This Life(2015)
Overview
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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No imageSeason 1
10 episodes • 2015Avg: 1.0Golden Era
Season 1
10 episodes • 2015Avg: 1.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gut Punch | Oct 5, 2015 | 1.0 |
| 2 | Everything Must Go | Oct 12, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Part That Decides My Fate | Oct 26, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Love Your Tumour | Nov 2, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Unbelieving | Nov 9, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Holy Water | Nov 16, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Seeing Red | Nov 23, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 8 | My Body Lies Over the Ocean | Nov 30, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Dark Retreat | Dec 7, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Should Have Known Better | Dec 14, 2015 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 2
10 episodes • 2016
Season 2
10 episodes • 2016
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay Positive | Oct 2, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Perfect Day | Oct 9, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Coping Cards | Oct 16, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Communion | Oct 23, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Scanxiety | Nov 6, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Intervention | Nov 13, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Joyride | Nov 20, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Destruction as Creation | Nov 27, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Well Fought, My Love | Dec 4, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Choose Life | Dec 11, 2016 | 0.0 |
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