Friends with Better Lives

2014

Friends with Better Lives

7 | TV-14 | en | Comedy

A comedy about six friends at different stages in their lives – married, divorced, newly engaged and single – who are outwardly happy, but secretly questioning if their friends have it better. Andi and Bobby are happily married with two kids but at times long for the days they had less responsibility and more fun; Will is newly single and preaching the bachelor lifestyle, but still pining for his ex-wife; Jules and Lowell are high on their passionate new relationship; and Kate has a successful career but may take a swan dive into the L.A. River when she finds out her last remaining single friend, Jules, just got engaged. When it comes to relationships, these six friends are finding it a challenge to look at each other without wondering… who really has the better life?

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Seasons & Episodes

EP1 Pilot

Mar. 31,2014

When Jules meets Lowell, the man of her dreams, during a whirlwind romance and decides to get married, her friends start to examine their own love lives. Meanwhile, to prove to Will that she isn't picky and shallow, Kate lets him set her up on a blind date.

EP2 Surprises

Sep. 30,2014

Concerned about their boring love life, Andi and Bobby try to spice things up. Meanwhile, Kate investigates Lowell's past relationships, and Will misinterprets signals from his ex.

EP3 Window Pain

Apr. 14,2014

When Will struggles to meet women on his own, Kate takes him to a bar and acts as his wingman. Meanwhile, Andi's pregnancy hormones heighten her sense of smell and her libido.

EP4 Game Sext Match

Apr. 21,2014

Trying to be more adventurous, Will "sexts" with his new date; Kate catches Jules and Andi wedding-planning without her.

EP5 Pros and Cons

Apr. 28,2014

Kate accidentally sleeps with a male escort and tries to figure out how to take it back. Meanwhile, Bobby and Andi deal with an escaped rat in their attic and Will thinks Lowell has stolen his jacket.

EP6 The Bicycle Thieves

May. 05,2014

Lowell accompanies Will and Bobby on a night of debauchery; Kate thinks Jules gets special treatment because she is attractive.

EP7 Yummy Mummy

May. 12,2014

Kate realizes the man she is dating has a daughter -- who is old enough to date Will; Rick notices a flirtation between Andi and a playgroup dad.

EP8 Cyrano de Trainer-Zac

May. 19,2014

Will gives his trainer pointers before Kate goes on another date with him; Andi tries to impress her gorgeous male nanny.

EP9 The Imposters

Sep. 30,2014

Bobby’s idea of a surprise gift for Andi doesn’t resonate with the friends, and Kate finally intervenes, showing him a few tricks in the process.

EP10 No More Mr. Nice Guy

Sep. 30,2014

Out to prove she's not "un-setup-able," Kate persuades Lowell to fix her up with his friend. Andi decides to get more involved in the neighborhood, but Bobby's not on board with the idea.

EP11 The Lost and Hound

Sep. 30,2014

Lowell and Jules decide to adopt a dog, but Jules takes it to the extreme when she gets to the shelter.

EP12 Deceivers

Sep. 30,2014

Will signs up for online dating and challenges Kate to see who can find a better mate. Andi goes to extremes to get Charlie into a posh preschool, and Jules fills in as Kate's assistant.

EP13 Something New

May. 26,2014

Will pretends to be Kate's date at a wedding, but is having a case of beer goggles. Andi and Bobby are excited to spend their first night away from their son, but things don't go as planned. Jules & Lowell wonder if marriage kills romance.

7 | TV-14 | en | Comedy | More Info

Released: 2014-03-31 | Released Producted By: 20th Century Fox Television , Kapital Entertainment Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.cbs.com/shows/friends-with-better-lives/

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Cast

James Van Der Beek , Kevin Connolly , Majandra Delfino , Zoe Lister-Jones , Brooklyn Decker , Rick Donald

Director

Chris Philp

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20th Century Fox Television , Kapital Entertainment

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James Van Der Beek

as Will Stokes

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Kevin Connolly

as Bobby Lutz

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Majandra Delfino

as Andi

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Zoe Lister-Jones

as Kate

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Brooklyn Decker

as Jules

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Rick Donald

as Lowell

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Chris Philp

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Friends with Better Lives Audience Reviews

Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Virzana Mutiara Hanifa Okay, so i think it's a quite good sitcom, they planned it to be the third generation of "Friends" sitcom. So the first generation was "Friends" itself, it was a very great success, and the second was "How I Met Your Mother" it was a big success as their upper generation, the third comes out in 2014, it's "Friend With Better Lives" it's a big deal for CBS to continue their success for 'plagiarizing' "Friends", it's very clear, because the three of it tell the story 'bout a group of friends!Look carefully, both Joey in Friend and Barney in HIMYM are womanizer and in FWBL Kate is a manizer and many character are slighty the same. So it's an unsucces series in the generation, because maybe people think it's boring or somewhat. The rating is not increasing, so they think they should stop the sitcom.I feel so sorry about you FWBL fans. NB : I didn't mean to mock Friends, HIMYM, or FWBL

jmadams007 I am sure this show is trying to reflect our culture, but the writing is terrible and insulting to humanity. We have come so far and there are so many amazing television programs out there, it is disturbing to see something this senselessly vulgar and distasteful on early TV. Makes me shiver just to think of the child that might flip past this terrible show and see the crassness that is on nowadays. The poor unemployed talented writers in Hollywood could do so much better. This show insults all that I love about life. The actors are all good too, which makes the show all the more painful. I think that the actors would be better suited for a different premise as they are not comedic actors - really. I think that non-laugh track could help in some ways. Honestly though, this feels like throwaway jokes from Scary Movie scripts. I cannot take it! It hurts.

deepaknow I have watched the fist two episodes and enjoyed. There is a lot of humor and funny sex jokes. Even the hamburger orgasm was funny. This is somewhat like Friends and yet totally different. I find this a lot funnier than HIMYM or The Crazy Ones. This and 2 Broke Girls make my day. Hopefully, this interesting pacing will continue in the coming episodes. It's a great program for some laughs and even sexual humor. Let us give it a chance, maybe the writers will come up with more character developments and substance in the coming episodes. I have watched James Van Der Beek on Don't trust the Bitch and this one is way better and funnier. All the other characters give a good performance and make this program interesting.

yadil22 The casting director did a great job. I was actually looking forward to seeing the pilot. I have seen a lot of these actors before and I like there work. The overall feeling of the show is that there are better thing on TV. You shouldn't have gotten writers straight of school. Most of the time, things that come at a discount become more expensive later on if you have to write severance checks later on. I have episode 2 of the show and I'm conflicted on whether it's worth the time to submit myself to the same quality writing as episode 1 or just use the same time to delete the episode and get some of my DVR real estate back. Conclusion. Get new writers or no one will be surprised when they announced that they won't be bringing you back for a second season.