1 00:00:21,146 --> 00:00:23,357 Glad tidings, Lady Peony. 2 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:25,025 I see you've got a new bonnet. 3 00:00:26,109 --> 00:00:27,361 Admiral Tansy. 4 00:00:27,444 --> 00:00:31,740 You've returned from your long journey to the underworld victorious. 5 00:00:32,533 --> 00:00:36,703 Sweet Iris, in such an elegant gown. 6 00:00:40,290 --> 00:00:44,503 There are my bumblebees, booked and busy. 7 00:00:48,966 --> 00:00:52,052 Honestly, who needs parties when you have a garden? 8 00:00:52,135 --> 00:00:54,888 This right here is the social event of the season. 9 00:01:03,605 --> 00:01:05,524 Working hard or hardly working? 10 00:01:06,525 --> 00:01:09,987 Death. What are you doing in my garden? 11 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:12,573 I had to come check you out. Show you my new fit. 12 00:01:14,616 --> 00:01:16,910 Damn. You are all spruced up. 13 00:01:16,994 --> 00:01:20,455 Yeah, I got my shit together. I was down bad last time we talked. 14 00:01:20,539 --> 00:01:21,790 I'm good now though. 15 00:01:21,874 --> 00:01:24,168 What happened? Did you get some rest, or-- 16 00:01:24,251 --> 00:01:26,086 You know workaholics don't take no vacations. 17 00:01:27,504 --> 00:01:29,631 But I did think about things a little bit differently. 18 00:01:29,715 --> 00:01:31,508 Just had to change my perspective. That's all. 19 00:01:31,592 --> 00:01:34,720 Wow. Okay. Well, fill me in. 20 00:01:35,554 --> 00:01:38,765 Well, I felt like I was kinda being hard on myself. 21 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:43,020 It's like I'm that dude that nobody ever wants to see. 22 00:01:44,104 --> 00:01:46,607 People really don't like the idea of laying in the dirt 23 00:01:46,690 --> 00:01:48,317 with worms coming outta their face. 24 00:01:48,901 --> 00:01:49,902 No, they don't. 25 00:01:51,528 --> 00:01:53,697 But then I started to think. 26 00:01:54,364 --> 00:01:57,659 Without death, what is life? 27 00:01:57,743 --> 00:02:00,204 It's all one process. 28 00:02:00,287 --> 00:02:01,955 It's like these flowers. 29 00:02:02,039 --> 00:02:05,334 They grow in soil, and that's basically waste. 30 00:02:05,417 --> 00:02:09,545 Then they bloom and eventually rot and just become more dirt. 31 00:02:10,047 --> 00:02:12,591 And the same thing happens over and over. 32 00:02:12,674 --> 00:02:15,552 It's a cycle, baby. Bitches gotta deal with that. 33 00:02:15,636 --> 00:02:19,306 Right. Well, I'm really glad you're feeling better. 34 00:02:19,389 --> 00:02:21,767 This suit is fire. 35 00:02:21,850 --> 00:02:27,022 Yeah. I was kinda thinking you could use a new look yourself. 36 00:02:27,105 --> 00:02:28,315 What's wrong with how I look? 37 00:02:28,398 --> 00:02:30,859 It's not about how you look. It's how you feel. 38 00:02:31,443 --> 00:02:34,363 You gotta wear something that makes you feel like yourself. 39 00:02:34,446 --> 00:02:37,574 Your clothes are supposed to make you feel like the one, not the two. 40 00:02:37,658 --> 00:02:41,828 You can't be walking around all hemmed up by everybody else's expectations. 41 00:02:41,912 --> 00:02:43,956 You got work to do, Ms. Dickinson. 42 00:02:44,039 --> 00:02:48,377 You got all of these unreleased poems, hundreds of them, the greatest poems ever. 43 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:50,671 And you're on a bit of a deadline too. 44 00:02:51,171 --> 00:02:54,091 I don't know if you're gonna be able to work fast enough dressed like that. 45 00:02:55,133 --> 00:02:56,677 So, what do you-- 46 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,137 What do you think I should wear? A suit like yours? 47 00:02:59,221 --> 00:03:00,806 I can't tell you that. 48 00:03:00,889 --> 00:03:04,643 You gotta ask yourself, "What's gonna work for me? 49 00:03:04,726 --> 00:03:08,063 What's gonna make me go deeper than I've ever gone before? 50 00:03:08,146 --> 00:03:11,108 Go farther than I ever traveled?" 51 00:03:14,945 --> 00:03:17,948 You got work to do, Ms. Dickinson. You gonna need a uniform. 52 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:27,332 You know, I do feel like this dress is pretty stiff. 53 00:03:27,416 --> 00:03:30,002 I'd love something more flexible. 54 00:03:30,627 --> 00:03:32,212 Get what you need, Emily. 55 00:03:32,296 --> 00:03:34,965 Be who you are, 'cause time's moving fast. 56 00:03:35,632 --> 00:03:36,758 You got poems to write. 57 00:04:42,074 --> 00:04:46,453 Demonic-- Devil's buttons. 58 00:04:47,246 --> 00:04:48,247 Come on. 59 00:04:49,873 --> 00:04:50,874 Vinnie! 