I have a couple big problems with Dickinson and yes, one of them is the physicality between Sue and Emily is gone too soon, but like you said. She did end up with him. Sue seems more physically into Austin but more emotionally into Emily. Another problem I have is the fact that every other woman on the show are stereotypical and only serve the purpose to make Emily seem more progressive. Their treatment of race is like extremely heavy handed and done poorly, once agin to make Emily look good.

And another anon:

I finished all 10 Dickinson episodes. Spoiler Alert: Towards the last 3 episodes I don’t even think Sue and Emily can even be considered romantic anymore. Sue gets very enamored with Austin. Go in with the right expectations. Sue/Emily are not physically involved after episode 3. 

Thanks for the warnings, anons. I still haven’t watched it and well, perhaps I’m less inclined to work hard to catch up instead of basking in that lovely season of Atypical. 

I do get the issue people are having where, while yes, of course we know real life, it’s up to the writers where to focus and they could have expanded an Emily/Susan time into a season (of just 10 eps at that) instead of I guess…not? Like Gentleman Jack showed, when you compare it to other media that focuses on Mariana Belcombe and kind of relegates Ann Walker to a footnote, even when it’s based on real people, a lot depends on what you choose to show, when. 

Obviously they don’t have to make shows to please specifically us, but I understand why some people have lost interest. I’ll still check it out for its own sake, I thought it was supposed to be fun and funny and weird, but probably not immediately.