The Worst Episodes of Dickinson
Every episode of Dickinson ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Dickinson" is "Forbidden Fruit a flavor has", rated 7.5/10 from 491 user votes. It was directed by Silas Howard and written by Ken Greller. "Forbidden Fruit a flavor has" aired on 1/22/2021 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The only Ghost I ever saw".
7.5/10 491 votes#1 - Forbidden Fruit a flavor has
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/22/2021
When she learns that Sam plans to publish her poem, Emily embraces being his latest discovery while attending one of Sue’s salons.
Director: Silas Howard
Writer: Ken Greller
7.6/10 525 votes#2 - The only Ghost I ever saw
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/8/2021
Torn about whether to allow Sam to publish her work, Emily hosts a séance in search of guidance.
Director: Rosemary Rodriguez
Writer: Alena Smith, Sophie Zucker
7.6/10 497 votes#3 - 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.
Director: Rosemary Rodriguez
Writer: Robbie Macdonald
7.7/10 1,084 votes#4 - 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
7.7/10 731 votes#5 - Alone, I cannot be
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/2019
Emily seeks help from an author when her favorite tree is threatened.
Director: Lynn Shelton
Writer: Alena Smith
7.7/10 526 votes#6 - 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
Director: Christopher Storer
Writer: Rachel Axler
7.8/10 572 votes#7 - 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
7.8/10 489 votes#8 - 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
7.8/10 408 votes#9 - 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
7.8/10 426 votes#10 - 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
7.9/10 378 votes#11 - 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
8.0/10 887 votes#12 - 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
8.0/10 828 votes#13 - 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
8.0/10 706 votes#14 - 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
8.1/10 681 votes#15 - 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
8.1/10 670 votes#16 - 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
8.1/10 472 votes#17 - 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
8.1/10 405 votes#18 - 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
8.2/10 688 votes#19 - 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
8.2/10 464 votes#20 - “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
8.2/10 422 votes#21 - 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
8.2/10 398 votes#22 - 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
8.3/10 684 votes#23 - 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
8.3/10 587 votes#24 - 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
8.3/10 536 votes#25 - 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