This Life

2015•43m•5.5/10

Drama

Ratings

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5.5/10(6)

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.

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Production

Sphère Média Plus

Language

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

October 5, 2015

Last Aired

December 11, 2016

Networks

CBC Television

Created By

Richard Blaimert, Virginia Rankin, Joseph Kay

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Gut Punch

Air date: 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.

Everything Must Go

Air date: 2015-10-12

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

The Part That Decides My Fate

Air date: 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.

Love Your Tumour

Air date: 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.

The Unbelieving

Air date: 2015-11-09

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.

Holy Water

Air date: 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.

Seeing Red

Air date: 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.

My Body Lies Over the Ocean

Air date: 2015-11-30

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.