Waco: American Apocalypse: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

Netflix | Season Premiere Date: March 22, 2023

Summary: The three-part documentary series directed by Tiller Russell includes tapes from the FBI Crisis Negotiation Unit, previously unreleased raw news footage, interviews with journalists, ATF and FBI agents involved in the Waco siege.

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E3. Fire
Air Date: March 22, 2023
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S1:E2. Children of God
Air Date: March 22, 2023
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S1:E1. In the Beginning...
Air Date: March 22, 2023

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Richard Roeper

Mar 21, 2023

In addition to some impressive computer-generated imagery, never-before-seen footage of the FBI negotiation units during the standoff and previously unreleased news footage, “Waco: American Apocalypse” features a number of sobering and insightful, in-depth interviews. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Mar 22, 2023

The answers aren’t always clear or what one might expect, but as such documentaries go, the effect is a frequently riveting view of an “American Apocalypse,” then and now. Read full review

The Times Carol Midgley

Mar 23, 2023

It is a thorough, balanced, immersive and eerily atmospheric examination of a horrific stand-off in which 86 people, including 25 children, died. Read full review

John Anderson

Mar 21, 2023

There’s a bit more narration than explanation in this three-part documentary series, though a deep dive into the personal enriches the storytelling. ... "Waco" suffers from a few missing details. ... At the same time, it features people very close to the subject being very open about what happened, even if, when all is said and done, they don't understand it now any better than they did in 1993. Read full review

Joel Keller

Mar 22, 2023

Waco: American Apocalypse sticks mostly to the nuts and bolts of the Waco siege, making for an effective narrative about an incident that was one of 1993’s top stories. Read full review

Chris Vognar

Mar 22, 2023

Through interviews with all parties and never-before-seen footage, he wants to explore the facts, through all the fog of war and vehement disagreement. And he succeeds more often than not. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Mar 22, 2023

Russell’s series only offers fuzzy hindsight—it does not suggest we’ve established a more tactful way to understand these experiences but found another flashy way to package a sensational true story. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 22, 2023
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  S1:E3. Fire
  Air Date: March 22, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E2. Children of God
  Air Date: March 22, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E1. In the Beginning...
  Air Date: March 22, 2023