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class="infobox ib-tv vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">Better Things</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Better_Things_Title_Card.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Better_Things_Title_Card.png/220px-Better_Things_Title_Card.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Better_Things_Title_Card.png/330px-Better_Things_Title_Card.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Better_Things_Title_Card.png 2x" data-file-width="421" data-file-height="237" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Intertitle from seasons 3–5.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Comedy_drama" title="Comedy drama">Comedy drama</a><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Adlon" title="Pamela Adlon">Pamela Adlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Pamela Adlon</li> <li>Various (season 1)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Pamela Adlon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikey_Madison" title="Mikey Madison">Mikey Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Alligood" title="Hannah Alligood">Hannah Alligood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivia_Edward" title="Olivia Edward">Olivia Edward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celia_Imrie" title="Celia Imrie">Celia Imrie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening theme</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/Mother_(John_Lennon_song)" title="Mother (John Lennon song)">Mother</a>" by <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a>/<a href="/wiki/Plastic_Ono_Band" title="Plastic Ono Band">Plastic Ono Band</a> (seasons 1–2)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jay_Gruska" title="Jay Gruska">Jay Gruska</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">52 (<a href="#Episodes">list of episodes</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Pamela Adlon</li> <li>M. Blair Breard (seasons 1–2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Becky" title="Dave Becky">Dave Becky</a> (seasons 1–2)</li> <li>Louis C.K. (seasons 1–2)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producer</th><td class="infobox-data">Joanne Toll</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor</th><td class="infobox-data">Debra F. Simone</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Camera setup</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Single-camera_setup" title="Single-camera setup">Single-camera</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">20–48 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Pig Newton, Inc. (seasons 1–2)</li> <li>Slam Book, Inc.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_Arts_Entertainment" title="3 Arts Entertainment">3 Arts Entertainment</a> (seasons 1–2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FX_Productions" title="FX Productions">FXP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/FX_(TV_channel)" title="FX (TV channel)">FX</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">September 8, 2016 (2016-09-08) – April 25, 2022 (2022-04-25)</td></tr></tbody></table> Better Things is an American <a href="/wiki/Comedy-drama" class="mw-redirect" title="Comedy-drama">comedy-drama</a> television series created by <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Adlon" title="Pamela Adlon">Pamela Adlon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> for <a href="/wiki/FX_(TV_channel)" title="FX (TV channel)">FX</a>, starring Adlon as a divorced actress who raises her three daughters on her own.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> FX gave a 10-episode order on August 7, 2015.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> The series premiered on September 8, 2016.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> The series was renewed for a fifth and final season which premiered on February 28, 2022.<a href="#cite_note-s5-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-Final-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> The series concluded on April 25, 2022. The series and Adlon's performance have been praised, and Adlon was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Lead_Actress_in_a_Comedy_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series</a> in 2017 and 2018. The show received a <a href="/wiki/Peabody_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Peabody Award">Peabody Award</a> in April 2017, with the board stating: "[...] this searingly funny and beautiful show is an at-times raw examination of the vicissitudes of working motherhood, crackling with feminist verve and energy, that consistently cuts new ground".<a href="#cite_note-peabody-9">[9]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Cast">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Main">Main</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Main">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Adlon" title="Pamela Adlon">Pamela Adlon</a> as Samantha "Sam" Fox, a single mother and working actress raising three daughters in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikey_Madison" title="Mikey Madison">Mikey Madison</a> as Maxine "Max" Fox, Sam's volatile and angry but essentially decent oldest daughter.<a href="#cite_note-thr-11">[11]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Alligood" title="Hannah Alligood">Hannah Alligood</a> as Francesca "Frankie" Fox, Sam's strong-willed but rebellious middle child.<a href="#cite_note-thr-11">[11]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivia_Edward" title="Olivia Edward">Olivia Edward</a> as Duke Alice Fox, Sam's adorable and sweet-hearted youngest daughter.<a href="#cite_note-thr-11">[11]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celia_Imrie" title="Celia Imrie">Celia Imrie</a> as Phyllis "Phil" Darby, Sam's British mother who lives next door to her daughter with some looming physical and mental issues.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recurring">Recurring</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Recurring">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diedrich_Bader" title="Diedrich Bader">Diedrich Bader</a> as Rich, Sam's best friend, who is gay and has about the same amount of luck with men as Sam does</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alysia_Reiner" title="Alysia Reiner">Alysia Reiner</a> as Sunny, Sam's newly divorced best friend</li> <li>Greg Cromer as Jeff, Sunny's pot-smoking and lazy ex-husband</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Metz" title="Rebecca Metz">Rebecca Metz</a> as Tressa, Sam's understated and very competent manager and friend</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Glave" title="Matthew Glave">Matthew Glave</a> as Xander Hall, Sam's ex-husband and Max, Frankie, and Duke's absentee father</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mather_Zickel" title="Mather Zickel">Mather Zickel</a> as one of Sam's ex-boyfriends</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Davis" title="Lucy Davis">Lucy Davis</a> as Macy, Sam's close friend who has serious personal problems (seasons 1–2)</li> <li>Patricia Scanlon as Joy, one of Sam's friends (seasons 1–2)</li> <li>Emma Shannon as Pepper, Duke's friend (seasons 1–5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Pollak" title="Kevin Pollak">Kevin Pollak</a> as Marion, Sam's brother (seasons 2–5)</li> <li>Jeremy K. Williams as Jason, Frankie's friend (seasons 2–5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_D%C3%A9sert" title="Alex Désert">Alex Désert</a> as Donte, an actor who has worked with Sam in a car commercial and in Monsters in the Moonlight (seasons 2–3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Thomas" title="Henry Thomas">Henry Thomas</a> as Robin, a single father and Sam's boyfriend (season 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Reyes" title="Judy Reyes">Judy Reyes</a> as Lala, Sam's friend (seasons 3–5)<a href="#cite_note-Season_3-13">[13]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cree_Summer" title="Cree Summer">Cree Summer</a> as Lenny, Sam's friend (seasons 3–5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Broderick" title="Matthew Broderick">Matthew Broderick</a> as Dr. David Miller, Sam's therapist with whom Sam becomes romantically involved (season 3)<a href="#cite_note-Season_3-13">[13]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janina_Gavankar" title="Janina Gavankar">Janina Gavankar</a> as Nikki, an assistant director on Monsters in the Moonlight (season 3)<a href="#cite_note-Season_3-13">[13]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsha_Thomason" title="Marsha Thomason">Marsha Thomason</a> as Mer Kodis, a <a href="/wiki/Talent_manager" title="Talent manager">talent manager</a> who shows romantic interest in Sam (season 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kris_Marshall" title="Kris Marshall">Kris Marshall</a> as Tibor, director of Monsters in the Moonlight (season 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Jones_(actor)" title="Doug Jones (actor)">Doug Jones</a> as himself, an actor in Monsters in the Moonlight (season 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Page" title="Harrison Page">Harrison Page</a> as Walter, Phil's boyfriend (season 3)</li> <li>Adam Kulbersh as Murray Fox, Sam's father who appears as a ghost to her and Duke (season 3; guest season 1 & 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Gold" title="Judy Gold">Judy Gold</a> as Chaya, one of Sam's friends (seasons 4–5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Cantone" title="Mario Cantone">Mario Cantone</a> as Mal Martone, Sam's new manager (seasons 4–5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Chao" title="Rosalind Chao">Rosalind Chao</a> as Caroline, Marion's wife (seasons 4–5)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_guest_stars">Notable guest stars</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable guest stars">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Bowen" title="Julie Bowen">Julie Bowen</a> as herself ("Sam/Pilot")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Whitford" title="Bradley Whitford">Bradley Whitford</a> as Gary ("Sam/Pilot")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constance_Zimmer" title="Constance Zimmer">Constance Zimmer</a> as herself ("Sam/Pilot")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleopatra_Coleman" title="Cleopatra Coleman">Cleopatra Coleman</a> as Dr. Okoye ("Period")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rae_Dawn_Chong" title="Rae Dawn Chong">Rae Dawn Chong</a> as Patty Donner ("Period" and "Only Women Bleed")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Kravitz" title="Lenny Kravitz">Lenny Kravitz</a> as Mel Trueblood ("Brown")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Duchovny" title="David Duchovny">David Duchovny</a> as himself ("Brown")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Pudi" title="Danny Pudi">Danny Pudi</a> as Danny ("Woman Is the Something of the Something")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zach_Woods" title="Zach Woods">Zach Woods</a> as Zach ("Woman Is the Something of the Something")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Walsh" title="Joe Walsh">Joe Walsh</a> as himself ("Hair of the Dog")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ales" title="John Ales">John Ales</a> as Rodney ("Rising")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Kenny" title="Tom Kenny">Tom Kenny</a> as himself ("Robin")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_West" title="Billy West">Billy West</a> as himself ("Robin")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Michael_Morris" title="Robert Michael Morris">Robert Michael Morris</a> as Ray ("Eulogy")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rade_%C5%A0erbed%C5%BEija" title="Rade Šerbedžija">Rade Šerbedžija</a> as Arnold Hall ("Arnold Hall")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Carr" title="Jane Carr">Jane Carr</a> as Jarita ("White Rock")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Havers" title="Nigel Havers">Nigel Havers</a> as Lester ("White Rock")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Stone" title="Sharon Stone">Sharon Stone</a> as Reiki ("Nesting")<a href="#cite_note-Season_3-13">[13]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glynn_Turman" title="Glynn Turman">Glynn Turman</a> as Rocket ("Nesting")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Choe" title="David Choe">David Choe</a> as Postmates Guy ("Easter")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Feuerstein" title="Mark Feuerstein">Mark Feuerstein</a> as himself ("The Unknown")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffin_Dunne" title="Griffin Dunne">Griffin Dunne</a> as Durham ("The Unknown")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_Shannon" title="Molly Shannon">Molly Shannon</a> ("New Orleans")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Rainbow" title="Randy Rainbow">Randy Rainbow</a> as Andrew ("New Orleans")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Geer" title="Ellen Geer">Ellen Geer</a> as the lady ghost ("Listen to the Roosters")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Judge" title="Mike Judge">Mike Judge</a> as himself ("She's Fifty")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Henriksen" title="Lance Henriksen">Lance Henriksen</a> as Virgil ("She's Fifty")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Kinsey" title="Angela Kinsey">Angela Kinsey</a> as Fredericka ("F*ck Anatoly's Mom")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Cephas_Jones" title="Ron Cephas Jones">Ron Cephas Jones</a> as himself ("Rip Taylor's Cell Phone" and "San Francisco")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Krofft" class="mw-redirect" title="Marty Krofft">Marty Krofft</a> as himself ("Rip Taylor's Cell Phone")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Trejo" title="Danny Trejo">Danny Trejo</a> as himself ("Oh, I'm Not Gonna Tell Her" and "Ephemera")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_LaMarr" title="Phil LaMarr">Phil LaMarr</a> as Cemetery Tour Guide ("Ephemera")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lennon_Parham" title="Lennon Parham">Lennon Parham</a> as Paige ("The World Is Mean Right Now" and "We Are Not Alone")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lena_Waithe" title="Lena Waithe">Lena Waithe</a> as Elijah ("San Francisco")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Sun_Francks" title="Rainbow Sun Francks">Rainbow Sun Francks</a> as Cope ("Jesus Saves")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_Wilson" title="Casey Wilson">Casey Wilson</a> as Yancey ("Jesus Saves")</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production_and_development">Production and development</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Production and development">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Louis_CK_and_Pamela_Adlon_-_Better_Things.