The Big Sick (Open Captioned)

When available to the Lyric, Monday morning's 10 am matinee' will be Open Captioned for the hearing impaired.

A couple deals with their cultural differences as their relationship grows.

Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani), in the middle of becoming a budding stand-up comedian, meets Emily (Zoe Kazan). Meanwhile, a sudden illness sets in forcing Emily to be put into a medically-induced coma. Kumail must navigate being a comedian, dealing with tragic illness, and placating his family's desire to let them fix him up with a spouse, while contemplating and figuring out who he really is and what he truly believes.