The BEST episodes of Dickinson
Every episode of Dickinson ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dickinson!
Emily Dickinson. Poet. Daughter. Total rebel. In this coming-of-age story, Emily’s determined to become the world’s greatest poet.
#1 - You cannot put a Fire out
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/26/2021
While the whole town attends the christening of Jane's baby, Emily fights to get her poems back from Sam.
#2 - Grief is a Mouse
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/2021
Emily takes steps to ensure that her family won’t repeat their past mistakes. The Amherst gang gathers for a fond farewell.
#3 - ‘Faith’ is a fine invention
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/1/2019
During a solar eclipse, Emily confronts the Shadow of Death in her home.
#4 - There’s a certain Slant of light
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/2019
On Christmas, Emily tries to be the "good little woman."
#5 - I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/1/2019
Emily's relationships are challenged as she moves into a new chapter of life.
#6 - Split the lark
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/29/2021
Things don't go as planned when Emily tries to express her gratitude to Sam during a night at the opera.
#7 - A brief, but patient illness
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/2019
Emily takes a "sick day" to write and finds a connection with her father's law clerk.
#8 - Before I got my eye put out
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2021
Emily's insular poetic world is rocked when Sue introduces her to Sam Bowles, a newspaper editor with a strong interest in publishing women.
#9 - This was a Poet -
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/24/2021
Series finale. Emily asks Betty to help her design a new dress. The Dickinson family is surprised by an unexpected guest.
#10 - The Future never spoke
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/3/2021
After a clash with Sue, Emily wishes she could escape from this troubled time altogether. Austin struggles with a man's responsibility in wartime.
#11 - We lose - because we win
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/2019
On her father's election day, Emily defiantly attempts to publish another poem.
#12 - I Like a Look of Agony
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/19/2021
To distract himself from the pain of life, Austin throws a tea party for his old college friends—but the day is disrupted by a major political event.
#13 - “Hope” is the thing with feathers
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/2021
Amid the Civil War’s mounting casualties, the Dickinsons grieve one of their own—and Emily struggles to keep the peace in her family.
#14 - Sang from the Heart, Sire
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/19/2021
Emily tries to celebrate her father’s birthday with an old-fashioned family singalong, but it devolves into another battle in the Dickinsons’ own civil war.
#15 - Forever - is composed of Nows
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/5/2021
Thinking she's blown her shot at publication, Emily spirals into depression. Her mother attempts to help her with a trip to the water cure.
#16 - It feels a shame to be Alive -
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/4/2021
Frazar Stearns leaves to meet his fate on the battlefield just as the Dickinson family welcomes a new life.
#17 - The Daisy follows soft the Sun
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/15/2021
After some time without news from Sam, Emily begins to suffer from writer's block. To rediscover her inspiration, she ventures into the landscape.
#18 - I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/12/2021
When her poem is finally published in Sam's newspaper, Emily is shocked to discover that she has become invisible to the world.
#19 - I am afraid to own a Body
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2019
Emily confronts tough issues at a meeting of the local Shakespeare Club.
#20 - Fame is a fickle food
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2021
Her participation in an Amherst baking contest gives Emily a taste of fame and celebrity, but she questions the benefits.
#21 - I have never seen ‘Volcanoes’
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/1/2019
Women are forbidden at Amherst, so Emily and Sue get creative to attend a lecture.
#22 - Wild nights
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/2019
Emily and Austin throw a party, and their mutual love for Sue causes tension.
#23 - The Soul has Bandaged moments
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/4/2021
Determined to heal the nation, Emily and Lavinia host a sewing circle to support the troops with help from Amherst’s finest seamstress, Betty.
#24 - My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun -
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/10/2021
On the day of a soldier's memorial, Emily's efforts to keep her family's hope alive reach a breaking point and she descends into a personal inferno.
#25 - A little Madness in the Spring
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/25/2021
The Dickinsons take a fun family outing to an asylum. Henry helps the soldiers with a uniform inspection.