Waco

About Waco

The harrowing true story of the 1993 standoff between the FBI, ATF and the Branch Davidians, a spiritual sect led by David Koresh in Waco, TX that resulted in a deadly shootout and fire.

Waco is a crime series that ran on Paramount Network. The series is filed under FBI, cult, cult leader, and negotiator.

It ran for one season of 6 episodes between January 2018 and February 2018.

Michael Shannon leads the cast as Gary Noesner, Taylor Kitsch as David Koresh, Rory Culkin as David Thibodeau, and Paul Sparks as Steve Schneider. It is adapted from real events.

American members can watch it on Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV channel, and Paramount Plus Essential. Millennium, Twin Peaks, and Black Bird make useful companions to Waco, all filed under 1990s. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 260 votes and it carries a TV-14 rating.