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Louis_CK_and_Pamela_Adlon_-_Better_Things.jpg/220px-Louis_CK_and_Pamela_Adlon_-_Better_Things.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Louis_CK_and_Pamela_Adlon_-_Better_Things.jpg/330px-Louis_CK_and_Pamela_Adlon_-_Better_Things.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Louis_CK_and_Pamela_Adlon_-_Better_Things.jpg/440px-Louis_CK_and_Pamela_Adlon_-_Better_Things.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Adlon" title="Pamela Adlon">Pamela Adlon</a> in 2017</figcaption></figure> The pilot was ordered by FX on January 18, 2015. It was written by <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a> and Pamela Adlon, and directed by Louis C.K.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> The story is semi-autobiographically based on Adlon's life.<a href="#cite_note-deadline1201495143-15">[15]</a> The pilot was picked up for a 10-episode first season on August 7, 2015.<a href="#cite_note-thr-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-deadline1201495143-15">[15]</a> The show is named after the song "<a href="/wiki/Better_Things_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Better Things (The Kinks song)">Better Things</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">The Kinks</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Vulture-BetterThings-2016-16">[16]</a> On September 20, 2016, FX renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on September 14, 2017.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> In October 2017, FX renewed the series for a third season,<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> which premiered on February 28, 2019, and consisted of 12 episodes, all directed by Adlon.<a href="#cite_note-Season_3-13">[13]</a> In November 2017, after Louis C.K. confirmed the <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K.#2017:_Sexual_misconduct_revelations" title="Louis C.K.">sexual misconduct allegations</a> against him were true, FX canceled their overall deal with C.K. and his production company, Pig Newton. It was announced that C.K. would have no involvement in future seasons of the series.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> That month, Adlon fired 3 Arts manager Dave Becky as her manager. Pig Newton and 3 Arts no longer co-produced the series after the Season 2 finale.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> For the third season, Adlon hired four new writers for the series, Sarah Gubbins, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Hortua" title="Joe Hortua">Joe Hortua</a>, Robin Ruzan, and Ira Parker.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> In March 2019, the series was renewed for a 10-episode fourth season that premiered on March 5, 2020.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> In May 2020, the series was renewed for a fifth season,<a href="#cite_note-s5-6">[6]</a> which was announced to be its last in October 2021.<a href="#cite_note-Final-7">[7]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Podcast">Podcast</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Podcast">edit</a>]</div> Adlon launched a podcast titled Better Things with Pamela Adlon during the show's final season. The goal was to give insight to the creative process behind the show. Constructed as a companion to the final season, it featured guests like <a href="/wiki/Diedrich_Bader" title="Diedrich Bader">Diedrich Bader</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Pollak" title="Kevin Pollak">Kevin Pollak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olivia_Edward" title="Olivia Edward">Olivia Edward</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Celia_Imrie" title="Celia Imrie">Celia Imrie</a>.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Episodes">edit</a>]</div> <div style="display:block;overflow-x:auto"><table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;height:1px;display:table"><tbody><tr style="text-align:center"><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="min-width:50px;padding:0 8px">Season</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Episodes</th><th scope="colgroup" colspan="2">Originally aired</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">First aired</th><th scope="col">Last aired</th></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><a href="#Season_1_(2016)">1</a></th><td colspan="2">10</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 8, 2016 (2016-09-08)</td><td style="padding:0 8px">November 10, 2016 (2016-11-10)</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><a href="#Season_2_(2017)">2</a></th><td colspan="2">10</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 14, 2017 (2017-09-14)</td><td style="padding:0 8px">November 16, 2017 (2017-11-16)</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><a href="#Season_3_(2019)">3</a></th><td colspan="2">12</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">February 28, 2019 (2019-02-28)</td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 16, 2019 (2019-05-16)</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><a href="#Season_4_(2020)">4</a></th><td colspan="2">10</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">March 5, 2020 (2020-03-05)</td><td style="padding:0 8px">April 30, 2020 (2020-04-30)</td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><a href="#Season_5_(2022)">5</a></th><td colspan="2">10</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">February 28, 2022 (2022-02-28)</td><td style="padding:0 8px">April 25, 2022 (2022-04-25)</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_1_(2016)">Season 1 (2016)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Season 1 (2016)">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:white;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#1F338A;width:5%;color:white"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#1F338A;width:5%;color:white"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#1F338A;width:18%;color:white">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#1F338A;width:12%;color:white">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#1F338A;width:30%;color:white">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#1F338A;width:12%;color:white">Original air date</th><th scope="col" style="background:#1F338A;width:8%;color:white"><abbr title="Production">Prod.</abbr> code</th><th scope="col" style="background:#1F338A;width:10%;color:white">U.S. viewers (millions)</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep1" style="text-align:center">1</th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Sam/Pilot"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Adlon" title="Pamela Adlon">Pamela Adlon</a> & Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">September 8, 2016 (2016-09-08)</td><td id="pcXBG01001" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG01001</td><td style="text-align:center">0.671<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1F338A"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam Fox is introduced as a working actress with three daughters (an angry eldest, a fiery middle, and a sweetheart youngest), various middle-aged men in her life, and an increasingly addled mom living across the street.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep2" style="text-align:center">2</th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Period"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Story by : Pamela Adlon Teleplay by : Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">September 15, 2016 (2016-09-15)</td><td id="pcXBG01007" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG01007</td><td style="text-align:center">0.570<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1F338A"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam hopes that she can no longer get pregnant, then has to handle her daughters' escalating bad behavior and her mom's heightened eccentricity.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep3" style="text-align:center">3</th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Brown"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Nisha_Ganatra" title="Nisha Ganatra">Nisha Ganatra</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">September 22, 2016 (2016-09-22)</td><td id="pcXBG01006" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG01006</td><td style="text-align:center">0.382<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1F338A"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam's latest acting job allows her to spend quality time with her best friend Sunny and less-endearing time with Sunny's nasty pothead husband Jeff. She also lands a date with a handsome African-American man but their dinner together at her house is ruined by Grandma Phil's racism.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep4" style="text-align:center">4</th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Woman Is the Something of the Something"</td><td style="text-align:center">Nisha Ganatra</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">September 29, 2016 (2016-09-29)</td><td id="pcXBG01003" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG01003</td><td style="text-align:center">0.455<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1F338A"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam is briefly up for a leading sitcom role, but never knows about it because her agent doesn't want her to be hurt if (when) it doesn't pan out. A fire alarm brings chaos to the house, while a feminist event at Frankie's school brings her and Sam closer together.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep5" style="text-align:center">5</th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Future Fever"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lance_Bangs" title="Lance Bangs">Lance Bangs</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K. and <a href="/wiki/Cindy_Chupack" title="Cindy Chupack">Cindy Chupack</a></td><td style="text-align:center">October 6, 2016 (2016-10-06)</td><td id="pcXBG01004" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG01004</td><td style="text-align:center">0.439<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1F338A"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam takes care of Frankie when she runs a high fever, Duke when she has coins to turn in at the bank, and Max when a frank look at her lackluster academic career leaves her despondent over her unpromising college prospects.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep6" style="text-align:center">6</th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Alarms"</td><td style="text-align:center">Lance Bangs</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K. and <a href="/wiki/Gina_Fattore" title="Gina Fattore">Gina Fattore</a></td><td style="text-align:center">October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13)</td><td id="pcXBG01009" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG01009</td><td style="text-align:center">0.406<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1F338A"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> The men are not alright as Sam has to deal with gross colleagues, her utterly useless ex, a sleazy fake-admirer, and Sunny's zero of a husband Jeff (when they find out he's on <a href="/wiki/Tinder_(app)" title="Tinder (app)">Tinder</a>). But more interaction with an addled Phil brings some good work and cheer to Sam and her girls.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep7" style="text-align:center">7</th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Duke's Chorus"</td><td style="text-align:center">Lance Bangs</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">October 20, 2016 (2016-10-20)</td><td id="pcXBG01005" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG01005</td><td style="text-align:center">0.460<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1F338A"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam clashes with the Mormon mom of a friend of Duke's, until they each come to understand the others' difficult situation. Max's behavior towards Sam is worse than ever, and Frankie concludes that there is no God.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep8" style="text-align:center">8</th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Scary Fun"</td><td style="text-align:center">Nisha Ganatra</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">October 27, 2016 (2016-10-27)</td><td id="pcXBG01008" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG01008</td><td style="text-align:center">0.381<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1F338A"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam warns Harvey, a boyfriend of Max's, that she doesn't trust him around her daughter. Sam and Frankie play pranks on each other. Max is left heartbroken when she is dumped by Harvey, so Sam, Frankie, and Duke stay at home instead of going out for Halloween to cheer her up.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep9" style="text-align:center">9</th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Hair of the Dog"</td><td style="text-align:center">Nisha Ganatra</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">November 3, 2016 (2016-11-03)</td><td id="pcXBG01002" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG01002</td><td style="text-align:center">0.426<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1F338A"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam takes Max and her friend to a <a href="/wiki/Joe_Walsh" title="Joe Walsh">Joe Walsh</a> concert where unexpected info is revealed.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep10" style="text-align:center">10</th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Only Women Bleed"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">November 10, 2016 (2016-11-10)</td><td id="pcXBG01010" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG01010</td><td style="text-align:center">0.547<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #1F338A"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> After a chaotic morning, Sam gets to work, but that's interrupted when Frankie is sent home from school and Max later tells her mom something about Frankie.