FX has announced that the upcoming fifth season of Better Things will be the show’s last, according to Variety.
What’s Happening:
- Pamela Adlon, the creator of Better Things, also stars, directs and executive produces the show.
- Season 5 is filming as we speak, and will debut sometime in 2022.
- Following on from her work on Better Things, Adlon has signed a deal with FX to develop both scripted and unscripted programming.
About Better Things:
- “The show tells the story of Sam Fox (Adlon), a single mother and working actor with no filter, raising her three daughters, Max (Mikey Madison), Frankie (Hannah Alligood) and Duke (Olivia Edward) in Los Angeles. She also looks after her mother, Phil (Celia Imrie), an English expat with questionable faculties who lives across the street.”
- “Better Things has been a critical hit from the start, with the first fours seasons holding an average critical approval rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. It won a Peabody Award in 2016, with Adlon having been nominated for the Emmy for best actress in a comedy series in both 2017 and 2018.”