Death by Lightning - Reviews

...an interesting and engaging watch for history buffs who want to learn something new.

...the series takes a subject with a difficult barrier to entry and makes it not only relatable, but genuinely exciting.

...period dramas about politics face as difficult a fight to “cut through” to a wider audience as politicians themselves.

Michael Shannon leads a rollicking elegy for the American experiment.

This superb drama about US President James Garfield is propulsive and commendably succinct.

...opens with a brain in a jar on the floor while Sly and the Family Stone’s “Everyday People” is playing on the radio. If that’s not a grabber, I don’t know what is.

...absolutely nobody plays losers like Matthew Macfadyen.

Tight plotting also helps maintain interest in a show that telegraphs its end from the start, surprising us instead with unexpected developments before and beyond that key turning point.

...har två stora styrkor – miniserien berättar en fascinerande historia som få känner till och den har en underbar rollbesättning.

Bara att se Bradley Whitford tillbaka i Vita huset igen är värt fyra timmar framför TV:n. 5 stjärnor till en serie som verkligen engagerar.