Better Things

Better Things

A biting slice-of-life look at single motherhood

The Very Best

8.0

TV Show

United States, United States of America
English
Comedy, Drama, Family
2016
Celia Imrie, Hannah Alligood, Hannah Riley
23 min

What it's about

Sam Fox is a single, working actor with no filter trying to raise her three daughters – Max, Frankie and Duke – in Los Angeles. She is mom, dad, referee and the cops.

The take

This bittersweet comedy centers on Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon), a single mother and working actress doing her best to get by in LA. In between juggling the pressures of both parenthood and Hollywood, Sam lets loose in brave and funny ways. Things often get the better of her and her three young daughters, but her bold, funny, and always loving approach to life is what makes Sam—and indeed the show—a true knockout.

Better Things is a semi-autobiographical story, with Adlon also having daughters of her own, so it's no surprise that many things ring true in this big-hearted show about single motherhood.

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I liked the earlier seasons but I felt the later seasons became too loose and seemed as if there may be too much ad libbing. After a while I was uninterested in what happened the characters (which is a shame)..

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