exist Dickinson When Emily’s (Hailee Steinfeld) supportive brother Austin Dickinson (Adrian Blake Ensko) starts behaving badly, drinking heavily, continuing to have an affair with Jane and throwing stones at his family in the season 3 premiere – why did Austin act so badly in season 3? In “Hope Is a Thing with Feathers,” Austin blames his father for all of his adult life’s pain and failures during a family dinner, which leads to Edward’s mild heart attack and the outbreak of civil war in the Dickinson family. While Austin was once the “golden boy” of the Dickinson family, Austin experienced some personal setbacks in season two that could have exacerbated his bad behavior.
In the second season, Emily publishes in Samuel Powers’ newspaper (guest star Finn Jones) and achieves moderate success as a poet, while her brother, Austin Dickinson, struggles to create the life he wants for himself and his wife, Sue. To stick with Sue, Austin lavishly decorates their new home and throws lavish parties for members of the high society for Sue at her very own salon. However, the added costs have caused conflict between Austin and his father, who considers his indulgent lifestyle irresponsible. At the beginning of season three, however, Austin stops trying to appease anyone in the family, including Sue. Austin drank most of the time, missed his aunt Lavinia’s funeral, and was even absent when his first child was born. Austin Dickinson seems to be battling his own depression while the rest of America is engulfed in civil war.
Austin’s alcoholism and outbursts of anger may be due to feelings of dissatisfaction in his adult life. Emily praises her aunt Lavinia at family dinner Dickinson In season three, Austin notes that his misfortune began when he heeded his father’s advice to live in Amherst and become his law partner instead of following his own dreams. When Sue and Austin got married in season one, Austin considered moving to western California to chart his own path, but abandoned that plan after his father disagreed. Austin blames his ’emotions’ because his father never gave him the freedom he cravedLonely, Unhappy, Lost“To his father, because without his father he might have had a better future”cutHis wings. Though naive, Austin’s assumption wasn’t entirely wrong: Doing business with his overly critical father ensured that Austin would never flourish in his career, as his father still viewed Austin as an irresponsible kid who made important business decisions without him.
Austin’s bad behavior can also be due to an unhappy marriage and an unfulfilled desire for a family. While Austin learned in season one that Emily and Sue had feelings for each other, Austin also learned of Sue’s affair with Samuel Powers in season two. Despite knowing he is stuck in a loveless marriage, Austin still tries to find a way to make Sue happy. In addition to trying to buy Sue’s love with luxurious furniture and clothes, Austin also tries to convince Sue to marry him because he believes the children will mend their marriage. Austin even adopted two of his orphaned cousins against Sue’s wishes. When Austin learns from Emily that Sue miscarried shortly after their wedding, he seems to accept that Sue doesn’t love him because she doesn’t trust him enough to confide in him. Austin’s search for Jane in season three seems to be his last desperate attempt to find love and family, even while going through a scandal.
Another factor that makes Austin unhappy with Apple TV + Dickinson The third season is about the pressure to contribute to the war. In the third episode, Lavinia organizes a sewing team that supplies bandages to wounded Confederate soldiers. Emily also considers getting more involved in the fight, if only to infuse her poetry with more truth, as Heidi suggests. Unlike Lavinia and Emily, Austin is the only Dickinson who seems too preoccupied with his own affairs to worry about war, even though one of his close friends, Frazza, has just enlisted. Austin’s enlistment stress could be another source of anxiety that led to Austin’s bad behavior.