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★ 7.9

Best Episodes Of Better Things

Overall Rating: ★ 7.9

Best Episodes Of Better Things

(Overall Rating: ★ 7.9)

Episode Ratings & Analysis

Discover the best and most memorable episodes of Better Things, from fan favorites to critically acclaimed moments. Explore detailed ratings, episode summaries, and visualize how the show's quality evolved over time.

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

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

5 Seasons
52 Episodes
Ended
Comedy Drama
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Overall Rating

★ 7.9
S2 E6
#1
★ 9.1

Eulogy

Sam demands satisfaction.

S2 E10
#2
★ 8.9

Graduation

Sam negotiates the graduation party.

S4 E10
#3
★ 8.7

Listen to the Roosters

Sam and her girls live in the City of Angels.

S5 E10
#4
★ 8.7

We Are Not Alone

Sam and their village.

S2 E9
#5
★ 8.6

White Rock

Sam and the girls go on a trip.

S4 E6
#6
★ 8.4

New Orleans

Sam goes to a wedding.

S5 E9
#7
★ 8.4

England

Sam and fam take a trip. Sam needs the circle to be complete.

S1 E5
#8
★ 8.3

Future Fever

Sam has snack and Max thinks about things.

S1 E10
#9
★ 8.2

Only Women Bleed

Only women bleed.

S3 E12
#10
★ 8.2

Shake the Cocktail

Sam searches and takes a breath.

S1 E1
#1
★ 7.2

Sam/Pilot

Meet Sam Fox.

S1 E2
#2
★ 7.3

Period

Sam deals with lady things.

S1 E9
#3
★ 7.3

Hair of the Dog

Sam makes moves.

S3 E11
#4
★ 7.3

Get Lit

Sam chaperones and Frankie slams.

S4 E3
#5
★ 7.4

Escape Drill

Sam gives her friends a marital intervention.

S4 E8
#6
★ 7.4

Father's Day

Sam has a flashback and a wolf pack.

S1 E6
#7
★ 7.5

Alarms

Sam deals with some situations.

S3 E2
#8
★ 7.5

Holding

Sam copes with stuff.

S3 E3
#9
★ 7.5

Nesting

Sam sees old friends and cooks for everyone.

S3 E7
#10
★ 7.5

Toilet

Sam preps.

S1 E1
★ 7.2

Sam/Pilot

Meet Sam Fox.

S1 E2
★ 7.3

Period

Sam deals with lady things.

S1 E3
★ 7.7

Brown

Sam brings home a colleague for dinner.

S1 E4
★ 7.6

Woman Is the Something of the Something

Sam gets really looked at.

S1 E5
★ 8.3

Future Fever

Sam has snack and Max thinks about things.

S1 E6
★ 7.5

Alarms

Sam deals with some situations.

S1 E7
★ 7.8

Duke's Chorus

Sam and fam go- to-meeting.

S1 E8
★ 8.0

Scary Fun

Sam makes a point.

S1 E9
★ 7.3

Hair of the Dog

Sam makes moves.

S1 E10
★ 8.2

Only Women Bleed

Only women bleed.

S2 E1
★ 8.0

September

Sam has people over.

S2 E2
★ 8.0

Rising

Sam clears her head.

S2 E3
★ 7.9

Robin

Sam gets a new friend.

S2 E4
★ 7.6

Sick

Sam is sick.

S2 E5
★ 7.6

Phil

Sam is forced to look at some stuff.

S2 E6
★ 9.1

Eulogy

Sam demands satisfaction.

S2 E7
★ 8.1

Blackout

Sam does hard things.

S2 E8
★ 7.6

Arnold Hall

Sam gets confronted.

S2 E9
★ 8.6

White Rock

Sam and the girls go on a trip.

S2 E10
★ 8.9

Graduation

Sam negotiates the graduation party.

S3 E1
★ 8.0

Chicago

Sam and Max go on a trip.

S3 E2
★ 7.5

Holding

Sam copes with stuff.

S3 E3
★ 7.5

Nesting

Sam sees old friends and cooks for everyone.

S3 E4
★ 7.6

Monsters in the Moonlight

Sam deals with monsters.

S3 E5
★ 7.8

No Limit

Sam unleashes.

S3 E6
★ 7.7

What Is Jeopardy?

Sam and fam get caught up in some gnar.

S3 E7
★ 7.5

Toilet

Sam preps.

S3 E8
★ 7.8

Easter

Sam helps Max and bakes for Phil.

S3 E9
★ 7.6

The Unknown

Sam gets theatrical.

S3 E10
★ 7.6

Show Me the Magic

Sam winds down and reminisces.

S3 E11
★ 7.3

Get Lit

Sam chaperones and Frankie slams.

S3 E12
★ 8.2

Shake the Cocktail

Sam searches and takes a breath.

S4 E1
★ 7.7

Steady Rain

Sam picks the girls up from a trip.

S4 E2
★ 7.7

She's Fifty

Sam embraces her life.

S4 E3
★ 7.4

Escape Drill

Sam gives her friends a marital intervention.

S4 E4
★ 8.0

DNA

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

S4 E5
★ 7.5

Carbonara

Sam takes Duke to ballet and Frankie to Pinkberry.

S4 E6
★ 8.4

New Orleans

Sam goes to a wedding.

S4 E7
★ 8.2

High Man. Bye Man.

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

S4 E8
★ 7.4

Father's Day

Sam has a flashback and a wolf pack.

S4 E9
★ 8.2

Batceañera

S4 E10
★ 8.7

Listen to the Roosters

Sam and her girls live in the City of Angels.

S5 E1
★ 7.8

F*ck Anatoly's Mom

Sam learns some things about her family.

S5 E2
★ 7.6

Rip Taylor's Cell Phone

Sam makes a choice.

S5 E3
★ 7.7

Oh, I'm Not Gonna Tell Her

Sam volunteers.

S5 E4
★ 7.7

Ephemera

Sam learns about pronouns and finance.

S5 E5
★ 7.9

The World Is Mean Right Now

Sam makes borscht.

S5 E6
★ 7.6

San Francisco

Sam goes to San Francisco for a job while Max holds down the fort.

S5 E7
★ 8.2

Family Meeting

Sam fights zombies and Frankie dresses up.

S5 E8
★ 7.5

Jesus Saves

Sam deals with anxiety.

S5 E9
★ 8.4

England

Sam and fam take a trip. Sam needs the circle to be complete.

S5 E10
★ 8.7

We Are Not Alone

Sam and their village.

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode Rating Range
2 ★ 8.1 10
★ 9.1 Eulogy
★ 7.6 Sick
4 ★ 7.9 10
★ 8.7 Listen to the Roosters
★ 7.4 Escape Drill
5 ★ 7.9 10
★ 8.7 We Are Not Alone
★ 7.5 Jesus Saves
1 ★ 7.7 10
★ 8.3 Future Fever
★ 7.2 Sam/Pilot
3 ★ 7.7 12
★ 8.2 Shake the Cocktail
★ 7.3 Get Lit
Cast

Pamela Adlon

Sam Fox

Celia Imrie

Phil

Mikey Madison

Max

Hannah Riley

Frankie

Olivia Edward

Duke

Kevin Pollak

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