American comedy-drama television series
Better Things
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Intertitle from seasons 3?5.
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Genre
| Comedy drama
[1]
[2]
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Created by
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Directed by
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- Pamela Adlon
- Various (season 1)
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Starring
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Opening theme
| "
Mother
" by
John Lennon
/
Plastic Ono Band
(seasons 1?2)
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Composer
| Jay Gruska
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 5
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No.
of episodes
| 52
(
list of episodes
)
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Executive producers
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- Pamela Adlon
- M. Blair Breard (seasons 1?2)
- Dave Becky
(seasons 1?2)
- Louis C.K. (seasons 1?2)
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Producer
| Joanne Toll
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Editor
| Debra F. Simone
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Camera setup
| Single-camera
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Running time
| 20?48 minutes
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Production companies
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Network
| FX
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Release
| September 8, 2016
(
2016-09-08
)
?
April 25, 2022
(
2022-04-25
)
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Better Things
is an American
comedy-drama
television series created by
Pamela Adlon
and
Louis C.K.
for
FX
, starring Adlon as a divorced actress who raises her three daughters on her own.
[3]
FX gave a 10-episode order on August 7, 2015.
[4]
The series premiered on September 8, 2016.
[5]
The series was renewed for a fifth and final season which premiered on February 28, 2022.
[6]
[7]
[8]
The series concluded on April 25, 2022.
The series and Adlon's performance have been praised, and Adlon was nominated for a
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
in 2017 and 2018. The show received a
Peabody Award
in April 2017, with the board stating: "[...] this searingly funny and beautiful show is an at-times raw examination of the vicissitudes of working motherhood, crackling with feminist verve and energy, that consistently cuts new ground".
[9]
Cast
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Main
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Recurring
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- Diedrich Bader
as Rich, Sam's best friend, who is gay and has about the same amount of luck with men as Sam does
- Alysia Reiner
as Sunny, Sam's newly divorced best friend
- Greg Cromer as Jeff, Sunny's pot-smoking and lazy ex-husband
- Rebecca Metz
as Tressa, Sam's understated and very competent manager and friend
- Matthew Glave
as Xander Hall, Sam's ex-husband and Max, Frankie, and Duke's absentee father
- Mather Zickel
as one of Sam's ex-boyfriends
- Lucy Davis
as Macy, Sam's close friend who has serious personal problems (seasons 1?2)
- Patricia Scanlon as Joy, one of Sam's friends (seasons 1?2)
- Emma Shannon as Pepper, Duke's friend (seasons 1?5)
- Kevin Pollak
as Marion, Sam's brother (seasons 2?5)
- Jeremy K. Williams as Jason, Frankie's friend (seasons 2?5)
- Alex Desert
as Donte, an actor who has worked with Sam in a car commercial and in
Monsters in the Moonlight
(seasons 2?3)
- Henry Thomas
as Robin, a single father and Sam's boyfriend (season 2)
- Judy Reyes
as Lala, Sam's friend (seasons 3?5)
[13]
- Cree Summer
as Lenny, Sam's friend (seasons 3?5)
- Matthew Broderick
as Dr. David Miller, Sam's therapist with whom Sam becomes romantically involved (season 3)
[13]
- Janina Gavankar
as Nikki, an assistant director on
Monsters in the Moonlight
(season 3)
[13]
- Marsha Thomason
as Mer Kodis, a
talent manager
who shows romantic interest in Sam (season 3)
- Kris Marshall
as Tibor, director of
Monsters in the Moonlight
(season 3)
- Doug Jones
as himself, an actor in
Monsters in the Moonlight
(season 3)
- Harrison Page
as Walter, Phil's boyfriend (season 3)
- Adam Kulbersh as Murray Fox, Sam's father who appears as a ghost to her and Duke (season 3; guest season 1 & 5)
- Judy Gold
as Chaya, one of Sam's friends (seasons 4?5)
- Mario Cantone
as Mal Martone, Sam's new manager (seasons 4?5)
- Rosalind Chao
as Caroline, Marion's wife (seasons 4?5)
Notable guest stars
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Production and development
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The pilot was ordered by FX on January 18, 2015. It was written by
Louis C.K.
and Pamela Adlon, and directed by Louis C.K.
[14]
The story is semi-autobiographically based on Adlon's life.
[15]
The pilot was picked up for a 10-episode first season on August 7, 2015.
[11]
[15]
The show is named after the song "
Better Things
" by
The Kinks
.
