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This Life

2015 to present Drama 2 seasons

TMDB rating 5.5/10 Between seasons

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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    TMDB rating 1.0/10

  • Season 2 finds Natalie Lawson living with hope that her cancer can be stopped, navigating her promising drug trial, and grappling with the return of her ex-husband, David -- who, after a 10-year absence, wants to be a father to their children again. Every Lawson continues to encounter their own set of unique, compelling obstacles. Matthew faces tough choices when it comes to saving his marriage; Maggie goes to surprising new extremes in her late transformation into adulthood; and Oliver puts everything on the line for the sake of his career.

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Cast and details

  • Torri HigginsonNatalie Lawson
  • Lauren Lee SmithMaggie Lawson
  • Rick RobertsMatthew Lawson
  • Kristopher TurnerOliver Lawson
  • James WotherspoonCaleb Lawson
  • Stephanie JanusauskasEmma Lawson-Crowley
  • Julia Scarlett DanRomy Lawson-Crowley
  • Rachael CrawfordDanielle Berg
  • Janet-Laine GreenJanine Lawson
  • Peter MacNeillGerald Lawson
  • Shawn DoyleAndrew Wallace
  • Victoria SanchezBeatrice Ledoux
Created by
Richard Blaimert, Virginia Rankin, Joseph Kay
Network
CBC Television
First aired
Oct 5, 2015
Latest episode
Dec 11, 2016

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