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This Life (2015)
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.
This Life: Season 1 - 10 Episode s
1x1 - Gut Punch
October 5, 2015
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.
1x2 - Everything Must Go
October 12, 2015
Natalie confides in her sister Maggie about her diagnosis while attempting to keep it hidden from her teenage children.
1x3 - The Part That Decides My Fate
October 26, 2015
Natalie undergoes a biopsy that could determine how much time she has left, while her brother Oliver returns home after years away.
1x4 - Love Your Tumour
November 2, 2015
Natalie gets closer to Andrew as she awaits her biopsy results. Oliver bonds with Romy while Janine learns something very troubling about her son.
1x5 - The Unbelieving
November 9, 2015
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.
1x6 - Holy Water
November 16, 2015
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.
1x7 - Seeing Red
November 23, 2015
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.
1x8 - My Body Lies Over the Ocean
November 30, 2015
Natalie struggles to convince Caleb to accept responsibility for his criminal actions. Maggie and Oliver travel to LA to resolve Olivers loose ends with Tom.
1x9 - Dark Retreat
December 7, 2015
Natalie and Andrew put their relationship to the test. Emma throws an accidental house party. Caleb and Danielle turn to each other for comfort.
1x10 - Should Have Known Better
December 14, 2015
Before making a life-altering decision that comes with major risks, Natalie is confronted with the return of someone shed rather never see again.
This Life: 2 Season s
Actors in This Life
Torri Higginson
Natalie Lawson
Lauren Lee Smith
Maggie Lawson
Rick Roberts
Matthew Lawson
Kristopher Turner
Oliver Lawson
James Wotherspoon
Caleb Lawson
Stephanie Janusauskas
Emma Lawson-Crowley
Julia Scarlett Dan
Romy Lawson-Crowley
Rachael Crawford
Danielle Berg
Janet-Laine Green
Janine Lawson
Peter MacNeill
Gerald Lawson
Shawn Doyle
Andrew Wallace
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