âDickinson Season 2â Review: Hailee Steinfeld-led Period Drama Is Back To Drop Poetic Truth Bombs This review is based on the first 3 episodes of Apple TV+âs Dickinson Season 2. "It's like my heart explodes," Emily Dickinson played by Hailee Steinfeld is told in reaction to her poems on Dickinson Season 2. Thatâs exactly how I feel about the prolific American poetâs writings and her trailblazing literary career. So when Apple TV+ premiered a comedy-drama series about Emilyâs life reimagined as the coming-of-age story of a rebel poet through a modern feminist lens, I was quick to lap it up. Between a gender-bent reading of Shakespeare, calling out conservatives and patriarchy and the leading ladyâs magnetic performance, I was hooked. My hunch that Season 2, created by Alena Smith wouldnât be any different was soon realised in the form of a taut trio of episodes.