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Topic: Better Things

Actress Pamela Adlon attends the 5th and final season celebration of FX's "Better Things" at Hollywood Forever on February 23, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (JC Olivera/Getty Images)

Pamela Adlon on ending "Better Things"

Melanie McFarland
Better Things (Suzanne Tenner/FX)

"Better Things," a last existential trip

Melanie McFarland
I May Destroy You | Better Call Saul | What We Do in the Shadows (Photo illustration by Salon/Warner Media Group/AMC/FX)

The best TV shows of 2020

Melanie McFarland
Better Things (Suzanne Tenner/FX)

"Don't write with gender in mind"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Better Things (Pamela Littky/FX)

Let "Better Things" wash away the anger

Melanie McFarland
Pamela Adlon on "Better Things" (Beth Dubber/FX/Getty Images/Salon)

"Better Things" chili warms your soul

Melanie McFarland
Better Things, Fleabag, The Good Place, and Russian Doll (FX/Netflix/Amazon/NBC)

Why existential TV is here to stay

Melanie McFarland

TV's changing view of the change

Melanie McFarland
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Pamela Adlon as Sam Fox on "Better Things" (Pamela Littky/FX)

Pamela Adlon's got "Better Things" to do

Melanie McFarland
"Broad City" (Cara Howe)

What "Broad City" gives us

Melanie McFarland
Kellyanne Conway (NBC)

2017's most memorable TV moments

Melanie McFarland
(HBO)

The 10* best TV episodes of 2017

Melanie McFarland
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Pamela Adlon, Olivia Edward Duke, Hannah Alligood, Mikey Madison in "Better Things" (FX/Pamela Littky)

Better Things: So Satisfying

Melanie McFarland
"Game of Thrones," "The Crown," "Insecure" (HBO/Netflix)

The Best TV Shows in 2016

Melanie McFarland
(Getty/Duane Prokop/Pier Marco Tacca/Alberto E. Rodriguez)

Best of 2016: Ladies' choice

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Alia Shawkat in "Search Party" (TBS)

dark comedy in "Search Party"

Melanie McFarland
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Pamela Adlon as Pam (FX/Colleen Hayes)

"Better Things": Self-care TV

Melanie McFarland
Pamela Adlon in "Better Things" (FX/Colleen Hayes)

A comedy for grown women

Melanie McFarland
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