# This Life (2015 TV series)

This Life is a Canadian television drama series. It premiered on October 5, 2015 on CBC. The series is based on the French Canadian series Nouvelle adresse, created by Richard Blaimert. On March 31, 2016 the CBC confirmed the series had been renewed for a second season, to premiere in fall 2016. The show was cancelled on January 24, 2017.

## Plot

Focusing on Natalie Lawson, a lifestyle columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to help her three teenage children get ready for the future, while trying her best to live in the now.

## Cast

* Torri Higginson as Natalie Lawson
* Lauren Lee Smith as Maggie Lawson
* Rick Roberts as Matthew Lawson
* Kristopher Turner as Oliver Lawson
* James Wotherspoon as Caleb Lawson
* Stephanie Janusauskas as Emma Lawson
* Julia Scarlett Dan as Romy Lawson
* Peter MacNeill as Gerald Lawson
* Janet-Laine Green as Janine Lawson
* Marianne Farley as Nicole Breen
* Rachael Crawford as Danielle Berg
* Helene Xia-Wong as Abigail Lawson-Breen (Abby)
* Shawn Doyle as Andrew Wallace
* Louis Ferreira as David Crowley
* Hamza Haq as Raza Ali
* Ambrosio De Luca as Julian
* Vincent Leclerc as Luke Carson
* Joe Cobden as Gregory Gilchrist

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2015)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Gut Punch" | Louis Choquette | Richard Blaimert, Michael MacLennan | October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05) |
| 2 | 2 | "Everything Must Go" | Louis Choquette | Richard Blaimert, Michael MacLennan | October 12, 2015 (2015-10-12) |
| 3 | 3 | "The Part That Decides My Fate" | Louis Choquette | Richard Blaimert, Michael MacLennan | October 26, 2015 (2015-10-26) |
| 4 | 4 | "Love Your Tumour" | Louise Archambault | Richard Blaimert, Joseph Kay | November 2, 2015 (2015-11-02) |
| 5 | 5 | "The Unbelieving" | Louise Archambault | Richard Blaimert, Shelley Eriksen | November 9, 2015 (2015-11-09) |
| 6 | 6 | "Holy Water" | Louise Archambault | Richard Blaimert, Michael MacLennan, Rachel Langer | November 16, 2015 (2015-11-16) |
| 7 | 7 | "Seeing Red" | Louise Archambault | Joseph Kay, Rachel Langer | November 23, 2015 (2015-11-23) |
| 8 | 8 | "My Body Lies Over the Ocean" | Paul Fox | Michael MacLennan | November 30, 2015 (2015-11-30) |
| 9 | 9 | "Dark Retreat" | Paul Fox | Joseph Kay, Rachel Langer | December 7, 2015 (2015-12-07) |
| 10 | 10 | "Should Have Known Better" | Paul Fox | Joseph Kay | December 14, 2015 (2015-12-14) |

### Season 2 (2016)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 11 | 1 | "Stay Positive" | Lyne Charlebois | Joseph Kay | October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02) |
| 12 | 2 | "Perfect Day" | Lyne Charlebois | Alison Lea Bingeman | October 9, 2016 (2016-10-09) |
| 13 | 3 | "Coping Cards" | Lyne Charlebois | Rachel Langer | October 16, 2016 (2016-10-16) |
| 14 | 4 | "Communion" | Lyne Charlebois | Joseph Kay, Celeste Parr | October 30, 2016 (2016-10-30) |
| 15 | 5 | "Scanxiety" | Ruba Nadda | Joseph Kay, Maxim Morin | November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06) |
| 16 | 6 | "Intervention" | Ruba Nadda | Alison Lea Bingeman | November 13, 2016 (2016-11-13) |
| 17 | 7 | "Joyride" | Ruba Nadda | Joseph Kay | November 20, 2016 (2016-11-20) |
| 18 | 8 | "Deconstruction as Creation" | Louis Choquette | Celeste Parr | November 27, 2016 (2016-11-27) |
| 19 | 9 | "Well Fought, My Love" | Louis Choquette | Rachel Langer | December 4, 2016 (2016-12-04) |
| 20 | 10 | "Choose Life" | Louis Choquette | Joseph Kay | December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11) |