8.8/10487 votesLoading...#1 - Grief is a Mouse
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/2021
Emily takes steps to ensure that her family won’t repeat their past mistakes. The Amherst gang gathers for a fond farewell.
Director: Laura Terruso
Writer: Ken Greller
8.5/10626 votesLoading...#2 - 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.
Director: Silas Howard
Writer: Alena Smith
8.5/10433 votesLoading...#3 - The Future never spoke
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/2/2021
After a clash with Sue, Emily wishes she could escape from this troubled time altogether. Austin struggles with a man's responsibility in wartime.
Director: Heather Jack
Writer: Alena Smith, Ziwe Fumudoh
8.4/10698 votesLoading...#4 - ‘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.
Director: Patrick R. Norris
Writer: Darlene Hunt
8.4/10420 votesLoading...#5 - This was a Poet -
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/23/2021
Emily asks Betty to help her design a new dress. The Dickinson family is surprised by an unexpected guest. Series finale.
Director: Alena Smith
Writer: Alena Smith, R. Eric Thomas
8.3/10690 votesLoading...#6 - 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. Season finale.
Director: Patrick R. Norris
Writer: Ali Waller, Alena Smith
8.3/10593 votesLoading...#7 - 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.
Director: Silas Howard
Writer: Alena Smith
8.3/10543 votesLoading...#8 - 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.
Director: Stacie Passon
Writer: Alena Smith, Ayo Edebiri
8.2/10694 votesLoading...#9 - 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.
Director: Stacie Passon
Writer: Alena Smith, Robbie Macdonald
8.2/10470 votesLoading...#10 - “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.
Director: Silas Howard
Writer: Alena Smith
8.2/10427 votesLoading...#11 - 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.
Director: Silas Howard
Writer: Robbie Macdonald
8.2/10404 votesLoading...#12 - My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun -
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/9/2021
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.
Director: Heather Jack
Writer: Robbie Macdonald
8.1/10687 votesLoading...#13 - 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.
Director: Silas Howard
Writer: Rachel Axler
8.1/10677 votesLoading...#14 - 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.” Zosia Mamet guest stars.
Director: Stacie Passon
Writer: Hayes Davenport
8.1/10478 votesLoading...#15 - 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.
Director: Silas Howard
Writer: Robbie Macdonald
8.1/10410 votesLoading...#16 - Sang from the Heart, Sire
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/18/2021
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.
Director: Keith Powell
Writer: Alena Smith, Francis Weiss Rabkin
8.0/10895 votesLoading...#17 - 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.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Rachel Axler, Alena Smith
8.0/10835 votesLoading...#18 - Wild nights
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/2019
Emily and Austin throw a party, and their mutual love for Sue causes tension.
Director: Lynn Shelton
Writer: Ali Waller, Alena Smith
8.0/10712 votesLoading...#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.
Director: Silas Howard
Writer: Ken Greller, Alena Smith
7.9/10382 votesLoading...#20 - A little Madness in the Spring
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/24/2021
The Dickinsons take a fun family outing to an asylum. Henry helps the soldiers with a uniform inspection.
Director: Silas Howard
Writer: Ayo Edebiri
7.8/10578 votesLoading...#21 - 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.
Director: Christopher Storer
Writer: Alena Smith
7.8/10496 votesLoading...#22 - 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.
Director: Stacie Passon
Writer: Yael Green
7.8/10413 votesLoading...#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.
Director: Rachael Holder
Writer: Sophie Zucker
7.8/10431 votesLoading...#24 - This is my letter to the World
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/2021
Emily tries to connect with the pain of war by writing to a Union Army colonel and visiting a war hospital. Henry takes a new job teaching soldiers.
Director: Rachael Holder
Writer: Ken Greller, R. Eric Thomas
7.7/101,093 votesLoading...#25 - Because I could not stop
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/1/2019
Emily’s attempt to publish a poem sparks backlash.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Alena Smith
The Best Episodes of Dickinson
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Emily Dickinson. Poet. Daughter. Total rebel. In this coming-of-age story, Emily’s determined to become the world’s greatest poet.
Genres:ComedyDrama
Network:Apple TV+
Top Episode Ratings Summary
"Grief is a Mouse" is the best rated episode of "Dickinson". It scored 8.8/10 based on 487 votes. Directed by Laura Terruso and written by Ken Greller, it aired on 12/16/2021. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "You cannot put a Fire out".