Better is an American comedy-drama television series created by Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K. for FX, starring Adlon as a divorced actress who raised three of his own daughters. FX delivers 10-episode orders on August 7, 2015. The series airs on September 8, 2016. On September 20, 2016, FX updated the series for the second season, which aired on September 14, 2017. In October 2017, FX updated the series for the third season.
Serial and performance Adlon has received critical acclaim. Adlon is nominated for an Emmy Primetime Award for the Top Achieved Actress in Comedy Series in 2017. The event received a Peabody Award in April 2017, with the council declaring: "[...] this very funny and beautiful show is a... times a standard inspection of changes from working mothers, crackling with feminist energy and energy, which consistently cuts new ground. "
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Cast
Primary
- Pamela Adlon as Sam Fox, a single mother and actress working to raise three girls in Los Angeles.
- Mikey Madison as Max Fox, Sam is frail and angry but is basically the oldest daughter of the best.
- Hannah Alligood as Frankie Fox, Sam's radical middle daughter.
- Olivia Edward as Duke Fox, the sweetest and sweetest son of Sam.
- Celia Imrie as Phyllis, Sam's mother who is an English lady with some towering physical and mental problems.
Repeats
- Diedrich Bader as Kaya, Sam's best friend, tells the truth and vice versa.
- Lucy Davis as Macy, a close friend of Sam who has serious personal problems.
- Alysia Reiner as Sunny, Sam's newly divorced friend since her family took Sam when Sam's father drove her out of the house when she was a teenager.
- Greg Cromer as Jeff, a lukewarm ex-husband and a lazy ex-husband.
- Rebecca Metz as Tressa, Sam's manager and friend who is unpretentious and very competent.
- Patricia Scanlon as Joy, one of Sam's friends.
- Mather Zickel as one of Sam's former boyfriends.
- Matthew Glave as Xander, Sam's ex-husband.
- Henry Thomas as Robin, the single father and Sam's current boyfriend.
- Kevin Pollak as Sam's brother, Marion
Famous guest star
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Production and development
The pilot was ordered by FX on January 18, 2015. It was written by Louis C.K. and Pamela Adlon, and directed by Louis C.K. The story is semi-autobiography based on Adlon's life. The pilot was taken for the first episode 10-episode on August 7, 2015.
The title of the show comes from The Kinks song, "Better Things".
In November 2017, after Louis C.K. confirming the allegations of sexual offenses against him was true, FX canceled their overall deal with C.K. and its production company, Pig Newton. C.K. will not be involved in the upcoming season of this series. That month, Adlon fired 3 Art managers Dave Becky as his manager. Therefore, Pig Newton and 3 Arts will no longer produce the series after they were expelled from the end of season 2. For the third season, Adlon hired four new authors for the series: Sara Gubbins, Joe Hortua, Robin Ruzan and Ira Parker to join him in the author's room, after CK fired by FX.
Series overview
Episode
Season 1 (2016)
Season 2 (2017)
Reception
Critical reception
Better has received positive reviews from television critics. The first season had a Metacritic score of 80 out of 100 based on 31 reviews, which showed "favorable general reviews". Rotten Tomatoes gave the first season a 94% "Certified Fresh" score with an average score of 8.08 out of 10 based on 54 critic reviews, with a critical consensus "Pamela Adlon Better abstain from sendeet traditional sitcom and forge his own way - in the ode, so cute and bitter it gets to the highest and lowest every day being a single mother. "
The second season has received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, he scored 96 out of 100 based on 13 reviews, showing "universal recognition". At Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 95% approval rating with an average rating of 9.2 out of 10 based on 22 reviews, with a critical consensus of "drama" both season dramas even more agile with his power, weaving with confidence between stinging humor, scathing observations, and poignant drama. "In his review for Time, Daniel D'Addario wrote," This is a great leap forward for an already Adlon comes as close to a pure auteur as TV.It's the story that is one that is imbued with sadness and light make Better Things one of the best television shows - in any genre. " > Better Things is ranked as the fifth best TV series of 2017, according to Metacritic's list detailing the "best" list of critics and major TV publications.
Accolades
References
External links
- Official website
- Better Things on IMDb
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