
The Big C(2010)
A suburban mother faces her cancer diagnosis while trying to find humor and happiness as well.



Lucy Hale
Stella Abbott

Elliot Knight
Wes

Brooke Lyons
Elizabeth Rojas

Jayson Blair
Aiden Abbott

Dylan Walsh
Paul Abbott

Gillian Vigman
Ida Abbott

Carlos PenaVega
Diego Rojas

Dominique Lucky Martell
Fiona Rojas Abbott
Life Sentence is a drama, comedy series that first aired in 2018 exploring themes of cancer. it stars Lucy Hale, Elliot Knight, Brooke Lyons. When Stella finds out her terminal cancer is cured, she's going to have to learn to live with all the choices she's made when she decided to "live like she was dying".
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