The BIG C - SEASON 04

Excellent love

BIG C REVIEWMaybe I'm just a die-hard Laura Linney fan, but I've loved every minute of this 4-season series. It takes superior creativity, writing and acting to make dying from cancer consistently funny and poignant at the same time.I was certain -- or maybe just hoped -- that Season 3 was the series finale, with Linney's character sailing off in the sunset with a dark, curly-haired stranger after he rescues her from drowning. With her family still ashore, I figured she'd just disappeared from their lives and we could side-step the heartache of a prolonged, chemo-ravaged demise for the protagonist we'd grown to love. (Emma Thompson's gut-wrenching performance in "Wit" illustrates the inherent value of this option for the faint of heart). No need for another season, I surmised.Well, I was wrong. Here is Season 4, the series finale, and we are not spared its sorrow. Yet, the storyline is so peppered with acts of love (minus the mush), spiced with laughter and hope, and its loose ends eventually trussed in an uncontrived way, that the mixture is highly palatable, if not downright tasty.With her usual finesse, Laura Linney portrays Cathy, a high school history teacher who has been battling Stage 4 melanoma for three years. Linney illuminates the nuances of the fear, anger, grief and acceptance that go with the journey. In addition to Cathy's medical and emotional issues (even her oncologist, she discovers, has cancer), she copes with marital problems, raising a teen-aged son whom she hopes to live to see graduate from high school, and opens her home and heart to one of her former students. In between, she manages to indulge deeply in impulses, find joy in the small stuff, and interact hilariously with her environmentally-obsessed brother.The supporting cast (Oliver Platt as husband Paul, Gabriel Basso as son Adam, Gabourey Sidibe as her student Andrea, and John Benjamin Hickey as brother Sean) provide great characters for Linney to play off of, each actor bringing considerable depth and range to their respective roles. Kathy Najimy, Brian Dennehy and Phyllis Somerville have arcs within the season as well, playing Cathy's therapist, father and deceased neighbor, respectively.Most importantly, The Big C can serve as a guide for understanding and coping with the human realities and consequences of terminal illness. Cathy's relentless resilience -- to the very end -- and her ability to find humor and courage in the face of declining health, are what make this series inspiring, as well as entertaining. I highly recommend The Big C.Grandma Video

I first started to watch this series because of Laura Linney. She is one of the most under-rated actresses on this planet. At first, I was not sure that I would continue to watch, but became very involved at the end of the first season. Season two reeled me in more. This was an incredible series about a woman who had stage 4 skin cancer. Then season 3 happened. I don't know what the writers were thinking...the series went in a bizarre direction. I almost stopped watching it. Then, when I heard season 4 would be the last, I knew that I had to see how it would play out. Boy, am I glad I did! Season 4 was the most compelling, moving season of any series that I had ever seen. Cathy (Linney) was seen in the final year of her life, with her family close by. It made my heart break. There are only four episodes but I cried during every one of them. For those who watched the other 3 seasons, I recommend this season because it is far superior to the other three seasons. For those who haven't seen this series, I can only say that season 4 is strong enough to stand on its own without not seeing the other seasons. It has enough content to be a mini-series. I will conclude with congratulations on Laura Linney's Emmy win for this fantastic season. WHAT A JOURNEY!

At first, it may seem that the end is a bit anti-climactic. I don't want to give away any spoilers, but it's not as dramatic as you might think, especially in the last episode. What I came to love about it though was that they didn't sugarcoat it. Knowing someone who left this earth in a very similar way - short but necessary chemo, when/if to stop it, when to decide on hospice, at home or not at home - the final season was so incredibly true to life. And in writing in this way, they made me put off wanting to watch the last season and the last episode for a good 2 years because I felt as if I was saying goodbye to an actual person, someone I actually knew. It was more than the finale of a show; it felt like the death of a good friend.And yet, knowing what the four seasons were building up to, the combination of outstanding cast and writing still made me laugh out loud and cry with tears streaming down my face all in the same episodes. They were able to pull that off in each of the seasons, laugh and cry at the same time, and the final season was no different.

I loved the season and the whole show, but I paid $16.99 for 4 episodes in SD, which is ridiculous. I thought there would be more episodes in the "Finale". I feel like I got totally ripped off. I would have just paid the $1.99 per episode and saved $9.00.So if you are a fan of "The Big C" just pay for each episode, and if you only have a 32" or smallish screen HDTV just go for the SD transmission, it doesn't make that much difference on shows like this.Sorry to be a griper, but I'm on SSD, and make less than 15K a year. I can't afford to squander my money. I do, however recommend "Amazon Prime". For $100 per year you get hundreds of movies and top TV series for free. Plus you get a lot of items on Amazon for 20% off, and free 2- day shipping. It's well worth the $100, especially if you like to shop online. You can also get some outstanding prices on 'Items of the day'. One day I saw a laptop computer for $59! But youMust be a prime member. I'm pretty sure I've already gotten my money back. Also, if you buy the "Kindle Fire" smart phone you get one year of Amazon Prime. That's a great deal!!!

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I loved this involved, but interesting story. I would highly recommend this product, & will watch it all over again. Great product, cast, & storyline, even if it is very sad towards the end. A great series.

Package arrived with DVDs sliding around in the box and not in the mounts.All played well untill the last episode when half way through it froze!! Nooooo! Had to skip forward 5 mins for it to want to play again. Other than that it played fine for 2nd hand.Next time please make sure the DVDs are in the mounts first before sending.

Superb - nothing tops series one and two (which had some of the most wonderful scenes i've ever seen on tv, especially the last 2 episodes of series 2) -------- but if you have loved Cathy (and i have) then you will love this final series - how could you not. Personally i'd love a 5th series ------- cathy in heaven keeping an eye on her family surviving without her!! BUT then this is one of my favourite shows ever - love it.

What a fantastic series, laughed out loud and cried!