.

Yeah. Yeah, my mom.

Me too. Mom and Grandma.

Your mom, she still alive?

Yeah.

Something wrong with her?

Well, she's got dementia.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Yeah, well, my mom
lived her life exactly how
God wanted her to,

and then God
pays her back like this?

I mean, come on.

You know the shortest verse
in the Bible, Jacob?

Nah.

-"Jesus wept."
-"Jesus wept."

One of the biggest problems
we have as people today is,
for some reason,

they have it in their head
that they shouldn't have
any troubles.

-Ah.
-That suffering is a mistake.

-Or it's unfair.
-Mm.

Or it's God being ornery.

But what if suffering
is the point...

so that we can learn to let go
and be easy in the spirit?

You might think you know
the reason why you're here...

but I know why
you're really here.

God brought you to me...

to help you find your way.

[shaking hands]

[both grunting]

Ah! What's wrong?

I started to enjoy myself.

You can enjoy yourself
a little bit, David.
I am your wife.

I know. But we can't succumb
to the pleasures of the flesh.

We have to rise above that,
as hard as it can be sometimes.

What if it is Child Services?

Usually, agents
from Child Protective Services
are women, not men.

But what if it is?

David, we follow
Talmudic law here.

We live our lives by the rules
laid out in the Bible,

and we all here believe that's
the right thing to do, but...

those men live by man's law,
not God's.

I worry that if we're going
to be judged by man's law,

we're more vulnerable
than you think.

What are you really scared of?

I'm afraid they're gonna
come after our children.

No. They can't.
They don't have the right.

But what if they think they have
the right? What then?

[Jacob] Hey, Ed.

What's, uh--
What's all this about?

Operation Showtime.

-Oh.
-We're planning the assault.

-So, where you at?
-Well, I've been inside.

I searched the floor
the informant had flagged down,

and, uh, I couldn't--
I couldn't find any weapons.

The weapons are in there.
I need you to step up
your efforts.

Get creative if you have to.

If you want the guy that bad,
he jogs past our place
every morning,

so you can pick him up then
and there if you want him.

And how many joggers
have you seen being arrested
on the news?

-I'm sorry, and you are?
-I'm Angela Duke.

Special agent in charge
of publicity for the ATF.

Look, right now, all I can get
is a knock-and-serve
search warrant.

I need more than that.
You have to find me something.

I'm on it.

I had a friend run our
neighbors' plates,

and they're all registered
to a government building
in Houston.

They're federal agents
of some kind.

We don't know that.

-[Wayne sighs]
-David...

what more do you need?

They're not ranchers.
Why are you refusing
to see this?

Steven... you yourself came here
to disprove me.

But when I showed you the truth,
did you not believe me?

-Yes or no?
-Yes. Yes.

Wayne, your wife
dragged you here
kicking and screaming.

But when I showed you
the truth about your son,
did you not believe me?

Yes or no?

You both stayed. Why?

Because there are people
in this world that can hear
the truth.

That man, he's searching.

God sent him to me.
Who am I to turn him away?

David, your heart is in
the right place.

But... you are opening us up
to a whole lot of trouble.

Why take the chance?

Because I can turn him.

[phone ringing]

-Hello?
-Hey, Mom.

-Hey!
-I got some good news.

Are you still down
in that commune in Texas?

Mount Carmel. Yeah, still here.

Yeah, well,
I saved up enough money
to get a ticket.

I wanna come down
and see this place that got you
so interested in the Bible

-all of a sudden.
-Yeah, maybe soon, Mom.

[chuckles] Why, it's like
you're afraid I'm gonna tell
that David joker

that the Bible's just
a bunch of man shit,
which it is, by the way.

Yeah, that's kinda my worry.
[chuckles]

So, what's the big news?

Um...

I'm gonna try to fly up
and visit you soon.

-Okay?
-Yeah.

Yeah, I'd like that.

Dave, listen.

I know you found
something there that means
a lot to you,

but I just want you
to remember to keep a little bit
of yourself for yourself.

Okay?

-Yeah, Ma, I will.
-Love you.

Okay. Love you, too. Bye.

You look nice.

Thanks.

Thank you, Thibs...

for all that you're doing
for us.

Yeah, no, it's...

I don't wanna
see anything happen
to you or Serenity, so...

[chuckles] That's sweet.

Stop being so nervous.
It's not like we're actually...

[giggles] ...getting married.

You know, nothing's expected
of you.

Well, it'd be okay
if you did expect a little.

I can handle it.

Come on, Thibs,
you know you can't see the bride
on her wedding day.

-It's bad luck.
-Oh. Okay.

All right, here it is.

What do you think?

