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Series

This Life

2015 · 2 seasons · 20 episodes · Returning Series · CBC Television

Drama

TMDB 5.5 · 6 votes

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Set in contemporary Montreal, “This Life” is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family – sister, two brothers and parents – do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation.

Episodes

  • S01E01Gut Punch2015-10-0543m

    Natalie Lawson, a single mother of three, finds her plans to change her life for the better derailed when she learns her cancer has returned.

  • S01E02Everything Must Go2015-10-1243m

    Natalie confides in her sister Maggie about her diagnosis while attempting to keep it hidden from her teenage children.

  • S01E03The Part That Decides My Fate2015-10-2643m

    Natalie undergoes a biopsy that could determine how much time she has left, while her brother Oliver returns home after years away.

  • S01E04Love Your Tumour2015-11-0243m

    Natalie gets closer to Andrew as she awaits her biopsy results. Oliver bonds with Romy while Janine learns something very troubling about her son.

  • S01E05The Unbelieving2015-11-0943m

    Natalie can’t bring herself to tell her kids about her cancer. Maggie and Oliver make self-destructive life choices instead of facing their problems. Janine questions her faith.

  • S01E06Holy Water2015-11-1643m

    Natalie finally levels with her kids. Matthew is driven to face an old mistake. Oliver hits a breaking point with his parents. Maggie is drawn deeper into a polyamorous relationship.

  • S01E07Seeing Red2015-11-2343m

    Natalie organizes a birthday dinner for Emma that nobody wants. The problems Oliver ran from in LA catch up to him in Montreal. Matthew is faced with an impossible dilemma.

  • S01E08My Body Lies Over the Ocean2015-11-3043m

    Natalie struggles to convince Caleb to accept responsibility for his criminal actions. Maggie and Oliver travel to LA to resolve Oliver’s loose ends with Tom.

  • S01E09Dark Retreat2015-12-0743m

    Natalie and Andrew put their relationship to the test. Emma throws an accidental house party. Caleb and Danielle turn to each other for comfort.

  • S01E10Should Have Known Better2015-12-1443m

    Before making a life-altering decision that comes with major risks, Natalie is confronted with the return of someone she’d rather never see again.

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