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237879425">.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent,.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent th{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable .summary{text-align:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_2_(2017)">Season 2 (2017)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Season 2 (2017)">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:white;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#2B3054;width:5%;color:white"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#2B3054;width:5%;color:white"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#2B3054;width:18%;color:white">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#2B3054;width:12%;color:white">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#2B3054;width:30%;color:white">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#2B3054;width:12%;color:white">Original air date</th><th scope="col" style="background:#2B3054;width:8%;color:white"><abbr title="Production">Prod.</abbr> code</th><th scope="col" style="background:#2B3054;width:10%;color:white">U.S. viewers (millions)</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep11" style="text-align:center">11</th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"September"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Adlon" title="Pamela Adlon">Pamela Adlon</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a></td><td style="text-align:center">September 14, 2017 (2017-09-14)</td><td id="pcXBG02001" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG02001</td><td style="text-align:center">0.528<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #2B3054"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam has company over for a party. Tension is high between Sam and her daughter Max, who is dating Arturo, a man nearly twenty years her senior. Arturo was previously dating Macy, one of Sam's friends. Max eventually reveals to Sam that she is in over her head and wants to end the relationship, but is scared to. Near the end of the party, Sam takes Arturo outside and tells him his relationship with her daughter is over.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep12" style="text-align:center">12</th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Rising"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">September 21, 2017 (2017-09-21)</td><td id="pcXBG02002" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG02002</td><td style="text-align:center">0.492<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #2B3054"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam breaks up with a boyfriend she hates, snarling at him after he calls her out for mistreating him that she disliked him from their first date, but was "too nice" to break up with him. Later, Sam goes on a weekend trip with her friends to the fancy home of Sunny's new wealthy boyfriend. However, she leaves the party and instead goes to a beachside motel to be alone. She fantasizes about driving back home to get her daughters and bringing them to the beach.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep13" style="text-align:center">13</th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Robin"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28)</td><td id="pcXBG02005" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG02005</td><td style="text-align:center">0.498<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #2B3054"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam befriends Robin, a single father. Sam is asked by Robin to go with him for a weekend getaway to wine country and she leaves her obnoxious, squabbling kids behind as they whine about her. They have a nice time, but things get awkward when Sam requests they have separate rooms at the inn. Robin later apologizes for screwing things up and Sam still seems to like him.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep14" style="text-align:center">14</th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Sick"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">October 5, 2017 (2017-10-05)</td><td id="pcXBG02006" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG02006</td><td style="text-align:center">0.377<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #2B3054"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam confides in Rich about her fear about her relationship with Robin; he's the perfect guy, but she's comfortable with being alone. Later, Sam's ex-husband unexpectedly stays over for dinner.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep15" style="text-align:center">15</th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Phil"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12)</td><td id="pcXBG02007" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG02007</td><td style="text-align:center">0.520<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #2B3054"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> After Phil injures herself and is hospitalized, Sam contemplates whether to put her into <a href="/wiki/Assisted_living" title="Assisted living">assisted living</a>, but she eventually decides against it and to take care of her mother herself. Robin meets Sam's children for the first time as they go out to dinner. Later, Sam goes to meet her ex (<a href="/wiki/Mather_Zickel" title="Mather Zickel">Mather Zickel</a>).</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep16" style="text-align:center">16</th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Eulogy"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">October 19, 2017 (2017-10-19)</td><td id="pcXBG02003" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG02003</td><td style="text-align:center">0.502<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #2B3054"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam teaches an acting class and films a car commercial. Sam is upset at her children when they don't appreciate her work as an actor which has paid for their lifestyle. Sam has Max and Frankie <a href="/wiki/Eulogize" class="mw-redirect" title="Eulogize">eulogize</a> her and tells them "I don't want to wait until I'm dead for my kids to appreciate me".</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep17" style="text-align:center">17</th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Blackout"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)</td><td id="pcXBG02009" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG02009</td><td style="text-align:center">0.414<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #2B3054"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> After the electricity goes out in Sam's home, Jeff suggests that she get a generator in case the power goes out again. He drives her to the hardware store to buy one, and she ends up running into Robin and his daughter. Sam has stopped seeing Robin and hasn't called him; Robin tells Sam he misses her. On the way home, Jeff tries to kiss Sam, but she rejects him.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep18" style="text-align:center">18</th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Arnold Hall"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)</td><td id="pcXBG02004" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG02004</td><td style="text-align:center">0.426<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #2B3054"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Arnold Hall, whose son is Sam's worthless ex-husband Xander, summons her for a visit. She gives Arnold a blunt evaluation when he asks her to keep supporting his son's "life of leisure" after her legal divorce payments expire late next year. She later goes to a bar mitzvah for Sunny's son Push where she gets even with Frankie for being verbally abusive, gives a great speech, and witnesses the unfriendly interplay between Sunny and her bitter sister.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep19" style="text-align:center">19</th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"White Rock"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Story by : Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K. Teleplay by : Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09)</td><td id="pcXBG02008" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG02008</td><td style="text-align:center">0.499<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #2B3054"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam takes her three children to <a href="/wiki/White_Rock,_British_Columbia" title="White Rock, British Columbia">White Rock, British Columbia</a> to visit her uncle Lester (Phil's brother) and his wife Jarita. Sam learns family secrets, including discovering that she has an aunt she never knew about, who was put in an institution due to mental illness and seemingly forgotten by the family. Sam later learns that she died in 1983. Max converses with Jarita about her life in England; Frankie bonds with Lester over fishing and carpentry; and Duke sees a ghost.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep20" style="text-align:center">20</th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Graduation"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K.</td><td style="text-align:center">November 16, 2017 (2017-11-16)</td><td id="pcXBG02010" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG02010</td><td style="text-align:center">0.336<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #2B3054"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam, her family, and her closest friends celebrate Max's high school graduation. Max is devastated when her father doesn't show up. As their gift to Max, Sam, Frankie, Duke and Phil perform a dance routine of the song "<a href="/wiki/Christine_(Christine_and_the_Queens_song)" title="Christine (Christine and the Queens song)">Tilted</a>".</div></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_3_(2019)">Season 3 (2019)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Season 3 (2019)">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#c4c4c4;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#c4c4c4;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#c4c4c4;width:18%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#c4c4c4;width:12%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#c4c4c4;width:30%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#c4c4c4;width:12%;color:black">Original air date</th><th scope="col" style="background:#c4c4c4;width:8%;color:black"><abbr title="Production">Prod.</abbr> code</th><th scope="col" style="background:#c4c4c4;width:10%;color:black">U.S. viewers (millions)</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep21" style="text-align:center">21</th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Chicago"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Adlon" title="Pamela Adlon">Pamela Adlon</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">February 28, 2019 (2019-02-28)</td><td id="pcXBG03001" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG03001</td><td style="text-align:center">0.450<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #c4c4c4"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> While trying on clothes at home, Sam notices she has gained some weight. Sam goes with Max to <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> as Max prepares for college; Max is both terrified and excited at the big changes ahead. On the flight home, Sam sees a ghost of her deceased father and makes friends with a passenger, Maneesh. After arriving home, Sam checks on Phil after she notices Phil's vehicle is damaged. At home, Duke also sees a vision of Sam's father. Sam helps Frankie with her homework for school, reading the play <a href="/wiki/A_Raisin_in_the_Sun" title="A Raisin in the Sun">A Raisin in the Sun</a>.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep22" style="text-align:center">22</th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Holding"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Ira Parker</td><td style="text-align:center">March 7, 2019 (2019-03-07)</td><td id="pcXBG03002" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG03002</td><td style="text-align:center">0.353<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #c4c4c4"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> During the night, Sam has <a href="/wiki/Hot_flash" title="Hot flash">hot flashes</a>. Sam begins filming her new movie, Monsters in the Moonlight with <a href="/wiki/Doug_Jones_(actor)" title="Doug Jones (actor)">Doug Jones</a> in the hot Los Angeles weather. On set, Sam meets Mer Kodis, a talent manager. Sam gets a call from Max, who wants an off-campus apartment because she believes she is allergic to vinyl flooring. Duke receives a package from her estranged father, which contains a cellphone. Later, Sam attends a parent-child day at Duke's school where Sam has to deal with various obnoxious parents, including one whose son bullied Duke; Sam wants revenge.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep23" style="text-align:center">23</th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Nesting"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hortua" title="Joe Hortua">Joe Hortua</a> & Sarah Gubbins</td><td style="text-align:center">March 14, 2019 (2019-03-14)</td><td id="pcXBG03003" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG03003</td><td style="text-align:center">0.337<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #c4c4c4"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam cooks a meal, and hosts a gathering of various friends at her home. Sam details the various problems regarding the filming of Monsters in the Moonlight. Mer tells Sam she's filing a grievance for an actor she manages, and wants to include Sam. Sam's manager Tressa warns Sam about Mer, that she's a "flipper" of straight women. Sam clarifies to Mer that she is straight. Sam and her brother Marion discuss their mother's declining mental stability; Marion believes she should be put in a nursing home, but Sam thinks she's fine and she accuses Marion of not being around to help and that she would be the one to take of her.