60 00:04:52,584 --> 00:04:55,587 -Yes? -I can't get this stupid dress off. 61 00:04:55,671 --> 00:04:56,922 Can you come unbutton me? 62 00:04:57,005 --> 00:04:59,258 Why are you getting undressed? It's the middle of the day. 63 00:04:59,341 --> 00:05:01,301 Because I need to get some writing done, 64 00:05:01,385 --> 00:05:03,595 and this corset is so tight I can't breathe. 65 00:05:03,679 --> 00:05:05,764 Well, I hope you don't have any visitors. 66 00:05:05,848 --> 00:05:07,349 Who ever comes to visit me? 67 00:05:07,432 --> 00:05:08,433 There. 68 00:05:09,101 --> 00:05:11,812 The way women dress these days is idiotic. 69 00:05:11,895 --> 00:05:14,565 We should be able to get in and out of our clothing by ourselves. 70 00:05:14,648 --> 00:05:17,025 It's, like, a baseline requirement for being an adult. 71 00:05:17,109 --> 00:05:20,863 Emily Dickinson, how dare you question the shape of a lady's silhouette? 72 00:05:21,780 --> 00:05:25,701 Inspiration means inhalation. Do you realize that? 73 00:05:25,784 --> 00:05:28,370 To be inspired, you have to be able to breathe. 74 00:05:28,453 --> 00:05:32,499 I want to be able to sit at my desk and fully inflate my lungs. 75 00:05:32,583 --> 00:05:34,376 Okay, you crazy for that one. 76 00:05:34,459 --> 00:05:37,379 -I just don't wanna wear a corset. -Well, we all have dreams. 77 00:05:40,674 --> 00:05:44,511 I can feel the blood flowing, the blood and the poetry. 78 00:05:44,595 --> 00:05:46,972 Nothing can stop you from writing, can it? 79 00:05:47,806 --> 00:05:49,099 Nothing's stopped me yet. 80 00:05:49,183 --> 00:05:50,642 And God knows people have tried. 81 00:05:51,518 --> 00:05:53,937 They can't stop me from writing, Vinnie. 82 00:05:54,021 --> 00:05:56,398 Because writing is the thing that keeps me alive. 83 00:05:56,481 --> 00:05:59,693 Well, I will always be here for that. 84 00:06:00,277 --> 00:06:01,278 Go. 85 00:06:13,832 --> 00:06:16,335 Look at us, a happy family. 86 00:06:17,461 --> 00:06:19,213 Not all happy families are alike. 87 00:06:31,350 --> 00:06:32,351 All right. 88 00:06:36,188 --> 00:06:37,189 Well… 89 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:40,984 Look who it is. 90 00:06:41,068 --> 00:06:42,569 We weren't expecting guests. 91 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:45,239 Mother, Father… 92 00:06:47,282 --> 00:06:48,784 we're here to make peace. 93 00:06:48,867 --> 00:06:51,245 I was never at war with you in the first place. 94 00:06:52,538 --> 00:06:54,581 Is that my grandson in there? 95 00:06:54,665 --> 00:06:55,582 It is. 96 00:06:56,124 --> 00:06:57,626 Well then, come inside at once. 97 00:06:57,709 --> 00:07:00,921 It's time this nameless little heathen got to know his Grandma Cookie. 98 00:07:06,051 --> 00:07:07,970 So, have you chosen a name yet? 99 00:07:08,637 --> 00:07:10,889 -Almost. -Dear God, what is the delay? 100 00:07:10,973 --> 00:07:13,976 -We'd like to give him a family name. -Well, that's right and proper. 101 00:07:14,059 --> 00:07:16,770 But before we can do that, we need to know what kind of family we have. 102 00:07:17,855 --> 00:07:19,523 What on earth does that mean? 103 00:07:19,606 --> 00:07:23,402 Father, there's a matter I'd like to discuss with you. 104 00:07:23,485 --> 00:07:27,531 A new legal case has come to my attention, and if it interests you, 105 00:07:27,614 --> 00:07:30,325 perhaps we could take it on together. 106 00:07:31,285 --> 00:07:32,703 I thought you started your own firm. 107 00:07:32,786 --> 00:07:35,664 This case will require my full energy 108 00:07:35,747 --> 00:07:38,959 but in addition, your level of expertise. 109 00:07:41,086 --> 00:07:42,212 I see. 110 00:07:43,005 --> 00:07:43,839 Go on. 111 00:07:44,882 --> 00:07:46,300 What's the situation? 112 00:07:46,383 --> 00:07:50,012 There's a young, freeborn Black woman named Angeline Palmer. 113 00:07:50,095 --> 00:07:52,931 She worked as a servant here in town for the Shaw family. 114 00:07:53,015 --> 00:07:54,183 We know the Shaws. 115 00:07:54,266 --> 00:07:56,768 -Yes, yes. Respectable people. -Not exactly. 116 00:07:57,853 --> 00:08:00,898 See, the Shaw family hatched a scheme 117 00:08:00,981 --> 00:08:05,444 to sell Angeline into slavery in Georgia for $600. 118 00:08:06,653 --> 00:08:08,363 Angeline's brothers saved her 119 00:08:08,447 --> 00:08:11,366 by smuggling her out of the house before the Shaws left town, 120 00:08:11,450 --> 00:08:15,537 but they were caught, charged with kidnapping and assault. 121 00:08:16,121 --> 00:08:19,082 These men are sitting in jail right now, 122 00:08:19,166 --> 00:08:21,668 and they would deeply welcome our representation. 123 00:08:21,752 --> 00:08:25,339 This is messy business. The Shaws are well-connected. 