This Life
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.
- Created By
Joseph KayVirginia RankinRichard Blaimert
- First Aired on
Oct 05, 2015
- Popularity: 4.8513
- 5 votes
- Networks
- (CA)
- Production
Sphère Média Plus (CA)
- Status: Returning Series
In Production
2 seaons till Dec 11, 2016
Last episode: Choose Life
Seasons & episodes
Total 2 seasons, 20 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Gut Punch43 min
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.
Episode 2Everything Must Go43 min
Natalie confides in her sister Maggie about her diagnosis while attempting to keep it hidden from her teenage children.
Episode 3The Part That Decides My Fate43 min
Natalie undergoes a biopsy that could determine how much time she has left, while her brother Oliver returns home after years away.
Episode 4Love Your Tumour43 min
Natalie gets closer to Andrew as she awaits her biopsy results. Oliver bonds with Romy while Janine learns something very troubling about her son.
Episode 5The Unbelieving43 min
Natalie cant 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.
