India, Oct. 3 -- Tyler Perry's Doing Life builds its central romance around a question that becomes increasingly difficult for Anika to answer: can she trust Carousel with her future when everyone around her thinks she is making a mistake? Anika, played by Naomi Baker, first meets Carousel, played by Jay Reeves, when she is working as a correctional officer at Holloway Correctional. A violent prison riot puts Anika in danger, and Carousel steps in to protect her.

But once Carousel is released from prison, their biggest obstacle is no longer the prison wall. It is Anika's family. Her sisters, particularly Trina, are deeply suspicious of Carousel because of his criminal past. Anika, however, eventually has to decide whether she will follow...