[16]
On September 20, 2016, FX renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on September 14, 2017.
[17]
[18]
In October 2017, FX renewed the series for a third season,
[19]
which premiered on February 28, 2019, and consisted of 12 episodes, all directed by Adlon.
[13]
In November 2017, after Louis C.K. confirmed the
sexual misconduct allegations
against him were true, FX canceled their overall deal with C.K. and his production company, Pig Newton. It was announced that C.K. would have no involvement in future seasons of the series.
[20]
[21]
That month, Adlon fired 3 Arts manager Dave Becky as her manager. Pig Newton and 3 Arts no longer co-produced the series after the Season 2 finale.
[22]
For the third season, Adlon hired four new writers for the series, Sarah Gubbins,
Joe Hortua
, Robin Ruzan, and Ira Parker.
[23]
In March 2019, the series was renewed for a 10-episode fourth season that premiered on March 5, 2020.
[24]
[25]
In May 2020, the series was renewed for a fifth season,
[6]
which was announced to be its last in October 2021.
[7]
Podcast
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Adlon launched a podcast titled
Better Things with Pamela Adlon
during the show's final season. The goal was to give insight to the creative process behind the show. Constructed as a companion to the final season, it featured guests like
Diedrich Bader
,
Kevin Pollak
,
Olivia Edward
, and
Celia Imrie
.
[26]
[27]
Episodes
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Season 1 (2016)
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Season 2 (2017)
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Season 3 (2019)
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Season 4 (2020)
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Season 5 (2022)
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Reception
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Critical response
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The series received an overall score of 98% on
Rotten Tomatoes
and 88% on
Metacritic
.
[78]
[79]
The first season has a Metacritic score of 80 out of 100 based 32 reviews.
[80]
Rotten Tomatoes gave the first season a 95% score, with an average rating of 8.2 out of 10 based on 58 critic reviews, with the critical consensus "Pamela Adlon's
Better Things
abstains from traditional sitcom sendups and forges a path all its own ? in this bawdy, often hilarious and bittersweet ode to the daily highs and lows of being a single mother."
[81]
The second season has a Metacritic score of 96 out of 100 based on 13 reviews.
[82]
On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 96% approval rating with an average rating of 9.2 out of 10 based on 27 reviews, with the critical consensus "
Better Things
'
second season plays even more adroitly to its strengths, weaving confidently between stinging humor, caustic observation, and poignant drama".
[83]
In his review for
Time
, Daniel D'Addario wrote, "This is a huge leap forward for a show that was already quite strong. Adlon comes as close to a pure auteur as TV gets. That her story is one imbued with both sadness and light makes
Better Things
one of television's very best shows?in any genre."
[84]
Better Things
is ranked as the seventh best TV series of 2017, according to Metacritic's list which tallies "best of" lists from various major TV critics and publications.
[85]
The third season has a Metacritic score of 94 out of 100 based on 19 reviews.
[86]
On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 9.3 out of 10 based on 37 reviews with the critical consensus, "Pamela Adlon fully asserts her authorial voice over
Better Things
in a triumphant third season that examines the exhaustion of motherhood with exhilarating artistry."
[87]
Matt Zoller Seitz
of
Vulture
wrote, "
Better Things
is the best the show has ever been."
[88]
Caroline Framke of
Variety
wrote, "
Better Things
feels a bit freer to be its most audacious self this season. Making the show under extraordinary pressure has, in the end, allowed Adlon to throw up her hands, say anything she wants, get it all out there and succeed entirely on her own terms."
[89]
The fourth season has a Metacritic score of 90 out of 100 based on six reviews.
[90]
On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 8.7 out of 10 based on 22 reviews with the critical consensus, "Sharp and singular,
Better Things
just keeps getting better."
[91]
Dan Fienberg of
The Hollywood Reporter
called the series "still one of the very best things on TV".
[92]
Ben Travers of
IndieWire
gave it an "A" grade and summarized that season 4 is "an experience like nothing else on television".
[93]
The fifth season has a Metacritic score of 93 out of 100 based on 14 reviews.
[94]
On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 8.8 out of 10 based on 23 reviews with the critical consensus, "Bittersweet, funny as ever, and brimming with wisdom,
Better Things
'
s final sendoff is as good as it gets."
[95]
Jen Chaney of
Vulture
called it "one of the most generous, organic, and beautiful works of the past decade".
[96]
Accolades
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