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Showtime will air part two of their six-part new documentary series – Time of Deathon Friday, November 8, 2013. In episode two, Maria and Lenore are featured as they deal with death.

Maria, a single mother of three, is proposed with a Stanford drug trial to participate in. “That’s my job, take care of my kids and fight cancer,” said Maria. Every day is a battle for Maria and her family, as they try to make preparations for the future.

Lenore, a 74 year-old psychotherapist diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, has accepted her fate. “I want my life to have made a difference,” said Lenore. Unlike Maria, Lenore has a different reality of the end.

Witness each cancer patient as they face death on their own terms. Tune in to Showtime’s new documentary series “Time of Death,” Friday at 9:00 pm ET.

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