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep24" style="text-align:center">24</th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Monsters in the Moonlight"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Sarah Gubbins</td><td style="text-align:center">March 21, 2019 (2019-03-21)</td><td id="pcXBG03004" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG03004</td><td style="text-align:center">0.313<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #c4c4c4"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam has rape dreams about her ex-husband, much to her annoyance. Despite not being of legal age to drive, Sam gives Frankie driving lessons. Duke purposely loses the phone her father gave her after he doesn't call her when he promised to. Max returns home early from college, saying she isn't being challenged enough; Sam is frustrated that Max isn't trying hard enough. Sam continues filming Monsters in the Moonlight and after being involved in a stunt she believed was too dangerous, she chastises the director about the lack of safety concerns for herself and the rest of the actors. Sam goes out for a drink with Mer, and Mer makes it clear about her romantic interest in Sam.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep25" style="text-align:center">25</th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"No Limit"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Joe Hortua</td><td style="text-align:center">March 28, 2019 (2019-03-28)</td><td id="pcXBG03005" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG03005</td><td style="text-align:center">0.365<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #c4c4c4"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam visits her <a href="/wiki/Gynecologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Gynecologist">gynecologist</a> and has an exam. Sam takes her daughters and their friends <a href="/wiki/Go-karting" class="mw-redirect" title="Go-karting">go-karting</a> and she ends up injuring herself when she crashes, getting <a href="/wiki/Whiplash_(medicine)" title="Whiplash (medicine)">whiplash</a>. Sam is frustrated by Frankie and Duke constantly arguing, so she lets them say whatever horrible thing they want to each other, but just for one minute. Everyone is shocked and amused by Duke's profanity. Sam goes to a birthday party with friends and various topics are discussed, including the difficulties of aging and parenting. The next day, Sam is feeling unwell, hungover from the previous night and the effects of whiplash. She visits her doctor and vents about all her problems – stressed out about her daughters, her mother's mental state, <a href="/wiki/Insomnia" title="Insomnia">insomnia</a>, and going through <a href="/wiki/Menopause" title="Menopause">menopause</a> – and she breaks down. The doctor recommends she see a <a href="/wiki/Psychotherapist" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychotherapist">psychotherapist</a>.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep26" style="text-align:center">26</th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"What Is Jeopardy?"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Ira Parker</td><td style="text-align:center">April 4, 2019 (2019-04-04)</td><td id="pcXBG03006" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG03006</td><td style="text-align:center">0.418<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #c4c4c4"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam begins her therapy sessions with Dr. David Miller, who turns out to be a childhood friend from <a href="/wiki/Summer_camp" title="Summer camp">summer camp</a> that she originally didn't recognize. Sam talks about the reasons for her anxiety and insomnia, stemming from her rape dreams about her ex-husband, Xander. As a way of getting Xander out of her head, Sam (after much deliberation) goes to his hotel room. Inside, they perform an "old routine" from their past involving Sam wearing <a href="/wiki/Boot_fetishism" title="Boot fetishism">high-heel boots</a> and <a href="/wiki/Voyeurism" title="Voyeurism">voyeurism</a> from Xander. After they finish, Sam throws out the boots and leaves. Meanwhile, Phil accidentally knocks over Duke with her car when Duke is skateboarding in the driveway, but Phil plays it off as if everything is fine, worried what Sam will think. Phil then gives up her car keys to Marion. Later, Duke is feeling ill and bleeding, and Frankie realizes she is having her first <a href="/wiki/Menstruation" title="Menstruation">period</a> and helps her.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep27" style="text-align:center">27</th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Toilet"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Joe Hortua</td><td style="text-align:center">April 11, 2019 (2019-04-11)</td><td id="pcXBG03007" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG03007</td><td style="text-align:center">0.274<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #c4c4c4"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam prepares for a colonoscopy and spends all day and night running to the bathroom. After the procedure, the doctor tells Sam she removed two polyps and that she may have a malignant polyp. Tired of her toilet constantly clogging, she gets an industrial-strength toilet installed. Sam has her last session with Dr. Miller; he realizes he should have recommend her to another therapist because of their past. After firing her as a patient, he tries to recreate a romantic moment from their past, but Sam leaves once the session is up. Sam is relieved when she gets a text from her doctor saying the test was negative.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep28" style="text-align:center">28</th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Easter"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Sarah Gubbins & Robin Ruzan</td><td style="text-align:center">April 18, 2019 (2019-04-18)</td><td id="pcXBG03008" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG03008</td><td style="text-align:center">0.364<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #c4c4c4"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam rents a motel room for Max and her friends for a photo shoot. Sam celebrates <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a> morning with Duke and Frankie, giving them baskets of candy. Duke goes with Phil to her married boyfriend Walter's home for an Easter gathering and egg hunt. Walter's wife Esther has <a href="/wiki/Alzheimer%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Alzheimer's">Alzheimer's</a> and he introduces Phil as his friend, but his family sees through it. Phil tells Duke the hurtful truth about her father. When Marion arrives to pick them up, he demands Phil make a "statement of remorse" to him for her behavior over the years. Phil stays at the party and Marion drives Duke home. In the car, Marion cheers up Duke by telling her what a great mother Sam is. Phil finds Esther sitting alone in the TV room watching <a href="/wiki/Easter_Parade_(film)" title="Easter Parade (film)">Easter Parade</a> and Phil joins her when she starts singing.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep29" style="text-align:center">29</th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Unknown"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Sarah Gubbins</td><td style="text-align:center">April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)</td><td id="pcXBG03009" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG03009</td><td style="text-align:center">0.256<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #c4c4c4"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam attends a ceremony at the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Friars_Club" title="New York Friars Club">Friars Club</a> which is honoring her late father Murray Fox. There, Sam converses with Durham, the son of Murray's old comedy partner. Sam and Durham flirt, but once his much younger girlfriend shows up, Sam chastises him for being with such a young girl and not seeking out women more age-appropriate. Sam goes to New York City to read for a play after being suggested by Mer. Sam reads for the play, alongside actors <a href="/wiki/Mark_Feuerstein" title="Mark Feuerstein">Mark Feuerstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holland_Taylor" title="Holland Taylor">Holland Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gabrielle_Ruiz" title="Gabrielle Ruiz">Gabrielle Ruiz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Jon_Briones" title="Jon Jon Briones">Jon Jon Briones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norm_Lewis" title="Norm Lewis">Norm Lewis</a>. They then perform the play in front of an audience the next night and go out for drinks. Mer tells Sam that the play will be taken to <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> and Sam wants to be involved. Sam wonders why her manager Tressa wasn't the one that set it up, although Sam stress her loyalty to Tressa. Sam and Tressa have a phone conversation discussing the issue, and Tressa feeling jealous of Mer, steps aside being her manager. Sam and Mer have a drink at the hotel bar and Mer shows her continued interest in Sam, but Sam denies having reciprocal feelings. At the bar with the rest of cast, Sam sends a text message to David Miller, who she has been communicating with after her therapy sessions ended.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep30" style="text-align:center">30</th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Show Me the Magic"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon & Ira Parker</td><td style="text-align:center">May 2, 2019 (2019-05-02)</td><td id="pcXBG03010" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG03010</td><td style="text-align:center">0.342<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #c4c4c4"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam and her friends gather at Lala's house for a night of drinking and bonding. Sam and Tressa, who is no longer her manager, reconcile and remain great friends. When Lala's husband and his friend return home early from their night out, Sam becomes annoyed by their presence, that they've ruined the vibe of the great night the women have been having. The next morning, Duke is frightened and believes she sees her deceased grandfather Murray in her room. Sam goes to see David about the issue with Duke, and she wants him to pretend to be a <a href="/wiki/Mediumship" title="Mediumship">medium</a> to resolve the problem. However, David is offended by the suggestion. The two kiss before Sam leaves. Trying to solve the problem herself, Sam shows Duke various mementos of Murray, including various books he wrote and audio recordings. Duke takes the urn of Murray's ashes from Phil's house and puts them into a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Sam discovers Duke's pet mouse has died and mourns it; and finds a <a href="/wiki/Bear" title="Bear">bear</a> in her driveway, learning that is the animal leaving its droppings in her driveway.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep31" style="text-align:center">31</th><td style="text-align:center">11</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Get Lit"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Joe Hortua & Ira Parker</td><td style="text-align:center">May 9, 2019 (2019-05-09)</td><td id="pcXBG03011" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG03011</td><td style="text-align:center">0.242<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #c4c4c4"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam has a medium brought to the house to deal with Murray's presence. Sam finds a cannabis smoking pipe in the house and yells at Max and her friends for leaving it out. Sam chaperones Frankie and her friends to a <a href="/wiki/Poetry_slam" title="Poetry slam">poetry slam</a> event where they are performing; they perform a poem about "the little white lies we tell our little ones". Phil later smokes cannabis with Max's friends.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep32" style="text-align:center">32</th><td style="text-align:center">12</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Shake the Cocktail"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">May 16, 2019 (2019-05-16)</td><td id="pcXBG03012" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG03012</td><td style="text-align:center">0.289<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #c4c4c4"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> It's Sam's 50th birthday and Frankie has been gone from home for 8 days, living at her friend's house, caused by friction between her and Sam. Despite showing hostility toward Sam, Frankie is courteous to the families housing her and helps a homeless woman. Sam has lunch with Rich, but she becomes annoyed because he has invited his boyfriend. Rich gets mad and accuses her of wanting him to stay single, just like her. Sam talks with David about Frankie, and he suggests that she focus on Max and Duke. Phil talks with Sam on the phone, but forgets her birthday. Sam, Max, and Duke go to Frankie's <a href="/wiki/Recital" class="mw-redirect" title="Recital">recital</a>, and Frankie has invited Rich and his boyfriend. Sam apologizes to Rich and they make amends; Rich gives her a birthday gift. They all then watch the performance and Max takes photographs. After, Frankie returns home and tells Sam she's not staying, but asks if she could use the bathtub. Sam gives her a meal and Frankie leaves a birthday card. Sam reads the card, which ends with "You have survived another year. You made it. We all made it." with P.S., stating "Sorry I'm such an asshole." Sam opens Rich's gift: a ring and a key inscribed with the word "peace". Max and Duke then present Sam with a cake and sing "Happy Birthday" to her.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_4_(2020)">Season 4 (2020)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Season 4 (2020)">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#dbc093;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#dbc093;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#dbc093;width:18%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#dbc093;width:12%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#dbc093;width:30%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#dbc093;width:12%;color:black">Original air date</th><th scope="col" style="background:#dbc093;width:8%;color:black"><abbr title="Production">Prod.