Waco (TV Mini Series)

The Strangers Across the Street (2018)

Demore Barnes: Wayne Martin

Quotes 

• David Koresh : Well, it's not Sheriff Harwell's people.

  Judy Schneider : Well, maybe it's Immigration, 'cause a few people here from other countries don't have visas.

  Steve Schneider : I have to go on the record here and say whoever they are, it doesn't seem like the right move inviting them in.

  David Koresh : What do you recommend we do, then, Steve?

  Steve Schneider : At least keep them at arm's length. It's not a bunch of locals down at Cue Sticks.

  David Koresh : Push 'em away, it'll just make 'em more curious. Show 'em we have nothing to hide, they'll lose interest.

  Wayne Martin : They don't have probable cause. If we invite them in, we'd be essentially giving them a search warrant.

  David Koresh : What are they gonna find here, Wayne? A bunch of nice people studying the Bible?

  Wayne Martin : Who knows?

  Rachel Koresh : I agree with them. I don't think it's worth the risk.

  David Koresh : What do you think, Judy?

  Judy Schneider : You know, when I talk to people about this place, they don't understand what we're all doing here, but when they come see for themselves, then they get it, so... I don't see any sense in putting up walls to keep people out.

• David Koresh : Wayne, I'm not worried about the guns. We've been pretty careful there.

  Rachel Koresh : But, Wayne, where are we vulnerable?

  Wayne Martin : Your sister, Michelle. That's where we're vulnerable. Texas law allows for marriage at fourteen with parental consent, which you have, but marrying more than one woman is illegal. And sexual relations with someone under eighteen who's not your wife is also illegal. Michelle is where you have a catch-22; it's statutory rape or it's polygamy. Either way, they could arrest you and try to take the kids.

• David Koresh : Hey, Thibs. How you doing?

  David Thibodeau : All right. What's... what's going on?

  David Koresh : Well... we have a bit of a situation here. And we could really use your help.

  Rachel Koresh : When a message as important as David's comes into the world, they'll do anything they can to stop it.

  Wayne Martin : That's why we need to button things down from a legal standpoint. Michelle having had children with David is where we have an issue.

  David Koresh : I want you to marry Michelle. That'll solve our problem.

  [Thibs snickers incredulously] 

  David Koresh : Take your time.

  David Thibodeau : All right. Uh... whatever you need.

• Wayne Martin : I had a friend run our neighbors' plates, and they're all registered to a government building in Houston.

  Steve Schneider : They're federal agents of some kind.

  David Koresh : We don't know that.

  Steve Schneider : David, what more do you need? They're not ranchers. Why are you refusing to see this?

  David Koresh : Steven... you yourself came here to disprove me. But when I showed you the truth, did you not believe me? Yes or no?

  Steve Schneider : Yes! Yes.

  David Koresh : Wayne, your wife dragged you here kicking and screaming. But when I showed you the truth about your son, did you not believe me? Yes or no?

  [Wayne doesn't reply] 

  David Koresh : You both stayed. Why? Because there are people in this world that can hear the truth. That man, he's searching. God sent him to me. Who am I to turn him away?

  Steve Schneider : David, your heart is in the right place. But... you are opening us up to a whole lot of trouble.

  Wayne Martin : Why take the chance?

  David Koresh : Because I can turn him.

• 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.