124 00:08:26,131 --> 00:08:28,884 I mean, why do we want to draw this kind of attention 125 00:08:28,967 --> 00:08:30,135 to the Dickinson name? 126 00:08:30,219 --> 00:08:32,804 That is exactly why we ought to take this case. 127 00:08:33,388 --> 00:08:37,808 Let's face it, Dad. The Dickinson name isn't doing so well right now. 128 00:08:38,477 --> 00:08:41,897 Between your stodgy Whiggishness and my, well… 129 00:08:42,940 --> 00:08:44,191 weaknesses, 130 00:08:44,942 --> 00:08:47,110 you and I haven't had the best year. 131 00:08:47,194 --> 00:08:50,822 Taking this case would give a new meaning to the name "Dickinson." 132 00:08:50,906 --> 00:08:53,825 It would mean that we stood for what was right. 133 00:08:56,537 --> 00:09:00,499 Knit one, purl two. 134 00:09:00,582 --> 00:09:01,792 What's that you're knitting? 135 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:06,088 -You'll see. Everyone will see. -See what? 136 00:09:06,171 --> 00:09:09,424 Epic yarn bomb incoming. 137 00:09:10,968 --> 00:09:13,637 Good morning. Beautiful day out there. 138 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:14,721 Isn't it though? 139 00:09:14,805 --> 00:09:17,307 I've got a spring in me step from this nice weather. 140 00:09:17,391 --> 00:09:21,019 The birds and the bees, you know? The pollen, the nectar. 141 00:09:21,103 --> 00:09:22,688 Makes me feel a bit wild. 142 00:09:22,771 --> 00:09:26,191 I'd love for some dashing gentleman to come whisk me off for a frolic. 143 00:09:26,275 --> 00:09:28,026 Okay, Maggie's horny. 144 00:09:28,861 --> 00:09:30,863 I'm looking for Emily. Is she in? 145 00:09:30,946 --> 00:09:34,324 -She's upstairs, writing. -Have you got something for her? 146 00:09:34,408 --> 00:09:36,952 If she's writing, I don't wanna disturb her. 147 00:09:37,035 --> 00:09:41,707 She's always writing, or thinking. Emily has to think. 148 00:09:42,291 --> 00:09:44,501 She's the only one of us who has that to do. 149 00:09:45,169 --> 00:09:46,920 Go on up. She'll be happy to see you. 150 00:09:48,922 --> 00:09:50,716 Knit one… 151 00:09:52,426 --> 00:09:53,844 purl two. 152 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,018 My Wars are laid away in Books -- 153 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:04,521 Who is it? 154 00:10:06,815 --> 00:10:08,025 Betty. Come in. 155 00:10:08,609 --> 00:10:10,027 I know you're busy. 156 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:14,781 It's all right. Is something wrong? You didn't get word from Henry, did you? 157 00:10:14,865 --> 00:10:18,035 No, nothing from Henry. I've just about given up on that. 158 00:10:18,118 --> 00:10:22,497 Betty, I'm so sorry. I wish there was something I could do. 159 00:10:22,581 --> 00:10:25,125 No, listen. That's why I'm here. 160 00:10:25,209 --> 00:10:29,588 Because you've been trying to help me, and I was too hard on you. 161 00:10:29,671 --> 00:10:31,924 All you were trying to do was give me hope. 162 00:10:32,007 --> 00:10:34,843 And there's nothing wrong with that, nothing at all. 163 00:10:34,927 --> 00:10:38,263 The world could use more people trying to do that for each other. 164 00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:42,518 I don't know, Austin. 165 00:10:42,601 --> 00:10:46,813 I've already accepted that my legacy won't lie in politics. 166 00:10:47,856 --> 00:10:53,445 My true legacy are the people right here, my family, my children. 167 00:10:54,071 --> 00:10:57,741 Well, then think of your children. Angeline was 11 years old. 168 00:10:57,824 --> 00:10:59,409 Think of Emily at that age. 169 00:10:59,493 --> 00:11:03,872 They tried to sell her to a stranger for $600. 170 00:11:05,374 --> 00:11:06,875 You really care about this, don't you? 171 00:11:06,959 --> 00:11:10,921 Yes. It's time for things to change. 172 00:11:11,004 --> 00:11:13,966 Seasons change, and so do societies. 173 00:11:14,049 --> 00:11:16,593 And we can either be a part of the new world, 174 00:11:17,177 --> 00:11:18,762 or we can crumble to dust. 175 00:11:20,681 --> 00:11:21,723 We'll take the case. 176 00:11:29,356 --> 00:11:30,440 Wonderful. 177 00:11:30,524 --> 00:11:33,235 I was afraid you were going to announce you're moving to Nebraska. 178 00:11:33,318 --> 00:11:37,990 No. No, he'll stay here in Amherst and see if he can make it a better place. 179 00:11:38,490 --> 00:11:40,033 -Would you pass him back to me? -No. No. 180 00:11:40,117 --> 00:11:43,579 So, there's actually something I could use your help with. 181 00:11:43,662 --> 00:11:45,122 What's that? 182 00:11:45,205 --> 00:11:47,082 I want to make a new dress. 183 00:11:48,750 --> 00:11:51,670 I'm a little backed up with orders at the shop-- 184 00:11:51,753 --> 00:11:54,214 No, I don't want you to make it for me. 185 00:11:54,298 --> 00:11:55,465 I wanna make it myself. 