Hitting Lifetime on November 15, 2026 is the emotional romantic drama ‘In Another Life,’ directed by Ruth Lawrence and starring Samora Smallwood and Romaine Waite.
The story centers on two weary spouses Laura (played by Samora Smallwood) and Jack (played by Romaine Waite) who meet and find comfort in each other while waiting in a hospital ICU for their respective partners to wake up or pass away.
What begins as a shared sense of grief and mutual understanding slowly blossoms into an emotional affair. As the reality of recovery or loss looms for their original partners, both characters are forced to grapple with heavy guilt, honesty, and the difficult line between loyalty and deep personal longing. When a potential recovery threatens to pull them back to their previous lives, each must decide whether to stay out of a sense of duty or take a chance on the person who finally made them feel alive.
Smallwood appeared in a recurring role as Monica Hill in the Hallmark Channel drama series, The Way Home. In 2024, she appeared in two episodes in the Apple TV+ miniseries, The Big Cigar, and later was cast as one of the supporting characters in the Bell Fibe TV drama series, Disrepair. In 2025, she appeared in the Lifetime holiday film Very Merry Christmas, opposite Ashleigh Murray, Tristan Mack Wilds, and Zahra Bentham. She also starred in the Lifetime thriller Murder at the Hotel. In 2026, Smallwood was nominated for her webseries Coming Home for four Canadian Screen Awards. She recently appeared in both crossover episodes of CBS’ Sheriff Country and Fire Country.
Waite appeared in Season 7 of the popular detective procedural Hudson & Rex in the role of Leo Bogner. He also starred alongside Monique Coleman and Melyssa Ford in the drama Trapped in the Spotlight and appeared in the seasonal movies Very Merry Mystery and Jingle Bell Wedding. His 2026 releases include playing Mac in The Holiday Spark, Casey in the romance Bee My Love, and the Prosecutor in the mystery movie The Millwood Murders: Buried Truth. He also joined the supporting cast of the romantic TV movie Summer's Camp Romance, filmed in Hamilton, Ontario.
