Emily Dickinson, the protagonist of the show, spends season one navigating young adulthood. She's coming into her own as a writer and woman, despite disapproval at nearly every turn. At the beginning of the season, we learn that Emily is in love with her best friend, Sue, even though Sue is newly engaged to Emily's brother, Austin. Sue ends up marrying Austin, but the two still acknowledge their love for one another throughout the entire season.
In the last episode, Emily mourns the loss of Ben Newton, a man whom she pictured herself marrying. Emily is also emotional about Sue's marriage to Austin, and she gives Sue a poem, which upsets Austin, who then bans her from the wedding. Emily pictures her funeral, and nearly no one comes. In the end, Emily's father knocks on her door, and Emily tells him that she will be a great poet, and she'll spend the rest of her life writing poems in that very room.
