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A thread explaining episode 5 of #Dickinson 
and how it does in fact make sense and is very important to the season:
and how it does in fact make sense and is very important to the season:
I'd like to start with a reminder that this show is about Emily Dickinson and her interactions with people and events around her, this show was never solely about the story between her and Sue, I feel like many people aren't enjoying the season because that's all they wait for.
This season tackles Emily's relationship with fame and her indecisiveness towards it. Sam is a personification of fame, if you look closely enough at their dialogue, a big part of it sounds like Emily's monologue and Sam's parts are like fame whispering to her, seducing her.
As for Sue, it looked to me as if she was so blinded by trying to be the host of the best salons that it's making her do some things that season 1 Sue would never even think of doing to the people she loves.
For example, it looked as if all that was taking up her mind in putting Sam and Emily together was so she could have a headline happen in one of her salons, as she knows the brilliance of Emily. In other words, she's using Emily for ulterior motives. HOWEVER --
--However, there are still scenes where that mask breaks and a glimpse of her genuine love for Emily shows. Deep down she truly believes that Emily's voice should be heard solely because she's a genius. It seems like season 2 Sue has a lot to figure out with herself.
Back to Emily we continuously see a push and pull towards Sam (fame) throughout the episode and how much control his view of her has on her. Most people indicated that she's just the "talent of the week" or is not even being looked at for her true talent but rather a sexual favor
All of this and more may have fed into her already existing doubt and made her feel as if she wasn't special and is rethinking if this is really what she wants. Now, keep in mind this is my personal interpretation, if someone has a better one please share!
THIS AND WHAT'S NEXT IS IMPORTANT (explains the "het scene" later) remember Emily and Sue's little talk about Mary? The way everyone keeps saying that Mary is so much like Emily and that Sam loves Mary might've signified that fame can get along well with a person like her --
-- since Sam (who personifies fame) is in a supposedly loving marriage (union) with Mary (Emily). Here's the extremely important part: Sue then tells Emily in the midst of her doubt "you go out there and you own this"
Emily then goes back to her room and thinks about Mary and so the idea of fame comes back to seduce her (visualized in the form of a sex scene) at first we see Sam taking control but then Emily takes the control (remember: "you go out there and you own this")
The last facial expression of Emily in the scene perfectly explains her relationship with fame, we can first see excitement that quickly turns into fear, and her indecision increases even more.
As for the poem that's taking the title, Forbidden fruit a flavor has, I'd like to remind everyone the beauty of Emily Dickinson's poetry and how there's always multiple meanings in each poem. While the poem can be taken as talking about Sue the show took it as talking about fame
Please remember the brilliance and the art of season 1 and how much love @internetalena has for Emily Dickinson. In this show almost nothing is what it seems, there's always a bigger meaning. I promise you if you look at it this way you'll come to adore this season! 
