Mike Makowsky
@mike-makowsky.bsky.social
Writer, Death by Lightning (Netflix) Bad Education (HBO)
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Got to interview 'Death By Lightning' creator Mike Makowsky for @gqmagazine.bsky.social, and also make my case that we're living through a second Gilded Age: www.gq.com/story/death-...
December 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Got to interview 'Death By Lightning' creator Mike Makowsky for @gqmagazine.bsky.social, and also make my case that we're living through a second Gilded Age: www.gq.com/story/death-...
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You gotta watch Death by Lightning on Netflix - Nick Offerman as Chester A. Arthur is the greatest thing that has happened in the last decade.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
You gotta watch Death by Lightning on Netflix - Nick Offerman as Chester A. Arthur is the greatest thing that has happened in the last decade.
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Happy Thanksgiving. Some viewing orders from me. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Watch 'Death By Lightning' this Thanksgiving or go to hell
SFGATE columnist Drew Magary on Netflix's presidential miniseries.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Happy Thanksgiving. Some viewing orders from me. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
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This is some pretty innovative DEATH BY LIGHTNING viral marketing, I gotta say.
No one knows exactly when Gramma was born. But if the estimated birth year of 1884 is accurate, Chester Arthur occupied the Oval Office and there were only 39 states at the time. n.pr/3M5wRnK
How a 'sweet and shy' tortoise outlived empires and survived two world wars
No one knows exactly when Gramma was born. But if the estimated birth year of 1884 is accurate, Chester Arthur occupied the Oval Office and there were only 39 states at the time.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This is some pretty innovative DEATH BY LIGHTNING viral marketing, I gotta say.
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Charles Guiteau? The Chicago Attorney?
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Charles Guiteau? The Chicago Attorney?
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My brief thoughts on "Death by Lightning" -- the new Netflix series about the assassination of James Garfield, based on the book "Destiny of the Republic" by Candice Millard, one of the most entertaining historical novelists of our era.
Top of my mind: superb casting.
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Top of my mind: superb casting.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
My brief thoughts on "Death by Lightning" -- the new Netflix series about the assassination of James Garfield, based on the book "Destiny of the Republic" by Candice Millard, one of the most entertaining historical novelists of our era.
Top of my mind: superb casting.
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Top of my mind: superb casting.
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I want to thank “Death by Lightning” for teaching me that President James A. Garfield was actually pretty hot.
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I want to thank “Death by Lightning” for teaching me that President James A. Garfield was actually pretty hot.
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Holy shit that Death by Lightning premiere. That kicked ass!
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Holy shit that Death by Lightning premiere. That kicked ass!
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Netflix's new four-part miniseries dives into the plot to assassinate President James Garfield. Death by Lightning is full of recognizable arrogance, political intrigue and unexpected betrayal. n.pr/43Qlg1W
'Death by Lightning' unfolds like an 1880s 'West Wing'
Netflix's new four-part miniseries dives into the plot to assassinate President James Garfield. Death by Lightning is full of recognizable arrogance, political intrigue and unexpected betrayal.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Netflix's new four-part miniseries dives into the plot to assassinate President James Garfield. Death by Lightning is full of recognizable arrogance, political intrigue and unexpected betrayal. n.pr/43Qlg1W
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Highly recommend Death By Lightning on Netflix about the Garfield presidency and assassination —
youtu.be/6jopqrSojQE?...
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Death by Lightning | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Highly recommend Death By Lightning on Netflix about the Garfield presidency and assassination —
youtu.be/6jopqrSojQE?...
youtu.be/6jopqrSojQE?...
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This series is terrific, don’t let it slip by - great work from Michael Shannon and a show stopper bonkers performance from Matthew Macfadyen.
I binge-capped the new Netflix series DEATH BY LIGHTNING for @vulture. Tremendously entertaining show about our American tradition of progress being undone by violent, fame-seeking dipshits. www.vulture.com/article/deat...
Death by Lightning Series-Premiere Recap: A Man Can Be Anyone
Two very different sorts of narcissist — the 20th U.S. president and the man who shot him — set off on a crash course for the history books.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This series is terrific, don’t let it slip by - great work from Michael Shannon and a show stopper bonkers performance from Matthew Macfadyen.