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The Best Episodes of Better Things Season 1

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

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    7.2/10(763 votes)

    #1 - Sam/Pilot

    S1:E1

    Meet Sam Fox.

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    Director:Louis C.K.
    Writers:Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
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    7.3/10(584 votes)

    #2 - Period

    S1:E2

    Sam deals with lady things.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.7/10(541 votes)

    #3 - Brown

    S1:E3

    Sam brings home a colleague for dinner.

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    Director:Nisha Ganatra
    Writer:Louis C.K.
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    7.6/10(496 votes)

    #4 - Woman Is the Something of the Something

    S1:E4

    Sam gets really looked at.

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    Director:Nisha Ganatra
    Writers:Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
  5. Background image for Future Fever
    8.3/10(549 votes)

    #5 - Future Fever

    S1:E5

    Sam has snack and Max thinks about things.

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    Director:Lance Bangs
    Writers:Louis C.K., Cindy Chupack, Pamela Adlon
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    7.5/10(451 votes)

    #6 - Alarms

    S1:E6

    Sam deals with some situations.

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    Director:Lance Bangs
    Writers:Louis C.K., Gina Fattore, Pamela Adlon
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  7. Background image for Duke's Chorus
    7.8/10(439 votes)

    #7 - Duke's Chorus

    S1:E7

    Sam and fam go- to-meeting.

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    Director:Lance Bangs
    Writers:Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
  8. Background image for Scary Fun
    8.0/10(432 votes)

    #8 - Scary Fun

    S1:E8

    Sam makes a point.

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    Director:Nisha Ganatra
    Writers:Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
  9. Background image for Hair of the Dog
    7.3/10(408 votes)

    #9 - Hair of the Dog

    S1:E9

    Sam makes moves.

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    Director:Nisha Ganatra
    Writer:Pamela Adlon
  10. Background image for Only Women Bleed
    8.2/10(470 votes)

    #10 - Only Women Bleed

    S1:E10

    Only women bleed.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writers:Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Sam/Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Better Things" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 763 votes. Directed by Louis C.K. and written by Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon, it aired on 9/8/2016. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Period".