This Life
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What would you do if you were diagnosed with terminal cancer? In This Life, one woman finds out.
Set in contemporary Montreal, This Life is a funny, honest, heartfelt series about a regular family whose world turns upside down overnight. Like its French-language counterpart, Nouvelle adresse, this is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, a lifestyle columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to help her three teenage children get ready for the future, while trying her best to live in the now.
Natalie's diagnosis is a life-changer for everyone she loves. Faced with the uncertainty of life, each Lawson does their best to embrace the absurdity of the journey, while confronting the drama that comes with all of their choices, big and small. To get through all this Natalie leans on her two brothers, her sister and her parents, a close-knit, charmingly imperfect clan who each have their own unpredictable personal and professional hills to climb. Through a mix of drama and humour, This Life explores the many ups and downs of life in a touching, relatable and deeply human story that is positioned to resonate with Canadians across the country.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Gut PunchOctober 5, 2015—Natalie Lawson, a busy single mother of three from a close-knit, charmingly imperfect extended family, struggles to find space for herself i
- S01E02Everything Must GoOctober 12, 2015—Natalie struggles to track down and confide in her sister Maggie, who's in the middle of a lively (and unexpected) romantic encounter. And,
- S01E03The Part That Decides My FateOctober 26, 2015—Natalie has a biopsy that will determine how much time she has left; Oliver returns home.
- S01E04Love Your TumourNovember 2, 2015—Waiting for her biopsy results, Natalie gets closer to Andrew; Oliver bonds with Romy; Janine discovers something troubling about her son.
- S01E05The UnbelievingNovember 9, 2015—Natalie can't bring herself to tell her kids about her cancer; Maggie and Oliver make destructive choices; Janine questions her faith.
- S01E06Holy WaterNovember 16, 2015—Natalie finally comes clean to her kids; Matthew faces an old mistake; Oliver and his parents reach a breaking point; Maggie is drawn deeper
- S01E07Seeing RedNovember 23, 2015—Natalie plans a birthday dinner for Emma; Oliver's troubles from L.A. catch up with him in Montreal; Matthew faces a dilemma.
- S01E08My Body Lies Over the OceanNovember 30, 2015—Natalie tries to persuade Caleb to accept responsibility; Maggie and Oliver go to LA to fix Oliver's loose ends.
- S01E09Dark RetreatDecember 7, 2015—Natalie and Andrew's relationship is put to the test; Emma accidentally throws a house party; Caleb and Danielle comfort each other.
- S01E10Should Have Known BetterDecember 14, 2015—Upon making a life-altering decision, Natalie is confronted with the return of a person she never wanted to see again.
Season02
- S02E01Stay PositiveOctober 2, 2016—Natalie begins the drug trial; David threatens to derail Natalie's guardianship plans.
- S02E02Perfect DayOctober 9, 2016—
- S02E03Coping CardsOctober 16, 2016—
- S02E04CommunionOctober 30, 2016—
- S02E05ScanxietyNovember 6, 2016—
- S02E06InterventionNovember 13, 2016—Natalie seeks to understand why positive scan results have thrown her for a loop. Maggie convinces Natalie and Matthew that Oliver needs the
- S02E07JoyrideNovember 20, 2016—Natalie invites David to a dinner in Romy's honour, and has mixed feelings when he accepts. David struggles to navigate the state of his cur
- S02E08Destruction as CreationNovember 27, 2016—The siblings rally around Oliver to help him face the repercussions of his actions and deal with his hypomania. Natalie wrestles with confli
- S02E09Well Fought, My LoveDecember 4, 2016—A peaceful morning is shattered when Gerald and Oliver are faced with an immediate tragedy. As the Lawsons scramble to deal with the crisis,
- S02E10Choose LifeDecember 11, 2016—
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