Waco: The Aftermath
Waco: The Aftermath is an American television miniseries developed by John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle that premiered on April 16, 2023, on Showtime. The five-episode series is a sequel to the 2018 miniseries Waco, which dramatizes the 1993 standoff between the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. The sequel series portrays the aftermath of the siege and the trials of the surviving members of the Branch Davidians. The cast includes Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, John Leguizamo, and Annika Marks, who reprise their roles from the Waco miniseries.
Cast and characters
Main
- Michael Shannon as Gary Noesner, an FBI hostage negotiator
- Giovanni Ribisi as Dan Cogdell, a trial lawyer for the Branch Davidians
- Keean Johnson as Vernon Howell, a young David Koresh
- Abbey Lee as Carol Howe, a former Southern debutante turned neo-Nazi, turned government informant
- Alex Breaux as Timothy McVeigh, a notorious domestic terrorist
- John Hoogenakker as Clive Doyle, David Koresh's first follower within the Branch Davidians
- Kali Rocha as Ruth Riddle, one of the Davidians on trial and the possibility of life in jail
- Michael Luwoye as Livingstone Fagan, one of the Davidians on trial
- Michael Cassidy as Bill Johnston, the lead prosecutor in the trial of the Branch Davidians
- Sasheer Zamata as Angie Graham, an experienced ATF agent
- David Costabile as Walter [Scott Smith Jr.|Judge Smith], who oversees the trial of Branch Davidians
Recurring
- J. Smith-Cameron as Lois Roden, the leader and Prophetess of the Branch Davidians
- Gary Cole as Gordon Novel, a private investigator
- Shea Whigham as Mitch Decker, the FBI agent who managed the situation leading up the siege
- John Leguizamo as Jacob Vasquez, an ATF agent who worked undercover during the lead up to Waco
- Annika Marks as Kathy Schroeder, one of the surviving Branch Davidians
- Nicholas Kolev as Paul Fatta, one of the Davidians on trial
- Michael Vincent Berry as George Roden, one of the early leaders of the Davidian sect
- Alexis Berent as Rachel Jones, the first and only legal wife of Vernon Howell
- Matthew Menalo as Rocket Rosen, a prosecutor in Texas, who worked with Cogdell
- Mark Speno as Doug Tinker, a defense attorney in Texas, who worked with Cogdell
- Seamus Dever as Andy the German.
Episodes