Waco (TV Mini Series)

The Strangers Across the Street (2018)

John Leguizamo: Jacob Vazquez

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• 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.

• Nate Madrono : "Sinful Messiah." It's catchy. "If you're a Branch Davidian, Christ lives on a threadbare piece of land ten miles east of Waco called Mount Carmel. Married his legal wife when she was fourteen. Enjoys a beer now and then, plays a mean guitar, packs a 9mm Glock, keeps an arsenal of military assault rifles, and willingly admits that he is a sinner without equal."

  Jacob Vazquez : You know "messiah" doesn't mean "Jesus", right?

  Nate Madrono : What's that?

  Jacob Vazquez : Well, they... they're making him sound like... like... like David thinks he's Jesus or something, you know what I mean?

  Nate Madrono : Oh, David?

  Jacob Vazquez : Yeah. What?

  Nate Madrono : Is he getting in your head?

  Jacob Vazquez : Shut up!

• Jacob Vazquez : Hey, how's it going? Can I help you with anything?

  David Koresh : Yeah, we saw you guys just moved in across the street, and, well, we wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood. I'm David.

  Jacob Vazquez : [shaking hands]  Jacob.

  David Koresh : Nice to meet you. Consider this a little housewarming.

  Jacob Vazquez : [he's handed a pizza box and a case of beer]  Ah! Oh, thank you. Oh, wow. Hey, I... I'd invite you in, but, um, I haven't got any furniture yet.

  David Koresh : Oh, not a problem.

• David Koresh : So, uh, what brings you boys all the way out here?

  Jacob Vazquez : We're... we're, uh, looking for country properties. We're-we're ranchers.

  David Koresh : Ranchers?

  Jacob Vazquez : Yeah.

  David Koresh : It is funny you say that.

  Jacob Vazquez : Why?

  David Koresh : We were just having this debate on the walk over here. Maybe you can settle it for us.

  Jacob Vazquez : Sure.

  David Koresh : How many cattle can a West Texas scrub carry per acre? I was at seven. Thibodeau here was at twelve. And Steve was way out there at over twenty. What... what do you think?

  Jacob Vazquez : Uh, you know, my business partner is the expert on all this, and he's not here right now. But, you know, when he gets back here, I bet he'll answer that for you.

  David Koresh : No worries at all.

• Barry Skinner : Our informer who defected from the group said the guns are in this room here. It's on the second floor. You gotta confirm it.

  Jacob Vazquez : All right, I'm on it.

  Barry Skinner : Jacob, leave the sidearm.

  Jacob Vazquez : Come on. You're sending me in there unarmed?

  Barry Skinner : These guys know guns. They're gonna... they're gonna notice it.

• Rachel Koresh : Who are you?

  Jacob Vazquez : Jacob. My name's Jacob. David invited me over.

  Rachel Koresh : These are the women's quarters. You're not allowed to be up here.

  Jacob Vazquez : Oh, hey, hey, I'm terribly sorry. I... I just got lost. I was looking for the... for the chapel.

  Rachel Koresh : [after a tense moment]  Chapel's this way. Come with me.

• Jacob Vazquez : So, uh, what are all these people doing here?

  David Koresh : This is a place where people come to find answers, Jacob.

  Jacob Vazquez : Find answers to what?

  David Koresh : Whatever questions they have. The world isn't always a friendly place. It can really grind a person up, break their spirit, throw 'em out like garbage. Here, we take in that garbage, clean it up, put 'em back together again. For some reason, pain makes some men hateful and others kind. You have that kindness.

• David Koresh : If I had to guess, you were raised by women.

  Jacob Vazquez : Yeah. Yeah, my mom.

  David Koresh : Me, too. Mom and grandma. Your mom, she still alive?

  Jacob Vazquez : Yeah.

  David Koresh : Something wrong with her?

  Jacob Vazquez : Well, she's got dementia.

  David Koresh : I'm sorry to hear that.

  Jacob Vazquez : Yeah, well, my mom lived her life exactly how God wanted her to, and then God pays her back like this? I mean, come on.

• David Koresh : You know the shortest verse in the Bible, Jacob?

