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 (244 votes)
Episode average: 7.3 +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

Rising trajectory: each season at least as good as the last. Rising Shows ranks whole shows by the shape of their rating trend rather than one average score, which is how you find a show that got better rather than a show that started well. See every Rising show in the explorer →

Browse all Rising shows in the explorer → Open in Rising Shows app → View on IMDb

Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

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

This Life (2015)

Cast

Seasons

Shows like this