Why It Ranks
The most real show about motherhood ever made.
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The Review
Better Things is Pamela Adlon's autobiographical masterpiece about a working actress raising three daughters alone in Los Angeles. The show is plotless in the best sense — each episode is a vignette of motherhood, aging, creativity, and survival that feels so authentic it barely registers as fiction. Adlon directed most episodes herself, creating a visual intimacy that no other show matches.
Fun Fact
Pamela Adlon cast her own real-life mother, her actual house, and her real neighborhood in the show, blurring the line between fiction and documentary.
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