7.2/10251 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2023
We meet Clare as her husband, Danny, has kicked her out of their home for giving her brother Lucas their daughter Rae’s college fund. But an old friend needs someone to take on his advice column Dear Sugar. And it might be exactly what Clare needs.
Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Writer: Liz Tigelaar
7.0/10193 votes#2 - Yours, Sugar
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/7/2023
Clare grapples with whether or not she wants to become Sugar as she reels from trouble at work and with Rae. In the past, Young Clare and Young Lucas must confront their grief at Frankie’s funeral. If Clare can’t figure out her own life, can she be Sugar?
Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Writer: Nancy Won
7.3/10181 votes#3 - The Ghost Ship
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/2023
Danny and Clare try to untangle their relationship – and Rae’s threesome – as Clare considers her path not taken. In the past, Young Clare finds out she’s pregnant with Rae.
Director: Desiree Akhavan
Writer: Ellen Fairey
7.4/10175 votes#4 - Under the Stars
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/7/2023
As Clare deals with her Tik-Tok-famous Montana confrontation and Rae’s recent partying, she’s haunted by a letter writer who desperately needs Sugar’s advice. In the past, Young Clare learns of Frankie’s diagnosis and desperately tries to save her.
Director: Desiree Akhavan
Writer: Jocelyn Bioh
7.9/10183 votes#5 - The Nose
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/7/2023
When a furious Rae tells Clare and Danny that she doesn’t want to go back to her school, Clare remembers her own college experience with Frankie – and the reason she never got her degree.
Director: Stacie Passon
Writer: Des Moran
7.5/10152 votes#6 - Broken Things
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/7/2023
Danny and Clare take a good (ahem) hard look at their sex life as a letter writer writes in about her boyfriend’s secret shame. Meanwhile, Rae grapples with letting Montana back into her life as she realizes she might just have the upper hand.
Director: Stacie Passon
Writer: Naomi Iwamoto
7.8/10159 votes#7 - Go
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/7/2023
Clare and Amy attend a writer’s retreat, but when Amy gets great news, Clare can’t help but question if her sacrifices for Danny and their family have been holding her back. As she remembers her first marriage to Jess, she wonders: should she stay or go?
Director: Desiree Akhavan
Writer: Deirdre Shaw
8.1/10195 votes#8 - Love
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/7/2023
Fresh off shocking news from Danny, Rae reveals who really dropped off the missing money – causing Clare to bring Rae along on a mad dash road trip to Clare’s childhood home. In the past, Clare rushes to get Lucas to the hospital for Frankie’s last days.
Director: Desiree Akhavan
Writer: Kaitlyn Fahey
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A floundering writer becomes a revered advice columnist while her own life is falling apart.
Genres:ComedyDrama
Network:Hulu
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Tiny Beautiful Things" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 251 votes. Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg and written by Liz Tigelaar, it aired on 4/7/2023. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Yours, Sugar".