Better Things

Better Things

Family gets real.

TV-MA2016•23m•7.2/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.2/10(195)

Sam Fox is a single, working actor with no filter trying to raise her three daughters – Max, Frankie and Duke – in Los Angeles. She is mom, dad, referee and the cops.

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Production

Pig Newton, 3 Arts Entertainment, FX Productions

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

September 8, 2016

Last Aired

April 25, 2022

Networks

FX

Created By

Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Sam/Pilot

E1

Sam/Pilot

Air date: 2016-09-08

Meet Sam Fox.

Period

E2

Period

Air date: 2016-09-15

Sam deals with lady things.

Brown

E3

Brown

Air date: 2016-09-22

Sam brings home a colleague for dinner.

Woman Is the Something of the Something

E4

Woman Is the Something of the Something

Air date: 2016-09-29

Sam gets really looked at.

Future Fever

E5

Future Fever

Air date: 2016-10-06

Sam has snack and Max thinks about things.

Alarms

E6

Alarms

Air date: 2016-10-13

Sam deals with some situations.

Duke's Chorus

E7

Duke's Chorus

Air date: 2016-10-20

Sam and fam go- to-meeting.

Scary Fun

E8

Scary Fun

Air date: 2016-10-27

Sam makes a point.

Hair of the Dog

E9

Hair of the Dog

Air date: 2016-11-03

Sam makes moves.

Only Women Bleed

E10

Only Women Bleed

Air date: 2016-11-10

Only women bleed.

Cast

Pamela Adlon

Pamela Adlon

Sam Fox

Celia Imrie

Celia Imrie

Phil

Mikey Madison

Mikey Madison

Max

Hannah Riley

Hannah Riley

Frankie

Olivia Edward

Olivia Edward

Duke

Kevin Pollak

Kevin Pollak

Marion

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