S01E01 Gut Punch
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.
This Life
S01E09: Dark Retreat
Natalie and Andrew put their relationship to the test. Emma throws an accidental house party. Caleb and Danielle turn to each other for comfort.
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Everything Must Go
Natalie confides in her sister Maggie about her diagnosis while attempting to keep it hidden from her teenage children.
S01E03 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 years away.
S01E04 Love Your Tumour
Natalie gets closer to Andrew as she awaits her biopsy results. Oliver bonds with Romy while Janine learns something very troubling about her son.
S01E05 The Unbelieving
Natalie cant 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.
S01E06 Holy Water
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.
S01E07 Seeing Red
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.
S01E08 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 resolve Olivers loose ends with Tom.
S01E09 Dark Retreat
Natalie and Andrew put their relationship to the test. Emma throws an accidental house party. Caleb and Danielle turn to each other for comfort.
S01E10 Should Have Known Better
Before making a life-altering decision that comes with major risks, Natalie is confronted with the return of someone shed rather never see again.
Cast
Torri Higginson
Natalie Lawson
Lauren Lee Smith
Maggie Lawson
Rick Roberts
Matthew Lawson
Kristopher Turner
Oliver Lawson
James Wotherspoon
Caleb Lawson
Stephanie Janusauskas
Emma Lawson-Crowley
Julia Scarlett Dan
Romy Lawson-Crowley
Rachael Crawford
Danielle Berg
Janet-Laine Green
Janine Lawson
Peter MacNeill
Gerald Lawson
Shawn Doyle
Andrew Wallace
