Hostages - Season 1, Episode 3 (7 Oct. 2013): "Power of Persuasion":
Mary Kincaid: "Beautiful painting, isn't it? President Garfield. Served only two hundred days. Second shortest term ever."
Dr. Ellen Sanders: "Oh, I didn't know that..."
Mary Kincaid: "He was assassinated. In 1881. Do you know who he was with on the day he was shot? President Lincoln's son, Robert. What are the odds?" [more]
Note: Dr. Ellen Sanders looks at a large painting of Pres. James Garfield. The First Lady relates an anecdote about Garfield.
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