  Jacob Vazquez : Nah.

  David Koresh : "Jesus wept."

  Jacob Vazquez : "Jesus wept."

  David Koresh : One of the biggest problems we have as people today is, for some reason, they have it in their head that they shouldn't have any troubles. That suffering is a mistake. Or it's unfair.

  Jacob Vazquez : Mm.

  David Koresh : Or it's God being ornery. But what if suffering is the point, so that we can learn to let go and be easy in the spirit? You might think you know the reason why you're here, but I know why you're really here. God brought you to me to help you find your way.

• Jacob Vazquez : Hey, Ed. What's, uh... what's all this about?

  Edward Wiggins : Operation Showtime.

  Jacob Vazquez : Oh.

  Edward Wiggins : We're planning the assault. So, where you at?

  Jacob Vazquez : Well, I... I've been inside. I searched the floor the informant had flagged down, and, uh, I couldn't... I couldn't find any weapons.

  Edward Wiggins : Well, the weapons are in there. I need you to step up your efforts. Get creative if you have to.

  Jacob Vazquez : Look, if you want the guy that bad, he jogs past our place every morning, so you can pick him up right then and there if you want him.

  Angela Duke : And how many joggers have you seen being arrested on the news?

  Jacob Vazquez : I'm sorry, and you are?

  Angela Duke : I'm Angela Duke. Special agent in charge of publicity for the ATF.

  Edward Wiggins : Look, right now, all I can get is a knock-and-serve search warrant. I need more than that. You have to find me something.

• Wayne Martin : My fifth child almost died at birth. He was rendered blind and disabled, and to be honest, it broke me. You know what a messiah is?

  Jacob Vazquez : Like Jesus?

  Wayne Martin : "Messiah" means "anointed one." The Hebrew word it comes from means "anyone who turns your eyes to God."

  Jacob Vazquez : Okay.

  Wayne Martin : When I met David, he told me "Your son, Jamie, he's your messiah. He has turned your eyes to God. This disabled child of yours is the greatest gift you've ever known, and you're the blind one if you can't see it."

  David Koresh : Thank you, Wayne. Jacob, your mother's suffering has opened your eyes to God. Tell me, if she were given the choice, if God came to her and gave her the option that she could suffer terribly, but the result would be that her baby boy would find a deeper way of life, do you think she would've chosen this suffering?

  Jacob Vazquez : I don't kow.

  David Koresh : Jacob, your mother, she's your messiah.

• David Koresh : Jacob, do you have a gun on you?

  Jacob Vazquez : Yeah. I totally forgot I had it on me.

  David Koresh : Give it to me.

  Steve Schneider : [Jacob hands the gun over]  Why would you bring a gun to a wedding?

  Jacob Vazquez : I got... I got... I just got it recently at a gun show.

  David Koresh : [tossing the clip to Wayne]  Empty this mag, Wayne.

  [checking the inner parts] 

  David Koresh : No, you didn't. You didn't get this at a gun show. This trigger's been modified. It's illegal.

  [handing the gun back] 

  David Koresh : Don't you ever bring something like this around here again.

• Jacob Vazquez : So, what you reading there?

  David Koresh : You know what I'm reading. A bunch of lies.

• David Koresh : They're coming today, aren't they?

  Jacob Vazquez : I... uh... who's coming? I-I don't know what you're talking about.

  David Koresh : I know who you are. And I know who you work for.

  Jacob Vazquez : I'm just a rancher.

  David Koresh : I figured if God brought you to me, who am I to turn you away? And I'd like to think you've gotten to know who we really are, not what's in this garbage. And I know you have a job to do. But you can stop this.

• Jacob Vazquez : They know! They know we're coming! We gotta call it off! Get Ed.

  Barry Skinner : [on the phone]  Ed, Vazquez.

  Jacob Vazquez : [taking the receiver]  Ed, they know. They know we're coming. You gotta call it off, man.

  Edward Wiggins : Did you see any weapons?

  Jacob Vazquez : No.

  Edward Wiggins : Was there a call to arms?

  Jacob Vazquez : Not that I saw. Ed, you gotta call it off. They know we're coming.