Better Things (2016)

Comedy · Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 7.9 (20,369 votes)
Episode average: 7.9 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): Hulu
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2016)

7.69 avg 10 episodes 7.2 → 8.2 24 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sam/Pilot	7.2	771
2	Period	7.3	589
3	Brown	7.7	548
4	Woman Is the Something of the Something	7.6	504
5	Future Fever	8.3	554
6	Alarms	7.5	456
7	Duke's Chorus	7.8	449
8	Scary Fun	8.0	440
9	Hair of the Dog	7.3	413
10	Only Women Bleed	8.2	479

Season 2 (2017)

8.16 avg 10 episodes 8.0 → 8.9 25 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	September	8.0	469
2	Rising	8.0	472
3	Robin	7.9	403
4	Sick	7.6	380
5	Phil	7.6	379
6	Eulogy	9.1	754
7	Blackout	8.1	438
8	Arnold Hall	7.7	373
9	White Rock	8.7	500
10	Graduation	8.9	547

Season 3 (2019)

7.68 avg 12 episodes 8.0 → 8.2 26 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Chicago	8.0	408
2	Holding	7.6	356
3	Nesting	7.5	365
4	Monsters in the Moonlight	7.6	342
5	No Limits	7.8	346
6	What Is Jeopardy?	7.7	326
7	Toilet	7.5	335
8	Easter	7.8	331
9	The Unknown	7.6	348
10	Show Me the Magic	7.6	319
11	Get Lit	7.3	319
12	Shake the Cocktail	8.2	365

Season 4 (2020)

7.92 avg 10 episodes 7.7 → 8.7 29 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Steady Rain	7.7	335
2	She's Fifty	7.7	308
3	Escape Drill	7.4	279
4	DNA	8.0	284
5	Carbonara	7.5	268
6	New Orleans	8.4	422
7	High Man. Bye Man.	8.1	289
8	Father's Day	7.5	282
9	Batceañera	8.2	304
10	Listen to the Roosters	8.7	390

Season 5 (2022)

7.91 avg 10 episodes 7.8 → 8.7 34 min avg

Big finale

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	F*ck Anatoly's Mom	7.8	285
2	Rip Taylor's Cell Phone	7.5	242
3	Oh, I'm Not Gonna Tell Her	7.8	238
4	Ephemera	7.7	245
5	The World Is Mean Right Now	7.9	240
6	San Francisco	7.6	222
7	Family Meeting	8.2	268
8	Jesus Saves	7.5	221
9	England	8.4	281
10	We Are Not Alone	8.7	366