</abbr> code</th><th scope="col" style="background:#dbc093;width:10%;color:black">U.S. viewers (millions)</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep33" style="text-align:center">33</th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Steady Rain"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Adlon" title="Pamela Adlon">Pamela Adlon</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">March 5, 2020 (2020-03-05)</td><td id="pcXBG04001" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG04001</td><td style="text-align:center">0.302<a href="#cite_note-4.01-4.02-60">[60]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #dbc093"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam and Phil pick up Frankie and Duke from the airport after a trip visiting their father. Phil is now forced to wear a <a href="/wiki/Wearable_cardioverter_defibrillator" title="Wearable cardioverter defibrillator">cardiac vest</a> for a few months after previously suffering a heart attack. The next day, Frankie tells Sam she wants a big party for her 15th birthday, specifically a <a href="/wiki/Quincea%C3%B1era" title="Quinceañera">quinceañera</a>, but Sam says they're "too Jewish" for that. Frankie states it's cultural appreciation and tells Sam she wants her father there too. Sam comforts a heartbroken Rich whose boyfriend broke up with him and Rich receives heartwarming advice from Duke that he'll find love again.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep34" style="text-align:center">34</th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"She's Fifty"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon and Ira Parker</td><td style="text-align:center">March 5, 2020 (2020-03-05)</td><td id="pcXBG04002" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG04002</td><td style="text-align:center">0.163<a href="#cite_note-4.01-4.02-60">[60]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #dbc093"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam's minivan is stolen from the mechanic's lot, and she is secretly happy about it. Sam goes to the gym with her friend Lenny whose husband just left her. Sam learns from Tressa, who is now her former manager, that they are rebooting Ching of the Mill (a reference to <a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Hill" title="King of the Hill">King of the Hill</a> which Adlon starred in) and has to audition for the role she voiced on the original series. Sam uses an <a href="/wiki/Electric_car" title="Electric car">electric car</a> from the dealership as a loaner and when it runs out of electricity, she walks to a gas station with a mechanic on hand. She ends up buying an <a href="/wiki/Chevrolet_El_Camino" title="Chevrolet El Camino">El Camino</a> from him. Sam drives home and discovers her children have bought a <a href="/wiki/Chinchilla" title="Chinchilla">chinchilla</a> with her credit card and she wants the animal to be returned. At the pet store, Sam gets a call and finds out she didn't get the part and is left disappointed. The pet store doesn't allow returns on pets, so they keep the chinchilla and Sam also buys a white <a href="/wiki/Snake" title="Snake">snake</a> and Sam announces to Max, "welcome to my midlife crisis!"</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep35" style="text-align:center">35</th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Escape Drill"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon and Ira Parker</td><td style="text-align:center">March 12, 2020 (2020-03-12)</td><td id="pcXBG04003" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG04003</td><td style="text-align:center">0.496<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #dbc093"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam takes her two friends, Lenny and Lala, to meet with her ex-husband's lawyer, as they're both in the middle of getting a divorce from their husbands. Lala is ready, but Lenny is pushing back on the idea. Duke and her friend try on makeup and Duke expresses her insecurities about her body. Sam calls Jeff over to help assemble a cage for their chinchilla. Jeff is in the process of making amends as part of a <a href="/wiki/Twelve-step_program" title="Twelve-step program">twelve-step program</a> and apologizes for things he has done to Sam. Jeff's ex-wife Sunny comes over and he goes over his long list of amends to her. After getting manicures and pedicures, Sam and Max go shopping and help a mother find their lost child in the store. Sam gets a call from her new manager Mal and learns she has a new gig with <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Barden" title="Jessica Barden">Jessica Barden</a>. After arriving home, Sam walks into Frankie's room and is shocked to find her in bed with a boy, one that isn't Frankie's best friend Jason.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep36" style="text-align:center">36</th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"DNA"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Ira Parker</td><td style="text-align:center">March 19, 2020 (2020-03-19)</td><td id="pcXBG04004" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG04004</td><td style="text-align:center">0.268<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #dbc093"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam, at the piano, struggles with an Elton John song, then shows up at Phil's house with a DNA test kit and tells her "It's today... give me your spit!" Sam goes to the doctor for her chronic hand pain and the doctor tells her, "Your hands are much older than you are." Sam's muscles have atrophied, and not even surgery can fix it. The next morning, Sam wakes up to an owl in her bed. Duke walks into the room with a towel and collects it. Sam then calls Animal Control to retrieve it. Sam lets Duke and her friend Pepper start her El Camino, and Duke accidentally slams the door on Pepper's hand, causing her to lose a fingertip. Duke begins to laugh uncontrollably while Sam rushes to help a terrified and screaming Pepper. Max is mad at Sam that her dress for work wasn't washed. Sam calls her out for being "super shitty" to her, that she lives at home rent-free, and could at least help around the house. Max tells Sam that she doesn't have to be so hard on her just because "you don't know what it's like to be a woman anymore." Sam then calls Max a "<a href="/wiki/Cunt" title="Cunt">cunt</a>". They then have a back-and-forth of calling each other the c-word. They eventually become exhausted and break down, smiling and laughing. Max apologizes and they hug. Sam tells Max while she doesn't want her to move out, that she still needs to.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep37" style="text-align:center">37</th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Carbonara"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Resnick" title="Patricia Resnick">Patricia Resnick</a></td><td style="text-align:center">March 26, 2020 (2020-03-26)</td><td id="pcXBG04005" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG04005</td><td style="text-align:center">0.351<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #dbc093"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam wakes up to find that the constant rain in Los Angeles has exacerbated leaking issues in her house. Sam places pots around the house to catch the rain. Sam goes into the kitchen and Frankie is making <a href="/wiki/Carbonara" title="Carbonara">carbonara</a>. Sam tells her that they need to have "the talk" regarding Frankie being in bed with a boy. Frankie urges Sam to use the <a href="/wiki/Hinge_(app)" title="Hinge (app)">Hinge</a> profile she made for her so she doesn't end up alone. Sam takes Duke to her ballet class and the instructor forces her to choose between ballet and soccer. Duke eventually chooses ballet after the instructor makes her feel insecure about her body. Sam hires a married "<a href="/wiki/Handyman" title="Handyman">handy-couple</a>" to fix the various issues around the house, including the leaks. Sam takes Frankie to her first <a href="/wiki/Gynaecology" title="Gynaecology">gynaecology</a> exam. On the way home, Frankie shows Sam all the "likes" she has on Hinge and they go to <a href="/wiki/Pinkberry" title="Pinkberry">Pinkberry</a>.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep38" style="text-align:center">38</th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"New Orleans"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hortua" title="Joe Hortua">Joe Hortua</a></td><td style="text-align:center">April 2, 2020 (2020-04-02)</td><td id="pcXBG04006" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG04006</td><td style="text-align:center">0.283<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #dbc093"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam travels to <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> to the attend the wedding between Maneesh and his boyfriend Andrew. Sam accompanies them to their wedding <a href="/wiki/Brunch" title="Brunch">brunch</a> with their two families, but they are denied access because they do not meet the male dress code of wearing a collared dress shirt. While Maneesh and Andrew shop for new shirts, Sam runs into one of her exes with his new girlfriend, but they pretend not to know each other. At the wedding ceremony, Sam speaks with a woman who explains how much better her life is after moving to New Orleans. Sam again runs into her ex at the wedding as his girlfriend knows Andrew. The two finally explain that they know each other. Sam makes a <a href="/wiki/Toast_(honor)" title="Toast (honor)">toast</a> and tells the story of how she meet Maneesh on a plane ride where the cockpit caught on fire and they had to make an emergency landing. Sam spends another day in New Orleans and explores the city and its culture: she goes to a <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Voodoo" title="Louisiana Voodoo">Voodoo</a> shop and drinks a potion; eats <a href="/wiki/Seafood_boil" title="Seafood boil">crawfish boils</a>; and takes part in a <a href="/wiki/Second_line_(parades)" title="Second line (parades)">second line parade</a>. After, Sam visits a realtor and expresses interest in buying a home. At night, Sam goes to a <a href="/wiki/Jazz_club" title="Jazz club">jazz club</a> to watch live music. Sam again runs into her ex there (without his girlfriend) and they walk the streets of New Orleans.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep39" style="text-align:center">39</th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"High man. Bye man."</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon and Joe Hortua</td><td style="text-align:center">April 9, 2020 (2020-04-09)</td><td id="pcXBG04007" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG04007</td><td style="text-align:center">0.287<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #dbc093"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> An emotional Sam picks up Duke who has just graduated from elementary school. Sam, Phil, and Max go to a <a href="/wiki/Housewarming_party" title="Housewarming party">housewarming party</a> for Sam's brother Marion and his wife Caroline who have just bought a home in Los Angeles. Things are awkward and tense between Phil and Caroline. Sam asks Marion about his marriage, believing there are issues, but Marion says they are working through it. Because Sam is unable to get surgery on her hand, she goes to a <a href="/wiki/Dispensary" title="Dispensary">dispensary</a> to buy <a href="/wiki/Medical_cannabis" title="Medical cannabis">medical cannabis</a> for the pain. Sam ends up smoking too much and has to call Max to pick up Duke from a sleepover she wants to leave. Sam, recovering from her high, lies in bed with her three daughters as they watch a movie. Later, Frankie reveals to Sam that she has lost her virginity, telling her "she just wanted to get it out of the way" and have it be her choice. Frankie then makes Sam peppermint ice cream which they enjoy together on the balcony.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep40" style="text-align:center">40</th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Father's Day"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Patricia Resnick and Robin Ruzan</td><td style="text-align:center">April 16, 2020 (2020-04-16)</td><td id="pcXBG04008" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG04008</td><td style="text-align:center">0.353<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #dbc093"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam and her girlfriends including Sunny, Lenny, Lala, Tressa, and Chaya get together for a Father's Day brunch that doubles as a thorough and painful reminder of their marriages' dissolutions. Sam's ex-husband Xander lingers over the meeting, as Sam flashes back to how his bizarre, controlling mother ruined their plans for an amicable divorce and that she's been paying for it ever since. Sam gets mad at Sunny because she and her ex-husband Jeff are doing well as amicable exes, and Sam also is her usual unpleasant self to Lala's ex Thomas, who in turn points out all the ways Sam doesn't know what she's talking about and snidely remarks how she's becoming old, brittle and mean. Sam and her friends later write "forgiveness" letters to their exes, but Sam is clearly not ready to forgive Xander. Phil takes Frankie out to dinner and gives her both an early birthday gift and some hard truths about Frankie's grandfather. Max and Frankie take over advising Duke and leave Sam out of the loop.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep41" style="text-align:center">41</th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Batceañera"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Joe Hortua and Ira Parker</td><td style="text-align:center">April 23, 2020 (2020-04-23)</td><td id="pcXBG04009" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG04009</td><td style="text-align:center">0.251<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #dbc093"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam throws a party that is part <a href="/wiki/Bat_mitzvah" class="mw-redirect" title="Bat mitzvah">bat mitzvah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quincea%C3%B1era" title="Quinceañera">quinceañera</a>–for the 15th birthdays of Frankie and the daughter of a Spanish family Sam is friends with. The party is attended by numerous friends and family members. When Sam's ex-husband Xander shows up, things become tense as Sam is sickened he is there but Frankie is happy he showed up. Sunny tells Sam she needs to let go of her anger regarding Xander and to move on, advice Sam isn't keen on. Frankie makes a speech that thanks Sam for being a single mother and raising her and is happy that Xander choose to attend. Xander then makes a kind speech about Frankie but embarrasses himself when he incorrectly congratulates her on turning 16. Rich and Jeff both give Xander a piece of their mind: Rich makes it clear he's more of a father to Sam's daughters than Xander has ever been, and Jeff levels Xander by pointing out Jeff has been the completely despised person that Xander is now and he worked hard to mend fences with the people he'd let down. Xander then talks with Sam about how much he enjoyed the party with his family and apologizes for not being around more. Sam invites Xander to come for dinner with the girls later in the week. The next day, Sam visits Max at her job at the restaurant where she is a <a href="/wiki/Ma%C3%AEtre_d%27h%C3%B4tel" title="Maître d'hôtel">hostess</a> and Sam proudly watches her. Sam sits at the bar and talks with the chef/owner, who praises Max.