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This Life
2015 - 2016 4.8 (5 votes) 2 Seasons
Official Website
Genres
Drama
Networks
CBC Television
Created By
Joseph Kay
Virginia Rankin
Richard Blaimert

This Life

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Top Cast

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

Seasons

Season 1 (2015)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Gut Punch
2015-10-05

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.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 2: Everything Must Go
2015-10-12

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

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 3: The Part That Decides My Fate
2015-10-26

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

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 4: Love Your Tumour
2015-11-02

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

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 5: The Unbelieving
2015-11-09

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.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 6: Holy Water
2015-11-16

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.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 7: Seeing Red
2015-11-23

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.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 8: My Body Lies Over the Ocean
2015-11-30

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.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 9: Dark Retreat
2015-12-07

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

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 10: Should Have Known Better
2015-12-14

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.

Runtime: 43 min
Season 2 (2016)

Season 2 finds Natalie Lawson living with hope that her cancer can be stopped, navigating her promising drug trial, and grappling with the return of her ex-husband, David -- who, after a 10-year absence, wants to be a father to their children again. Every Lawson continues to encounter their own set of unique, compelling obstacles. Matthew faces tough choices when it comes to saving his marriage; Maggie goes to surprising new extremes in her late transformation into adulthood; and Oliver puts everything on the line for the sake of his career.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Stay Positive
2016-10-02

Natalie chooses hope as she embarks on her experimental drug trial, not knowing if she’s receiving the placebo or the drug.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 2: Perfect Day
2016-10-09

Maggie invites the Lawsons to a very unconventional housewarming party. Natalie and her friend Tia pursue an experiential day, determined to live life on their own terms.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 3: Coping Cards
2016-10-16

Natalie battles through a storm of side effects while her family fumbles in their attempts to support her. Oliver second-guesses his ability to come through for Romy. Matthew makes an attempt to repair things with Nicole.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 4: Communion
2016-10-23

Matthew and Nicole host a celebration for Abby’s first communion but family tensions get in the way. Natalie takes David to court to revoke his parental rights.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 5: Scanxiety
2016-11-06

Natalie seeks distraction as she awaits scan results that will determine her future. Maggie and Raza have an awkward lunch with her parents.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 6: Intervention
2016-11-13

Natalie struggles to adjust to a new health prognosis. Maggie, Natalie and Matthew try to help Oliver but find themselves at odds with one another.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 7: Joyride
2016-11-20

David finds himself caught between his two families when Natalie invites him over for dinner. Maggie and Raza attempt to validate their marriage to an immigration officer and Oliver’s life reaches a breaking point.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 8: Destruction as Creation
2016-11-27

Oliver struggles with the realities of being hypomanic and the collateral damage caused to his studio.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 9: Well Fought, My Love
2016-12-04

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 10: Choose Life
2016-12-11

Runtime: 43 min

Videos

This Life on CBC: Extended Trailer | CBC

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