‘Better Things’ Season 5 Review: Pamela Adlon’s Final Season Forges a Path to a Brighter Future

Midway through the final season of “Better Things,” Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon) takes a break from a directing gig for a quick chat with the producer.

Their day hasn’t been easy.

The child actor won’t (or can’t) stop shouting his lines.

His mom isn’t helping, demanding her son be called by his character’s name and insisting he has a “hard out” well ahead of wrap.

The sitcom’s star, played by Ron Cephas Jones, is friends with Sam and has been cordial to her… until he snaps when she tries to do her job and, you know, direct him.Throughout it all, the producer, Eli (Lena Waithe), has been silent yet sympathetic.

She sees what’s going on, offering a knowing glance or supportive nod while Sam deals with problems that existed long before she took over the director’s chair.

As it turns out,

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