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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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  1. 6.4/10(12 votes)

    #1 - Period

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    S1:E2

    Sam deals with lady things.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writer:N/A
  2. 7.1/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Brown

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    S1:E3

    Sam brings home a colleague for dinner.

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    Director:Nisha Ganatra
    Writer:Louis C.K.
  3. 7.2/10(8 votes)

    #3 - Alarms

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    S1:E6

    Sam deals with some situations.

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    Director:Lance Bangs
    Writers:Louis C.K., Gina Fattore, Pamela Adlon
  4. 7.3/10(301 votes)

    #4 - Get Lit

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    S3:E11

    Sam chaperones and Frankie slams.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writers:Joe Hortua, Ira Parker
  5. 7.4/10(266 votes)

    #5 - Escape Drill

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    S4:E3

    Sam gives her friends a marital intervention.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  6. 7.5/10(19 votes)

    #6 - Sam/Pilot

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    S1:E1

    Meet Sam Fox.

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    Director:Louis C.K.
    Writers:Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
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  7. 7.5/10(8 votes)

    #7 - Woman Is the Something of the Something

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    S1:E4

    Sam gets really looked at.

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    Director:Nisha Ganatra
    Writers:Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
  8. 7.5/10(8 votes)

    #8 - Duke's Chorus

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    S1:E7

    Sam and fam go- to-meeting.

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    Director:Lance Bangs
    Writers:Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
  9. 7.5/10(352 votes)

    #9 - Nesting

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    S3:E3

    Sam sees old friends and cooks for everyone.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writers:Sarah Gubbins, Joe Hortua
  10. 7.5/10(321 votes)

    #10 - Toilet

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    S3:E7

    Sam preps.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writers:Pamela Adlon, Joe Hortua
  11. 7.5/10(255 votes)

    #11 - Carbonara

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    S4:E5

    Sam takes Duke to ballet and Frankie to Pinkberry.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  12. 7.5/10(270 votes)

    #12 - Father's Day

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    S4:E8

    Sam has a flashback and a wolf pack.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.5/10(230 votes)

    #13 - Rip Taylor's Cell Phone

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    Sam makes a choice.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.5/10(209 votes)

    #14 - Jesus Saves

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    S5:E8

    Sam deals with anxiety.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.6/10(367 votes)

    #15 - Sick

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    S2:E4

    Sam is sick.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writers:Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
  16. 7.6/10(366 votes)

    #16 - Phil

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    S2:E5

    Sam is forced to look at some stuff.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writer:Louis C.K.
  17. 7.6/10(358 votes)

    #17 - Arnold Hall

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    Sam gets confronted.

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    Director:N/A
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  18. 7.6/10(344 votes)

    #18 - Holding

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    S3:E2

    Sam copes with stuff.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writers:Pamela Adlon, Ira Parker
  19. 7.6/10(329 votes)

    #19 - Monsters in the Moonlight

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    S3:E4

    Sam deals with monsters.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writers:Pamela Adlon, Sarah Gubbins
  20. 7.6/10(332 votes)

    #20 - The Unknown

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    S3:E9

    Sam gets theatrical.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writer:Sarah Gubbins
  21. 7.6/10(300 votes)

    #21 - Show Me the Magic

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    S3:E10

    Sam winds down and reminisces.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writers:Pamela Adlon, Ira Parker
  22. 7.6/10(210 votes)

    #22 - San Francisco

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    S5:E6

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

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    Director:N/A
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  23. 7.7/10(7 votes)

    #23 - Hair of the Dog

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    S1:E9

    Sam makes moves.

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    Director:Nisha Ganatra
    Writer:Pamela Adlon
  24. 7.7/10(321 votes)

    #24 - Steady Rain

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    S4:E1

    Sam picks the girls up from a trip.

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    Director:N/A
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  25. 7.7/10(295 votes)

    #25 - She's Fifty

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    S4:E2

    Sam embraces her life.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A

Worst Episodes Summary

"Period" is the worst rated episode of "Better Things". It scored 6.4/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Pamela Adlon and written by N/A, it aired on 9/15/2016. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Brown".