Based on Candice Millard’s 2011 novel “Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President,” Netflix’s newest limited series, “ Death by Lightning ,” follows President James Garfield, the oft-forgotten 20th president of the United States, and the man who assassinated him, Charles Guiteau. Created by Mike Makowsky (“Bad Education”) and executive produced by the “Game of Thrones” duo David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the four-part series serves as a historical remembrance and an ominous omen.

“Death by Lightning” opens in 1969 at the Army Medical Museum. Workers are startled when a jar tumbles out of a dusty box and rolls onto the ground. Upon analyzing it, they realize it’s the brain of Charles J. Guiteau ( Matthew Macfadyen ), and had been tucked away on a s

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