Documentary series about courageous people facing one of life's most difficult challenges: a terminal illness.
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The people behind it
Shannon Sylvain
Chanel White
Justin Baldoni
Self - Host
Dr. Paolo Macchiarini is world famous for his revolutionary stem cell-infused windpipe transplants. There's just one problem: His patients keep dying.
We all die, but you don't have to do it alone. We follow various volunteers who assist people in the final phase of their lives. What drives these volunteers to guide complete strangers to the end of their lives? And what does death teach them - and us - about life?
A contract killer gets entangled with a murder case and three terminally ill women who have each decided to end the life of one person before they die.
A young woman pursues love and adventure despite her disease. Her world turns upside down when she discovers that her circumstances are born out of revenge and heartbreaks of the past.
A cop investigating suspicious patient deaths falls for the doctor he fears may be involved, forcing a painful choice between love and justice.
Xu Duo Cheng is a young girl full of joy and life. No one knows that there's a shadow behind her smile: she actually suffers from the ALS disease, which means she won't have long to live and will eventually slowly but surely end up paralyzed. Due to that, Duo Cheng does her best to enjoy the rest of her days to the fullest. But things becomes difficult when she meets the handsome, young musician Jiang Nan who falls for her. Will she give in to her heart or will she walk away from him to protect him from the pain?
Win gets a second chance to relive the past and chase the dreams he once shared with Nut. But as he tries to change fate, will he save their love—or lose it again?
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
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A poor, widowed woman desperate to support her 7-year-old daughter and a wealthy business executive with a sick mother enter into a contract marriage.
Fuutarou has always lived in poverty and hated it. Because of his past he had become obsessed with money and will do anything to obtain it.
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A man who tolerates as much as he can, yet things change when he discovers that he is terminally ill.
A group of strangers meet as part of a sightseeing tour in France, but end up learning more about one another than the tourist spots that they visit.
Ho Won is a young woman who struggles to find a steady job. Tired and hopeless, she attempted suicide. Hospital check-up discovers she might have terminal illness. Soon after, a furniture company accepts her as a contract worker. Faced with a possibility of dying, Ho Won decides to just let herself loose. Her newfound bold attitude puts her at odds with her workaholic manager Woo Jin.
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