This Life
TV ShowReturning Series

This Life

4.8 / 10
2015
2 seasons
20 episodes
Drama

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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This Life on CBC: Extended Trailer | CBC

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Seasons

  • Gut Punch

    1.Gut Punch

    1.0
    05-10-201543m

    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

    2.Everything Must Go

    12-10-201543m

    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

    3.The Part That Decides My Fate

    26-10-201543m

    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

    4.Love Your Tumour

    02-11-201543m

    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

    5.The Unbelieving

    09-11-201543m

    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.

  • Holy Water

    6.Holy Water

    16-11-201543m

    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 relationshi...

  • Seeing Red

    7.Seeing Red

    23-11-201543m

    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

    8.My Body Lies Over the Ocean

    30-11-201543m

    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.

  • Dark Retreat

    9.Dark Retreat

    07-12-201543m

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

  • Should Have Known Better

    10.Should Have Known Better

    14-12-201543m

    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.

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