7.5/10501 votesLoading...#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
7.6/10536 votesLoading...#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
7.6/10508 votesLoading...#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
7.7/101,100 votesLoading...#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
7.7/10744 votesLoading...#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
7.7/10539 votesLoading...#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
7.8/10584 votesLoading...#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
7.8/10501 votesLoading...#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
7.8/10419 votesLoading...#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 Abigail Holder
Writer: Sophie Zucker
7.8/10438 votesLoading...#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 Abigail Holder
Writer: Ken Greller, R. Eric Thomas
7.9/10388 votesLoading...#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
8.0/10902 votesLoading...#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: Alena Smith, Rachel Axler
8.0/10842 votesLoading...#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
8.0/10718 votesLoading...#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
8.1/10693 votesLoading...#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
8.1/10683 votesLoading...#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
8.1/10484 votesLoading...#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
8.1/10416 votesLoading...#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
8.2/10701 votesLoading...#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
8.2/10475 votesLoading...#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
8.2/10433 votesLoading...#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
8.2/10410 votesLoading...#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
8.3/10696 votesLoading...#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: Alena Smith, Ali Waller
8.3/10598 votesLoading...#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
8.3/10548 votesLoading...#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
The Worst 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+
Worst Episodes Summary
"Forbidden Fruit a flavor has" is the worst rated episode of "Dickinson". It scored 7.5/10 based on 501 votes. Directed by Silas Howard and written by Ken Greller, it aired on 1/22/2021. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The only Ghost I ever saw".