186 00:11:55,549 --> 00:11:57,009 -Yourself? -Yes. 187 00:11:57,092 --> 00:11:59,094 I know I'm not good at sewing, 188 00:11:59,803 --> 00:12:02,556 but it's really important that I do this for myself. 189 00:12:02,639 --> 00:12:05,392 A dress I can write in. 190 00:12:05,475 --> 00:12:07,686 A dress I can live in. 191 00:12:08,979 --> 00:12:13,400 So, I could really use your expert consultation, 192 00:12:14,401 --> 00:12:17,821 because I'm not sure that a dress quite like this has ever existed before. 193 00:12:18,822 --> 00:12:21,283 Well, I'd be happy to help. 194 00:12:21,366 --> 00:12:24,953 I love the challenge of a new design. 195 00:12:25,037 --> 00:12:26,246 Great. 196 00:12:27,664 --> 00:12:28,790 Pull up a chair. 197 00:12:29,708 --> 00:12:32,878 Before the girls take the baby away, will you tell us the name? 198 00:12:33,462 --> 00:12:36,173 Well, yes. I suppose we can. 199 00:12:36,924 --> 00:12:38,550 Sue, would you like to do the honors? 200 00:12:38,634 --> 00:12:40,469 -How about Sir Poopsalot? -Accurate. 201 00:12:40,552 --> 00:12:42,763 We're all ears. What do we call this little fellow? 202 00:12:43,347 --> 00:12:47,893 Well, Austin and I have decided… 203 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:53,607 -What-- -No, go on. Say it. 204 00:12:53,690 --> 00:12:55,526 -Who can that be? -There's somebody at the door. 205 00:12:57,194 --> 00:12:58,570 Coming! 206 00:13:05,285 --> 00:13:06,495 Faith and begorra, 207 00:13:06,578 --> 00:13:09,915 what is this fine specimen of a man that I do see before me? 208 00:13:09,998 --> 00:13:12,417 My name is Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson. 209 00:13:12,501 --> 00:13:14,753 I'm here to see the great poet, Emily Dickinson. 210 00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:24,680 -What is it? -…the name at a different time. 211 00:13:24,763 --> 00:13:26,807 There's a visitor here for Emily. 212 00:13:26,890 --> 00:13:28,016 Emily? Who is it? 213 00:13:28,100 --> 00:13:32,229 An army man, a high-ranking officer, handsome as anything. 214 00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:36,900 His name is Wintwig Hansworth Tompton Popcorn. 215 00:13:36,984 --> 00:13:40,070 -Maggie, are you having a stroke? -Say it slowly, Maggie. 216 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:42,739 Hemsworth Wiggleston Tenterhooks. 217 00:13:42,823 --> 00:13:43,824 What? 218 00:13:46,326 --> 00:13:48,328 Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson. 219 00:13:49,329 --> 00:13:52,165 Your daughter, Emily Dickinson, is my… 220 00:13:55,252 --> 00:13:56,670 unseen correspondent. 221 00:13:56,753 --> 00:13:59,631 Correspondent? You mean-- 222 00:13:59,715 --> 00:14:01,842 -She's been writing to you? -Yes. 223 00:14:02,426 --> 00:14:04,887 Many letters and poems. 224 00:14:05,721 --> 00:14:07,264 Such extraordinary poems. 225 00:14:07,764 --> 00:14:13,228 Emily's words, her exquisite, necessary words, 226 00:14:13,812 --> 00:14:17,608 have been a balm to me amid the anguish of war. 227 00:14:18,483 --> 00:14:22,779 Somehow, I've been out there on the front lines, 228 00:14:22,863 --> 00:14:26,116 yet she's the one who's managed to capture the experience. 229 00:14:28,076 --> 00:14:32,789 How is it possible that this woman so far from the battlefield 230 00:14:32,873 --> 00:14:35,667 seems to speak its deepest, darkest truths? 231 00:14:38,712 --> 00:14:40,214 I had to come and meet her for myself, 232 00:14:40,297 --> 00:14:42,591 and to see her home, of course, and to meet her family. 233 00:14:44,009 --> 00:14:46,637 Tell me, when did you first realize she was a genius? 234 00:14:49,765 --> 00:14:53,560 I will circle the entirety of existence in this dress. 235 00:14:53,644 --> 00:14:56,396 I will journey to the edges of consciousness itself. 236 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,233 Okay, so you don't want a hem that drags. 237 00:14:59,316 --> 00:15:01,568 Consciousness is muddy. 238 00:15:01,652 --> 00:15:03,445 Yes. Yes! 239 00:15:03,529 --> 00:15:06,782 And it has to be easy to clean so that I can wear it every day 240 00:15:06,865 --> 00:15:08,867 as I run through all dimensions of experience. 241 00:15:08,951 --> 00:15:12,079 So then it'll have to be white. White is simplest to wash. 242 00:15:12,162 --> 00:15:13,205 A white dress? 243 00:15:13,705 --> 00:15:17,584 Yes. Made of light, the light that exists only in spring. 244 00:15:18,168 --> 00:15:22,005 Very nice. And what about construction? 245 00:15:22,089 --> 00:15:24,758 Latches, hooks, buttons? 