Episode 1
Steady Rain
25m7.3 / 10
Sam picks the girls up from a trip.
Guest stars Diedrich Bader
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TV series
Better Things
2016TV-MA5 seasons7.2 / 10
Family gets real.
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
Synopsis
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.
Cast, crew and production details
About Better Things
Cast
Pamela AdlonSam Fox
Celia ImriePhil
Mikey MadisonMax
Hannah RileyFrankie
Olivia EdwardDuke
Cree SummerLenny
Kevin PollakMarion
Zach WoodsZachCredits
- Created by
- Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.
- Written by
- Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K., Joe Hortua, Ira Parker, Sarah Gubbins, Cindy Chupack, Gina Fattore, Robin Ruzan, Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 52
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
FXUnited States- Pig NewtonUnited States
3 Arts EntertainmentUnited States
FX ProductionsUnited States
Themes
assertivebitingboldcandidcoming of agehollywoodirreverentparent child relationshipsingle mothersingle parentvoiceover
Season 4 episodes
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Episode 2
She's Fifty
27m7.7 / 10
Sam embraces her life.
Guest stars Rosemary Thomas
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Episode 3
Escape Drill
25m7.3 / 10
Sam gives her friends a marital intervention.
Guest stars Judy Reyes
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Episode 4
DNA
23m8.0 / 10
Sam gives Phil a DNA test, catches something and releases on Max.
Guest stars Pamela Roberts
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Episode 5
Carbonara
26m7.7 / 10
Sam takes Duke to ballet and Frankie to Pinkberry.
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Episode 6
New Orleans
34m8.3 / 10
Sam goes to a wedding.
Guest stars Mather Zickel, Geraldine Singer, Elizabeth Ashley
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Episode 7
High Man. Bye Man.
24m8.0 / 10
Sam goes to the weed store and visits her brother and Frankie and Sam eat ice cream.
Guest stars Rosalind Chao
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Episode 8
Father's Day
27m6.3 / 10
Sam has a flashback and a wolf pack.
Guest stars Cree Summer
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Episode 9
Batceañera
31m8.0 / 10
Family and friends gather at the Fox household to celebrate Frankie's 15th birthday.
Guest stars Markus Flanagan, Rosalind Chao, Diedrich Bader
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Episode 10
Listen to the Roosters
30m5.0 / 10Finale
Sam and her girls live in the City of Angels.
Guest stars Diedrich Bader
Where to watch Better ThingsEpisode information updated Jul 22, 2026
