This episode relies on significant sleight of hand to focus the viewer on Marvin Gardens' (Wood Harris) identity as a successful hip-hop artist with recurring visions of a life bereft of fame and fortune. The psychiatrist's (Brian Markinson) diagnosis of a shift in consciousness resulting in a fugue state was an interesting one, and a quick internet search will verify the existence of such a condition. What we come to learn however in true Twilight Zone fashion, is that Marvin's actual reality exists as a wanted criminal who killed a cop during a robbery attempt. The visions he experienced were those involving a satisfying home life and an aversion to guns and street life as a gang banger. Projecting the view of detective Jasmine (Kimberly Elise) as his supportive wife in an imaginary reality was part of Dwayne Grant's altered fugue state, resulting in a TZ twist more depressing than usual.
Review of Another Life