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep42" style="text-align:center">42</th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Listen to the Roosters"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">April 30, 2020 (2020-04-30)</td><td id="pcXBG04010" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG04010</td><td style="text-align:center">0.186<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #dbc093"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam takes Duke and her friend to a <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> game, enjoying the fireworks but not being too happy that a Presidential visit has gridlocked the traffic all around the stadium. With help from a friendly Mexican security guard and then a ride-share driver whose two rules are "you have to smile and you have to sing", the trip home becomes a blast, though Duke is left feeling uncertain about what happened when she has a nice talk with a pretty, elderly woman who seemingly vanishes. Sam works on a TV story where she interviews women about their menstrual periods and then about the trials and joys of being a woman in society. The next day, Sam's ex-husband Xander comes by for dinner, only to find that Max, Frankie, and Duke have gone off together to the beach. Xander is treated with deserved contempt by Phil and later by Rich, as Rich lets him know that it wasn't an accident that the girls weren't there as part of a "test" to see if Xander would be his usual no-show self. Xander asks Sam for his usual alimony payment, but Sam tells him it is different: she's bundling all of the money she owes to him into a single check, and she took out a bank loan to pay for it because she would rather owe a bank than Xander. She says they have a clean slate now, and she's forgiving him–not because she likes him now, but for the good of herself, her life and "my daughters". Xander leaves and is later humiliated when he sees the check has the company heading "Xander Hall Is A Loser Who Abandoned His Kids, LLC". Sam, Phil, and Rich enjoy night-swimming at the neighbor's pool. The season ends with the Fox daughters sitting on the beach and then <a href="/wiki/Fourth_wall" title="Fourth wall">looking at the camera</a> as the ocean breaks behind them.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_5_(2022)">Season 5 (2022)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Season 5 (2022)">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:white;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#381303;width:5%;color:white"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#381303;width:5%;color:white"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#381303;width:18%;color:white">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#381303;width:12%;color:white">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#381303;width:30%;color:white">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#381303;width:12%;color:white">Original air date</th><th scope="col" style="background:#381303;width:8%;color:white"><abbr title="Production">Prod.</abbr> code</th><th scope="col" style="background:#381303;width:10%;color:white">U.S. viewers (millions)</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep43" style="text-align:center">43</th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"F*ck Anatoly's Mom"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Adlon" title="Pamela Adlon">Pamela Adlon</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">February 28, 2022 (2022-02-28)</td><td id="pcXBG05001" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG05001</td><td style="text-align:center">0.182<a href="#cite_note-5.01-5.02-69">[69]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #381303"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam meets with Max, who has since moved out, to co-sign for her new studio apartment, but Sam learns her <a href="/wiki/Credit_score" title="Credit score">credit score</a> is too low to co-sign. Meanwhile, Duke is spending time with her father. Sam and her brother Marion, along with his wife Caroline (much to Sam's dismay), go to their <a href="/wiki/Genealogy" title="Genealogy">genealogy</a> test results to learn about their family history. They are told most of their Jewish ancestors were executed by the Nazis and that their grandfather (Phil's father) is not actually their biological grandfather. Sam goes to Phil's house, who is cleaning up and getting rid of her old <a href="/wiki/Souvenir" title="Souvenir">mementos</a> as she has no use for them anymore. Phil is not surprised by the news about her biological father. Sam finds her <a href="/wiki/Baseball_card" title="Baseball card">baseball card</a> collection and insists Phil has to keep everything until she goes through it herself. Rich tells Sam he wants to try and get back his ex, Alan. Sam and Frankie go to a celebration dinner with Frankie's friend who got admitted to <a href="/wiki/Harvard" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvard">Harvard</a> and his mother. Back at home, the power goes out and after the generator kicks in, Sam accidentally knocks over the statue at the top of stairs (the one Sam and her daughters always touch when walking past it) and it falls onto the floor and smashes into pieces, leaving Sam shocked.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep44" style="text-align:center">44</th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Rip Taylor's Cell Phone"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hortua" title="Joe Hortua">Joe Hortua</a> & Ryan Raimann</td><td style="text-align:center">February 28, 2022 (2022-02-28)</td><td id="pcXBG05002" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG05002</td><td style="text-align:center">0.132<a href="#cite_note-5.01-5.02-69">[69]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #381303"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam picks up Frankie and her friend Jason who are both working at a grocery store. While waiting outside, Sam meets <a href="/wiki/Marty_Krofft" class="mw-redirect" title="Marty Krofft">Marty Krofft</a> and finds a lost cell phone. Inside the car, they hear gunshots from a robbery nearby. Sam learns that Phil was scammed out of $7,000 by someone pretending to be Max and that Phil and the girls have been hiding this information from her. Sam goes to her costume fitting for a <a href="/wiki/Period_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Period film">period film</a> she has been cast in. During the uncomfortable costume fitting, Sam realizes she is no longer interested in the project. Sam runs in to <a href="/wiki/Ron_Cephas_Jones" title="Ron Cephas Jones">Ron Cephas Jones</a>, who offers her a directing job on a series he is producing. Sam calls her agent to get her off the film. Sam prepares dinner for a night with her daughters and to watch the finale of a show, however, Max is unable to come and Frankie and Jason have plans for the night, leaving Sam disappointed. Sam returns the lost cell phone to a <a href="/wiki/TaskRabbit" class="mw-redirect" title="TaskRabbit">TaskRabbit</a> employee and is elated to learn from her agent that she is indeed off the film.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep45" style="text-align:center">45</th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Oh, I'm Not Gonna Tell Her"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Joe Hortua & <a href="/wiki/Judy_Gold" title="Judy Gold">Judy Gold</a></td><td style="text-align:center">March 7, 2022 (2022-03-07)</td><td id="pcXBG05003" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG05003</td><td style="text-align:center">0.171<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #381303"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Max is accompanied by Rich after getting an abortion at <a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a>. Max tells Rich she does not plan on telling anyone else, including her mom, though Rich insists she does. Sam volunteers for a program called Los Angeles Reads where she reads a book to a class of young students. While there, Sam speaks with fellow actors <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Michael_Richardson" title="Kevin Michael Richardson">Kevin Michael Richardson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Danny_Trejo" title="Danny Trejo">Danny Trejo</a>, who are also volunteering. Duke is dropped off at home by her father after their vacation together. Xander ends up staying and cooking dinner for his three daughters. Frankie and Max both chastise Duke for texting with an older man online. After learning Xander has been at her house, Sam goes to vent to Sunny and discovers that she and her ex Jeff are sleeping together again, which amuses her. Sam returns home and is happy to find all her daughters there along with Rich. Sam tells Frankie to throw out her baseball card collection. Duke shows Sam a gift that Xander left–a small skull, a new ward for the top of the stairs–but Sam hates it and has Rich dispose of it.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep46" style="text-align:center">46</th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Ephemera"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon and Joe Hortua</td><td style="text-align:center">March 14, 2022 (2022-03-14)</td><td id="pcXBG05004" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG05004</td><td style="text-align:center">0.131<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #381303"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Max, Frankie, and Duke help Phil reconnect with an old crush via <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>. Marion gives advice to Sam about her finances and he suggests that Phil should move into a condo and that Sam should also sell her home because she does not need all that space anymore. Duke goes shopping with her friend Pepper for a birthday gift for her mom, but Pepper becomes annoyed with Duke, who is disconnected and uninterested. Duke tells Pepper about all her insecurities, her lack of connection, and that she thinks her sisters are perfect, while she is not. Sam and Frankie go on a graveyard tour of celebrities and they also visit Sam's father's grave. Sam learns about proper <a href="/wiki/Preferred_gender_pronoun" title="Preferred gender pronoun">pronoun</a> use by Frankie. Sam asks Frankie about their preferred pronouns, but Frankie is not interested in a label. Max moves back into the house after not being able to make it on her own, but Sam happily welcomes her back.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep47" style="text-align:center">47</th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"World is Mean Right Now"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ariel_Leve" class="mw-redirect" title="Ariel Leve">Ariel Leve</a> and Ryan Raimann</td><td style="text-align:center">March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)</td><td id="pcXBG05005" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG05005</td><td style="text-align:center">0.116<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #381303"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam makes <a href="/wiki/Borscht" title="Borscht">borscht</a> to bring to Phil's house for a family dinner with her daughters. Things get tense when Phil takes out a photo album which include pictures of Sam's wedding day, which brings back painful memories for her. Frankie ends up offending Sam and she leaves Phil's house, while Duke accosts them for their behavior. Sam goes to her doctor for a check-up after struggling while exercising, but she is told she is healthy. Sam has a <a href="/wiki/Feng_shui" title="Feng shui">feng shui</a> consultation as a gift from one of her friends, but she tells him she cannot make any the changes he suggests. Sam tells Phil she will be going to San Francisco for work and Phil tries to tag along, which annoys Sam and says that Phil puts too much pressure on her. They eventually reconcile and Phil decides not to go. In the morning, Frankie makes Sam a seaweed smoothie and apologizes for her behavior the previous night. Frankie also gives Sam the money she got for selling her baseball card collection, but kept one of the <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a> cards for sentimental value. While exercising outside on stairs, Sam converses with a crying man and they eventually laugh together.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep48" style="text-align:center">48</th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"San Francisco"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">R. Eric Thomas and Joe Hortua</td><td style="text-align:center">March 28, 2022 (2022-03-28)</td><td id="pcXBG05006" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG05006</td><td style="text-align:center">0.237<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #381303"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam goes to <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> to guest direct an episode of a television show produced and starring Ron Cephas Jones. Sam has trouble directing one of the child actors and Ron gets angry at her when she gives him a note on his performance. Ron later apologizes for his behavior and they talk about all the previous times they have worked together. The show's creator, Elijah, tells Sam she wanted her to direct because she was one of her inspirations as a kid. With Sam gone, Max is in control of the household and realizes how tough it is to be in charge. Max later scolds Duke for <a href="/wiki/Vaping" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaping">vaping</a> and tells her to fix her friendship with Pepper, who has been staying with them. Max takes both out them out of house and they go to a record store and to the park. After finishing work, Sam goes to a bar and is given a drink, and discovers it is from Phil, who has come to San Francisco anyway. Sam hesitates taking the drink or acknowledging Phil, but she eventually goes up to her and Phil begins to tell Sam about her day.