The WORST episodes of Tiny Beautiful Things

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

A woman reluctantly becomes Dear Sugar — an anonymous, revered advice columnist — when her own life is falling apart. Told in multiple timelines with astonishing intimacy, nerve and candor, she excavates the beauty, struggle and humor in her own life to show us that we are not beyond rescue, that it’s our stories that will ultimately save us.

Last Updated: 11/25/2024Network: HuluStatus: Ended
Pilot
star
7.02
115 votes

#1 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2023

We meet Clare as her husband, Danny, has kicked her out of their home for giving her brother Lucas their daughter Rae’s college fund. But an old friend needs someone to take on his advice column Dear Sugar. And it might be exactly what Clare needs.

Writer: Liz Tigelaar
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Yours, Sugar
star
7.20
76 votes

#2 - Yours, Sugar

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/7/2023

Clare grapples with whether or not she wants to become Sugar as she reels from trouble at work and with Rae. In the past, Young Clare and Young Lucas must confront their grief at Frankie’s funeral. If Clare can’t figure out her own life, can she be Sugar?

Writer: Nancy Won
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The Ghost Ship
star
7.46
69 votes

#3 - The Ghost Ship

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/2023

Danny and Clare try to untangle their relationship – and Rae’s threesome – as Clare considers her path not taken. In the past, Young Clare finds out she’s pregnant with Rae.

Directors: Desiree Akhavan
Writer: Ellen Fairey
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The Nose
star
7.47
60 votes

#4 - The Nose

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/7/2023

When a furious Rae tells Clare and Danny that she doesn’t want to go back to her school, Clare remembers her own college experience with Frankie – and the reason she never got her degree.

Directors: Stacie Passon
Writer: Des Moran
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Under the Stars
star
7.52
61 votes

#5 - Under the Stars

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/7/2023

As Clare deals with her Tik-Tok-famous Montana confrontation and Rae’s recent partying, she’s haunted by a letter writer who desperately needs Sugar’s advice. In the past, Young Clare learns of Frankie’s diagnosis and desperately tries to save her.

Directors: Desiree Akhavan
Writer: Jocelyn Bioh
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Broken Things
star
7.55
60 votes

#6 - Broken Things

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/7/2023

Danny and Clare take a good (ahem) hard look at their sex life as a letter writer writes in about her boyfriend’s secret shame. Meanwhile, Rae grapples with letting Montana back into her life as she realizes she might just have the upper hand.

Directors: Stacie Passon
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Go
star
7.81
57 votes

#7 - Go

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/7/2023

Clare and Amy attend a writer’s retreat, but when Amy gets great news, Clare can’t help but question if her sacrifices for Danny and their family have been holding her back. As she remembers her first marriage to Jess, she wonders: should she stay or go?

Directors: Desiree Akhavan
Writer: Deirdre Shaw
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Love
star
8.00
61 votes

#8 - Love

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/7/2023

Fresh off shocking news from Danny, Rae reveals who really dropped off the missing money – causing Clare to bring Rae along on a mad dash road trip to Clare’s childhood home. In the past, Clare rushes to get Lucas to the hospital for Frankie’s last days.

Directors: Desiree Akhavan
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