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.
8.28
179 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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8.21
563 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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8.20
480 votes
#3 - Graduation
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/2017
Sam and fam are tilted.
Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
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7.96
481 votes
#4 - White Rock
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/2017
Sam and the girls go on a trip.
Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
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7.82
537 votes
#5 - Blackout
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/2017
Sam does hard things.
Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
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7.79
819 votes
#6 - Scary Fun
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/2016
Sam makes a point.
Directors: Nisha Ganatra
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
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7.78
167 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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7.76
923 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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7.74
792 votes
#9 - Only Women Bleed
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/2016
Sam has a tough day.
Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
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7.71
684 votes
#10 - September
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/2017
Sam has people over.
Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
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7.71
222 votes
#11 - 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
Writer: Joe Hortua, Pamela Adlon
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7.70
621 votes
#12 - Rising
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2017
Sam clears her head.
Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K.
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7.69
167 votes
#13 - Family Meeting
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/4/2022
Sam fights zombies and Frankie dresses up.
Directors: Pamela Adlon
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7.68
234 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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7.67
567 votes
#15 - Sick
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2017
Sam is sick.
Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
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7.67
250 votes
#16 - She's Fifty
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/5/2020
Sam embraces her state of being.
Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Ira Parker, Pamela Adlon
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7.65
544 votes
#17 - 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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7.65
213 votes
#18 - Batceañera
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/23/2020
Sam throws Frankie a Batceñera.
Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Ira Parker, Joe Hortua
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7.65
619 votes
#19 - Robin
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/2017
Sam gets a new friend.
Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
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7.65
1098 votes
#20 - 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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7.64
964 votes
#21 - Woman Is the Something of the Something
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/2016
Sam gets really looked at.
Directors: Nisha Ganatra
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
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7.63
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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7.63
500 votes
#23 - Arnold Hall
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/2017
Sam gets confronted.
Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
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7.62
842 votes
#24 - Duke's Chorus
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/2016
Sam and fam go- to-meeting.
Directors: Lance Bangs
Writer: Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon
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7.58
232 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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