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January 22 - 28, 2018 Page 3 ACROSS 1. __ Ho Kelly; "Hawaii Five-0" role 5. Lead role on "JAG" 9. Betty or Jaleel 10. Kate's housemate 12. "Million Dollar __"; 2014 Jon Hamm movie 13. Tennis player Lendl 16. NBC weekend program, for short 17. Mum to Wills and Harry 18. Setting for "Northern Exposure" 20. John Denver's state of birth: abbr. 21. "College GameDay" network 23. Chachi's portrayer 25. One of the girls on "The Brady Bunch" 26. Sault __. Marie 27. Wong of "American Housewife" 28. "__ of Watch"; 2012 Jake Gyllenhaal film 29. Pinnacle 30. Role on "Cheers" 32. Actor Karn's initials 33. "I've Got a __" 38. Prefix for regular or religious 39. Initials for Mary's portrayer on "Little House on the Prairie" 41. "__ Man Standing" 42. Michael J. Fox's age 43. Berra and Bear 45. "Men in __" 47. Actress Campbell 48. Not quite closed DOWN 1. Actor on "Bull" (2) 2. "Get __ to the Greek"; 2010 Jonah Hill movie 3. "Love __ or List It" 4. Diamond, for one 5. Dad on "King of the Hill" 6. Actor Molinaro 7. Monogram for the author of "Kidnapped" 8. Actress on "Speechless" (2) 9. Walk in ankle-deep water 11. "Sesame Street" fellow 14. Setting for "The Waltons": abbr. 15. "__ the World Turns" 18. Oakley and Potts 19. "The __-Minded Professor"; 1961 Fred MacMurray film 22. "The __ Beach Story"; 1942 Claudette Colbert movie 24. __ __ time; never 29. "__ Wives" (2007- 13) 31. Diagnostic scans, for short 34. "Or __!"; ultimatum words 35. Setting for "The O.C.": abbr. 36. Initials for a Beatle 37. Singer James 40. "Avengers: __ of Ultron"; 2015 Robert Downey Jr. film 42. __ Michele of "The Mayor" 44. "Star Trek __: The Voyage Home"; 1986 sequel 46. Initials for Jackson, once of "American Idol" Solution on page 2 CoverStory By George Dickie © Zap2it On April 19 1993, an FBI siege of the Branch Davidian compound in cen- tral Texas ended in a mas- sive fire and the deaths of 74, including their leader David Koresh, a story told in a series premiering this week on the newly rechris- tened Paramount Network (formerly known as Spike TV). "Waco," a six-part drama series debuting Wednesday, Jan. 24 (and simulcast that night on CMT), recounts the tragedy that began when agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms conducted a raid on Koresh (Taylor Kitsch, "Friday Night Lights," "X Men Origins: Wolverine") and his devoted followers that turned into the longest gun battle in U.S. law en- forcement history, resulting in the deaths of four ATF agents, six civilians and the wounding of dozens of others. A 51-day stand-off en- sued and ended with the fateful FBI raid that left scores dead, among them Koresh. Others there that day include his wife Rachel (Melissa Benoist, "Super- girl"); her sister Michelle (Julia Garner, "Ozark"), who also married Koresh and bore him a child; Steve Schneider (Paul Sparks, "House of Cards"), Ko- resh's second in command; his wife Judy (Andrea Rise- borough, "Bloodline"), who was also a Koresh spouse and child bearer; and Wayne Martin (Demore Barnes, "12 Monkeys"), the Davidians' lawyer. The series is based on the book "A Place Called Waco" by Davidian survivor David Thibodeau (played in the series by Rory Culkin, "Columbus"), and also stars Michael Shannon ("Elvis & Nixon") as FBI ne- gotiator Gary Noesner, and John Leguizamo ("Stealing Cars") as ATF agent Jacob Vazquez. To prepare for his role, Kitsch did a deep dive into the character, studying Koresh for four months, losing 30 pounds, growing his hair long, donning the clothes and learning to sing and play guitar like Koresh did. Soon, he found the voice of a guy he describes as "very enigmatic, charis- matic" begin to emerge. "I really do think how he's incredibly smart and he was incredible at having the pulse in that compound," the actor says. "You know, you al- ways want to study why people would follow him, literally give their lives and families and wives ... . He was a master manipulator and he would test these people and he also would put his heart on his sleeve and could be very sweet at times but also very de- manding and vigilant. Taylor Kitsch stars in "Waco," premiering Wednesday on Paramount Network (formerly Spike TV). Paramount Network event series recalls the tragedy of 'Waco' 25 years later

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