Brown is the third episode and the first season in the FX drama Better Things which was aired on September 22, 2016.
Synopsis[]
Sam's latest acting work allows her to spend quality time with her best friend Sunny and less-endearing time with Sunny's nasty pothead husband Jeff. She also lands a date with a handsome African-American man but their dinner together at her house is ruined by Grandma Phil's racism.
Plot[]
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Pamela Adlon as Sam Fox
- Mikey Madison as Max Fox
- Hannah Alligood as Frankie Fox
- Olivia Edward as Duke Fox
- Celia Imrie as Phyllis
Guest stars[]
- David Duchovny as Himself / Teak
- Lenny Kravitz as Mel Trueblood
- Alysia Reiner as Sunny
- Greg Cromer as Jeff
- Angela Malhotra as Loren
- Maria Mantia as 1st AD
Quotes[]
- Sunny: Are you having dirty with Mel Trueblood? Oh my god, I love your life.
- Sam: You love what you pretend my life is.
- Mel Trueblood: Did you not tell your mother that you were bringing home a black man?
- Sam: What? Oh, no. Of course not. That's not... No.
- Mel Trueblood: You should have told her.
- Sam: No, no, no, no, no. I'm telling you that's not a thing. My mother is just insane. She makes people feel weird. It's like her hobby.
Trivia[]
- Both Adlon and David Duchovny reconnects after the end of Californication (2007–2014).
- The extremely offensive story that Phyllis tells about a pejorative, raced-based name for a product color is based in fact. Until the early-to-mid-twentieth century it was common for clothing, fabric, and paint companies (especially in England) to use the n-word in the name of a particular shade of brown. This occasionally reappears into the present-day: in 2017, Wal-Mart was forced to apologize when a second-party vendor on their website used the phrase to describe a hair-styling product's color, and in 2018, Groupon was obliged to pull a promotion that used the descriptor for footwear.
Gallery[]
| Season 1 |
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| Sam/Pilot ♦ Period ♦ Brown ♦ Woman Is the Something of the Something ♦ Future Fever ♦ Alarms ♦ Duke's Chorus ♦ Scary Fun ♦ Hair of the Dog ♦ Only Women Bleed |