Dickinson: Season 1

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Dickinson: Season 1

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Apple TV+ | APPLE+ | Season Premiere Date: November 1, 2019

Summary: The coming-of-age comedy set in the 1850s from Alena Smith about poet Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld) includes modern music and takes artistic license on aspects of her life.

Creator: Alena Smith

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Episode 10
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E10. I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
Air Date: November 1, 2019
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S1:E9. Episode 09
Air Date: November 30, -0001

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Alexis Gunderson

Oct 28, 2019

Dickinson is so fun and so strange and so tireless in handing out little moments of character development, with wildly original mood setting. ... With only three episodes provided for review and all of Emily’s real, long life such a legit mystery, it’s difficult to gauge what the central arc of the whole season might be. But with such gorgeous cinematography, costuming, and metatextual design, and with every actor putting in such fun, charming, deeply specific (read: often deeply odd) performances—and with Smith and Steinfeld, especially, so blazingly self-confident in their vision—it seems entirely likely that Dickinson will be one of the brightest debuts of 2019. Read full review

Constance Grady

Nov 1, 2019

Dickinson is a slick, stylish show, and refreshingly, it knows exactly what it’s doing. Read full review

Sonia Saraiya

Nov 6, 2019

To be sure, Peak Content has demonstrated a bit too much fondness for the “[notable figure], but cool” dramatic premise, which has yielded both hits (Riverdale) and bombs (remember Will?). But Dickinson has so much to imagine about Emily—and such a sense of humor—that the idea feels fresh. Read full review

Liam Mathews

Oct 28, 2019

Creator Alena Smith has thought the world out well, and the show feels grounded in its own reality. It doesn't overdo the ironic modernity, instead sprinkling a handful of mild swear words and slang terms into each episode in a way that doesn't take the viewer out of the story. It's pretty artfully done. Read full review

Mike Hale

Oct 31, 2019

The slightest, but perhaps most interesting, of the Apple Plus shows. Read full review

Aaron Barnhart

Nov 4, 2019

Fan fiction may not be the best way to describe Dickinson, but I think it captures the overall adoration of the poet that went into the making of this show. ... All of this is pretty engaging. But then at seemingly random moments Dickinson shape-shifts into a sitcom, and that’s where it loses me. Read full review

Kelly Lawler

Nov 1, 2019

"Dickinson" is a mess of conflicting tones that never jell into a show that does more than relish the chaos of twerking in long dresses. The acting is terrible, and not in a let's-drink-wine-and-make-fun-of-it way. Read full review

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elliedina

Jan 7, 2021

absolute brilliance. i don’t usually like period pieces, but this one is completely different. wonderful!!!! also emisue

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Rivaldo

Nov 9, 2019

Dickinson e o tipo de série morna mais extremamente divertida que agrada seu público mesmo com poucos defeitos

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arkham2014

Dec 14, 2019

This is really weird and fun. sometimes out of sorts and it seems that it has no plot, but it's entertaining enought for sure. Hailee Steinfeld's performance is the best thing about it.

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Tomita

Nov 7, 2019

Dickinson's story is just an excuse to propose a teen comedy that aims more at the effect than at the quality of the content.

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cinelez

Nov 6, 2019

Emily Dickinson is best known as the [possibly lesbian] writer obsessed with death and poetry. She is one of America’s greatest and most original poets of all time.
In her writing, she experimented with expression in order to free it from conventional restraints. Her characters could seeEmily Dickinson is best known as the [possibly lesbian] writer obsessed with death and poetry. She is one of America’s greatest and most original poets of all time.
In her writing, she experimented with expression in order to free it from conventional restraints. Her characters could see the inescapable limitations of their societies as well as their imagined and imaginable escapes.
To define meaning without confining it, to inhabit a house that never became a prison, Dickinson created a distinctively elliptical language in her work, for expressing what was possible but not yet realized.

In the spirit of recent historical dramadies (p.e. Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite) Apple TV+ has released this original series.
In my opinion, the American TV firmament will not rest until it remakes every American poet into a TV-series character who is hot, young, and horny. At least she is depicted as queer. Obviously the show is targeting the young generation. I for one, would prefer a British version.… Expand

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Chrisfromwa

Feb 2, 2020

My wife and I tried to give this show a chance, but its just not good. I really dislike shows where every character in the show always seem to make dumb descions over and over. Just so things can happen. Every supporting character is either stupid or unable to act nirmal.

The music wasMy wife and I tried to give this show a chance, but its just not good. I really dislike shows where every character in the show always seem to make dumb descions over and over. Just so things can happen. Every supporting character is either stupid or unable to act nirmal.

The music was is annoying none of it fits any sceene. Just current pop music crammed into scenes.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

72

Series Overview
Season 3

91
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: November 5, 2021
Season 2

81
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: January 8, 2021
Season 1

66
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 1, 2019
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  S1:E10. Episode 10
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E10. I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
  Air Date: November 1, 2019
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  S1:E9. Episode 09
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E9. 'Faith' is a fine invention
  Air Date: November 1, 2019
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  S1:E8. Episode 08
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E8. There's a certain Slant of light
  Air Date: November 1, 2019
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  S1:E7. Episode 07
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E7. We lose - because we win
  Air Date: November 1, 2019
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  S1:E6. Episode 06
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E6. A brief, but patient illness
  Air Date: November 1, 2019
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  S1:E5. Episode 05
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E5. I am afraid to own a Body
  Air Date: November 1, 2019
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  S1:E4. Episode 04
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E4. Alone, I cannot be
  Air Date: November 1, 2019
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  S1:E3. Episode 03
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E3. Wild nights
  Air Date: November 1, 2019
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  S1:E2. Episode 02
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S1:E2. I have never seen 'Volcanoes'
  Air Date: November 1, 2019
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: November 1, 2019
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  S1:E1. Because I could not stop
  Air Date: November 1, 2019