Season 1

Better Things (2016), Season 1 is an FX tragicomedy you can watch online on iFILM — ten episodes built around Sam Fox, a working actor and single mother raising three daughters in Los Angeles. No big plot engine. Just life, frame by frame.

The season runs on the texture of ordinary days. Prickly eldest Max, headstrong middle child Frankie and little Duke keep testing how much one parent can absorb, while Sam's aging, increasingly scattered mother lives right across the street. Auditions that lead nowhere, dates that go sideways, a daughter's first period, school fallout, a Joe Walsh concert that turns up something Sam didn't expect — the portrait assembles itself out of small, unglamorous moments. She's mom, dad, referee and cop, all in one house.

Created by Pamela Adlon — who plays Sam and directs most of the run — with Louis C.K., it carries an honest, unpolished tone that never reaches for sentiment. This season is for viewers who want quiet, female-led drama with no tidy lesson at the end. Stream Better Things Season 1 online on iFILM.