An inside look at the world of writer Emily Dickinson.
Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Adrian Enscoe and Anna Baryshnikov
Full Cast: Jane Krakowski, Toby Huss, Ella Hunt, Chinaza Uche, Sophie Zucker, Allegra Heart, Kevin Yee, Darlene Hunt, Gus Birney, Samuel Farnsworth, Amanda Warren, Finn Jones
Episode Guide
Season 3
December 23, 2021Episode 10 This was a Poet -
December 16, 2021Episode 9 Grief is a Mouse
December 9, 2021Episode 8 My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun -
December 2, 2021Episode 7 The Future never spoke
November 24, 2021Episode 6 A little Madness in the Spring
November 18, 2021Episode 5 Sang from the Heart, Sire
November 11, 2021Episode 4 This is my letter to the World
November 4, 2021Episode 3 The Soul has Bandaged moments
November 4, 2021Episode 2 It feels a shame to be Alive -
November 4, 2021Episode 1 “Hope†is the thing with feathers
Season 2
Season 1
Best Dickinson Episodes
Top 20 (Ranked)
December 16, 2021
9.3 196 votesS3E9 Grief is a Mouse
9.3 196 votesS3E9 Grief is a Mouse December 2, 20219.0 188 votesS3E7 The Future never spoke
9.0 188 votesS3E7 The Future never spoke December 23, 20218.8 156 votesS3E10 This was a Poet -
8.8 156 votesS3E10 This was a Poet - February 26, 20218.7 403 votesS2E10 You cannot put a Fire out
8.7 403 votesS2E10 You cannot put a Fire out December 9, 20218.7 167 votesS3E8 My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun -
8.7 167 votesS3E8 My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun - November 1, 20198.6 468 votesS1E9 ‘Faith’ is a fine invention
8.6 468 votesS1E9 ‘Faith’ is a fine invention November 4, 20218.6 212 votesS3E2 It feels a shame to be Alive -
8.6 212 votesS3E2 It feels a shame to be Alive - November 1, 20198.5 473 votesS1E10 I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
8.5 473 votesS1E10 I felt a Funeral, in my Brain January 29, 20218.5 372 votesS2E6 Split the lark
8.5 372 votesS2E6 Split the lark February 12, 20218.5 338 votesS2E8 I'm Nobody! Who are you?
8.5 338 votesS2E8 I'm Nobody! Who are you? November 4, 20218.5 238 votesS3E1 “Hope†is the thing with feathers
8.5 238 votesS3E1 “Hope†is the thing with feathers November 18, 20218.5 187 votesS3E5 Sang from the Heart, Sire
8.5 187 votesS3E5 Sang from the Heart, Sire November 1, 20198.4 470 votesS1E7 We lose - because we win
8.4 470 votesS1E7 We lose - because we win February 19, 20218.4 292 votesS2E9 I Like a Look of Agony
8.4 292 votesS2E9 I Like a Look of Agony November 1, 20198.3 571 votesS1E3 Wild nights
8.3 571 votesS1E3 Wild nights November 1, 20198.3 466 votesS1E6 A brief, but patient illness
8.3 466 votesS1E6 A brief, but patient illness November 1, 20198.3 458 votesS1E8 There’s a certain Slant of light
8.3 458 votesS1E8 There’s a certain Slant of light November 4, 20218.3 202 votesS3E3 The Soul has Bandaged moments
8.3 202 votesS3E3 The Soul has Bandaged moments November 1, 20198.2 616 votesS1E2 I have never seen ‘Volcanoes’
8.2 616 votesS1E2 I have never seen ‘Volcanoes’ November 1, 20198.2 479 votesS1E5 I am afraid to own a Body
8.2 479 votesS1E5 I am afraid to own a Body Dickinson Trailer
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User Reviews
Watchseries; And new. All right, I don't get the low ratings at all unless the raters were expecting something they had already made up their minds they were going to see. I went into this not expecting anything, but what I got was something different and frankly, the only thing worth watching on Apple TV. Anachronistic? Yes, so what? Anything like the real Emily Dickinson? Except that we can be sure she didn't talk 2020 hip, who knows what the real Emily Dickinson was like? For the record, I'm well over 65 and I loved the imagination that went into this series. I love TV from the 60s and 70s, for what it was. I love this for what it is - different, imaginative, fresh.
And new. All right, I don't get the low ratings at all unless the raters were expecting something they had already made up their minds they were going to see. I went into this not expecting anything, but what I got was something different and frankly, the only thing worth watching on Apple TV. Anachronistic? Yes, so what? Anything like the real Emily Dickinson? Except that we can be sure she didn't talk 2020 hip, who knows what the real Emily Dickinson was like? For the record, I'm well over 65 and I loved the imagination that went into this series. I love TV from the 60s and 70s, for what it was. I love this for what it is - different, imaginative, fresh.
Dickinson watchseries. I wasn't sure about watching this simply because I'm not a lover of historical series. However from episode 1 Hailee Steinfeld's Emily had me hooked. It's fast and funny and quirky and there are only 2 people who could have taken this role: Steinfeld and Winona Ryder. Krakowski brings a fiery funny to it too and the rest of the cast are very able. I'm not interested in the life of Emily Dickinson, I just love the show for what it is.
Once you give in to the stylized approach it works really well. I was not expecting to like this at all but I found the music, acting and story quite addicting. Really unique take on this talented and misunderstood poet.
The real Emily Dickinson was a dull boring person who never left the comforts of her upper middle class family. She barely left the house. Later on, barely left the bedroom. She probably had anxiety, which is sad, yet this is no basis for an entire show. The movie was a stretch. She had little to no real life experience at all. She had no romantic relationships. She probably died having not enjoyed the pleasures of adult relations. She never travelled. You could not find a more boring figure in history.
Yes her poetry is good. I have a book of her collected works. I admire her simple and insightful style. However, she as an individual, is nothing to be admired. This show is pure fantasy. It has taken her name and built an imaginary person around it. Your life is more interesting than hers ever was. Programmers today will do anything to today to promote women's interests. Surely they could have found other women in history with more exciting lives than than one.
If you're going to invent a historically inaccurate female character, then make one up. There must have been millions of poor people who did have exciting lives, albeit difficult, hard working and no doubt imbued with tragedy. A hundred times more difficult than hers. Yet, we have no historical records of the working classes. Only the dull safe upper classes, like the Brontes. And this one.
Is this supposed to 'inspire' young girls? To do what? Live in your bedroom? Protected by mummy and daddy and never work or take any risks at all? Because that's the reality of this person's life. A terrible idea for a role model.
The lead is soooo cringey - she is always so selfish in all the parts she plays
The uniqueness of this show cannot overcome my abject irritation every time I set eyes on her..... was the same for me in 'Age of 17'
I love Hailee Steinfeld and loved the idea behind this show but it really felt like they were pulling their punches too much and they should've come up with much more outrageous and out-of-this-world stuff like in the movie "A Million Ways to Die in the West."