It's-- It's beautiful.

Was that your dress
when you married Steve?

Yeah. Hey. Michelle,
I know your mom's not here,

but she'd want you to have
something nice for your big day,
something special.

-Go on, try it on.
-[chuckles] Okay.

Uh, you know, I've been meaning
to talk to you about something.

-Yeah.
-Um...

Just be careful giving David
advice.

What's that?

Well, it's just...
you're the mother
to one of his children now.

You might not think
that makes a difference,
but it does.

He'll listen to you now.
So I need you to measure
your words a bit better, Judy.

See, when I speak,
I speak for all the mothers,
not just myself.

Just... need you to follow
my lead a little better.

[door opens]

-Mind if I bend your ear
for a minute?
-Sure. What's going on?

A friend came to see me.

Word is you're thinking
of filing a complaint.

Look, Gary, I don't know
what your problem is with me,

but I don't have
a problem with you,
and I don't want one.

When I negotiate,
I always try to see
five steps ahead, you know?

But you have a tendency
to react

to what's going on
in the moment.

Sometimes you don't see
the big picture.

Say what you wanna say, Noesner.

I see the direction the Bureau's
heading in, and I don't like it.

You know as well as I do
the more firepower you get,

the less chance I get
to solve things peacefully.

You really see yourself
as some kinda Boy Scout,
don't ya?

But you're digging
in the same filth
as the rest of us.

Your hands are no cleaner
than mine.

Remember Sperryville?

I do.

Take a look
at the big picture here.

Look five steps ahead
of what happens...

if you decide
to come after me now.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Barry] All right.
Come on, let's go over it again.

-I got it. I'm telling you,
I got it.
-Do you?

Yeah. So, I go to the wedding,

and I show him my illegal gun,
and he'll show me
his illegal guns.

We good? You happy?

Is there a problem?

Come on, man.
This whole thing
doesn't smell to you?

-'Cause it really smells to me.
-They wanna do this,
we gotta do it.

And don't forget,
this guy belongs in jail.
You're good, right?

[David] Glad you made it!

I was just thinking about you.
Thanks for coming.

-So was I.
-Come on in.

[playing "Here Comes the Bride"]

We're all here together today
to celebrate love and family.

Because that's what
it's all about, isn't it?

Do you, David Thibodeau,
take Michelle here
to be your wife?

I do.

And do you, Michelle,

take this rock star,
David Thibodeau,
to be your husband?

I do.

Then I pronounce y'all
husband and wife.

Go on, then. Kiss your bride.

Go on.

-[rock music playing]
-Congratulations.

* Ooh *

* Something's got a hold
on me now *

* It's a feeling *

* Burning like a log
on fire *

* Hold me tight, baby *

[David] "The young women
will dance for joy,

and the men, old and young,
will join in the celebration.

I will turn
their mourning to joy.
I will comfort them."

You know what that is, right?
That's scripture.

It means get your butt out there
and enjoy yourself.

Nah, man, I'm not a dancer.
I don't do that.

Shyness is a sin.

You're safe here. So, let it go
even for just an hour or two.

Don't make me, man.
Don't make me--

All right, you're making me
do this.

-You ready?
-No, come on.

-Hey, everyone! Everybody stop!
-[music stops]

This is Jacob.
He lives across the street.

And I could tell he's a real
good guy.

So, who here wants to be
his friend?

[all chuckling]

-[whispering]
That's a lot of people.
-It sure is.

You gotta let it go.

-[chuckles]
-You gotta let it go.

-Come on.
-I promise you,
you'll have a good time.

-Here we go.
-[music resumes]

Come on, Jacob!

* I think I'm in love *

* Love, love *

* It's gotta be love *

* Love, love *

* I think I'm in love *

* Love, love *

[door closes]

[Carol] You're home late.

Yeah, I had some drinks
after work.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

You don't seem fine, Gary.

He was right.

-Who was right?
-Mitch.

He's right.
I'm no better than him.

What are you talking about?

Sperryville.

There was a guy.
He had his ex-wife
and his kid at gunpoint.

I must've talked to this man
for 13 hours.

And then I tricked him
into stepping outside
so we could kill him.

And we killed him.
We shot him right in the neck.

He looked so confused
to be dying.

And the worst part is...

I didn't feel anything.

Nothing at all.

My fifth child
almost died at birth.

He was rendered
blind and disabled,

and to be honest, it broke me.

You know what a messiah is?

Like Jesus?

Messiah means "anointed one."

The Hebrew word it comes from
means "anyone who turns
your eyes to God."

-Okay.
-When I met David...

he told me, "Your son, Jamie...

he's your messiah.

He has turned your eyes to God.

