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6. Day 51

5. Stalling for Time

4. Of Milk and Men

3. Operation Showtime

Cast

Michael Shannon (Gary Noesner)Taylor Kitsch (David Koresh)Andrea Riseborough (Judy Schneider)Paul Sparks (Steve Schneider)Rory Culkin (David Thibodeau)Shea Whigham (Mitch Decker)Melissa Benoist (Rachel Koresh)Julia Garner (Michele Jones)Demore Barnes (Wayne Martin)Vivien Lyra Blair (Serenity)J.B. Tuttle (Davey Jones)Duncan Joiner (Cyrus)Camryn Manheim (Balenda Thibodeau)Annika Marks (Kathy Schroeder)Tait Fletcher (Brad Branch)Glenn Fleshler (Tony Prince)Eric Lange (Ron Engelman)Michael Hyland (Walter Graves)

Creators

John Erick Dowdle, Salvatore Stabile, David Thibodeau, Gary W. Noesner, Leon Whiteson, Drew Dowdle, Sarah Nicole Jones

Synopsis

The FBI and ATF seize religious leader David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993.

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