Where to watch The Big C Season 1
The Big C season 1 is streaming in Australia on Foxtel Now (subscription), Binge (subscription), Netflix (subscription) and Stan (subscription). You can also buy it on Apple TV from $14.99. Season 1 was released on 16 August 2010.
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The Big C Season 1 episodes
S01 E01
Pilot
27 mins · Mon, 16 Aug 2010
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a suburban wife and mother strives to seize the day and make the most of her remaining days. In the first episode, Cathy is determined to live life to the fullest following the diagnosis of terminal cancer and keeps news of the illness between her and her handsome young oncologist, Dr Todd. She starts by throwing infantile husband Paul out of the house.
S01 E02
Summer Time
27 mins · Mon, 23 Aug 2010
Cathy tries to reform her son Adam by burning all of his dirty clothes ahead of his month away at a football camp. Later, Cathy goes back on her decision to allow Adam to attend the camp and pleads with him to stay with her for the month, deploying an eye-catching way of getting her son to change his mind. Meanwhile, Sean confides in Cathy and Paul presses Cathy to see a marriage therapist with him.
S01 E03
There's No C in Team
27 mins · Mon, 30 Aug 2010
Cathy goes to a cancer support group. Though she makes it clear that she has little or no interest in participating, group members Sheila and Leon track her down at home, bringing some food with them. Reluctantly acknowledging their generosity, Cathy sets out to arrange a dinner party to use the food they gave her. Sean accepts her invitation and brings along his vegan-environmentalist girlfriend Daphne.
S01 E04
Playing the Cancer Card
27 mins · Mon, 13 Sep 2010
As Paul starts his life as a single dad by returning to rugby, Cathy cashes in on her retirement account to buy a new sports car. Meanwhile, after criticising a car he considers a sin against the environment, Sean refuses Cathy's plea to see a dentist about an infected tooth. Elsewhere, Adam gets in trouble with the law. Can Marlene help him?
S01 E05
Blue-Eyed Iris
26 mins · Mon, 20 Sep 2010
Cathy walks in on Adam looking at porn on the internet. Her attempts to discuss sex and relationships don't go particularly well, but that's nothing compared to sex-related trouble she gets herself into at school.
S01 E06
Taking Lumps
24 mins · Mon, 27 Sep 2010
Cathy discovers that she has a lump on her backside and goes to see Dr Todd about it. She decides to have it removed and asks neighbour Marlene to pick her up at the hospital after surgery. Later, Cathy reunites with Paul for a charity race, Sean comes to Cathy in his time of need, Paul and Adam bond over their preparations for he race, and Cathy considers telling Paul her secret.
S01 E07
Two for the Road
26 mins · Mon, 4 Oct 2010
Cathy persuades Sean to join her on a trip to surprise their dad on his birthday, leaving Adam and Paul at home for a boys' weekend. Meanwhile, Marlene offers parenting advice to Adam and Cathy and Sean tell some home truths.
S01 E08
Happy Birthday, Cancer
27 mins · Mon, 11 Oct 2010
A surprise party for her 43rd birthday leaves Cathy in a quandary over her plans to join Lenny for a weekend getaway in the Bahamas. Especially when Rebecca, her old friend from college, turns up. Later, Cathy is horrified to discover that Adam and a friend have been spreading a filthy joke while serving as waiters at the party and Aunt Allison tries to bluff when Marlene confronts her about her age.
S01 E09
The Ecstasy and the Agony
27 mins · Mon, 18 Oct 2010
Following her weekend in the Bahamas with Lenny, Cathy experiments with the drug ecstasy. Elsewhere, Paul's excitement over his promotion at work is dimmed after catching his wife with her new boyfriend; Adam gets permission to attend a party at a friend's house; and Sean sets up Marlene on a date with his elderly friend, Earl.
S01 E10
Divine Intervention
26 mins · Mon, 25 Oct 2010
Facing divorce and the loss of her best friend, Cathy looks to make amends with those around her, but it proves difficult when Paul is unwilling to hear her side of the story and Marlene criticises her for violating her marriage vows. Meanwhile, Andrea threatens to drop out of school and Paul runs into his ex-girlfriend, Tina.
S01 E11
New Beginnings
27 mins · Mon, 1 Nov 2010
As a show of solidarity Paul starts shaving his head so he and Cathy will be bald together throughout her chemotherapy. Meanwhile, as Paul struggles to keep Cathy's cancer a secret from Adam, Rebecca tells Sean she has requested a transfer so she can settle down in Minneapolis. Later, Cathy tells Dr Todd about the alternative therapies Paul has been researching, and Marlene tells Cathy that she has Alzheimer's disease.
S01 E12
Everything That Rises Must Converge
26 mins · Mon, 8 Nov 2010
Now that he knows the truth about his wife's cancer, Paul eagerly takes over the household chores. Meanwhile, Cathy interferes with Adam's love life, Marlene puts Adam in danger and later makes a drastic decision, and Todd and Cathy go to Canada to meet a beekeeper who believes he has a new treatment for cancer. However, does Todd have an ulterior motive?
S01 E13
Taking the Plunge
27 mins · Mon, 15 Nov 2010
Following Marlene's unexpected suicide, Cathy and her family join Marlene's daughters, Gina and Lorna, for a celebratory graveside party. The news that the bee therapy didn't change anything prompts Paul to suggest that Cathy try a debilitating chemotherapy treatment while waiting the six months it will take to get into an experimental drug trial.