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep49" style="text-align:center">49</th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Family Meeting"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Judy Gold & R. Eric Thomas and Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">April 4, 2022 (2022-04-04)</td><td id="pcXBG05007" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG05007</td><td style="text-align:center">0.113<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #381303"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam calls a family meeting after she becomes fed up with her daughters constantly being on their phones. Sam takes their phones and suggests they go a week without using them. Rich and Alan are back together. Frankie and her friends get ready to go out to a party. Sam still does not know about Max's abortion and while Max and Rich discuss it, Duke overhears the conversation. Rich strongly chastises Duke for vaping and throws the device away. One of Frankie's friends, Jay, tells Sam that Frankie has been his "<a href="/wiki/Beard_(companion)" title="Beard (companion)">girlfriend</a>" to hide that he is gay from his parents. Sam senses Rich is hiding a secret regarding Max, and Rich eventually reveals the truth about her abortion. Sam is hurt that Max could not tell her. During dinner, Frankie's friend and Jay's boyfriend reveals that Jason is their <a href="/wiki/Deadname" class="mw-redirect" title="Deadname">deadname</a> and they are now "Jerza". Max comes home drunk and crawls into bed with Sam. Max tells Sam how much she loves her and that she does not want her to die.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep50" style="text-align:center">50</th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Jesus Saves"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">R. Eric Thomas & <a href="/wiki/Cree_Summer" title="Cree Summer">Cree Summer</a> and Joe Hortua</td><td style="text-align:center">April 11, 2022 (2022-04-11)</td><td id="pcXBG05008" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG05008</td><td style="text-align:center">0.210<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #381303"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> The extended Fox family have a virtual funeral service over <a href="/wiki/Zoom_(software)" title="Zoom (software)">Zoom</a> for Uncle Harold. Sam gets her British <a href="/wiki/Dual_citizenship" class="mw-redirect" title="Dual citizenship">dual citizenship</a>. Sam begins to prepare for their trip to England by collecting her children's passports and packing, which starts to overwhelm her. Several of Sam's friends stop by the house, including Lenny and her brother Cope, along with his overly-touchy girlfriend, which annoys Sam. Tressa and Chaya show up next as they will be the ones looking after Sam's dogs when they are away. Frankie comforts Max after she breaks down crying when Max says "I don't know who I am". Sam, her children, and Phil, along with Marion and his wife (who are in <a href="/wiki/First_class_(aviation)" title="First class (aviation)">first class</a>) board a plane to England. Sam is stuck in a middle seat and deals with an annoyed passenger who is angry over a crying child. The flight experiences turbulence which frightens Frankie and Duke, but Phil is able to calm them down.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep51" style="text-align:center">51</th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"England"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Joe Hortua</td><td style="text-align:center">April 18, 2022 (2022-04-18)</td><td id="pcXBG05009" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG05009</td><td style="text-align:center">0.112<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #381303"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> The Fox's family trip starts in <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> where they meet one of their cousins, Gabby, and Phil's friend Ben with whom she recently reconnected with. Max and Gabby bond over their love of art and Gabby's admiration of Max's photography. Caroline and Marion have come to London to spread the ashes of her mother–which was the original intention of the trip–but Marion invited everyone else along and paid for it. Everyone goes to a <a href="/wiki/Pub" title="Pub">pub</a> and Duke gets her first taste of beer. In <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, the family visits various stores and shops. Phil reveals to Max that she had an abortion in the 1950s. Phil insists on buying a Jewish <a href="/wiki/Music_box" title="Music box">music box</a> for Sam, and says they can play it once a year as a new tradition, but Sam refuses. Sam and Phil have drinks at the hotel bar and Sam questions Phil's relationship with Ben, whether it's sexual or not. But Phil says it's just companionship. After too many drinks, Sam takes a tumble down the stairs and Phil puts her to bed. In the morning, Phil and Max reveal to Sam they both intend to stay in England. Max wants to make a change in her life and says she can live with Gabby. The family then goes to spread Caroline's mother's ashes in the river. Phil later notices Caroline dump some of the ashes in a nearby <a href="/wiki/Chemical_toilet" title="Chemical toilet">porta-potty</a>. Duke has a vision of Phil with her brother Lester and then of them as children walking in the park. In the evening at the hotel bar, Sam <a href="/wiki/Toast_(honor)" title="Toast (honor)">toasts</a> everyone and announces Phil and Max's plans to stay. Marion talks to Sam about their mother staying in England. Phil sings "<a href="/wiki/Now_Is_the_Hour_(song)" title="Now Is the Hour (song)">Now Is the Hour</a>" while a man plays piano. At the airport, Sam is seen with the Jewish music box and learns their flight is delayed.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep52" style="text-align:center">52</th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"We Are Not Alone"</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">Pamela Adlon</td><td style="text-align:center">April 25, 2022 (2022-04-25)</td><td id="pcXBG05010" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">XBG05010</td><td style="text-align:center">0.137<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #381303"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Sam is visited at home by Caroline, who tells Sam how much she dislikes being around Phil because she reminds her of her own mother and that they did not have a good relationship. Caroline admits she wishes she could be more like Sam. Sam is gifted a new piece of sculpture for the top of stairs from Caroline. Sam gets her period again, which surprises her since she is middle-aged. Sam, Duke, and Pepper release Duke's fish into the lake, but are fined by the park ranger for doing so. Sam recognizes the man as the current owner of her childhood home. The man invites Sam over for a visit to see the home. Various friends and family of Sam's gather at her home for the wedding of Sunny and Jeff–who have decided to remarry. Sam, who got <a href="/wiki/Ordained" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordained">ordained</a>, hosts the ceremony and marries the two. Later in the evening, Sam gives the Jewish music box to Marion. Duke tells Sam that she is a good person. In England, Max attends a Buddhist art seminar. Sam creates a For Sale sign for Phil's house and places it in the yard. Sam has a video call with Phil, who is working at Ben's pub. During the call, Sam realizes she is truly happy. In a <a href="/wiki/Fourth_wall" title="Fourth wall">fourth wall</a> break, the various characters sing "<a href="/wiki/Always_Look_on_the_Bright_Side_of_Life" title="Always Look on the Bright Side of Life">Always Look on the Bright Side of Life</a>" as Sam drives in her El Camino during a <a href="/wiki/Meteor_shower" title="Meteor shower">meteor shower</a> and winks at the camera before driving off.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Reception">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Critical response">edit</a>]</div> The series received an overall score of 98% on <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a> and 88% on <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pamela_Adlon_at_San_Diego_Comic-Con_2011_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Pamela_Adlon_at_San_Diego_Comic-Con_2011_cropped.jpg/170px-Pamela_Adlon_at_San_Diego_Comic-Con_2011_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Pamela_Adlon_at_San_Diego_Comic-Con_2011_cropped.jpg/255px-Pamela_Adlon_at_San_Diego_Comic-Con_2011_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Pamela_Adlon_at_San_Diego_Comic-Con_2011_cropped.jpg/340px-Pamela_Adlon_at_San_Diego_Comic-Con_2011_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="523" data-file-height="621" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Adlon" title="Pamela Adlon">Pamela Adlon</a> has received significant praise for her acting, writing, and directing, with critics citing her as one of TV's best <a href="/wiki/Auteur" title="Auteur">auteurs</a>.</figcaption></figure> The first season has a Metacritic score of 80 out of 100 based 32 reviews.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> Rotten Tomatoes gave the first season a 95% score, with an average rating of 8.2 out of 10 based on 58 critic reviews, with the critical consensus "Pamela Adlon's Better Things abstains from traditional sitcom sendups and forges a path all its own – in this bawdy, often hilarious and bittersweet ode to the daily highs and lows of being a single mother."<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> The second season has a Metacritic score of 96 out of 100 based on 13 reviews.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 96% approval rating with an average rating of 9.2 out of 10 based on 27 reviews, with the critical consensus "Better Things' second season plays even more adroitly to its strengths, weaving confidently between stinging humor, caustic observation, and poignant drama".<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> In his review for <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a>, Daniel D'Addario wrote, "This is a huge leap forward for a show that was already quite strong. Adlon comes as close to a pure auteur as TV gets. That her story is one imbued with both sadness and light makes Better Things one of television's very best shows—in any genre."<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> Better Things is ranked as the seventh best TV series of 2017, according to Metacritic's list which tallies "best of" lists from various major TV critics and publications.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> The third season has a Metacritic score of 94 out of 100 based on 19 reviews.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 9.3 out of 10 based on 37 reviews with the critical consensus, "Pamela Adlon fully asserts her authorial voice over Better Things in a triumphant third season that examines the exhaustion of motherhood with exhilarating artistry."<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Zoller_Seitz" title="Matt Zoller Seitz">Matt Zoller Seitz</a> of <a href="/wiki/Vulture_(website)" title="Vulture (website)">Vulture</a> wrote, "Better Things is the best the show has ever been."<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> Caroline Framke of <a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a> wrote, "Better Things feels a bit freer to be its most audacious self this season. Making the show under extraordinary pressure has, in the end, allowed Adlon to throw up her hands, say anything she wants, get it all out there and succeed entirely on her own terms."<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> The fourth season has a Metacritic score of 90 out of 100 based on six reviews.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 8.7 out of 10 based on 22 reviews with the critical consensus, "Sharp and singular, Better Things just keeps getting better."<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> Dan Fienberg of <a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a> called the series "still one of the very best things on TV".<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> Ben Travers of <a href="/wiki/IndieWire" title="IndieWire">IndieWire</a> gave it an "A" grade and summarized that season 4 is "an experience like nothing else on television".<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> The fifth season has a Metacritic score of 93 out of 100 based on 14 reviews.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 8.8 out of 10 based on 23 reviews with the critical consensus, "Bittersweet, funny as ever, and brimming with wisdom, Better Things's final sendoff is as good as it gets."<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> Jen Chaney of Vulture called it "one of the most generous, organic, and beautiful works of the past decade".<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accolades">Accolades</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Better_Things_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Accolades">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:99%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Ceremony </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Nominee(s) </th> <th>Result </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" align="center">2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/7th_Critics%27_Choice_Television_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Critics' Choice Television Awards">Critics' Choice Television Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Television_Award_for_Most_Exciting_New_Series" title="Critics' Choice Television Award for Most Exciting New Series">Most Exciting New Series</a> </td> <td>Better Things </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/21st_Satellite_Awards" title="21st Satellite Awards">Satellite Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Television_Series_Musical_or_Comedy" title="Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy">Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Adlon" title="Pamela Adlon">Pamela Adlon</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Peabody_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Peabody Award">Peabody Award</a> </td> <td>Entertainment Programming </td> <td>Better Things </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-peabody-9">[9]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" align="center">2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gotham_Independent_Film_Awards_2017" title="Gotham Independent Film Awards 2017">Gotham Independent Film Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gotham_Independent_Film_Award_for_Breakthrough_Series_%E2%80%93_Long_Form" title="Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Series – Long Form">Breakthrough Series – Long Form</a> </td> <td>Better Things </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/69th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="69th Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Lead_Actress_in_a_Comedy_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series">Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Pamela Adlon </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/33rd_TCA_Awards" title="33rd TCA Awards">TCA Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TCA_Award_for_Individual_Achievement_in_Comedy" title="TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy">Individual Achievement in Comedy</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="Writers Guild of America Awards 2016">Writers Guild of America Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Television:_New_Series" title="Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series">New Series</a> </td> <td>Pamela Adlon, <a href="/wiki/Louis_C.K." title="Louis C.K.">Louis C.K.