Waco (TV Mini Series)

The Strangers Across the Street (2018)

Melissa Benoist: Rachel Koresh

Quotes 

• Rachel Koresh : What's the matter?

  Michelle Jones : You really have to ask?

  Rachel Koresh : What is it? Thibodeau? Do you not wanna marry him?

  Michelle Jones : No, this has nothing to do with Thibodeau.

  Rachel Koresh : Than what's it got to do with?

  Michelle Jones : You.

  Rachel Koresh : Me?

  Michelle Jones : I was twelve when David had his vision that he should take me as his second wife. And nobody knew what to do about it, until your dream telling you that God demanded it. And-and just like that, I... I became his second wife. And just like that, I had Serenity, and... and just like that, she might be taken away from me all because of your dream. I mean, what about my dream? Who cared anything about my dreams?

  Rachel Koresh : Hasn't David been good to you?

  Michelle Jones : That's not the point. I... I love David, but I... I never had a choice in any of it.

  Rachel Koresh : You think I would choose to share my husband? That dream was real, Michelle. God demanded it, and I know you know it, too. We follow God's lead regardless of what we might want.

• 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.

• 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.

• Rachel Koresh : [having sex, David rolls off her in the middle of it]  What's wrong?

  David Koresh : I started to enjoy myself.

  Rachel Koresh : You can enjoy yourself a little bit, David. I am your wife.

  David Koresh : I know. But we can't succumb to the pleasures of the flesh. We have to rise above that, as hard as it can be sometimes.

• Rachel Koresh : What if it is Child Services?

  David Koresh : Usually, agents from Child Protective Services are women, not men.

  Rachel Koresh : But what if it is? David, we follow Talmudic law here. We live our lives by the rules laid out in the Bible, and we all here believe that's the right thing to do, but... those men live by man's law, not God's. I worry that if we're going to be judged by man's law, we're more vulnerable than you think.

  David Koresh : What are you really scared of?

  Rachel Koresh : I'm afraid they're going to come after our children.

  David Koresh : No. They can't. They don't have the right.

  Rachel Koresh : But what if they think they have the right? What then?

• Rachel Koresh : Uh, you know, I've been meaning to talk to you about something.

  Judy Schneider : Yeah.

  Rachel Koresh : Um... just be careful giving David advice.

  Judy Schneider : What's that?

  Rachel Koresh : Well, it's just... you're the mother to one of his children now. You might not think that makes a difference, but it does. He'll listen to you now. So I need you to measure your words a bit better, Judy. See, when I speak, I speak for all the mothers, not just myself. Just... need you to follow my lead a little better.