246 00:15:24,842 --> 00:15:26,927 If it has too many buttons, I'll need help putting it on. 247 00:15:27,010 --> 00:15:29,012 Well, what if it buttons all the way up the front? 248 00:15:29,096 --> 00:15:31,348 Then you can put it on yourself. 249 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:33,267 -A dress that buttons up the front? -It's different. 250 00:15:33,350 --> 00:15:34,476 It's innovative! 251 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,896 -Buttons all the way up the front. -Love. 252 00:15:37,980 --> 00:15:40,566 Now, let's talk about shape. 253 00:15:41,149 --> 00:15:44,862 This is where we really make a statement. 254 00:15:44,945 --> 00:15:47,281 Bustles, petticoats, hoop? 255 00:15:47,364 --> 00:15:50,158 I don't want any of that. I want a streamline. 256 00:15:50,242 --> 00:15:51,785 I'll tell you what else I don't want. 257 00:15:52,786 --> 00:15:54,329 -This. -No corset? 258 00:15:54,413 --> 00:15:58,417 I need this dress to let me live in every possibility. 259 00:15:58,500 --> 00:16:01,044 Corsets make too many things impossible. 260 00:16:01,128 --> 00:16:04,882 I'll let you in on a little secret. I don't wear no corset. 261 00:16:04,965 --> 00:16:07,509 Damn. Your body just looks like that? 262 00:16:07,593 --> 00:16:11,305 Yes and no. I use elastic to shape the dress. 263 00:16:11,388 --> 00:16:13,223 -I still look stylish… -You do. 264 00:16:13,307 --> 00:16:17,853 …but the elastic lets me breathe while I'm bending and stooping in my shop. 265 00:16:17,936 --> 00:16:19,104 Could you work with that? 266 00:16:19,188 --> 00:16:23,233 I don't know. I'm thinking no shape. Pure shapelessness. 267 00:16:23,317 --> 00:16:26,737 It's a lot of room to breathe in, Emily Dickinson, but all right. 268 00:16:26,820 --> 00:16:30,782 No corset, no elastic, a uniform to work in. 269 00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:33,952 That raises the question of utilities. 270 00:16:34,036 --> 00:16:37,331 -Go on. -What are the tools your work requires? 271 00:16:37,414 --> 00:16:40,250 For example, I have scissors, I have my thimble-- 272 00:16:40,334 --> 00:16:42,669 I just need a pencil, a few scraps of paper. 273 00:16:42,753 --> 00:16:43,754 All right. 274 00:16:44,338 --> 00:16:46,924 And you'll want to carry them with you, I assume, 275 00:16:47,007 --> 00:16:48,967 for whenever inspiration strikes? 276 00:16:49,551 --> 00:16:50,719 That's right. 277 00:16:50,802 --> 00:16:53,931 Well, then you're definitely going to need some… 278 00:16:54,014 --> 00:16:56,391 -Pockets. -…pockets. Pockets. 279 00:16:58,477 --> 00:17:00,437 Emily, someone's here to see you. 280 00:17:00,521 --> 00:17:02,105 -Let's sit you down… -A visitor. 281 00:17:02,189 --> 00:17:03,565 A visitor? Who? 282 00:17:04,566 --> 00:17:06,359 Colonel Whatsworth Bentley Tiddlywinks. 283 00:17:06,944 --> 00:17:09,488 Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson? 284 00:17:09,570 --> 00:17:10,948 That's right. That's what I said. 285 00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:13,325 He's here? He's in our house? 286 00:17:13,407 --> 00:17:15,618 Downstairs with your family waiting for ya. 287 00:17:15,702 --> 00:17:16,703 Oh, my God. 288 00:17:16,787 --> 00:17:19,330 What is he doing here? I never said I wanted to meet in real life. 289 00:17:19,414 --> 00:17:20,832 Our relationship is strictly text. 290 00:17:20,915 --> 00:17:23,292 Are you worried he's not gonna like the real you? 291 00:17:23,377 --> 00:17:27,714 I don't know what he's gonna think. I described myself in diminutive terms. 292 00:17:27,798 --> 00:17:29,800 I told him I was small like the wren, 293 00:17:29,883 --> 00:17:32,177 and that my hair was the color of a chestnut burr. 294 00:17:32,886 --> 00:17:35,138 I see. So, you catfished him? 295 00:17:35,639 --> 00:17:37,808 I can't go downstairs. No, we have to-- 296 00:17:37,891 --> 00:17:40,394 We have to come up with an excuse. Tell him-- 297 00:17:40,477 --> 00:17:43,105 Tell him that I'm not dressed. 298 00:17:43,188 --> 00:17:45,274 That Betty's in here with me taking my measurements. 299 00:17:45,357 --> 00:17:47,025 He'll have to come back another day. 300 00:17:48,068 --> 00:17:50,153 All right. I'll give that a go. 301 00:17:50,237 --> 00:17:52,823 But before I do, I feel it's my duty to tell ya, 302 00:17:52,906 --> 00:17:55,617 he's one of the finest-looking gents I ever laid eyes on. 303 00:17:56,368 --> 00:18:00,664 I don't care. I am not in love with him. I only wanted his feedback on my poems. 304 00:18:00,747 --> 00:18:03,625 I'm not ready to meet him yet. Not even close. 305 00:18:03,709 --> 00:18:05,711 I haven't written enough. I'm only just beginning. 306 00:18:05,794 --> 00:18:07,254 It'll be years before I'm ready. 