Better Things
Family gets real.
TV-MA2016•23m•7.2/10
ComedyDrama
Ratings
🎬TMDb
7.2/10(201)
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.
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.
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Sam/Pilot
Air date: 2016-09-08
Meet Sam Fox.
E2
Period
Air date: 2016-09-15
Sam deals with lady things.
E3
Brown
Air date: 2016-09-22
Sam brings home a colleague for dinner.
E4
Woman Is the Something of the Something
Air date: 2016-09-29
Sam gets really looked at.
E5
Future Fever
Air date: 2016-10-06
Sam has snack and Max thinks about things.
E6
Alarms
Air date: 2016-10-13
Sam deals with some situations.
E7
Duke's Chorus
Air date: 2016-10-20
Sam and fam go- to-meeting.
E8
Scary Fun
Air date: 2016-10-27
Sam makes a point.
E9
Hair of the Dog
Air date: 2016-11-03
Sam makes moves.
E10
Only Women Bleed
Air date: 2016-11-10
Only women bleed.
Cast
Pamela Adlon
Sam Fox
Celia Imrie
Phil
Mikey Madison
Max
Hannah Riley
Frankie
Olivia Edward
Duke
Kevin Pollak
Marion
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