Zara - an ER doctor - cruelly mocks Jasmine in the early parts of the episode, implying that she’ll never really make anything of her music. The episode could linger on this idea if it wanted to: The notion that pop idol worship may have nothing to do with talent, but, it mercifully makes the real stakes of the episode about these two sisters. Jasmine is gifted a magical coin by a suicidal pop star (Sky Ferreira), and then, suddenly, has all the never-ending applause she could ever want, even if her music isn’t really all that special. At first, the episode seems to tread very familiar careful-what-you-wish-for territory. The set-up to this episode essentially conceals a subtler and stranger twist. This is why Tawny Newsome, who plays Jasmine’s sister, Zara, is the best part of this episode, and secretly, the one character you should be watching. The episode also explores the very real cultural divide between people who want to pursue the arts, and how those who only consume the arts find that pursuit alienating, or at the very least petty.
Just like “A Nice Place to Visit” posits that Hell is a place where you get what you want all the time, “Ovation,” suggests that if you’re pursuing something for the glory and fame only you’re going to get exactly what you deserve. Or rather, it drives her insane, and eventually, kills her sister. In “The Comedian” Samir (Kumail Nanjiani) got all the laughs he could ever want, and in “Ovation,” Jasmine (Jurnee Smollett) gets so much deafening applause, it nearly kills her. It’s not the most exciting episode of the new season, but it also, somewhat profoundly, might be the most realistic.įor those of us who watched season 1 of the new Twilight Zone, the essential feeling of “Ovation,” will, at least superficially, feel a little bit like the episode “The Comedian.” Both episodes imagine a twisted kind of magic spell, that gives the would-be live stage performer exactly what they want, only too much of it. In episode 4 of Season 2 of the new Jordan Peele-produced Twilight Zone, the idea of success-as-punishment is repackaged fairly simply. Sorry for the spoiler for a 1960 episode up front, but the best thing about most classic episodes of the Zone are also, usually connected to the last-minute twist. One of my favorite episodes of the original Twilight Zone is called “A Nice Place to Visit.” It’s about a dirty rotten gambler who finds himself in heaven, only to discover that he’s actually in hell. This The Twilight Zone review contains spoilers.
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