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cindy_Chupack" title="Cindy Chupack">Cindy Chupack</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gina_Fattore" title="Gina Fattore">Gina Fattore</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Music_in_Media_Awards" title="Hollywood Music in Media Awards">Hollywood Music in Media Awards</a> </td> <td>Outstanding Music Supervision – Television </td> <td>Nora Felder </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" align="center">2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/75th_Golden_Globe_Awards" title="75th Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_%E2%80%93_Television_Series_Musical_or_Comedy" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy">Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy</a> </td> <td>Pamela Adlon </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/34th_TCA_Awards" title="34th TCA Awards">TCA Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TCA_Award_for_Individual_Achievement_in_Comedy" title="TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy">Individual Achievement in Comedy</a> </td> <td>Pamela Adlon </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/70th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="70th Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a> </td> <td>Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series </td> <td>Pamela Adlon </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" align="center">2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/35th_TCA_Awards" title="35th TCA Awards">TCA Awards</a> </td> <td>Individual Achievement in Comedy </td> <td>Pamela Adlon </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" align="center">2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Cinema_Editors_Awards_2020" title="American Cinema Editors Awards 2020">American Cinema Editors Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Edited Comedy Series for Commercial Television </td> <td>Janet Weinberg </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Casting_Society_of_America" title="Casting Society of America">Casting Society of America</a> </td> <td>Television Series – Comedy </td> <td>Felicia Fasano and Samantha Rood </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/36th_TCA_Awards" title="36th TCA Awards">TCA Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TCA_Award_for_Outstanding_Achievement_in_Comedy" title="TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy">Outstanding Achievement in Comedy</a> </td> <td>Better Things </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="2" align="center"><a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Individual Achievement in Comedy </td> <td>Pamela Adlon </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gracie_Allen_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Gracie Allen Awards">Gracie Allen Awards</a> </td> <td>Comedy </td> <td>Better Things </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" align="center">2021 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/11th_Critics%27_Choice_Television_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Critics' Choice Television Awards">Critics' Choice Television Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Television_Award_for_Best_Comedy_Series" title="Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Series">Best Comedy Series</a> </td> <td>Better Things </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="2" align="center"><a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Television_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Comedy_Series" title="Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series">Best Actress in a Comedy Series</a> </td> <td>Pamela Adlon </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/11th_Hollywood_Music_in_Media_Awards" title="11th Hollywood Music in Media Awards">Hollywood Music in Media Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Music_in_Media_Award_for_Best_Music_Supervision_%E2%80%93_Television" title="Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Music Supervision – Television">Best Music Supervision – Television</a> </td> <td>Nora Felder and Heather Guibert </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" align="center">2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/38th_TCA_Awards" title="38th TCA Awards">TCA Awards</a> </td> <td>Individual Achievement in Comedy </td> <td>Pamela Adlon </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/2nd_Hollywood_Critics_Association_TV_Awards" title="2nd Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards">Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Cable Series, Comedy </td> <td>Better Things </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Actress in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Comedy </td> <td rowspan="2">Pamela Adlon </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; 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navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Backchat_(1995_TV_series)" title="Backchat (1995 TV series)">Backchat</a> (1995–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball,_Minnesota" title="Baseball, Minnesota">Baseball, Minnesota</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobcat%27s_Big_Ass_Show" title="Bobcat's Big Ass Show">Bobcat's Big Ass Show</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_Fox_Sports_Networks" title="Major League Baseball on Fox Sports Networks">Major League Baseball on FX</a> (1997–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penn_%26_Teller%27s_Sin_City_Spectacular" title="Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular">Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Dick_%26_Paula_Celebrity_Special" title="The Dick & Paula Celebrity Special">The Dick & Paula Celebrity Special</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_X_Show" title="The X Show">The X Show</a> (1999–2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/30_Days_(TV_series)" title="30 Days (TV series)">30 Days</a> (2005–08)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archer_(2009_TV_series)" title="Archer (2009 TV series)">Archer</a> (2009–16)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black._White." title="Black. White.">Black. White.</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damages_(TV_series)" title="Damages (TV series)">Damages</a> (2007–10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirt_(TV_series)" title="Dirt (TV series)">Dirt</a> (2007–08)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Always_Sunny_in_Philadelphia" title="It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia">It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia</a> (2005–12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_League" title="The League">The League</a> (2009–12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucky_(American_TV_series)" title="Lucky (American TV series)">Lucky</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Drivers:_Non-Stop" title="NASCAR Drivers: Non-Stop">NASCAR Drivers: Non-Stop</a> (2004–06)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASCAR_on_Fox" title="NASCAR on Fox">NASCAR on FX</a> (2001–06)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_New_Movie_Show_with_Chris_Gore" title="The New Movie Show with Chris Gore">The New Movie Show with Chris Gore</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nip/Tuck" title="Nip/Tuck">Nip/Tuck</a> (2003–10)</li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Chozen" title="Chozen">Chozen</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Comedians_(2015_TV_series)" title="The Comedians (2015 TV series)">The Comedians</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fosse/Verdon" title="Fosse/Verdon">Fosse/Verdon</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_College_Football" title="Fox College Football">FX Game of the Week</a> (2011–12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justified_(TV_series)" title="Justified (TV series)">Justified</a> (2010–15)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legion_(TV_series)" title="Legion (TV series)">Legion</a> (2017–19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legit_(2013_TV_series)" title="Legit (2013 TV series)">Legit</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lights_Out_(2011_TV_series)" title="Lights Out (2011 TV series)">Lights Out</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louie_(American_TV_series)" title="Louie (American TV series)">Louie</a> (2010–15)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Married_(TV_series)" title="Married (TV series)">Married</a> (2014–15)</li> <li><a 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Kamau Bell</a> (2012–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trust_(American_TV_series)" title="Trust (American TV series)">Trust</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrant_(TV_series)" title="Tyrant (TV series)">Tyrant</a> (2014–16)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_UFC" title="Fox UFC">UFC on FX</a> (2012–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unsupervised" title="Unsupervised">Unsupervised</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilfred_(American_TV_series)" title="Wilfred (American TV series)">Wilfred</a> (2011–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/You%27re_the_Worst" title="You're the Worst">You're the Worst</a> (2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A_Wilderness_of_Error_(TV_series)" title="A Wilderness of Error (TV series)">A Wilderness of Error</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Narcissus_(TV_series)" title="Black Narcissus (TV series)">Black Narcissus</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breeders_(TV_series)" title="Breeders (TV series)">Breeders</a> (2020–23)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justified:_City_Primeval" title="Justified: City Primeval">Justified: City Primeval</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_(miniseries)" title="Pride (miniseries)">Pride</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Studies_(2024_TV_series)" title="Social Studies (2024 TV series)">Social Studies</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Upcoming</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Sensitive_Kind" title="The Sensitive Kind">The Sensitive Kind</a> (2025)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dying_for_Sex" title="Dying for Sex">Dying for Sex</a> (TBA)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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Central Presents</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_in_Houston_(Louis_C.K._album)" title="Live in Houston (Louis C.K. album)">Live in Houston</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Just_for_Laughs" title="Just for Laughs">Just for Laughs</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Night_Stand_(American_TV_series)" title="One Night Stand (American TV series)">One Night Stand</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shameless_(Louis_C.K._special)" title="Shameless (Louis C.K. special)">Shameless</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chewed_Up" title="Chewed Up">Chewed Up</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilarious_(film)" title="Hilarious (film)">Hilarious</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Word:_Live_at_Carnegie_Hall" title="Word: Live at Carnegie Hall">Word: Live at Carnegie Hall</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Beacon_Theater" title="Live at the Beacon Theater">Live at the Beacon Theater</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oh_My_God_(2013_film)" title="Oh My God (2013 film)">Oh My God</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Comedy_Store" title="Live at the Comedy Store">Live at the Comedy Store</a> (2015)</li> <li>Live at Madison Square Garden (2015)</li> <li>2017 (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sincerely_Louis_CK" title="Sincerely Louis CK">Sincerely Louis CK</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorry_(2021_film)" title="Sorry (2021 film)">Sorry</a> (2021)</li> <li>Back to the Garden (2023)</li> <li>Louis CK Live at the Dolby (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Series created</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lucky_Louie" title="Lucky Louie">Lucky Louie</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louie_(American_TV_series)" title="Louie (American TV series)">Louie</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Louie_episodes" title="List of Louie episodes">episodes</a>, <a 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writer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pootie_Tang" title="Pootie Tang">Pootie Tang</a> (2001) (director, writer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Down_to_Earth_(2001_film)" title="Down to Earth (2001 film)">Down to Earth</a> (2001) (writer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Think_I_Love_My_Wife" title="I Think I Love My Wife">I Think I Love My Wife</a> (2007) (writer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Love_You,_Daddy" title="I Love You, Daddy">I Love You, Daddy</a> (2017) (director, writer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_of_July_(film)" title="Fourth of July (film)">Fourth of July</a> (2022) (director, writer)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Howie_Mandel%27s_Sunny_Skies" title="Howie Mandel's Sunny Skies">Howie Mandel's Sunny Skies</a> (1995, writer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talking_Funny_(television_special)" 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