Dickinson is a half hour comedy about Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld). In real life Dickinson was a prolific poet but hid almost all of them and they were only found after her death. The show is set in Amherst, Massachusetts, mid 19th century I guess about a decade before American Civil War.

Each episode is themed around one of Dickinson's poems. Emily is an eccentric young woman (for that time) and deals with her staid family, though they actually are fairly eccentric compared to today:

• Father Edward Dickinson (Toby Huss) - aspiring politician and voice of conservatism. Swings from indulging Emily and wishing she were more traditional.
• Mother Emily Norcross Dickinson (Jane Krakowski) - ultra uber housewife who doesn't know what to do with free time or having fun.
• Brother Austin Dickinson (Adrian Enscoe) - The older brother destined to follow in the family business (lawyers) but in the home kind of lives in Emily's shadow.
• Sister Lavinia Dickinson (Anna Baryshnikov) - Filled with romance, wanting to fall in love like the stories she reads. And yet closer to following mom's footsteps than Emily.

There's also Sue Gilbert (Ella Hunt), Emily's best friend and lover (in the old way of they're in love with each other). But Sue's family is dead, she's poor, and her best prospect is marrying Austin.

The cool thing about the show is setting it in the past but everyone speaks and has rather modern sensitivities. So it turns it from a boring period piece to something closer to Hamilton the musical (I imagine). Overall it's another good Apple TV+ show.