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Better Things Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
Sam/Pilot
Thu, Sep 8, 201625 mins
Single mother Sam Fox struggles to raise three girls while trying to maintain her career as an actor.
Episode 2
Period
Thu, Sep 15, 201625 mins
Sam deals with lady things.
Episode 3
Brown
Thu, Sep 22, 201621 mins
Sam brings home a colleague for dinner.
Episode 4
Woman Is the Something of the Something
Thu, Sep 29, 201623 mins
Sam is becoming insecure about her looks, so she visits plastic surgeon Dr. Sook. But she invites her friend Sunny with her, which compounds her inferiority complex.
Episode 5
Future Fever
Thu, Oct 6, 201623 mins
Sam struggles to connect with Max, taking her out to lunch where she interferes in another couple's date. Max finally admits to her mother's friends that she's afraid she doesn't have much of a future. Duke takes her savings to the bank.
Episode 6
Alarms
Thu, Oct 13, 201627 mins
Sam deals with some situations.
Episode 7
Duke's Chorus
Thu, Oct 20, 201625 mins
Frankie tricks Sam into going to the Mormon church with Duke's friend Morgan and her mother Trinity. Sam and Max escalate their fights over Max's hostile behavior.
Episode 8
Scary Fun
Thu, Oct 27, 201624 mins
Sam explains to Max's friend Harvey why she doesn't trust him around her daughter. Frankie tells Sam she isn't fun anymore and Sam injures her foot trying to prove her wrong. A meeting with Frankie's teacher takes an odd turn.
Episode 9
Hair of the Dog
Thu, Nov 3, 201621 mins
Sam takes Max and her friend to a Joe Walsh concert where unexpected info is revealed. Sam's effort to get rid of a table turns difficult and she has to make a deal with Bulgarians but she gets a terrific chicken recipe from it.
Episode 10
Only Women Bleed
Thu, Nov 10, 201626 mins
A typical day for Sam where she struggles to get her girls off to school when Duke tries to stay home sick. Later Frankie is sent home and Sam tries to explain she has work but also personal obligations that she needs to attend to. Turns out Frankie has issues in School.