307 00:18:07,337 --> 00:18:10,257 So you won't be upset if I tie my bonny red hair around his neck? 308 00:18:10,340 --> 00:18:12,843 Maggie, you do whatever it takes. Just get him out of here. 309 00:18:12,926 --> 00:18:14,428 I can't believe he actually came. 310 00:18:14,511 --> 00:18:16,847 Oh, my God, Sue. What about Sue? Is Sue gonna be mad? 311 00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:18,765 How do you take your tea, Colonel? 312 00:18:18,849 --> 00:18:21,727 And you must be hungry after a long journey. 313 00:18:21,810 --> 00:18:24,021 Can I get you a piece of roast ham? 314 00:18:24,104 --> 00:18:25,439 No. No, thank you. 315 00:18:25,522 --> 00:18:26,773 I'm actually a vegetarian. 316 00:18:26,857 --> 00:18:28,108 How ethical. 317 00:18:28,692 --> 00:18:32,279 Well, then I will get you some vegetables. I will be just a moment. 318 00:18:33,113 --> 00:18:35,490 Could you take your jacket off, Colonel? 319 00:18:35,574 --> 00:18:38,202 You're getting Civil War dust everywhere. 320 00:18:38,744 --> 00:18:41,580 Grandma Cookie, may I have a word? 321 00:18:47,336 --> 00:18:49,588 Listen to me and listen good. 322 00:18:49,671 --> 00:18:52,382 That man out there is very important. 323 00:18:52,466 --> 00:18:55,260 He is a writer, a thinker, a revolutionary, 324 00:18:55,344 --> 00:18:58,555 and he came all the way here because he admires Emily's poems. 325 00:18:58,639 --> 00:19:02,976 Don't you understand? He could one day be responsible for Emily's legacy. 326 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,896 So we are going to serve him tea, 327 00:19:05,979 --> 00:19:09,858 and we are going to use our best dishware. 328 00:19:09,942 --> 00:19:11,401 And if he asks for coffee, 329 00:19:11,485 --> 00:19:14,780 we are going to serve it with sweet butter and whole eggs 330 00:19:14,863 --> 00:19:17,533 like The Frugal Housewife suggests. Do you understand me? 331 00:19:18,367 --> 00:19:22,287 Susan Gilbert, you really are that bitch. 332 00:19:22,371 --> 00:19:23,747 Everything all right? 333 00:19:23,830 --> 00:19:27,793 Yes, we're just getting some tea for Colonel Higginson. 334 00:19:28,627 --> 00:19:30,045 Where's Emily? 335 00:19:30,838 --> 00:19:32,297 Just a small hiccup. 336 00:19:33,048 --> 00:19:34,174 She's not coming down. 337 00:19:35,843 --> 00:19:37,928 -I'm sure she'll be down soon. -Terribly rude. 338 00:19:38,011 --> 00:19:41,139 I thought we'd taught her good manners, but a father's work is never done. 339 00:19:41,223 --> 00:19:43,267 Not at all. I'm sure she's busy writing. 340 00:19:43,350 --> 00:19:47,604 I imagine that when she's deep in her flow, time just dissolves. 341 00:19:47,688 --> 00:19:50,691 Would you care for cream and sugar, Colonel? 342 00:19:50,774 --> 00:19:52,317 Just say the word. 343 00:19:52,401 --> 00:19:54,653 No. No, I take it plain. 344 00:19:55,404 --> 00:19:57,614 I'm so honored to meet the family of the artist. 345 00:19:58,991 --> 00:20:01,034 You must tell me all about Emily. What is she like? 346 00:20:01,118 --> 00:20:02,536 Go ahead, no detail too small. 347 00:20:02,619 --> 00:20:07,207 After all, sometimes, people with small lives do very big things. 348 00:20:08,876 --> 00:20:10,085 Well… 349 00:20:10,836 --> 00:20:13,839 Emily is unique. 350 00:20:13,922 --> 00:20:18,510 -She's a bit of an odd duck. -She can't sew, or cook, or clean. 351 00:20:18,594 --> 00:20:21,597 -But boy, can she bake. -She's, like, really into flowers. 352 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,473 We used to catch her talking to bumblebees. 353 00:20:23,557 --> 00:20:25,058 Yes, whatever happened to that bee? 354 00:20:25,142 --> 00:20:27,978 She's a very unique person when you get right down to it. 355 00:20:28,061 --> 00:20:30,647 Yeah. She's for sure the crazy one of the family. 356 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:32,941 I'm not sure about that. 357 00:20:33,817 --> 00:20:35,903 -The crazy one? -Yeah. 358 00:20:35,986 --> 00:20:39,531 I mean, the rest of us, pretty normal. 359 00:20:39,615 --> 00:20:42,451 A country at war. 360 00:20:42,534 --> 00:20:45,579 Divided, the men are falling. 361 00:20:45,662 --> 00:20:49,082 This is a statement about isolation and security. 362 00:20:49,708 --> 00:20:52,211 I am a woman. 363 00:20:52,294 --> 00:20:53,587 The men are dying! 364 00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:57,549 And I am dying, 365 00:20:58,217 --> 00:21:01,803 knitted into the details of my life, 366 00:21:02,471 --> 00:21:04,723 as are we all. 367 00:21:06,558 --> 00:21:07,851 Are you my father? 368 00:21:07,935 --> 00:21:09,978 I'm your-- I'm her father. 369 00:21:10,062 --> 00:21:13,023 To be trapped a Dickinson. 