This Life (2015 TV series)

This Life is a Canadian television drama series. It premiered on October 5, 2015 on CBC.^[1] 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.^[2] The show was cancelled on January 24, 2017.^[3]

This Life
Genre	Drama
Starring	Torri Higginson Lauren Lee Smith James Wotherspoon Stephanie Janusauskas Julia Scarlett Dan Kristopher Turner Shawn Doyle Rick Roberts Peter MacNeill Janet-Laine Green Rachael Crawford
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producers	Richard Blaimert Jocelyn Deschênes Joseph Kay Virginia Rankin
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05) – December 11, 2016 (2016-12-11)

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.^[4]

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)