Better Things

Meet Sam Fox, harried single mother of three and struggling actress, as she attempts to make it through a trying day and an exhausting night.

Sam finds that the kids have trashed the house while she was away, her gynecologist delivers unexpected news, and she has to speak at a women and girls empowerment seminar at Frankie's high school.

Sam brings home a colleague for dinner, Mel, the director of the film she's working on.

Sam is considered for the lead in a sitcom, but lots of factors are at play.

When Frankie gets ill and one of the mothers on her soccer team undergoes a difficult surgery, Sam finds herself contemplating mortality, and asks Phil whether she's made a living will.

Sam and her gay friend Rich agonize about getting older, and about men older than them dating much younger women.

Sam's annoyed when the mother of a child in Duke's after-school chorus passively-aggressively manipulates Sam into picking up her child from school.

Sam lays down the law with a boy Max likes, and gets into a practical joke war with Frankie. Later, Sam has a night out with Frankie's art teacher that takes an unexpected turn.

Sam takes Max and her friend Paisley to a concert, and as she observes their teenage shenanigans, she reflects on her own teenage years, as well as how confused her love life currently is.

Sam spends a frazzled day attempting to keep everybody happy while still finding a little time for herself... a balancing act that makes her feel inadequate.