This disabled child of yours
is the greatest gift
you've ever known,

and you're the blind one
if you can't see it."

Thank you, Wayne.

Jacob, your mother's suffering
has opened your eyes to God.

Tell me, if she were given
the choice...

if God came to her...

and gave her the option
that she could suffer terribly,

but the result would be
that her baby boy would find
a deeper way of life...

do you think she would've chosen
this suffering?

-I don't know.
-Jacob, your mother...

she's your messiah.

Jacob...

Do you have a gun on you?

[suspenseful music playing]

[chuckles]

Yeah. I totally forgot
that I had it on me. [chuckles]

Give it to me.

Why would you bring a gun
to a wedding?

I just got it recently
at a gun show.

Empty this mag, Wayne.

No, you didn't.
You didn't get this
at a gun show.

This trigger's been modified.
It's illegal.

Don't you ever bring
something like this...

around here again.

That was kind of a nice day,
wasn't it?

Yeah.

The best I ever had.

Me too.

[both chuckle]

-[footsteps approaching]
-[David] Hey, guys.

I wanna thank you for
what you did today.

You helped this family.

Both of you.

Sure.

But you know the rules.

No men allowed
up in the women's quarters.

Right, sorry.

Son of a bitch.

-This could ruin everything.
-No, we're gonna figure it out.

You were brought in to control
this shit!

-You can't even control
a local newspaper!
-If we--

I don't want to hear it!
Now, they'll know
something's up!

This could blow the element
of surprise!

Phil, it's Ed.

Gear everyone up.

Shit.

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

[chuckles]

You look lost.

Yeah. Uh, there doesn't seem
to be any street signs out here.

-What you looking for?
-A place called Mount Carmel.

-Uh, it says here it's on...
-Double EE Road.

-Yeah.
-Yeah, I know the place.

Great.

-Something going on there?
-Oh!

-[camera shutter clicks]
-[Nate] "Sinful Messiah."

It's catchy. "If you're
a Branch Davidian, Christ lives
on a threadbare piece of land

ten miles east of Waco
called Mount Carmel."

"Married his legal wife
when she was 14."

[shutter clicks]

"Enjoys a beer now and then,
plays a mean guitar,
packs a 9mm Glock,

keeps an arsenal
of military assault rifles,

and willingly admits that
he is a sinner without equal."

You know "messiah"
doesn't mean Jesus, right?

-What's that?
-They're making him sound

like David thinks
he's Jesus or something,
you know what I mean?

-Oh, David?
-Yeah. What?

-Is he getting in your head?
-Shut up!

Okay, be back in a moment.

All right, so gentlemen,
this raid is going down today.
Plans have changed.

We need you
to go in there and make sure
they don't know we're coming.

[Thibodeau] David?

[David] Jacob.

Come on in.

-Next time.
-Hey, hey, I gotta go to work.

Say goodbye to Daddy.

-Be good. Be good for Mom.
-Say, "Goodbye, Dad."

-Dad.
-Hmm?

Where's David?

So, what you reading there?

You know what I'm reading.

A bunch of lies.

Hey, David.
There's a phone call for you.

Not right now.

It's important, David.
You need to take this call.

Stay right here.

-What is it?
-Something's going down.

Some news guy
asked me directions here.
I saw a bunch of agents.

-[David] Are you sure?
-Yeah. They're all suited up.

They're coming, David,
right now.

They're coming today,
aren't they?

Uh... who's coming? [stammering]
I don't know what you're
talking about.

I know who you are.

And I know who you work for.

I'm just a rancher.

I figured if God
brought you to me,
who am I to turn you away?

And I'd like to think...

you've gotten to know
who we really are,
not what's in this garbage.

And I know you have a job to do.

But you can stop this.

I'm sorry, but I-- I gotta go.

Jacob, you have the power to
stop this.

So, stop it!

They know!
They know we're coming!
We gotta call it off!

-Get Ed.
-Ed, Vasquez.

Ed, they know.
They know we're coming.
You gotta call it off, man.

-[Ed] Did you see any weapons?
-No.

Was there a call to arms?

Not that I saw.
Ed, you gotta call it off.
They know we're coming.

Ed? Ed. Ed!

They know. Ed, they know.

Ed.

[knocking]

-Hey.
-Hey.

So, there may be some cops
coming here for David.

And there's a chance
we'll all be asked to leave
the property.

So, you might wanna,
I don't know, put some things
together, just in case.

Will you hold her?

[helicopter whirring]

[engine starts]

[tires screeching]

Stop!

They know you're coming! Stop!

Hey, they know you're coming!

Stop! They know you're coming!
They know you're coming!

Stop!