If you like period costume dramas, then
Dickinson, which streams on AppleTV+, might be just the show for you—but it’s certainly not the one you’re expecting it to be. This Peabody and GLAAD Media award-winning series, created by
Alena Smith, follows the life and times of the great American poet
Emily Dickinson, as portrayed by
Hailee Steinfeld. While it’s set in the 1850s, it looks at the time through a distinctly modern lens, from deliberately and hilariously anachronistic dialogue and music to progressive sensibilities. In light of Season 2’s finale, three major cast members—
Toby Huss,