Emily confronts tough issues at a meeting of the local Shakespeare Club.

Emily takes a “sick day” to write and finds a connection with her father’s law clerk.

When she learns that Sam plans to publish her poem, Emily embraces being his latest discovery while attending one of Sue’s salons.

Things don't go as planned when Emily tries to express her gratitude to Sam during a night at the opera.

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.

While the whole town attends the christening of Jane’s baby, Emily fights to get her poems back from Sam.

Amid the Civil War's mounting casualties, the Dickinsons grieve one of their own—and Emily struggles to keep the peace in her family.

Frazar Stearns leaves to meet his fate on the battlefield just as the Dickinson family welcomes a new life.

The Dickinsons take a fun family outing to an asylum. Henry helps the soldiers with a uniform inspection.