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      2022 Comedy Drama TRAILER for Better Things: Season 5 Trailer List View All /tv/better_things/s05/videos videos Better Things: Season 5 Teaser - Boomer Better Things: Season 5 Teaser - Boomer 0:29 Better Things: Season 5 Teaser - Change Better Things: Season 5 Teaser - Change 0:29 Better Things: Season 5 Trailer Better Things: Season 5 Trailer 1:57 Better Things: Season 5 Episode 3 Trailer Better Things: Season 5 Episode 3 Trailer 0:29 Better Things: Season 5 Episode 4 Trailer Better Things: Season 5 Episode 4 Trailer 0:29 View more videos
      100% Tomatometer 23 Reviews 84% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings "Better Things" is the story of Sam Fox, a single mother and working actor with no filter trying to raise her three daughters -- Max, Frankie, and Duke -- in Los Angeles. She also looks out for her mother, Phil, an English expatriate with questionable faculties who lives across the street. Whether she's struggling to keep her daughters close or trying to push one of them out of the nest, Sam approaches every challenge with fierce love, raw honesty, and humor. At the end of the day, Sam's just trying to earn a living, navigate her daughters' changing lives, survive her family, have fun with a friend or two, and also -- just maybe -- squeeze in some private time. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Mar 01 Buy Now

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      Bittersweet, funny as ever, and brimming with wisdom, Better Things's final sendoff is as good as it gets.

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      Joe Clay Times (UK) It’s sharp, moving and very funny. Aug 5, 2022 Full Review Will Ashton Slant Magazine Better Things is a frank and open-hearted depiction of weathering life’s ups and downs. As such, it’s only fitting that the series, which debuted in 2016, has only gotten better with age. Rated: 3/4 Jul 18, 2022 Full Review James Poniewozik New York Times Few shows on TV have funneled as much complicated feeling through a camera lens as “Better Things.” And the terrific final season lets you have it at full blast. Jul 18, 2022 Full Review Prahlad Srihari Firstpost Better Things bids goodbye as TV’s most honest, thoughtful and funniest perspective on being a single working mom. Aug 8, 2022 Full Review Matt Roush TV Insider I don’t know what her next act will be, but after five seasons with Sam, I feel I know Pamela Adlon, and I trust her. Jul 18, 2022 Full Review Yohana Desta Vanity Fair As befits the show’s general vibe, there is a deeply engrained sense of hope and happiness in the finale, which has a loose, casually profound plot. Apr 27, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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      K A I will miss this show so much :( Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/21/23 Full Review Audience Member An affecting comedy about the ups and downs of modern, albeit privileged, life. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review dani m A sweet, funny and joyous send off to a great show. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review andrei d Needs much more closure Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Such a great series. I'm glad I got to binge it all at once. Loved it. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member The first two season were amazing. By season three, although the main story of Sam being bewildered at everything life throws at her still had legs, the show lost some energy, and the ideas weren't as fresh. Teens being teens is universal and is gold to be mined indefinitely, but something troubling began to seep in, and it is hard to ignore. I had hoped that it would be dropped in season five, but here it is again. Every single person of color in this show is a one dimensional prop used to show how awesome Sam is. They loves 'em some Sam. Can't get enough. Fawning adoration where ever she goes. This isn't diversity. This was beginning to be borderline exploitative in season three, and now in season five, has crept closer into full blown exploitation. There is no real conversation about race issues, there is no actual courage in the writing, there is no character development for anyone but the White actors. How can there be so many people of color in one show without any real depth? How can someone be expected not to notice this? And how can producers who claim the progressive title not have any clue about what they're doing? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Episode 1 Aired Feb 28, 2022 F... Anatoly's Mom Sam learns some things about her family. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 28, 2022 Rip Taylor's Cell Phone Sam makes a choice. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 7, 2022 Oh, I'm Not Gonna Tell Her Sam volunteers. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 14, 2022 Ephemera Sam learns about pronouns and finance. Details Episode 5 Aired Mar 21, 2022 The World Is Mean Right Now Sam makes borscht. Details Episode 6 Aired Mar 28, 2022 San Francisco Sam goes to San Francisco for a job while Max holds down the fort. Details Episode 7 Aired Apr 4, 2022 Family Meeting Sam fights zombies and Frankie dresses up. Details Episode 8 Aired Apr 11, 2022 Jesus Saves Sam deals with anxiety. Details Episode 9 Aired Apr 18, 2022 England Sam and family take a trip; Sam needs the circle to be complete. Details Episode 10 Aired Apr 25, 2022 We Are Not Alone Sam and their village. Details

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      Season Info

      Director
      Pamela Adlon
      Creator
      Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.
      Executive Producer
      Pamela Adlon, Blair Breard, Dave Becky
      Screenwriter
      Joe Hortua, R. Eric Thomas, Pamela Adlon, Ryan Raimann, Ariel Leve, Cree Summer, Judy Gold
      Network
      FX
      Rating
      TV-MA
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date
      Feb 28, 2022