Better Things
Period
TV Flash files “Period” as hour 2 of 52 in the TV Flash guide — Better Things (2016–2022) on FX, season 1, episode 2, aired 2016-09-15, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E02: listed hour 2 of 52 in the Better Things guide, hour 2 of 10 in season 1. It aired 2016-09-15 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Sam/Pilot” (S01E01). Next is “Brown” (S01E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sam returns home early from another career disappointment to find her babysitter, Susie, was utterly derelict in her duties and the girls have made a mess of the house.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Period sit in the Better Things guide?
S01E02 is listed hour 2 of 52 — hour 2 of 10 in season 1, season 1 episode 2.
When did Better Things S01E02 air?
Period aired 2016-09-15 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Whose show is it after the co-creator exit?
After the early co-credit exit, it became Adlon's auteur series. Watch it as her half-hours of care, rage, and L.A. logistics — not as a dual brand.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Pamela Adlon's half-hours of raising three daughters on an actor's paycheck: vignettes of care, rage, and L.A. logistics with no sitcom gloss. After the co-credit exit, it became her auteur show. Intimate prestige comedy — motherhood as lived-in art film, handmade and allergic to punchline-of-the-week.
The flash is an actor's paycheck and three daughters who will not pose. Pamela Adlon co-created and stars as Sam Fox on FX (2016–2022): Mikey Madison, Hannah Alligood, Olivia Edward, Celia Imrie's Phyllis. Vignettes of care, rage, and L.A. logistics. Half-hours that feel handmade, allergic to punchline-of-the-week. After the Louis C.K. early co-credit exit, it became her auteur show — formal play inside domestic realism, motherhood without sitcom gloss. The museum guard can keep the dual brand. **This is her…
Filed against
- Pamela Adlon as Sam Fox
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- Mikey Madison as Max Fox
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- Hannah Alligood as Frankie Fox
Hannah Alligood played Frankie Fox on Better Things — Pamela Adlon's half-hours of raising three daughters on an actor's paycheck, vignettes of care, rage, and L.A. logistics with no sitcom gloss. Intimate prestige comedy as an art film.…
- Olivia Edward as Duke Fox
Olivia Edward plays Duke Fox on Better Things, Pamela Adlon’s 2010s half-hours of raising three daughters on an actor’s paycheck — vignettes of care, rage, and L.A. logistics with no sitcom gloss. Intimate prestige comedy, handmade and…
- Celia Imrie as Phyllis
Celia Imrie plays Phyllis on Better Things — Pamela Adlon's half-hours of raising three daughters on an actor's paycheck, vignettes of care and L.A. logistics with no sitcom gloss. After the co-credit exit it became an auteur show. TV…