The Strangers Across the Street
- Folge lief am 31. Jan. 2018
- TV-14
- 48 Min.
Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuATF agent Jacob Vasquez begins undercover surveillance and befriends David Koresh.ATF agent Jacob Vasquez begins undercover surveillance and befriends David Koresh.ATF agent Jacob Vasquez begins undercover surveillance and befriends David Koresh.
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WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesWhen Gary Noesner and Mitch Decker debate their difference in tactics, Decker questions whether Gary remembers what happened in Sperryville. The Sperryville case is the first one Noesner recounts in his memoir "Stalling for Time".
- PatzerEd Wiggins and his media liaison are taken by surprise when they see the "Sinful Messiah" article in the Waco Tribune-Herald. The ATF had actually been aware of the article and tried to stop its publication.
- Zitate
David Koresh: Say, we're having a little gathering here this evening. Love for you to join.
Jacob Vazquez: Tonight?
David Koresh: You bet.
Jacob Vazquez: Oh, man. Y'know, I... I got a long day ahead of me.
David Koresh: Well, we'd love to have you, and your friends, too.
Jacob Vazquez: Well, thanks again for the beer and the pizza. Really appreciate it.
David Koresh: All right. We'll see you around.
[as Jacob heads back into the house, David, Thibs, and Steve turn to leave]
David Koresh: You have a good day, now. One thing we know. Those guys are not ranchers.
- VerbindungenFeatured in The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards (2018)
This episode certainly could leave viewers ready to see the next one, of the BATF raid.
The flaws of this episode are errors of omission, such as:
Much of the story of the BATF investigation is omitted. The BATF is present at gun shows, and would have known that the firearms parts, accessories, and other merchandise sold by the Branch Davidian at gun shows was completely legal. It would have been interesting to have a scene at a gun show, showing a Branch Davidian table.
It omits the fact the way the BATF obtained its search warrant. The affidavit for the warrant describes, for example separate upper and lower receivers for AK rifles, which don't exist. The affidavit also cites claims by former Davidian Marc Bareult as a witness to what he had seen, although he was legally blind.
It omits the fact that the BATF relied on information provided by "cult buster" groups such as the Cult Awareness Network for information. The "deprograming movement" of a few decades ago has been discredited.
It omits that entire story of the Waco Press Tribunes article, "The Failed Messiah," and the investigation of that.
Despite the omissions, this episode is very good. To cover the points I have brought up it would take at least one, if not two episodes, and this who produced this min-series probably had to deal with things such as "time-inits," and a "budget."
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- 2. Feb. 2018