???SPOILER??? Showtime’s “The Big C” goes to the great beyond with “Hereafter” ???SPOILER???

[pengillian101]

The Showtime comedy “The Big C” starring Laura Linney ends its four-season run with four one-hour “Hereafter” episodes that begin April 29.

http://www.channelguidemagblog.com/index.php/2013/04/26/the-big-c-hereafter/

[Laura PourMeADrink]

1. noticed that...she's going to die, isn't she. that storage room with

presents for her son was just way too sad.

[SoCalDem]

2. A friend of mine did something similar

She died very young, and before she got "too scary looking" (her words)..she made videos for her kids..with thoughts about their graduations, proms, weddings, grandkids she would never live to see.

It was sad helping her do it, but like she said, they are too young to really "know" her as a person...not just as MOM..

I lost touch with the family over the years, but by now those kids are grown up and I'm sure they appreciated those tapes as they grew up..

She died in the summer, and had their Xmas presents wrapped and stashed away for that upcoming Xmas she did not live to see.. The kids were 7 & 9.

[MuseRider]

3. I have really enjoyed this show, such a great cast

and it has been interesting with a few silly sidelines and several very good ones.

Yes, she has to die. If not it will almost feel like being tooled around as much as I would love for that to be the outcome. It will make me cry, I am certain I will cry buckets but then that is just what I do.

We, as a society, have a lot to learn about death and dying. I studied it deeply as a nurse as one of my interests. I worked critical care so we did not have to deal with any of the process other than the end process. It is fascinating and in many ways this show is feeding out to us slowly and kindly.

This is a show I will miss.

[hlthe2b]

4. Yes... I've laughed a lot, come to really really love Laura Linney over the past seasons...

But, ohhh, is it hitting some sensitive (unhealed) points with me.... Only one more episode, but I've already started the "faucets"....

Very good show... But, wrenching at the same time--as death is in reality.

I so wish I could be like the Laura Linney character--constantly seeking the "fun" in life (and death).

[MuseRider]

5. I would hope I can be like this

to some extent. It would be harder if you had kids at home, even as old as her son is. Mine are grown and on their own, the oldest will be 30 next year! Having spent as much time around very ill and dying people I would hope I could do it gracefully if given the time. I don't fear it.

I understand. It is very hard to lose people. I still, after 10 years mourn my brother. Today is the anniversary of my fathers death, 40 years ago, I was 19. There was nothing graceful in that one.

Oddly, I just found out that a friend of mine died last night. Not a real close friend but someone I worked with in an organization, had much respect and care for. She just died suddenly. Maybe I should just record the last one and watch it some time in the future. I almost cried through last night.

[pengillian101]

6. I DID cry through last night's show.

This is pretty close to home. A dear friend passed some years ago from cancer. She was in denial at first and covered her blue lips with lipstick before she went to the doc.

[MuseRider]

7. So sorry.

We all have someone I guess. Especially as we get older.