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This Life

This Life

★ 5.5/10•2015•43m•Drama
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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.

StatusReturning Series
Runtime43m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 5, 2015

Episodes

Episode 1 - Gut PunchE143m

Gut Punch

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.

Oct 5, 2015

Episode 2 - Everything Must GoE243m

Everything Must Go

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

Oct 12, 2015

Episode 3 - The Part That Decides My FateE343m

The Part That Decides My Fate

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

Oct 26, 2015

Episode 4 - Love Your TumourE443m

Love Your Tumour

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

Nov 2, 2015

Episode 5 - The UnbelievingE543m

The Unbelieving

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.

Nov 9, 2015

Episode 6 - Holy WaterE643m

Holy Water

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.

Nov 16, 2015

Episode 7 - Seeing RedE743m

Seeing Red

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.

Nov 23, 2015

Episode 8 - My Body Lies Over the OceanE843m

My Body Lies Over the Ocean

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.

Nov 30, 2015

Episode 9 - Dark RetreatE943m

Dark Retreat

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

Dec 7, 2015

Episode 10 - Should Have Known BetterE1043m

Should Have Known Better

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.

Dec 14, 2015

Actors

Torri Higginson

Torri Higginson

Natalie Lawson

Lauren Lee Smith

Lauren Lee Smith

Maggie Lawson

Rick Roberts

Rick Roberts

Matthew Lawson

Kristopher Turner

Kristopher Turner

Oliver Lawson

James Wotherspoon

Caleb Lawson

Stephanie Janusauskas

Stephanie Janusauskas

Emma Lawson-Crowley

Julia Scarlett Dan

Julia Scarlett Dan

Romy Lawson-Crowley

Rachael Crawford

Rachael Crawford

Danielle Berg

Janet-Laine Green

Janet-Laine Green

Janine Lawson

Peter MacNeill

Peter MacNeill

Gerald Lawson

Shawn Doyle

Shawn Doyle

Andrew Wallace

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