Better Things
2016 · TV Series · TV-MA · 23 min · ★ 7.2 · 93% critics
A single working actor in Los Angeles juggles raising three daughters with zero filter and a lot of heart. Between family chaos, everyday pressures, and messy relationships, she tries to keep everyone afloat while being mom, dad, referee, and sometimes the cops.
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Details
- Years
- 2016–2022
- Release date
- 2016-09-08
- Network
- FX
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 23 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 93/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (199 votes)
About
If you like messy, honest family stories with dark humor and big feelings, this could click, especially if you enjoyed Transparent or Love; Not for you if you need consistently upbeat episodes or polite, well-behaved kids.
Pros: funny, raw family moments; relatable flawed characters; heartfelt, surprising beats | Cons: kids can feel grating; uneven, meandering episodes; later seasons slow
Themes
- single parent
- parent child relationship
- coming of age
- hollywood
- single mother
- biting
- candid
- voiceover
- irreverent
- assertive
- bold
Cast & crew
Pamela Adlon
as Sam Fox
Celia Imrie
as Phil
- HT
Henry Thomas
as Robin
- DD
David Duchovny
as David Duchovny / Teak
Mikey Madison
as Max
Hannah Riley
as Frankie
Olivia Edward
as Duke
- CS
Cree Summer
as Lenny
Kevin Pollak
as Marion
- ZW
Zach Woods
as Zach
Directed by Pamela Adlon, Nisha Ganatra, Louis C.K. +1 more
Created by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.
Episodes5 seasons · 52 episodes
Season 110 episodes
- S1E1Sam/Pilot22mDisney+Hulu
- S1E2Period22mDisney+Hulu
- S1E3Brown19mDisney+Hulu
- S1E4Woman Is the Something of the Something20mDisney+Hulu
- S1E5Future Fever20mDisney+Hulu
- S1E6Alarms24mDisney+Hulu
- S1E7Duke's Chorus22mDisney+Hulu
- S1E8Scary Fun22mDisney+Hulu
- S1E9Hair of the Dog25mDisney+Hulu
- S1E10Only Women Bleed25mDisney+Hulu
Season 210 episodes
- S2E1September24mDisney+Hulu
- S2E2Rising23mDisney+Hulu
- S2E3Robin24mDisney+Hulu
- S2E4Sick19mDisney+Hulu
- S2E5Phil24mDisney+Hulu
- S2E6Eulogy23mDisney+Hulu
- S2E7Blackout21mDisney+Hulu
- S2E8Arnold Hall20mDisney+Hulu
- S2E9White Rock29mDisney+Hulu
- S2E10Graduation27mDisney+Hulu
Season 312 episodes
- S3E1Chicago26mDisney+Hulu
- S3E2Holding23mDisney+Hulu
- S3E3Nesting24mDisney+Hulu
- S3E4Monsters in the Moonlight24mDisney+Hulu
- S3E5No Limit23mDisney+Hulu
- S3E6What Is Jeopardy?26mDisney+Hulu
- S3E7Toilet24mDisney+Hulu
- S3E8Easter23mDisney+Hulu
- S3E9The Unknown23mDisney+Hulu
- S3E10Show Me the Magic25mDisney+Hulu
- S3E11Get Lit22mDisney+Hulu
- S3E12Shake the Cocktail25mDisney+Hulu
Season 410 episodes
- S4E1Steady Rain25mDisney+Hulu
- S4E2She's Fifty27mDisney+Hulu
- S4E3Escape Drill25mDisney+Hulu
- S4E4DNA23mDisney+Hulu
- S4E5Carbonara26mDisney+Hulu
- S4E6New Orleans34mDisney+Hulu
- S4E7High Man. Bye Man.24mDisney+Hulu
- S4E8Father's Day27mDisney+Hulu
- S4E9Batceañera31mDisney+Hulu
- S4E10Listen to the Roosters30mDisney+Hulu
Season 510 episodes
- S5E1F*ck Anatoly's Mom33mDisney+Hulu
- S5E2Rip Taylor's Cell Phone24mDisney+Hulu
- S5E3Oh, I'm Not Gonna Tell Her29mDisney+Hulu
- S5E4Ephemera33mDisney+Hulu
- S5E5The World Is Mean Right Now36mDisney+Hulu
- S5E6San Francisco26mDisney+Hulu
- S5E7Family Meeting37mDisney+Hulu
- S5E8Jesus Saves32mDisney+Hulu
- S5E9England46mDisney+Hulu
- S5E10We Are Not Alone43mDisney+Hulu