This Life

This Life

2015 2 Seasons 20 Episodes ⭐ 5.5 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.

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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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Gut Punch

Natalie Lawson, a single mother of three, finds her plans to change her life for the better derailed when she learns her

EP 2

Everything Must Go

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

EP 3

The Part That Decides My Fate

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

EP 4

Love Your Tumour

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

EP 5

The Unbelieving

Natalie can’t bring herself to tell her kids about her cancer. Maggie and Oliver make self-destructive life choices ins

EP 6

Holy Water

Natalie finally levels with her kids. Matthew is driven to face an old mistake. Oliver hits a breaking point with his pa

EP 7

Seeing Red

Natalie organizes a birthday dinner for Emma that nobody wants. The problems Oliver ran from in LA catch up to him in Mo

EP 8

My Body Lies Over the Ocean

Natalie struggles to convince Caleb to accept responsibility for his criminal actions. Maggie and Oliver travel to LA to

EP 9

Dark Retreat

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

EP 10

Should Have Known Better

Before making a life-altering decision that comes with major risks, Natalie is confronted with the return of someone she

EP 1

Stay Positive

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

EP 2

Perfect Day

Maggie invites the Lawsons to a very unconventional housewarming party. Natalie and her friend Tia pursue an experientia

EP 3

Coping Cards

Natalie battles through a storm of side effects while her family fumbles in their attempts to support her. Oliver second

EP 4

Communion

Matthew and Nicole host a celebration for Abby’s first communion but family tensions get in the way. Natalie takes Dav

EP 5

Scanxiety

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

EP 6

Intervention

Natalie struggles to adjust to a new health prognosis. Maggie, Natalie and Matthew try to help Oliver but find themselve

EP 7

Joyride

David finds himself caught between his two families when Natalie invites him over for dinner. Maggie and Raza attempt to

EP 8

Destruction as Creation

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

EP 9

Well Fought, My Love

EP 10

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