Overview
- All four episodes release Thursday in a single drop designed for binge viewing.
- Cast includes Betty Gilpin as Lucretia “Crete” Garfield, Nick Offerman as Chester A. Arthur, Shea Whigham as Roscoe Conkling, Bradley Whitford as James Blaine, and Alistair Petrie as John Sherman.
- Creator-writer Mike Makowsky adapts Candice Millard’s nonfiction account, with Matt Ross directing and David Benioff and D. B. Weiss among executive producers.
- Production filmed in Budapest in summer 2024, re-creating late 19th-century settings.
- Michael Shannon says he initially knew little about Garfield but was drawn to portraying a compassionate leader, as he told People at the show’s New York premiere.