Better Things

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4.5 • 10.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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On the FX series Better Things, Pamela Adlon plays Sam Fox, a working actor in L.A. and a single mother to her three children. Sam and her family deal with many familiar pangs of life, like aging and puberty, in ways that are funny, profound, and sometimes cosmic. The semi-autobiographical show was co-created by Adlon, and after five seasons, it's coming to a close.

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0:00.0	On the FX series Better Things, Sam Fox is a working actor in LA and a single mother
0:09.6	to her three children.
0:11.3	Sam and her family deal with many familiar pangs of life like aging and purity and ways
0:15.9	that are funny, profound, and sometimes cosmic.
0:18.6	The semi-autobiographical show was co-created by its star Pamela Adlon and after five seasons
0:23.9	it's coming to a close.
0:25.6	And we're going to miss spending time with these characters.
0:27.8	I'm Aisha Harris and today we're talking about Better Things on Pop Culture Happy
0:32.0	Hour from NPR.
0:36.0	Joining me today is Emil Niazi.
0:41.0	She is a culture writer and panelist on the CBC's Pop Chat.
0:44.6	Welcome back Emil.
0:45.6	Thanks for having me.
0:46.8	And also joining us is Brittany Luce, co-host of the For Colored Nerds Podcast.
0:50.9	Welcome back to YouTube Brittany.
0:52.3	Thank you so happy to be here.
0:53.7	Yes.
0:54.7	I think we can spoil something by saying that we all love this show.
0:58.4	I'm very excited to be chatting with you about it.
1:03.7	So on Better Things, co-creator Pamela Adlon stars as Sam Fox in actor working and living
1:09.2	steadily in LA while raising three kids.
1:12.2	The show is based in part on Adlon's life and has tended to be pretty Lucy Goosey in
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