Overview
- All four episodes of the limited series are now streaming on Netflix following the November 6 premiere.
- Michael Shannon plays President James A. Garfield opposite Matthew Macfadyen as Charles J. Guiteau, joined by Betty Gilpin, Nick Offerman, Shea Whigham and Bradley Whitford.
- The series adapts Candice Millard’s book Destiny of the Republic, created by Mike Makowsky with direction by Matt Ross and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.
- Critics highlight a parallel narrative that cuts between Garfield and Guiteau across roughly two years, presenting a tense character study rather than a conventional biopic.
- Coverage emphasizes themes of civil-service reform, corruption and civil rights, with the depiction of 19th-century medical practices foregrounded as crucial to Garfield’s fate.