Netflix’s Death by Lightning revisits the life, legacy, and tragic assassination of President James Garfield — America’s ...

Death by Lightning' dramatizes the 1880 Republican National Convention, where a single vote from a Pennsylvania delegate ...

Over the course of the show’s four hour-long episodes, we learn about Guiteau’s time in a free love colony, Garfield’s ...

Offerman, best known as Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation (2009–2015), has since starred on The Great North (2021–2025), ...

See how Michael Shannon compares to James A. Garfield, Matthew Macfadyen to Charles J. Guiteau, Nick Offerman to Chester A.

The new limited series dramatizes the brief tenure of the 20th commander in chief, who was fatally shot by Charles J. Guiteau ...

In the late 19th Century, James Garfield promised progress and reform – but four months after his inauguration he was shot.

Netflix's new four-part miniseries dives into the plot to assassinate President James Garfield. Death by Lightning is full of ...

Netflix's new miniseries explains how James A. Garfield's ambitions to reform America and stop corruption were cut short when ...

The Netflix limited series is both a timely exploration of political disillusionment and a frequently amusing character drama ...

Death by Lightning has been drawing viewers since its release. The limited series, which debuted on November 6, 2025, ...

Death by Lightning" dropped on the streamer, and it tells the true story of President James Garfield's election and his tragic assassination.