Waco: The Aftermath

When you look at Isaiah in relationship

to the New Testament,

you get whole new interpretations of it,

don't you?

For example, Jesus wasn't the messiah.

He was a messiah.

He wasn't even the first,

and sure as heck won't be the last.

Messiah comes from the Hebrew "Mashiach."

Who here knows what that word means?

"An anointed one."

Good.

And many were anointed.

King David, Noah, Daniel.

There are dozens of messiahs in the Old Testament.

But, but the word means more than that.

A messiah is a savior, a liberator.

"One lamb you shall offer in the morning

and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight."

Meaning...

there are only two messiahs.

Yashua, or Jesus the Christ,

and the Lamb,

who will open the scroll.

Exodus 29:39.

Two Messiahs...

not dozens.

So you think the next time we see a messiah,

it will be the second lamb who will open up the seven seals

and usher in the end of the world?

I guess that depends on how you read Revelation.

What's your name?

Livingstone.

Well, Livingstone,

you're an obstinate son-of-a-gun, ain't you?

- - You have no idea.

You know, it's rare I speak to someone

with such deep understanding of scripture.

I feel like I've learned more

in the last two hours with you than...

in the last two years at this college.

- - Well...

it seems to me like you know what you need to do.

And what's that?

I got a place in Texas

where there's a whole group of us.

We study scripture together,

and we follow the rules set out by the Bible.

It's a pretty great life.

You should join us.

We could use someone like you,

the mind of a theologian.

To Texas?

Sometimes... God has bigger plans for us

than we could ever dream up ourselves.

Tell you this, just come for a visit.

See if you believe God is there.

After we were forced out of Mount Carmel,

we didn't know where to go.

We were a lost tribe like those mentioned

in 2nd Kings, being tested by God.

And then we found this place,

a place to heal and rebuild.

We call it New Palestine.

This is right here is where we have our church services.

Nothing too fancy, but we get by.

Uh, you're living in a real Christian commune,

like the Bible teaches.

Is this Livingstone?

Welcome! Uh.

Vernon says you are the smartest man

he's ever met.

Oh, I've spent a lot of years studying.

- You're Australian? - I am.

Yeah, we've got people here from all over the world.

People like you who have been called to this place.

So, uh, good news,

Lois rang this morning.

She's accepted your invitation to Passover dinner.

Really?

Maybe she's ready to bury the hatchet.

Well, that's good.

That's really good.

You're in luck.

Came here in an exciting time.

Welcome to the Promised Land, Livingstone.

Get up.

Why?

You gotta be strip-searched

before you can go exercise in the yard,

same as every day.

Fine. I won't exercise, then.

Well, that's not up to you.

Get up.

I said get up.

And I said...

I will not.

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I met some oddballs in my time, but none of them

ever followed me into the men's room before.

Not unless you were paying them.

The guy was kind of making sense by the end though.

What's this guy's name?

Uh, the card said, uh, "Noh-vel" or Novel, or I don't know.

Gordon Novel?

Oh, he's the real deal.

Yeah, he's, he's CIA from way back.

- Bullshit. - No, really.

You know that photo of J. Edgar Hoover

wearing a lady's dress?

- Novel leaked it. - Stop.

Hey. Man's crazy, but he's connected.

I wonder how he got it.

Hot off the presses!

Ah.

Monday's discovery list.

Oh, shit.

What?

Jamie Helliver.

They're putting him on the stand on Monday.

Helliver is the ATF agent who claims Livingstone Fagan

shot him, our first eyewitness to attempted murder.

Says two white guys and a Black guy shot him.

Can't ID the white guys, but what do you know,

the one Black guy that survives, that's the one who shot him.

Tell me that's a coincidence.

I won't, but I will tell you

we're not gonna win painting the ATF as racist.

- You don't know that. - No, I do know that.

You never win these things from up on a soapbox.

This can't be about race. Not in Texas.

No, we just need something we can use

to plant some shred of doubt

in the jury's mind and then move on.

Take our lumps on this one. That's it.

Yeah.

So, who's doing the cross?

Helliver is going to ID my client.

- My client, my witness. - It's just...

you can get a little emotional up there, Rocket.

Look, y'all keep saying we're a team, right?

Well, that means you guys gotta trust me.

No, we do trust you.

But maybe I can help you prep.

All right? Now, let me ask you something.

What does Livingstone say about Helliver's claims?

Nothing.

All he ever does is quote Bible verses.

Doesn't know how to help himself.

Well then, maybe we should head down there tomorrow

and have a little chat, see if we can't shake something loose.

We?

Good morning, Livingstone.

We need to talk to you about what happened

on the first day of the siege.

I told you, I have no interest in discussing that.

You have no interest in being acquitted?

I won't be acquitted.

How do you know?

Because I've spent the better part of my life

studying the Bible.

Never ends well for apostles.

They're trying to silence us

because they know we're speaking the truth.

No, there's no conspiracy, it's a Federal trial.

There's always a gag order.

Look, you need to fight this thing

in a courtroom and not through theologians.

I will not.

So you're just gonna let them run over you?

They've already rolled over me!

- Okay. - You seem to be the only one

who doesn't see that.

I'm sorry.

That's what they want. They...

They want me to...

fight back,

so they can smile as they watch me suffer.

But...

I will not give them that satisfaction!

They've killed everyone I love,

but I will never let them see me suffer!

Okay.

Never.

I appreciate what you're trying to do.

I don't mean to be obstinate, but...

I don't have a lot of time.

The Romans are coming.

The Romans?

St. Paul, who spread the word of Christ,

he was beheaded by the Romans.

Okay. Well, I feel like we're getting

a little off topic here.

Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute.

Didn't St. Paul ask for an appeal?

- What? - Yeah.

You know, after he was thrown in prison,

he appealed his case to the Caesar?

You're a biblical scholar now?

No, 12 years of Catholic school, I hated every minute of it.