Better Things

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Season 1
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 8, 2016
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 116 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 97 out of 116
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 116
  3. Negative: 7 out of 116
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  1. Tony1984
    Nov 25, 2017
    5
    If you like Louie C.K. (Whats with these guys and sexual weirdness?)then you will enjoy Better Things. However if not, you will find this distinctly average and unoriginal , predictably jammed packed with cliched tropes. Especially the sardonic jaded heroine single mom with truly obnoxious children. There are a couple of smiles but very few. The shallow pointless materialisticIf you like Louie C.K. (Whats with these guys and sexual weirdness?)then you will enjoy Better Things. However if not, you will find this distinctly average and unoriginal , predictably jammed packed with cliched tropes. Especially the sardonic jaded heroine single mom with truly obnoxious children. There are a couple of smiles but very few. The shallow pointless materialistic narcissism of Californian life is on full display and it’s not funny, even ironically. I gave up after episode 4, which ended in a smash the patriarchy march. Yip, really funny stuff.… Expand
  2. zouz123
    Sep 10, 2016
    5
    Even though the first episode was only ~20 minutes long, I got bored pretty fast. The actors are trying too hard to make us laugh, and most of the time it doesn't work. I felt sorry for the overly hyperactive lead actress, but I blame the people who told her she's a good comedian. Anyway, not my kind of show.
  3. Lexman
    Feb 1, 2017
    4
    Better Things is Louie Lite, all the real life drama none of the humour. I watched the whole season and one season was enough for me. Other then the little one (Duke) I couldn’t warm up to the daughters, obnoxious, spoiled and boring, good examples of bad parenting. The British mother… well she’s on a sitcom of her own, totally out of place with the show. As the title indicates there areBetter Things is Louie Lite, all the real life drama none of the humour. I watched the whole season and one season was enough for me. Other then the little one (Duke) I couldn’t warm up to the daughters, obnoxious, spoiled and boring, good examples of bad parenting. The British mother… well she’s on a sitcom of her own, totally out of place with the show. As the title indicates there are better things on TV to watch.… Expand

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#39 Best TV Season of 2016
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#59 Most Discussed TV Season of 2016

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 31
  3. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. Las Vegas Weekly
    Reviewed by: Josh Bell
    Sep 8, 2016
    60
    The sometimes clichéd showbiz material isn’t as effective as the family dynamics.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Sep 8, 2016
    80
    Better Things isn't groundbreaking when judged merely as a single-mom sitcom, but it finds its freshness in how Adlon examines it in her personal world; the stories and struggles are familiar even though they are contained within a world most people aren't part of, and she makes whatever daily struggles she faces with her family relatable.
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  3. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: David Sims
    Sep 8, 2016
    90
    Better Things is its own beguiling blend of sitcom moments and true-to-life frustration.
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