370 00:21:13,106 --> 00:21:14,900 That's not Emily, by the way. 371 00:21:14,983 --> 00:21:15,984 No, this i-- 372 00:21:16,568 --> 00:21:18,445 I think… 373 00:21:20,822 --> 00:21:22,991 Yeah. I think this ought to work. 374 00:21:23,784 --> 00:21:24,785 That's it. 375 00:21:26,453 --> 00:21:28,830 A new kind of dress… 376 00:21:29,957 --> 00:21:31,583 for a new kind of poetry. 377 00:21:34,294 --> 00:21:36,463 Are you sure you don't want me to make it for you? 378 00:21:36,547 --> 00:21:39,550 -It would only take a few weeks. -No. I want to do the work myself. 379 00:21:42,052 --> 00:21:44,638 Thank you for helping me dream today, Betty. 380 00:21:49,852 --> 00:21:51,311 What do I tell your family? 381 00:21:52,646 --> 00:21:54,064 Tell them I can't come down. 382 00:21:56,733 --> 00:21:58,151 Tell them… 383 00:21:59,319 --> 00:22:00,320 I'm writing. 384 00:22:12,749 --> 00:22:14,042 You know what? 385 00:22:16,211 --> 00:22:19,923 Even if I can't change the world… 386 00:22:22,050 --> 00:22:23,594 I'm still gonna write. 387 00:22:26,180 --> 00:22:28,265 Even if no one ever cares. 388 00:22:30,726 --> 00:22:33,604 Even if it makes absolutely no difference 389 00:22:35,647 --> 00:22:40,152 that there was a person named Emily Dickinson who sat… 390 00:22:42,196 --> 00:22:43,488 in this little room… 391 00:22:47,159 --> 00:22:48,702 day after day… 392 00:22:50,996 --> 00:22:53,665 and wrote things down just because she felt them. 393 00:22:58,504 --> 00:22:59,755 The tea is lovely. 394 00:22:59,838 --> 00:23:01,715 Hi. I'm Vinnie. 395 00:23:02,216 --> 00:23:03,884 Thomas Wentworth Higginson. 396 00:23:04,927 --> 00:23:06,386 But you can call me Wentworth. 397 00:23:07,179 --> 00:23:08,430 Absolutely. 398 00:23:08,514 --> 00:23:09,806 Hands off. He's mine. 399 00:23:10,474 --> 00:23:13,018 -Well, now that Lavinia's here… -Horny. 400 00:23:13,101 --> 00:23:15,187 …maybe we should do our big reveal? 401 00:23:15,812 --> 00:23:19,066 Before you got here, we were about to announce the name of our baby. 402 00:23:19,149 --> 00:23:20,567 You've finally picked a name. 403 00:23:20,651 --> 00:23:22,945 They took long enough. This child is four months old. 404 00:23:23,028 --> 00:23:24,821 Get on with it. Get on with it! 405 00:23:24,905 --> 00:23:28,283 -Cool! Who's gonna say it? -Actually, the baby's going to say it. 406 00:23:28,367 --> 00:23:30,035 -Right, Sue? -Yes. 407 00:23:31,495 --> 00:23:33,580 He has written a letter. 408 00:23:33,664 --> 00:23:36,834 Wow, he's a letter writer. He takes after his aunt. 409 00:23:36,917 --> 00:23:39,628 It is-- It's addressed to you, Mr. Dickinson. 410 00:23:40,212 --> 00:23:42,339 -Shall I read it? -Please do. 411 00:23:42,965 --> 00:23:44,508 Make sure you do the voice. 412 00:23:45,092 --> 00:23:46,218 There's a voice? 413 00:23:49,096 --> 00:23:51,431 "Dear Grandfather… 414 00:23:53,058 --> 00:23:57,229 I've been in this great world ever so many days 415 00:23:57,312 --> 00:23:59,773 and haven't got any name yet." 416 00:23:59,857 --> 00:24:01,567 Yes. Emily's the crazy one. 417 00:24:01,650 --> 00:24:05,028 "My mother says you have a very nice name, 418 00:24:05,112 --> 00:24:09,241 and I might ask you if I can't have one just like it. 419 00:24:09,825 --> 00:24:13,370 If you are willing that such a little bit of a man 420 00:24:14,079 --> 00:24:19,042 could have such a big name as yours, please tell me." 421 00:24:21,670 --> 00:24:24,381 We're naming the baby Edward after you. 422 00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:26,925 That is, with your permission. 423 00:24:27,009 --> 00:24:30,387 Well, that is the greatest honor of my long life. 424 00:24:30,470 --> 00:24:32,890 Edward. Baby Edward. 425 00:24:32,973 --> 00:24:35,767 -We're going to call him Ned. -Baby Ned. 426 00:24:35,851 --> 00:24:37,311 This is beautiful. 427 00:24:40,439 --> 00:24:43,734 -The baby has a name. -Betty, I didn't know you were still here. 428 00:24:43,817 --> 00:24:45,861 Just helping Emily with a new dress. 429 00:24:45,944 --> 00:24:47,112 I'll be on my way now. 430 00:24:47,696 --> 00:24:48,906 Congratulations to you. 431 00:24:48,989 --> 00:24:50,157 Thank you. 432 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:51,533 And get ready, 433 00:24:51,617 --> 00:24:54,453 I'm going to be ordering lots of Sunday suits for my grandson 434 00:24:54,536 --> 00:24:56,496 now that he has his Christian name. 435 00:24:56,580 --> 00:24:59,541 I can't wait to bring little Ned to church 436 00:24:59,625 --> 00:25:01,710 and make all the other grandmothers jealous. 437 00:25:01,793 --> 00:25:03,795 Which is just what religion is all about. 438 00:25:05,005 --> 00:25:06,548 Bye. 439 00:25:06,632 --> 00:25:08,800 That's Betty. She does all of our tailoring. 