Where to watch Better Things Season 1
Better Things season 1 is streaming in Australia on Disney+ (subscription, listed for the whole show). You can also buy it on Apple TV from $19.99 and Fetch TV from $19.99. Season 1 was released on 8 September 2016.
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Availability checked 12 November 2026.
Better Things Season 1 episodes
S01 E01
Sam/Pilot
22 mins · Thu, 8 Sep 2016
Aspiring actress Sam Fox deals with her eldest daughter asking to provide her with marijuana, her middle daughter constantly interrupting her, and her young son crying for no reason.
S01 E02
Period
22 mins · Thu, 15 Sep 2016
Sam discovers that the kids have trashed the house while she was away; her gynaecologist delivers unexpected news; she has to speak at a women and girls empowerment seminar at Frankie's high school.
S01 E03
Brown
19 mins · Thu, 22 Sep 2016
Sam asks the director of the film she is working on if he'd like to have dinner at her house. Her friend Sunny thinks that they should have an affair, despite the fact that he is married.
S01 E04
Woman Is the Something of the Something
20 mins · Thu, 29 Sep 2016
Sam is thrilled to be considered for a possible lead role in a sitcom; she tries to cope with stress and exhaustion while still keeping up with Frankie's life.
S01 E05
Future Fever
20 mins · Thu, 6 Oct 2016
Frankie falls sick, and Sam becomes worried when one of the mothers she knows also has to have surgery. As a result, she asks Phil if she has made a living will.
S01 E06
Alarms
23 mins · Thu, 13 Oct 2016
Sam has to deal with a number of issues, including people her age dating younger women, enduring clothes shopping with the girls, her friends' traumatic experiences, receiving attention at work, and helping Phil with an assortment of things.
S01 E07
Duke's Chorus
22 mins · Thu, 20 Oct 2016
Sam becomes frustrated when the mother of a child in Duke's after-school chorus bullies her into picking up her child from school.
S01 E08
Scary Fun
21 mins · Thu, 27 Oct 2016
Sam lets Max's friend, Harvey, know why she doesn't trust him around her daughter; Frankie feels that Sam is no longer fun, which leads to Sam hurting her foot to prove her wrong; a meeting with Frankie's teacher takes a strange turn.
S01 E09
Hair of the Dog
19 mins · Thu, 3 Nov 2016
Sam takes Max and a friend to a concert and reflects on her own youth as she observes their teenage shenanigans. Sam tries to get rid of an old table and must make a deal with Bulgarians, but receives a wonderful recipe in return.
S01 E10
Only Women Bleed
24 mins · Thu, 10 Nov 2016
Sam has trouble getting her girls to school when Duke wants to stay home sick. Later on, Frankie is sent home for using the boys' toilet and Sam learns Frankie is having problems at school.