Clips from Dickinson - A Brief But Patient Illness (S01E01)

TV Series 2019 –2021 Season 1, Episode 6 30 min ★ 7.6/10 (23,173 ratings) 416 clips

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"Emerson."

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""In the long sunny afternoon The plain was full of ghosts"

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"Most people quote love poems."

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"What do you mean?"

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"Thanks."

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"I'm not sick."

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"Why would you pretend to be sick?"

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"About me not being sick."

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"remain still."

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"Plump. I wanna look plump."

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"I will paint..."

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"the truth."

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"But as there've been more than 100 reported cases"

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"of yellow fever within a mile of Amherst,"

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"Dammit, isn't there something you can give her?"

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"What about leeches?"

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"Dear God."

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"My examination makes clear"

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"the disease has already advanced to her brain."

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"Can't we just try..."

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"the leeches?"

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"Emily."

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"Does that feel good, my darling?"

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"Thank you, Mother."

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"Yes. This all comes from my side of the family."

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"Frail. Susceptible."

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"I'll be all right."

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"I must unburden myself of this long-kept secret."

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"A party. There was an abundance of cherry rum"

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"I know I've failed you as a mother, Emily."

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"Mom!"

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"- You didn't? - No."

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"There was a girl."

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"I succumbed."

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"no one should have to bury a child."

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"Messing around with everybody's emotions?"

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"If you like."

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"Not to your liking?"

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"I paint what I see."

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"Too bright for our infirm Delight"

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"But they've certainly made an impression on me."

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"Maybe."

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""Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth""

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"that there is no end in nature,"

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"But..."

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"you wear a ring."

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"and I started wearing it to remember him by."

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"Lot of power in a little gold band."

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"That's a new one."

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"Imprisonment?"

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"But if I had my own..."

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"I wouldn't have any time to read."

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"You ever swim in this lake?"

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"- My father doesn't let me. - Why not?"

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"Well, it's too late now. You're already dying."

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"True."

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"Well..."

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${\an8}Too bright for our infirm Delight$

"{\an8}Too bright for our infirm Delight"

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${\an8}The Truth's superb surprise$

"{\an8}The Truth's superb surprise"

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"Hey."

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"Your hair."

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"It's damp."

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"Yeah."

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"The doctor said there isn't any hope."

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"I can't imagine life without you, Emily."

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"Yeah."

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"You were very committed to that performance."

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"Now you could go too."

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"She only wrote once."

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"I lied."

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"I'm sure she misses you."

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"Just whining about some girl."

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"I don't understand her."

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"But I know I love her."

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"I'd rather spend the rest of my life not understanding Sue"

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"Yeah."

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"I finished it."

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"I want you to read it."

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"Okay."

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"Do we have any peppermint?"

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"It's a ghost!"

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"Yes, well, it's good you're out of bed."

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"Well, I will one day."

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"But probably not for, like, a long, long time."

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"Who cares if he likes it? He's going to like it, right?"

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"Up and at 'em. Feeling good."

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"But in your letter you said you were sick."

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"I was..."

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"Well, I was dying. Of loneliness."

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"Haven't you ever heard of a metaphor?"

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"Emily, whe..."

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"I realized you're the only one I have."

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"You're the only one who truly loves me."

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"That's not true."

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"- It is. - No."

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"Or when I was not sick."

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"He confided in me."

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"And I think..."

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${\an8}As Lightning to the Children eased$

"{\an8}As Lightning to the Children eased"

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${\an8}With explanation kind$

"{\an8}With explanation kind"

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${\an8}The Truth must dazzle gradually$

"{\an8}The Truth must dazzle gradually"

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${\an8}Or every man be blind -$

"{\an8}Or every man be blind -"

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"Sue?"

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"How's she doing?"

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"The Lord takes who he wants."

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"Sure does."

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"Here."

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"I'm not taking any chances."

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"Damn."

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"Mrs. Boltwood's cousin just passed from yellow fever."

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"Good. He's here."

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"It's the portrait painter, Thomas Elliot Moody."

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"I'm sitting for him today."

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"He's already done all of the girls in Amherst."

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"There won't be another day. He sails to Europe next week."

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"Your sister is ill."

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"Should I let him in?"

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"My name's Ben."

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"Where did you come from?"

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"That's not what you were asking."

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