Better Things proved in Season 4 that it isn't just a show -- it's an experience

Entertainment Weekly

"This is what season 4 of FX’s Better Things has been like: an experience, as opposed to a simulation," says Lacey Vorrasi-Banis. "To be fair, there aren’t many shows like it — period. It’s not a sitcom, it’s not a drama, and it seems cheap and easy to call it a dramedy. It is undefinable because, frankly, it’s life. Every episode we’re invited into the home of Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon), an actress and single mom raising three daughters. But unlike the aquarium, for this series and this season in particular, it feels like we’re actually in Sam’s kitchen, also excitedly waiting for middle child, Frankie (Hannah Alligood), to finish crushing peppermints to mix into Breyers because Sam accidentally got high on her legal supply. Or, as in another incredible episode, we aren’t just watching Sam visit New Orleans, we’re right next to her, imbibing the sensory overload the city so richly and effortlessly offers."

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• Better Things' Season 4 finale was restorative and generous: "Adlon knows her way around a captivating closer—she is a consummate storyteller, but tonight, she became a healer," says Danette Chavez, adding: “'Listen To The Rooters' is not an ending because nothing has ended on Better Things."
• Pamela Adlon originally wanted to call the season finale "Nightswimming"
• Adlon on Better Things Season 5: "I really don’t give a f*ck about Season 5 until we finish corona because I don’t know what’s going to happen"