440 00:25:08,884 --> 00:25:12,221 Yeah. And she's the best seamstress in Amherst. 441 00:25:12,930 --> 00:25:14,223 Excuse me for just a moment. 442 00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:18,310 Love the uniform. 443 00:25:20,646 --> 00:25:22,147 I think he likes us. 444 00:25:22,231 --> 00:25:24,149 Is Emily ever coming down? 445 00:25:24,233 --> 00:25:25,526 Pardon me, Betty. 446 00:25:26,235 --> 00:25:27,236 You're Betty, right? 447 00:25:27,819 --> 00:25:30,531 Excuse me? Who wants to know? 448 00:25:31,448 --> 00:25:32,741 Forgive me, madam. 449 00:25:34,117 --> 00:25:36,161 My name is Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson. 450 00:25:36,745 --> 00:25:38,747 I've had the honor of serving with 451 00:25:38,830 --> 00:25:40,916 the first-ever regiment of Black Union soldiers, 452 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:43,460 the First South Carolina Volunteers. 453 00:25:43,544 --> 00:25:44,753 Perhaps you know of it. 454 00:25:45,712 --> 00:25:46,880 You fought with Henry. 455 00:25:46,964 --> 00:25:48,340 No. 456 00:25:48,423 --> 00:25:51,510 No, he fought on his own, he and his men. 457 00:25:52,094 --> 00:25:56,265 They armed themselves and ran out to meet the enemy. 458 00:25:56,348 --> 00:25:57,808 It was a brave thing to do. 459 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:03,647 There was a battle-- A skirmish, really, but a fierce one. 460 00:26:03,730 --> 00:26:07,234 The Confederates were on the march to Beaufort, 461 00:26:07,317 --> 00:26:10,779 and the South Carolina Volunteers went out and intercepted them-- ambushed. 462 00:26:11,989 --> 00:26:15,284 Henry was among them. 463 00:26:15,868 --> 00:26:17,494 Is he… 464 00:26:18,078 --> 00:26:19,872 Henry survived the battle. He's-- 465 00:26:21,039 --> 00:26:22,124 He's very much alive. 466 00:26:25,586 --> 00:26:28,922 And sweetest -- in the Gale -- is heard -- 467 00:26:29,006 --> 00:26:30,716 And sore must be the storm -- 468 00:26:30,799 --> 00:26:32,926 That could abash the little Bird 469 00:26:33,010 --> 00:26:34,636 That kept so many warm -- 470 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,013 I didn't dare to hope. 471 00:26:38,682 --> 00:26:39,892 And… 472 00:26:42,603 --> 00:26:43,812 I brought something for you. 473 00:26:55,032 --> 00:26:56,283 Henry's letters. 474 00:26:57,743 --> 00:26:59,161 Delivered at last. 475 00:26:59,244 --> 00:27:03,624 I always say, great writing finds a way to reach its audience. 476 00:27:09,922 --> 00:27:11,215 Madam. 477 00:27:28,148 --> 00:27:30,442 I'm terribly sorry she hasn't come down yet, Colonel. 478 00:27:31,151 --> 00:27:32,152 I don't mind. 479 00:27:34,321 --> 00:27:35,864 I'll wait as long as it takes. 480 00:27:38,033 --> 00:27:40,494 What's an hour or two for a poet like Emily? 481 00:27:42,329 --> 00:27:44,998 People might have to wait centuries to really understand her. 482 00:27:46,542 --> 00:27:50,796 You know, it used to be said in the old Irish wars 483 00:27:50,879 --> 00:27:52,548 that the clans had an agreement. 484 00:27:53,924 --> 00:27:56,468 That no matter how bloody the war became, 485 00:27:57,511 --> 00:27:59,471 no matter how many were slaughtered, 486 00:28:01,974 --> 00:28:04,268 that they should always spare the poets. 487 00:28:05,769 --> 00:28:07,729 "Don't kill the poets," they'd say, 488 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,859 because the poets had to be left to tell the story. 489 00:28:16,738 --> 00:28:21,034 This was a Poet -- It is That -- 490 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:25,247 Distills amazing sense 491 00:28:26,206 --> 00:28:27,958 From ordinary Meanings -- 492 00:28:30,502 --> 00:28:32,880 And attar so immense 493 00:28:40,345 --> 00:28:42,806 I have a Bird in spring 494 00:28:50,689 --> 00:28:53,275 The Sun -- just touched the Morning -- 495 00:29:00,407 --> 00:29:02,910 The last of Summer is Delight -- 496 00:29:10,417 --> 00:29:13,462 I tie my Hat -- I crease my Shawl -- 497 00:29:22,763 --> 00:29:24,932 Autumn -- overlooked my Knitting -- 498 00:29:35,859 --> 00:29:38,153 There is no Frigate like a Book 499 00:29:44,910 --> 00:29:46,870 In Winter in my Room 500 00:30:19,361 --> 00:30:20,696 I started Early -- 501 00:30:24,575 --> 00:30:25,617 Took my Dog -- 502 00:30:28,787 --> 00:30:30,247 And visited the Sea -- 503 00:31:19,963 --> 00:31:24,384 Emily. Emily, come on! Emily… 504 00:31:27,888 --> 00:31:31,767 The Mermaids in the Basement Came out to look at me -- 505 00:31:33,018 --> 00:31:34,394 Come, Emily. Come. 506 00:32:21,191 --> 00:32:22,526 Wait for me. 507 00:32:24,069 --> 00:32:25,529 I'm coming.