Laura Marsland

I can see that the show is wanting to tell both sides of the story. The script has been written, based off the books, by David Thibodeau (member of the Davidson Branch who survived the Waco siege) and Gary Noesner (Head Negotiator for FBI). But like all Hollywood productions, ‘based on’ stories, there is going to be “fluff”. If you can keep that in mind the show does a good job of showing a piece of history in two perspectives. One supporting Freedom of Religion and one expressing concerns of Political influence, over Government policy. The concern being that the Government is more concerned with budgets, and spending, then actual justice or protecting the people. It has also reflected the prejudices given, to those, who practice a religion, or have a belief, others simply don’t understand or agree with. As well as the contrast in personality within a single entity, wether it be a religious group or government agency. As well as the conflict between agencies. It’s a sad story that is, in part, American history. Again, if you can look past the Hollywood fluff, this story does give an insight to mistakes made, mistakes made from all angles. And maybe, hopefully, the story can plant seeds of acceptances, into the minds of younger audiences. And not just acceptance but a different view of what government intervention can look like. And what a different perspective and/or motivations can lead to. At the end of the day this is a story designed to entertain, with the hope of giving alternate perspectives, not to be a documentary. And that is exactly what it is, a story with alternate perspectives.