TV Series · 2025
Death by Lightning
53 min · Crime, Drama · Ended
Composite
8.5
IMDb
7.6 / 10
20,167 votes
TMDB
7.3 / 10
99 votes
Local
— / 10
No votes
Synopsis
The story of James Garfield, who rose from obscurity to become America's 20th President — and Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him.
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Streaming availability
flatrate
Netflix
Netflix Standard with Ads
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Cast
Michael Shannon
James Garfield
Matthew Macfadyen
Charles Guiteau
Nick Offerman
Chester A. Arthur
Shea Whigham
Roscoe Conkling
Bradley Whitford
James Blaine
Betty Gilpin
Crete Garfield
Alfie Tempest
Irvin Garfield
Anders Grundberg
Abram Garfield
Dylan Hughes
Jim Garfield Jr.
Jack Alldridge
Harry Garfield
Andrew Hefler
Tom Platt
David Nykl
Levi Morton
Archie Fisher
Joe Brown
Laura Marcus
Mollie Garfield
Crew
Art
- Gemma Jackson Production Design
- Zsuzsa Mihalek Set Decoration
Camera
- Adriano Goldman Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
- Csilla Blake-Horváth Makeup & Hair
- Yana Stoyanova Makeup & Hair
- Michael Wilkinson Costume Design
Editing
- Joseph Krings Editor
- Anna Hauger Editor
- Michael Ruscio Editor
- Joe Leonard Editor
- Bridget Case Additional Editor
- Derek Desmond Additional Editor
Production
- David Benioff Executive Producer
- D. B. Weiss Executive Producer
- Mike Makowsky Executive Producer
- Bernadette Caulfield Executive Producer
- Matt Ross Executive Producer
- Duncan Muggoch Co-Executive Producer
- Hameed Shaukat Producer
- Olly Robinson Producer
- Jeanne McCarthy Casting
- Nicole Abellera Hallman Casting
- Ethan J. Antonucci Co-Producer
Sound
- Brandon Bak Foley Artist
- Stefan Fraticelli Foley Artist
- Ramin Djawadi Original Music Composer
Writing
- Candice Millard Book
Seasons & episodes
Limited Series (1 ep)
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4. Destiny of the Republic
Nov 6, 2025 · 67 min
Conkling goes on the offensive as Garfield challenges the New York political machine. Isolated and desperate, Guiteau weighs a history-making decision.
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