This Life (2015)

Name: This Life
Genre: Drama
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Torri Higginson, Lauren Lee Smith, Rick Roberts, Kristopher Turner, James Wotherspoon

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.

IMDb rating: 7.1 (243 votes)
Seasons: 2
Streaming (US): The Roku Channel
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2015)

7.15 avg 10 episodes 7.8 → 6.8 44 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gut Punch	7.8	14
2	Everything Must Go	7.4	8
3	The Part That Decides My Fate	7.3	6
4	Love Your Tumour	7.0	5
5	The Unbelieving	6.8	5
6	Holy Water	7.2	5
7	Seeing Red	7.4	5
8	My Body Lies Over the Ocean	6.8	5
9	Dark Retreat	7.0	5
10	Should Have Known Better	6.8	6

Season 2 (2016)

7.64 avg 5 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 44 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Stay Positive	7.4	5
2	Perfect Day	7.4	5
3	Coping Cards	7.8	5
5	Scanxiety	8.0	5
10	Choose Life	7.6	5