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Season 4 – Better Things

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2020

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"Better Things" is the story of Sam Fox, a single mother and working actor with no filter trying to raise her three daughters -- Max, Frankie, and Duke -- in Los Angeles. She also looks out for her mother, Phil, an English expatriate with questionable faculties who lives across the street. Whether she's struggling to keep her daughters close or trying to push one of them out of the nest, Sam approaches every challenge with fierce love, raw honesty, and humor. At the end of the day, Sam's just trying to earn a living, navigate her daughters' changing lives, survive her family, have fun with a friend or two, and also -- just maybe -- squeeze in some private time.

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Critics Consensus

Sharp and singular, Better Things just keeps getting better.

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Kylie Northover

The Age (Australia)

Best of all, Better Things is not earnest; there are touching moments that in lesser hands would be saccharine and storylines that deal with “issues” without being preachy.

Rated: 5/5

Nov 10, 2023

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Drew Gregory

Autostraddle

Better Things captures mother/daughter relationships with a striking specificity... Every parent should let their kid be the thing they are being. I'm grateful that's the story Adlon chose to tell.

Dec 15, 2020

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Neal Justin

Minneapolis Star Tribune

In Better Things, Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon) has pretty much removed herself from the dating pool, freeing up the sitcom to focus on what it does best: exploring the joys and jolts in female bonding.

Dec 15, 2020

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Akhil Arora

Gadgets360

The fourth season of this excellent series was about how hard it is to let go.

Dec 16, 2020

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Allison Picurro

TV Guide

Following the delightfully bizarre, sweet, and chaotic happenings of the Foxes has been a soothing balm in an increasingly uncertain time. At its core, the show is an ode to the love between a group of intensely strange women.

Dec 15, 2020

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Valerie Ettenhofer

Film School Rejects

It's as masterful as anything else on television, yet it refuses to deliver the nasty shock that's become par for the course among its contemporaries.

Dec 15, 2020

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JOHN A

To be fair I only got part of the way through episode 4, so maybe it got better, but I doubt it. I finally had to give up on "Better Things" when the only daughter that I wasn't pretty disgusted with started to get pretty disgusting. I started watching because of the reviews about how "real" this sitcom is. Long-suffering lead, inconsiderate & sometimes downright mean-spirited supporting characters, bizarre & usually unpleasant storylines. If this is "real" I'll stick with fantasy. I found myself increasingly wondering- "Better than what?"

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/20/21

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Audience Member

Fun, genuine, and felt real. Whole show is wonderful.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/09/23

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

One of the best things about this show are its realistic characters. The male representation written by Adlon is, by far, the most accurate portrayal of men I've ever seen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/09/23

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Audience Member

I absolutely love it!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/09/23

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Audience Member

Finally, a single mom who is relatable in every sense!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/09/23

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Pamela Adlon

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Louis C.K.

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Pamela Adlon

Sam Fox

Celia Imrie

Phil

Mikey Madison

Max

Hannah Riley

Frankie

Episode 1

Aired Mar 5, 2020

Steady Rain

Sam picks the girls up from a trip.

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Episode 2

Aired Mar 5, 2020

She's Fifty

Sam embraces her state of being.

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Episode 3

Aired Mar 12, 2020

Escape Drill

Sam gives her friends a marital intervention.

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Episode 4

Aired Mar 19, 2020

DNA

Sam gives Phil a DNA test, catches something and releases on Max.

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Episode 5

Aired Mar 26, 2020

Carbonara

Sam takes Duke to ballet and Frankie to Pinkberry.

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Episode 6

Aired Apr 2, 2020

New Orleans

Sam goes to a wedding.

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Episode 7

Aired Apr 9, 2020

High Man. Bye Man

Sam goes to the weed store and visits her brother; Frankie and Sam eat ice cream.

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Episode 8

Aired Apr 16, 2020

Father's Day

Sam has a flashback and a wolf pack.

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Episode 9

Aired Apr 23, 2020

Batceñera

Sam throws Frankie a Batceñera.

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Episode 10

Aired Apr 30, 2020

Listen to the Roosters

Sam and her girls live in the City of Angels.

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