Your grandma wants to die on her terms. Cue family civil war.
23 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestAlice struggles to parent through grief; Aaron and Isla take responsibility; and the Simpkins family learns to live without.
When a family member is diagnosed with a terminal illness and decides they want to end their life, fundamentally different beliefs threaten to blow the family apart. Will they be able to come together before it’s too late?
Acting
Irene Wood's Betty: dignity, rage, and bone-dry wit.
Writing
No villains, just people who love each other wrongly.
Creators
Natalie Medlock, Harry McNaughton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
New Zealand's End of Life Choice Act 2019 legalized assisted dying months before filming—making this urgently timely.
The Simpkins surname deliberately evokes 'simple'—the writers wanted to strip away class distractions and force pure moral confrontation.
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