The Big C is back on Showtime tonight at 10:30p and you are not going to want to miss the best new dramedy of the year.
Cathy (played brilliantly by Laura Linney) has skin cancer, the bad kind, and she hasn’t told anyone about it including her estranged husband and teenage son. Knowing that she is knocking on heaven’s door, she is finding herself free to say and do whatever she wants to. Finally she shares the news with her old grumpy neighbor Marleen and the two forge a strange relationship. That is until Maureen, who suffers from Alzheimer’s kills herself. Even though she is dead, she will be back on the show for the second season.
One person Cathy has kept her secret is her homeless brother, who slept with her best friend and she is now pregnant with their love child. How long will she be able to keep her secret from them now that they are living across the street from her in her dead neighbor’s house?
Two people she is no longer keeping her news from is her husband and son and she is finally trying experimental treatment to beat the cancer. That is how the first season ends and where the second one picks up. How is the treatment affecting her and her family? There will be a lot of changes in store for all of them.
The Big C is a drama, but there are also plenty of laughs in between the tears. Unlike many shows this show is actually better than it was its first second. There is so much I want to share about the second season, but I want you to experience it as it happens as I did.
BTW if Laura Linney doesn’t get the Emmy nomination and the win for this role than the people who are voting are bigger idiots than I already think they are. She is so freaking perfect in this role, she deserves as many awards as possible for her performance on the show. And the show also deserves several awards because it is so real and yet enjoyable.
Seriously whether you have watched The Big C before or this will be your first time, you need to make sure it is a weekly commitment every Monday night at 10:30p on Showtime.
