The Big C

After Paul dodges a bullet and recovers from a near-fatal heart attack, Cathy continues her chemotherapy trial in hopes of beating her cancer. However, because Paul is dependent on a defibrillator implant to keep his heart from giving out again, the Jamison family is hardly out of the woods. And as Adam’s driving lessons create a whole new layer of anxiety for Cathy, an empowered Andrea...

After reading his father’s blog, Adam is stunned and angry to learn that Cathy had an affair. And while Paul only seems concerned about how many readers are following his online diary, Cathy insists that their son know the whole truth about their mutual infidelities. Meanwhile, as Andrea looks to restart the high school’s defunct Black Student Association, Adam considers joining a campus Bible...

As Cathy shakes things up at home with some provocative paint jobs, Valentine’s Day inspires her to treat Paul to a personal growth seminar by “joyologist” and cancer survivor Joy Kleinman. Though skeptical, Paul agrees to come along to learn Joy’s secrets to happiness. So, after Cathy convinces budding gay phone sex entrepreneur Sean to keep an eye on Adam, she and Paul arrive at a luxury...

Having decided to try and adopt a baby, Cathy and Paul dive into learning more about the process that awaits them. Because of their multiple health issues, they soon discover that their chances to adopt are very slim. And even after making it clear that they are willing to take a less-than-perfect child into their lives, the Jamisons are disappointed when their lawyer confirms that they are...

Brought together by Paul’s blog, the Jamisons meet Dave and Maxine Cooper, a couple in search of a family to adopt the baby they are about to have. Though the Coopers are impressed with what they know thus far, Cathy and Paul are surprised to learn that they are also considering a much younger couple. Determined to get the baby, Cathy and Paul look to Adam to vouch for their parenting skills....

As he and Cathy prepare to adopt Dave and Maxine Cooper’s new baby, Paul nervously looks to Andrea to get him ready for his first out-of-town appearance with motivational speaker Joy Kleinman. During the morning rush to get Paul and Andrea out the door on time, Dave arrives to drop off the results of Maxine’s prenatal tests. And after he volunteers to assemble the crib Sean gave her, Cathy...

After taking a sledgehammer to the nursery wall, Cathy summons Dave to start the renovation. When Dave lets slip that his wife Maxine is having a girl, Cathy couldn’t be happier and does everything she can think of to see that the Coopers are comfortable during the remainder of the pregnancy. Meanwhile, as Sean happily jumps into his three-way relationship with Tim and Giselle, Adam surprises...

Realizing that she and Paul are victims of a sophisticated scam, Cathy enlists both the car she liberated from the church bazaar and her new handgun in a plan to get even. Taking Dave and Maxine for a ride in the country, she announces that she’s giving them her car as a gift before stopping in the middle of nowhere and ordering the couple out at gunpoint. And after forcing them to admit their...

Following Joy Kleinman’s accidental death, the responsibility for her Puerto Rico seminar falls squarely on Paul’s shoulders. Needing some family R&R, Cathy, Adam and Sean join Paul and Andrea at the hotel resort where the seminar is being held. And though Sean swears off sex for at least a week following the collapse of his three-way relationship with Giselle and Tim, his resolve is tested...

When Cathy fails to return to the boat at the end of her scuba diving lesson in Puerto Rico, the instructor turns to her diving buddy Sean for answers. After Sean confesses to losing touch with Cathy after he decided to follow Christina instead, the search for Cathy begins. Having gotten separated from the group when she wandered off after some tropical fish, Cathy panics and begins making her...