Episode guide
Death by Lightning
4 episodes · 1 seasons · 2025 · Netflix
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Garfield's assassination as standom tragedy: Michael Shannon and Matthew Macfadyen bearded, obscure presidential history made bingeable. Watch for Macfadyen's post-Succession pivot into an office-seeker who loves too hard, and for a Netflix limited series that treats 1881 politics like a fandom with a gun and a terrible poem.
TV Flash files Death by Lightning (2025) on Netflix as the episode guide: 4 listed hours across 1 seasons, 2025-11-06 from “The Man from Ohio” (S01E01) to “Destiny of the Republic” (S01E04).
Season
Season 1
4 episodes
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S01E01 The Man from Ohio At the 1880 Republican National Convention, the lives of Ohio Congressman James Garfield and newly released convict Charles Guiteau are forever altered.
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S01E02 Party Faithful In the runup to Election Day, Garfield welcomes the nation to his front porch, while Guiteau struggles to ingratiate himself with Party leadership.
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S01E03 Casus Belli Treachery from within the White House complicates Garfield's attempts to appoint a Cabinet. Guiteau tries everything to secure a Presidential audience.
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S01E04 Destiny of the Republic Conkling goes on the offensive as Garfield challenges the New York political machine. Isolated and desperate, Guiteau weighs a history-making decision.