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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. 7.2/10(756 votes)

    #1 - 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
  2. 7.3/10(579 votes)

    #2 - Period

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    S1:E2

    Sam deals with lady things.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writer:N/A
  3. 7.3/10(406 votes)

    #3 - Hair of the Dog

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    S1:E9

    Sam makes moves.

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    Director:Nisha Ganatra
    Writer:Pamela Adlon
  4. 7.3/10(302 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(267 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(448 votes)

    #6 - 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
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  7. 7.5/10(353 votes)

    #7 - 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
  8. 7.5/10(323 votes)

    #8 - Toilet

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    S3:E7

    Sam preps.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writers:Pamela Adlon, Joe Hortua
  9. 7.5/10(256 votes)

    #9 - 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
  10. 7.5/10(271 votes)

    #10 - 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
  11. 7.5/10(231 votes)

    #11 - Rip Taylor's Cell Phone

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    S5:E2

    Sam makes a choice.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  12. 7.5/10(210 votes)

    #12 - Jesus Saves

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    S5:E8

    Sam deals with anxiety.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.6/10(494 votes)

    #13 - 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
  14. 7.6/10(368 votes)

    #14 - Sick

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    S2:E4

    Sam is sick.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writers:Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
  15. 7.6/10(367 votes)

    #15 - 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.
  16. 7.6/10(359 votes)

    #16 - Arnold Hall

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    S2:E8

    Sam gets confronted.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.6/10(345 votes)

    #17 - Holding

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    S3:E2

    Sam copes with stuff.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writers:Pamela Adlon, Ira Parker
  18. 7.6/10(330 votes)

    #18 - 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
  19. 7.6/10(334 votes)

    #19 - The Unknown

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    S3:E9

    Sam gets theatrical.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writer:Sarah Gubbins
  20. 7.6/10(302 votes)

    #20 - 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
  21. 7.6/10(211 votes)

    #21 - 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
    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.7/10(538 votes)

    #22 - 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.
  23. 7.7/10(312 votes)

    #23 - What Is Jeopardy?

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    S3:E6

    Sam and fam get caught up in some gnar.

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    Director:Pamela Adlon
    Writers:Pamela Adlon, Ira Parker
  24. 7.7/10(323 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(296 votes)

    #25 - She's Fifty

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    S4:E2

    Sam embraces her life.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Sam/Pilot" is the worst rated episode of "Better Things". It scored 7.2/10 based on 756 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".