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: 2/4/2024Network: FXStatus: Ended
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We Are Not Alone
star
8.32
165 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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Graduation
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8.21
477 votes

#2 - Graduation

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

Sam and fam are tilted.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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Eulogy
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8.21
555 votes

#3 - Eulogy

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

Sam demands satisfaction.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Louis C.K.
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White Rock
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7.94
477 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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7.82
525 votes

#5 - Blackout

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

Sam does hard things.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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Scary Fun
star
7.79
807 votes

#6 - Scary Fun

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

Sam makes a point.

Directors: Nisha Ganatra
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Future Fever
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7.77
909 votes

#7 - 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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England
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7.75
156 votes

#8 - 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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Only Women Bleed
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7.73
778 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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7.70
671 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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7.70
617 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
155 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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7.67
209 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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Sick
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7.66
561 votes

#14 - Sick

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

Sam is sick.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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New Orleans
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7.66
223 votes

#15 - 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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Arnold Hall
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7.65
492 votes

#16 - Arnold Hall

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

Sam gets confronted.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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Phil
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7.65
540 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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Brown
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7.65
1087 votes

#18 - 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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She's Fifty
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7.64
243 votes

#19 - She's Fifty

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

Sam embraces her state of being.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
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Woman Is the Something of the Something
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7.64
962 votes

#20 - 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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Robin
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7.63
615 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
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7.63
265 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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Duke's Chorus
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7.61
831 votes

#23 - Duke's Chorus

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

Sam and fam go- to-meeting.

Directors: Lance Bangs
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Batceañera
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7.60
204 votes

#24 - Batceañera

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

Sam throws Frankie a Batceñera.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
Listen to the Roosters
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7.54
208 votes

#25 - Listen to the Roosters

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/30/2020

Sam and her girls live in the City of Angels.

Directors: Pamela Adlon
Writer: Pamela Adlon
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