The BEST episodes written by Alena Smith

#1 - We lose - because we win
Dickinson - Season 1 - Episode 7
On her father's election day, Emily defiantly attempts to publish another poem.

#2 - I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
Dickinson - Season 1 - Episode 10
Emily's relationships are challenged as she moves into a new chapter of life.

#3 - Before I got my eye put out
Dickinson - Season 2 - Episode 1
Emily's insular poetic world is rocked when Sue introduces her to Sam Bowles, a newspaper editor with a strong interest in publishing women.

#4 - Split the lark
Dickinson - Season 2 - Episode 6
Things don't go as planned when Emily tries to express her gratitude to Sam during a night at the opera.

#5 - You cannot put a Fire out
Dickinson - Season 2 - Episode 10
While the whole town attends the christening of Jane's baby, Emily fights to get her poems back from Sam.

#6 - Episode 9
The Affair - Season 2 - Episode 9
Alison weathers a momentous journey alone. Helen receives unexpected attention from a sexy yet exasperating source. Noah faces a terrible reckoning. An array of challenges pushes Cole to the very edge.

#7 - Episode 3
The Affair - Season 2 - Episode 3
Noah's undying love for Alison leads to serious consequences. Alison discovers a surprising truth about how to sustain a marriage.

#8 - Episode 6
The Affair - Season 3 - Episode 6
An unexplained absence sends Helen on a journey of increasingly troublesome discoveries. Compelled to return to a place he's spent his life trying to escape, Noah attempts to repair his relationship with Martin.

#9 - This was a Poet -
Dickinson - Season 3 - Episode 10
Series finale. Emily asks Betty to help her design a new dress. The Dickinson family is surprised by an unexpected guest.

#10 - Sang from the Heart, Sire
Dickinson - Season 3 - Episode 5
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.

#11 - “Hope” is the thing with feathers
Dickinson - Season 3 - Episode 1
Amid the Civil War’s mounting casualties, the Dickinsons grieve one of their own—and Emily struggles to keep the peace in her family.

#12 - I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Dickinson - Season 2 - Episode 8
When her poem is finally published in Sam's newspaper, Emily is shocked to discover that she has become invisible to the world.

#13 - The only Ghost I ever saw
Dickinson - Season 2 - Episode 3
Torn about whether to allow Sam to publish her work, Emily hosts a séance in search of guidance.

#14 - I am afraid to own a Body
Dickinson - Season 1 - Episode 5
Emily confronts tough issues at a meeting of the local Shakespeare Club.

#15 - Alone, I cannot be
Dickinson - Season 1 - Episode 4
Emily seeks help from an author (John Mulaney) when her favorite tree is threatened.

#16 - Wild nights
Dickinson - Season 1 - Episode 3
Emily and Austin throw a party, and their mutual love for Sue causes tension.

#17 - I have never seen ‘Volcanoes’
Dickinson - Season 1 - Episode 2
Women are forbidden at Amherst, so Emily and Sue get creative to attend a lecture.

#18 - Because I could not stop
Dickinson - Season 1 - Episode 1
Emily's attempt to publish a poem sparks backlash.