Death by Lightning
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 6, 2025
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#31 Best TV Season of 2025

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 31
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  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Inkoo Kang
    Nov 13, 2025
    80
    “Death by Lightning” is a delightful showcase for undersung character actors.
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  2. Slate
    Reviewed by: Rebecca Onion
    Nov 13, 2025
    70
    You leave Death By Lightning admiring Garfield, but thinking up ways to write Guiteau—a quintessential toxic failure, the ultimate “historical guy we should thank our stars never got on the internet”—into a novel.
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  3. Arizona Republic
    Reviewed by: Bill Goodykoontz
    Nov 12, 2025
    80
    “Death by Lightning” delivers the historical goods by way of incredibly entertaining performances.
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