‘Better Things’ has tackled motherhood, divorce, and aging in Hollywood. So what was left to find… but happiness?
As befits the show’s general vibe, there is a deeply engrained sense of hope and happiness in the finale, which has a loose, casually profound plot. Sam drives by her childhood home, later joking to Duke that she’s going to marry the guy who lives there and move back in. Caroline comes by to give Sam a replacement for Beanie Boy, and they hug away their past feuds. “You are the essence of this family,” Caroline says, a tearjerker of a line that sums up Sam’s bighearted mission.
Later in the episode, Sam officiates Sunny and Jeff’s wedding ceremony. It’s a handy way to bring back as many of the show’s disparate supporting characters as possible, cramming them into one more special night at Sam’s place. The next night, Sam goes for a drive and the show does something unusual, breaking the fourth wall for a musical montage of all the characters singing “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
But as much as the show is about what Sam gives to others, the finale is also about what she gives herself. She is surrounded by people who remind her of her empathy and influence. “I like the way you live your life,” Duke tells her, a triumph after the baby of the Fox brood spent the season roiling in her terrible teenage years and pulling away from her mother. She recognizes Sam’s effort to be good and do good.
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