
Better Things
Taste attributes: comedydramaanimalsfresh & originallightlinearglossyemotive & stirringcomplex relationship
Boxlist takeInventive and stirring: a comedy-drama series that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.2 /10
TMDB · 98 votes
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Seasons
Season 1
· 2016 · 10 episodesEpisodes (10)
1Sam/Pilot8 Sep 2016
Meet Sam Fox.
2Period15 Sep 2016
Sam deals with lady things.
3Brown22 Sep 2016
Sam brings home a colleague for dinner.
4Woman Is the Something of the Something29 Sep 2016
Sam gets really looked at.
5Future Fever6 Oct 2016
Sam has snack and Max thinks about things.
6Alarms13 Oct 2016
Sam deals with some situations.
7Duke's Chorus20 Oct 2016
Sam and fam go- to-meeting.
8Scary Fun27 Oct 2016
Sam makes a point.
9Hair of the Dog3 Nov 2016
Sam makes moves.
10Only Women Bleed10 Nov 2016
Only women bleed.
Season 2
· 2017 · 10 episodesEpisodes (10)
1September14 Sep 2017
Sam has people over.
2Rising21 Sep 2017
Sam clears her head.
3Robin28 Sep 2017
Sam gets a new friend.
4Sick5 Oct 2017
Sam is sick.
5Phil12 Oct 2017
Sam is forced to look at some stuff.
6Eulogy19 Oct 2017
Sam demands satisfaction.
7Blackout26 Oct 2017
Sam does hard things.
8Arnold Hall2 Nov 2017
Sam gets confronted.
9White Rock9 Nov 2017
Sam and the girls go on a trip.
- 10Graduation16 Nov 2017
Season 3
· 2019 · 12 episodesEpisodes (12)
1Chicago28 Feb 2019
Sam and Max go on a trip.
2Holding7 Mar 2019
Sam copes with stuff.
3Nesting14 Mar 2019
Sam sees old friends and cooks for everyone.
4Monsters in the Moonlight21 Mar 2019
Sam deals with monsters.
5No Limit28 Mar 2019
Sam unleashes.
6What Is Jeopardy?4 Apr 2019
Sam and fam get caught up in some gnar.
7Toilet11 Apr 2019
Sam preps.
8Easter18 Apr 2019
Sam helps Max and bakes for Phil.
9The Unknown25 Apr 2019
Sam gets theatrical.
10Show Me the Magic2 May 2019
Sam winds down and reminisces.
11Get Lit9 May 2019
Sam chaperones and Frankie slams.
12Shake the Cocktail16 May 2019
Sam searches and takes a breath.
Season 4
· 2020 · 10 episodesEpisodes (10)
1Steady Rain5 Mar 2020
Sam picks the girls up from a trip.
2She's Fifty5 Mar 2020
Sam embraces her life.
3Escape Drill12 Mar 2020
Sam gives her friends a marital intervention.
4DNA19 Mar 2020
Sam gives Phil a DNA test, catches something and releases on Max.
5Carbonara26 Mar 2020
Sam takes Duke to ballet and Frankie to Pinkberry.
6New Orleans2 Apr 2020
Sam goes to a wedding.
7High Man. Bye Man.9 Apr 2020
Sam goes to the weed store and visits her brother and Frankie and Sam eat ice cream.
8Father's Day16 Apr 2020
Sam has a flashback and a wolf pack.
- 9Batceañera23 Apr 2020
10Listen to the Roosters29 Apr 2020
Sam and her girls live in the City of Angels.
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
Sam Fox is a single, working actor with no filter trying to raise her three daughters – Max, Frankie and Duke – in Los Angeles. She is mom, dad, referee and the cops.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 2016
- Episode length
- 23 min
- Status
- Returning
- Studio
- 3 Arts Entertainment
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











