This Life
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.
Seasons
Season 1
10 episodes
Episodes
Season 2
10 episodes
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.
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
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