The BEST episodes of Better Things

Every episode of Better Things ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Better Things!

An actress raises her three daughters while juggling the pressures of working in Hollywood and being a single parent.

Last Updated: 8/9/2024Network: FXStatus: Ended
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We Are Not Alone
star
8.30
174 votes

#1 - We Are Not Alone

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/25/2022

Sam and their village.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Pamela Adlon
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Eulogy
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8.20
564 votes

#2 - Eulogy

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/2017

Sam demands satisfaction.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K.
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Graduation
star
8.20
484 votes

#3 - Graduation

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/2017

Sam and fam are tilted.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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White Rock
star
7.94
484 votes

#4 - White Rock

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/2017

Sam and the girls go on a trip.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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Blackout
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7.81
534 votes

#5 - Blackout

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/2017

Sam does hard things.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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Scary Fun
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7.79
814 votes

#6 - Scary Fun

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/2016

Sam makes a point.

Directors: Nisha Ganatra
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England
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7.77
164 votes

#7 - England

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/18/2022

Sam and fam take a trip. Sam needs the circle to be complete.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Joe Hortua
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Future Fever
star
7.77
917 votes

#8 - Future Fever

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/2016

Sam has snack and Max thinks about things.

Directors: Lance Bangs
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Only Women Bleed
star
7.73
784 votes

#9 - Only Women Bleed

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/2016

Sam has a tough day.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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September
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7.71
678 votes

#10 - September

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/2017

Sam has people over.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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Rising
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7.69
625 votes

#11 - Rising

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2017

Sam clears her head.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K.
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Family Meeting
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7.68
163 votes

#12 - Family Meeting

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/4/2022

Sam fights zombies and Frankie dresses up.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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High Man. Bye Man.
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7.68
219 votes

#13 - High Man. Bye Man.

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/9/2020

Sam goes to the weed store and visits her brother and Frankie and Sam eat ice cream.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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New Orleans
star
7.67
233 votes

#14 - New Orleans

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/2/2020

Sam goes to a wedding.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Joe Hortua
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Sick
star
7.66
570 votes

#15 - Sick

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2017

Sam is sick.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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She's Fifty
star
7.65
249 votes

#16 - She's Fifty

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/5/2020

Sam embraces her state of being.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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Brown
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7.65
1095 votes

#17 - Brown

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/2016

Sam brings home a colleague for dinner.

Directors: Nisha Ganatra
Writer: Louis C.K.
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Phil
star
7.64
548 votes

#18 - Phil

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/2017

Sam is forced to look at some stuff.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K.
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Woman Is the Something of the Something
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7.64
969 votes

#19 - Woman Is the Something of the Something

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/2016

Sam gets really looked at.

Directors: Nisha Ganatra
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Arnold Hall
star
7.63
500 votes

#20 - Arnold Hall

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/2017

Sam gets confronted.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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Robin
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7.63
625 votes

#21 - Robin

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/2017

Sam gets a new friend.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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Shake the Cocktail
star
7.62
271 votes

#22 - Shake the Cocktail

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/16/2019

Sam searches and takes a breath.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Pamela Adlon
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Batceañera
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7.62
212 votes

#23 - Batceañera

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/23/2020

Sam throws Frankie a Batceñera.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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Duke's Chorus
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7.61
839 votes

#24 - Duke's Chorus

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/2016

Sam and fam go- to-meeting.

Directors: Lance Bangs
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DNA
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7.54
230 votes

#25 - DNA

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/19/2020

Sam gives Phil a DNA test, catches something and releases on Max.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Ira Parker
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