Kim Ren Why was this show cancelled???? I had watched it before and rewatched it again on Netflix. I loved it from beginning to end. The actors are all excellent and the storylines entertaining (as much as one can be while dealing with issues of cancer). Season two just ended without any resolution to anything. This is very frustrating. Whoever made the decision to axe this show should be axed themselves. Please, please if any exec producers or any person like that is reading this, please reconsider continuing the show, although I assume the actors have all moved on to different things now but anything is possible - hey they brought Will & Grace back!

petar-mitrovic I want to mention that I have only watched 10 episodes so far and the review is based on that. Chasing Life, as the Titel states, is centered around the concept of "how precious life is" more so than than "how irreversible death is". As far as I'm concerned the concept of this series generally works. Italia Ricci does a great job and makes the show work. The "side stories" and secondary characters have, for me, been a little underwhelming. Not because they where badly cast or don't know how to act, but in my opinion because they are not really flushed out in a way to make them appealing or likable, which i attribute to the writing.The correlation between the movie and this TV series for me is hard to overlook. But a movie captures your attention for roughly 2 hours. This show needs you to make the decision to tune in every week to see how the story progresses. And here is my issue. there are generally only 2 ways that this can play out with the main story arc. Italia Ricci is either going to die or she is going to miraculously recover. To me neither are really appealing. Don't get me wrong, we are going to yo-yo all over the place but in the more general sense, if she dies you get to witness a lot of pain and tears. If she lives, the series which is centered around an illness would lose the main ingredient. Be that as it may, she will get worse and by tuning in you get to watch her get generally worse every week, you get to watch a character you like die. I'm not quite sure what to do next week, not because the show isn't good, but because "how irreversible death is" and we are in a downward spiral with no ground in sight...

indiggo-55-452979 I've read a lot of the reviews on this show and I just simply don't agree with the negative ones. This show is a great depiction of how life really is. Life is fleeting and not to be taken for granted. You never know when that one moment will come with the news of cancer. Then suddenly everything that seemed important yesterday isn't so monumental.Knowing first hand how devastating it can be to hear the news that you have cancer, it then becomes a priority to make every day count. You find yourself trying to create a balance between living life to the fullest and the harsh reality of endless Doctor appointments and testing.With the main character being a young woman in her mid 20's, it is a very realistic viewpoint on how someone might take the news that your future is uncertain when just moments before you knew, you thought you had your whole life ahead of you.The story line is both realistic and entertaining.

terrsgc Having lost my father to cancer (not leukemia), I decided to avoid this show rather than dredge up painful memories. But, one Tuesday evening I was simply not ready to go to bed, and this was the only thing on TV that looked interesting. I watched episode 4 and found it wasn't so bad. So, I went back and watched the previous 3 episodes to catch up. I suppose if the show ever progresses to April's death, I'll have to stop watching, but it's okay at the current apparent stage of her illness.While April's surprise leukemia diagnosis is central to the story, there is also much else going on, including a new boyfriend who may or may not be a good guy, a budding journalism career where she must deal with a new back-stabbing boss, a political campaign she is covering that introduces her to the candidate's obnoxious (and cancer infected) son, a troubled teen sister, a mother who is dealing with returning to the dating scene, her mysteriously self-estranged uncle/doctor, the recent tragic loss of her father, and a surprise previously unknown sister. There are plenty of hooks to keep most viewers interested, the acting is quite good. Aisha Dee is absolutely adorable as best friend Beth, and Scott Michael Foster is particularly good as the obnoxious Leo.I'll have to take the other reviewers' word for how accurately leukemia itself is presented, as it's a type of cancer I've had no direct experience with. The presentation is believable enough to someone like me, who is unfamiliar to the disease, and this is a drama, and not a documentary. Still, I'd hope the writer would try to keep it at least somewhat realistic, and avoid encouraging someone not to take their condition seriously enough. While I don't think the show does that, it is a legitimate concern. I will also say that the show is a "drama" and not a "sitcom" as described elsewhere. And, however accurate or inaccurate the show's presentation of leukemia is, the show does NOT make light of the disease or its implications.FOR PARENTS: The show deals with a terminal disease, but it hasn't shown any disturbingly graphic representations of illness. Also, with regards to sex, the show presents casual hook-ups as the norm (typical for ABC Family). However, sex is not dwelled upon, and there have been no gratuitous overly-lurid scenes so far.Edit: Increased the stars. The show is improving with each episode.