7.2/10735 votesLoading...#1 - Sam/Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/2016
Meet Sam Fox.
Director: Louis C.K.
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
7.3/10563 votesLoading...#2 - Period
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/2016
Sam deals with lady things.
Director: Pamela Adlon
Writer: N/A
7.3/10393 votesLoading...#3 - Hair of the Dog
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/3/2016
Sam makes moves.
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Writer: Pamela Adlon
7.3/10293 votesLoading...#4 - Get Lit
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 5/9/2019
Sam chaperones and Frankie slams.
Director: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Ira Parker, Joe Hortua
7.4/10260 votesLoading...#5 - Escape Drill
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 3/12/2020
Sam gives her friends a marital intervention.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10438 votesLoading...#6 - Alarms
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/2016
Sam deals with some situations.
Director: Lance Bangs
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon, Gina Fattore
7.5/10337 votesLoading...#7 - Holding
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/7/2019
Sam copes with stuff.
Director: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Pamela Adlon, Ira Parker
7.5/10345 votesLoading...#8 - Nesting
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 3/14/2019
Sam sees old friends and cooks for everyone.
Director: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Joe Hortua, Sarah Gubbins
7.5/10313 votesLoading...#9 - Toilet
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 4/11/2019
Sam preps.
Director: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Pamela Adlon, Joe Hortua
7.5/10248 votesLoading...#10 - Carbonara
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 3/26/2020
Sam takes Duke to ballet and Frankie to Pinkberry.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10263 votesLoading...#11 - Father's Day
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 4/16/2020
Sam has a flashback and a wolf pack.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10200 votesLoading...#12 - Jesus Saves
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 4/11/2022
Sam deals with anxiety.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10482 votesLoading...#13 - Woman Is the Something of the Something
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/2016
Sam gets really looked at.
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
7.6/10357 votesLoading...#14 - Sick
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2017
Sam is sick.
Director: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
7.6/10358 votesLoading...#15 - Phil
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/2017
Sam is forced to look at some stuff.
Director: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K.
7.6/10350 votesLoading...
7.6/10321 votesLoading...#17 - Monsters in the Moonlight
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 3/21/2019
Sam deals with monsters.
Director: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Pamela Adlon, Sarah Gubbins
7.6/10323 votesLoading...#18 - The Unknown
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 4/25/2019
Sam gets theatrical.
Director: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Sarah Gubbins
7.6/10290 votesLoading...#19 - Show Me the Magic
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 5/2/2019
Sam winds down and reminisces.
Director: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Pamela Adlon, Ira Parker
7.6/10221 votesLoading...#20 - Rip Taylor's Cell Phone
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 2/28/2022
Sam makes a choice.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10201 votesLoading...#21 - San Francisco
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 3/28/2022
Sam goes to San Francisco for a job while Max holds down the fort.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10524 votesLoading...#22 - Brown
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/2016
Sam brings home a colleague for dinner.
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Writer: Louis C.K.
7.7/10303 votesLoading...#23 - What Is Jeopardy?
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 4/4/2019
Sam and fam get caught up in some gnar.
Director: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Pamela Adlon, Ira Parker
7.7/10306 votesLoading...#24 - Easter
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 4/18/2019
Sam helps Max and bakes for Phil.
Director: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Robin Ruzan, Sarah Gubbins
7.7/10313 votesLoading...#25 - Steady Rain
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 3/5/2020
Sam picks the girls up from a trip.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Better Things
Every episode of Better Things ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Better Things!
Sam Fox is a single, working actor with no filter trying to raise her three daughters – Max, Frankie and Duke – in Los Angeles....
Genres:ComedyDrama
Network:FX
Worst Episodes Summary
"Sam/Pilot" is the worst rated episode of "Better Things". It scored 7.2/10 based on 735 votes. Directed by Louis C.K. and written by Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon, it aired on 9/8/2016. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Period".