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This Life

Season 1 2015

  • 2015-10-06T01:00:00Z on CBC Television
  • 43m
  • 7h 10m (10 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • 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.

10 episodes

Series Premiere

2015-10-06T01:00:00Z

1x01 Gut Punch

Series Premiere

1x01 Gut Punch

  • 2015-10-06T01:00:00Z43m

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.

2015-10-13T01:00:00Z

1x02 Everything Must Go

1x02 Everything Must Go

  • 2015-10-13T01:00:00Z43m

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

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

2015-11-03T02:00:00Z

1x04 Love Your Tumour

1x04 Love Your Tumour

  • 2015-11-03T02:00:00Z43m

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

2015-11-10T02:00:00Z

1x05 The Unbelieving

1x05 The Unbelieving

  • 2015-11-10T02:00:00Z43m

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.

2015-11-17T02:00:00Z

1x06 Holy Water

1x06 Holy Water

  • 2015-11-17T02:00:00Z43m

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.

2015-11-24T02:00:00Z

1x07 Seeing Red

1x07 Seeing Red

  • 2015-11-24T02:00:00Z43m

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.

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.

2015-12-08T02:00:00Z

1x09 Dark Retreat

1x09 Dark Retreat

  • 2015-12-08T02:00:00Z43m

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

2015-12-15T02:00:00Z

1x10 Should Have Known Better

1x10 Should Have Known Better

  • 2015-12-15T02:00:00Z43m

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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