Sam Fox is the ideal television star.
Played with sagacious pluck by Pamela Adlon and inspired by her life, work, and family, the eccentric “Better Things” lead is curiously hard to read.
Take an early Season 4 episode, when Sam discovers an owl nesting under her bedcovers.
Will she freak out? Will she shoo it away? Will she take care of it, like she takes care of so many others? Will she make it a family affair, inviting her three daughters into the conversation before naming the owl Edwin and wrapping it in a blanket?You may think you know what Sam is going to do next, but rarely are those assumptions rewarded.
“Better Things” purposefully chooses its events, eliminating the obvious developments to dwell on defining moments.
Sam’s unpredictability is enticing on its own, as are her equally unexpected adventures, but the perpetual resourcefulness with which she lives her life,
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