In a comedy-drama, Cathy discovers the truth about her cancer before deciding to recover from her shock and seek to reclaim her life.
Some time after her cancer diagnosis, Cathy consults a new doctor, causing Dr. Todd to become angry. Moreover, her relationship with her brother Sean becomes strained because she keeps the truth about her illness from him.
In season 3, Paul recovers from a heart attack, Cathy finds new meaning in her life after meeting Joy Kleinman, while Sean gradually becomes involved in the world of telephone sex work.
After Cathy Jamison (Laura Linney) gets diagnosed with cancer, she begins to make major changes to her life as she juggles being a teacher, mother, wife, and sister. She starts exploring her life again, allowing her family and some new friends to support her as she copes with her terminal...Read more diagnosis, and finds both humor and pathos in the many idiosyncratic relationships in her life.