The Big C

Episode Info

Next: 3x08 -- Killjoy (Jun/03/2012)

Cathy pays back Maxine and Dave, and confronts Joy about Paul; Sean discovers the pros and cons of his relationship with Tim and Giselle; Paul learns something new about Cathy.

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Prev: 3x07 -- How Bazaar (May/20/2012)

Cathy and Adam go a little too far with their generosity; Joy encourages Paul to pursue an endorsement deal; Sean brings his new friends Tim and Giselle to a charity auction.

Cast

Laura Linney As Catherine 'Cathy' Jamison	Oliver Platt As Paul Jamison
John Benjamin Hickey As Sean Tolke	Gabriel Basso As Adam Jamison
Phyllis Somerville As Marlene (Season 1 (Recurring Afterwards))	Gabourey Sidibe As Andrea Jackson (Season 3 - present (Recurring previously))
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3x7: How Bazaar recap: The episode begins with Cathy looking at the hole she has made in the wall of the nursery. She shows it to David and tells him that she got a little excited and did what she did. She then tells Dave about her experience of bringing Adam up. She then writes Dave a check for working on the window. She also gives Dave some extra cash, for Maxine. Meanwhile, Adam comes and informs Cathy that he wants to sell his baseball cards at a church benefit. She reluctantly allows him to do so, despite his childhood memories being attached to them. Meanwhile, Sean is busy having sex with the couple he met earlier. The three then talk and Sean tells the couple that he is happy to be the third wheel to their marriage... read more.

3x6: Life Rights recap: The episode begins with Cathy shocked to find Andrea in her bed. Paul in the meanwhile is in the shower. Andrea tells Paul to hurry up with his bath. Meanwhile, Sean is at Cathy’s to collect stuff from her fridge. Cathy asks Sean how Adam is doing. She wants Sean to send Adam home. Meanwhile, Dave comes in and gives Cathy the reports of Maxine’s prenatal tests. Meanwhile, Paul meets Dave and rushes out for work with Andrea. Meanwhile, Sean enters Adam’s bedroom and is shocked to see him having sex with a girl. He tells Sean to close the door. Meanwhile, Dave helps Cathy with setting up a crib for the baby. Cathy offers to pay Dave for it and he reluctantly accepts... read more.

3x5: Face Off recap: The episode begins with Paul and Cathy meeting with the couple who are giving up their baby for adoption. The two couples seem to hit it off with the pregnant woman’s husband admiring Paul’s blog and the way he puts forth his life in the blog. The pregnant girl’s husband tells Cathy that he is OK with her having cancer, as his mom too had cancer. They then reveal to Cathy and Paul that they have been in town meeting with another couple regarding the adoption issue. The couple like the fact that Paul and Cathy have already raised a kid, and have experience unlike the other couple who they are considering. They then tell Cathy that they would like to meet Adam, if she doesn’t mind... read more.

3x4: Family Matters recap: The episode begins with Cathy and Paul having rough sex on their bed. Cathy then discusses with Paul, about their plan to adopt a baby. Paul tells Cathy how popular his blog has become. Cathy falls asleep in the middle of her conversation with Paul. Meanwhile, Sean is busy servicing clients on his gay sex line. He is then threatened by someone pretending to be a horny caller. The man then lands up at his doorstep, after reverse looking up his number. The man is angry because Sean has stolen his hotline and acquired his identity. Sean then tells him how much better he is, and how because of him the number of callers is up. Sean then comes up with names like Steve Jobs and Mark Zukerberg to put his point across... read more.

2x13: Crossing The Line recap: The scene opens with Cathy finding her brother Sean, and spends time with him, and both of them joke about various things. She gives him a beard trim, and reminisces about Lee. Sean is happy to be back, and finds it hard to believe he caused anybody worry. He was gone only three weeks, and all he did was walk. He came back because he realized that he might be scared, and running away. He ought to be coming back to Cathy, who is suffering from cancer can still look forward to life. But he adds, the real reason might also be the weather freezing his nuts off all the time. Sean has a little gift for Cathy as well... read more.

Crew

Executive Producer: Vivian Cannon, Darlene Hunt, Laura Linney, Neal H. Moritz, Bill Condon, Jenny Bicks
Co-Executive Producer: Mark J. Kunerth, Michael Engler, Merrill Karpf
Producer: Lou Fusaro
Co-Producer: Cara Dipaolo

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