Better Things: Season 5
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Better Things: Season 5

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In an Emmy-nominated role, Pamela Adlon (King of the Hill) stars in this comedic FX series as a single, working actor with no filter trying to raise her three daughters in Los Angeles. 

2022Rating: TV-MAUSAPig Newton, 3 Arts Entertainment
ComedyDrama
Creator:
Pamela AdlonLouis C.K.
Cast:
Pamela AdlonCelia ImrieMikey MadisonHannah AlligoodOlivia Edward

Better Things: Season 5 | Reviews

100%16 reviews

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RogerEbert.com

RogerEbert.com

Adlon remains one of TV’s most fascinating performers, and Sam one of its most compelling protagonists...

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IndieWire

IndieWire

Season 5 is the straight-up funniest season to date...

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Vulture

Vulture

One of the most generous, organic, and beautiful works of the past decade...

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The New York Times

The New York Times

(A) remarkable final season...

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Salon

Salon

A person doesn't watch the show so much as drop by Sam's big cozy house for a visit.

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Film School Rejects

Film School Rejects

Better Things ends as an exceptional, beautiful series about the homes we build in each others’ hearts.

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Time Magazine

Time Magazine

(Season 5 is) an ideal culmination of everything that came before it...

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

Diedrich Bader remains a droll delight as Sam's non-romantic soulmate, Rich...

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Variety

Variety

At times Season 5 of Better Things seemed to be actively withholding catharsis or key insights.

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Hollywood Reporter

Hollywood Reporter

With the end in sight, Adlon and her collaborators have given these 10 episodes perhaps a clearer sense of unification...

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