Emily travels to Walden Pond to meet Thoreau (played by John Mulaney ), hoping for a radical ally. To her disappointment, she finds the supposedly rugged individualist is actually a pretentious "phony" who relies on his mother to do his laundry and bring him snacks.
" Alone, I Cannot Be " is the fourth episode of the first season of the Apple TV+ series . It originally aired on November 1, 2019, and stars Hailee Steinfeld as the young, rebellious poet Emily Dickinson. Plot Summary [S1E4] Alone, I Cannot Be
The encounter highlights the disparity between male and female intellectualism of the era; while Thoreau is celebrated for his "solitude," Emily realizes he has a support system she is denied simply because she is a woman. Emily travels to Walden Pond to meet Thoreau
The episode follows Emily as she attempts to save her favorite tree from being destroyed by the impending construction of a new railroad on her family's property. After her father, Edward, agrees to let the tracks run through their land—effectively condemning a tree planted by Emily's great-grandfather—she decides to seek help from a famous environmentalist and author: . It originally aired on November 1, 2019, and